The Three

Seen as gods by a handful of cultures, with a few Cults to the Dragon Below dedicated directly to them, today historians and scholars for the most part are of the opinion that the entities collectively known as "The Three" were powerful servants of the daelkyr. Integrally related but distinct from one another, they have been associated with the personifications of "War, pestilence and famine", "Murder, rape and torture" and "Greed, lust and envy" among numerous other titles given them by different cultures and peoples. In fact, most scholars now agree that they were three entities serving the same daelkyr lord who granted each of them distinct abilities and features, which earlier peoples assumed were the domains of deities.

The Gatekeepers have little written history, but their oral traditions provide some of the best information and details on The Three. According to the ancient druid sect, they actually arrived later in the war with the invading daelkyr, showing up to thwart the Gatekeepers first attempt to seal away Dyrrn the Destroyer. These oral traditions disagree on some of the details, but they all agree that each of the three was incredibly powerful in its own right, that each had strengths and abilities different from the others, and that all three were completely interdependant on the others in some form. After an arduous battle that lasted over a generation, the Gatekeepers finally rendered The Three weak enough to imprison them in three distinct locations. The irony is that while they seem to have first been summoned to undermine the druids' plans to seal away the daelkyr, it was through this struggle with The Three that the Gatekeepers were able to refine their techniques and were much better equipped to imprison the actual daelkyr when the time came.
For centuries The Watchers, an offshoot of the Gatekeepers that focuses more on martial abilities, have had three honorary positions within their order dedicated to monitoring and guarding The Three. The Watcher of the Glen, The Wather of the Cave and The Watcher of the Lake were each given a title as well as a small homestead near the landmark they were to guard. The Watcher of the Glen and the Watcher of the Cave are still positions held to this day. The Watcher of the Lake, however, has not been filled for centuries, sicne the Hakzlaar Clan dissapeared under mysterious circumstances.

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Article Image: Artist interpretion of The Three found in Survey of Pre-Galifar Folklore by Germilion Delwise