the Dark Divine
History of the Conflict
The Battle of the Coral Fields occurred three centuries ago between the Tribe of the Deep and the Tribe of the Reds.
At the time, the Selkes' nations had just become aware of a disease that affected their shapeshifting abilities. The Change was becoming widespread not only in the Tribe of the Reds where it first became known but a few cases had sprung within the rest of the four tribes.
The Deep Selkes are a deeply religious community, and when the 'plague' appeared among the tribe people, they turned to their gods for answers.
The Deep Selkes worship a more severe and darker version of the Selke pantheon. The Deep Selkes' gods are more of the 'fire and brimstone' variety, and it was not long before Holy Men began to preach for a violent solution to the spread of the disease.
Galvanised by their Shamen—notably Vela A Mooodwan, the Dark Divine—the Deep Council was swayed into invading the Tribe of the Reds. The crusade against the Reds was presented to the community as divine retribution for the Reds's sins of arrogance and impious living, which, surely, was at the root of the evil taking hold in their society.
The Chieftain, Faro A Bollo, was the council leader at the time. They were a devout follower of Greyswarm, the Selkes' god of Death and the Beyond and did not see anything wrong in sending enemies to the tender embrace of their god.
Faro's religious counsellor was none other than the Dark Divine, and within a year, preparations for the military coup were complete. Many Deep Selkes believed in their council's god-given power and signed up to swim from the darker caves of their ancestral homes to their neighbour's higher coral plains.
The Battle of the Coral Fields occurred three centuries ago between the Tribe of the Deep and the Tribe of the Reds.
At the time, the Selkes' nations had just become aware of a disease that affected their shapeshifting abilities. The Change was becoming widespread not only in the Tribe of the Reds where it first became known but a few cases had sprung within the rest of the four tribes.
The Deep Selkes are a deeply religious community, and when the 'plague' appeared among the tribe people, they turned to their gods for answers.
The Deep Selkes worship a more severe and darker version of the Selke pantheon. The Deep Selkes' gods are more of the 'fire and brimstone' variety, and it was not long before Holy Men began to preach for a violent solution to the spread of the disease.
Galvanised by their Shamen—notably Vela A Mooodwan, the Dark Divine—the Deep Council was swayed into invading the Tribe of the Reds. The crusade against the Reds was presented to the community as divine retribution for the Reds's sins of arrogance and impious living, which, surely, was at the root of the evil taking hold in their society.
The Chieftain, Faro A Bollo, was the council leader at the time. They were a devout follower of Greyswarm, the Selkes' god of Death and the Beyond and did not see anything wrong in sending enemies to the tender embrace of their god.
Faro's religious counsellor was none other than the Dark Divine, and within a year, preparations for the military coup were complete. Many Deep Selkes believed in their council's god-given power and signed up to swim from the darker caves of their ancestral homes to their neighbour's higher coral plains.
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