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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Arbiter of Wyrms" data-source="post: 2432119" data-attributes="member: 18021">Before Vecna was a god, he was a lich.  Before that, a man, and a king. I once read of one of an incident from his days amongst the living.  This is how I remember it.While conquering the countryside, he once encountered a town that refused to surrender to his army.  They insisted on fighting his army.  The Wizard/King's army laid siege for three days before the town saw that its defeat was an undeniable, and eminent, eventuality. They sent an envoy to discuss terms of their surrender.Vecna would not compromise.  His terms were these: every man, woman, and child in the village was to be brought forward for execution.  No other terms would be accepted.  Vecna demanded absolute capitulation to his will.In a rare gesture of selflessness, the town council, the six wisest old men of the village, offerred to sacrifice themselves - they offered to die to satiate the conqueror's bloodlust - if only he would spare the rest of the village, forgive the arrogance of the council in denying him, and accept their sacrifice.The King was moved.  Thanks to the council's altruism, he modified his plans.Vecna salted the village's crops.  He slaughtered their pets and livestock, leaving them to rot in the fields.  And, he murdered everyone in the village. Everyone, that is, except the council of elders.  Them he sent out into the world followed by agents who guaranteed their health and safety.  All of them lived many years, and for many years, they wandered the face of Oerth, living testimony to the undeniable will of the Lord of Lies, the Whispered One, Vecna.</blockquote>

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