Noblewoman Renaesella Vaeltigar's fascination with arcane secrets led her to an ancient grimoire that forged a connection with death goddess Yxtarr.
This timeline delves into the intriguing and shadowy origins of two secretive organizations: the Angels of Death and the Hidden Ones.
Noblewoman Renaesella Vaeltigar's fascination with arcane secrets led her to an ancient grimoire that forged a connection with death goddess Yxtarr.
Renaesella Vaeltigar formed the enigmatic Angels of Death with her followers drawn to arcane and forbidden secrets. Renaesella enticed recruits with promises of accessing hidden truths and transcending mortal limits. Creating a society to uncover the remaining relics of Yxtarr—the Blade of Woe and the Shroud of Shadows.
Renaesella Vaeltigar set her sights on creating a sanctuary for the Angels of Death. Beneath her ancestral home, the Vaeltigar Estate, lay the perfect canvas for her vision to take form. The sprawling catacombs, a labyrinthine network of subterranean passages and chambers, became the foundation upon which she would craft their clandestine headquarters, known as The Necropolis.
The path to membership was paved with dark rituals and a binding oath that cemented one's allegiance to the enigmatic order. To make sure the cause was protected Renaesella communed with Yxtarr to aid her in creating rituals to both worship Yxtarr and confirm initiates desire to join the cause.
After unearthing an ancient story of a shadowy blade deep within the Frostpeak Range, Renaesella Vaeltigar, along with a group of explorers embarked on a quest into the heart of the Frostpeak Range—a realm of ice—in hopes of obtaining the fabled blade of woe.
Renaesella is visited in a dream by Yxtarr. Yxtarr explains the blade obtained in the mountain is not the blade of woe rather it is the Veilshadow Blade, the sword of the goddess Revani.
Renaesella Vaeltigar and Valon Rahaeris embarked on an epic odyssey that spanned six years, delving deep into the heart of the foreboding Everleaf Forest, deep into the mountains of Bali Dum to acquire the Blade of Woe.
During a dark night the goddess of revenge, Revani came to Valon making him her champion on the mortal plane.
In a pivotal and fateful moment, Valon, guided by the seductive presence of the goddess Revani, found himself standing before the ethereal barrier known as the Shadow Veil. He swung Revani's blade and destroyed the ancient and mystical conduit.
Valon's speech uniting the assassins of the Angels of Death under the cause for independence ence and revenge.
In the aftermath of Valon's impassioned speech, a palpable tension hung in the air within the depths of the Necropolis. The assassins, once bound by loyalty to Renaesella, now stood united behind Valon, their eyes reflecting a newfound determination that echoed his words.
Renaesella's obtaining of the third and final artifact of Yxtarr, the Shroud of Shadows.
Valon and his newly forged faction, the Hidden Ones, embarked on a journey that would lead them to the shadowed embrace of Minas Serin. Creating the headquarters of the Hidden Ones.
Valon's obtaining of the Coin of Sorrows, a conduit to those who beseeched the goddess in their darkest moments of despair, offering their lives and wealth in exchange for retribution.
Whispers of Revani's true power began to spread like wildfire across the lands of Idorin. Over time, the myth evolved into a mysterious and potent ritual, one that claimed to grant access to the goddess of Revenge and her formidable soldiers, the Hidden Ones.
In the heart of the Necropolis, amidst the chilling aura of death and power, the alliance between the Hidden Ones and the Angels of Death was forged.