Roll of Ages

Chaos nearly escapes the Black Citadel. Fortunately its release was defeated by the band of adventurers known as the Sun Hunters.

The Council of Mystic Universities, the body that oversaw all formal magical instruction throughout Marrikan, announces that necromancy is anathema. Necromantic curriculum is removed from all universities. The Necromancer's College is formed in a hidden location.

The battle that would become known as the Battle of the Fallen Spear begins. During this battle, great heroes are killed, many of them taken away by members of the Path of the Five Spears to be called upon again in an hour of great need. The most important are taken to the School of the Five Spears in Mordau in the hopes that the Iron Legion will not locate them and destroy their corpses before the ritual can be enacted.

The Convocation of Mysteries is destroyed.

Addressing all of the known religions from his throne at City Angelus , the Iron Lord gave the various churches and temples of the world an ultimatum. As long as they did not interfere with his rule, he would allow their followers to continue to worship. While not all temples agreed with this, those that did not were quickly struck down. The gods called a great convocation and, after much debate, agreed to the Iron Lord's accords, though the wording was changed somewhat and subtly with the help of several devil princes who excelled at loopholes far better than the Iron Lord did at the behest of the Seven Vices. This ended in the result that the churches and temples who were within lands controlled by the Iron Legion were unable to directly stand in conflict with or aid the enemies of the Iron Legion. Thus, many temples and churches give indirect aid while officially staying out of the affairs of the Iron Legion.