Bounty of Vol

Religious event

In the grips of famine, the Blood of Vol provided food to the Karrnathi people

In this dark hour, the Blood of Vol, long a fixture in Karrnathi religious life, offered previously unknown resources. Fresh food began arriving in the cities. Miraculously, the harvest proved far less dire than predicted. Church attendance skyrocketed, and a number of prominent members of the famous Order of the Emerald Claw were seen at services. Karrnath remained severely weakened, but the specter of mass starvation receded.   Even King Kaius seemed to have been granted a new lease on life, appearing at citizen rallies and troop entrenchments throughout the country. It was said that the king drove himself relentlessly, refusing all but the briefest periods of rest while his country was imperiled.  

A number of historians, principally outside Karrnath’s borders, raise dark questions about the Blood of Vol’s intervention in the northern kingdom. They point to the remarkable reversal in food supplies and the enormous upswing in Blood of Vol fervor as evidence that the Seekers used vast supernatural prowess to aid Karrnath. They also view the subsequent introduction of undead troops, largely championed by those beholden to the Blood of Vol, as suggestive of the dark heart of the Blood of Vol’s power. It is difficult to separate bias from fact in these accounts. Whatever its power and influence, the Blood of Vol could not contain the subsequent Karrnathi plague, make the army invincible, or continually supply vast amounts of food. Despite the aid the church provided Kaius (some say the faithful were responsible for his remaining on the throne), the king never formally converted to the religion or issued more than the most perfunctory proclamations in its favor. - Renowned Zil librarian Augusta Wainwocket