"The Seven Giant Spider Queens are a glance into the Far Realm and terrible monstrosities found there. Even Artukos, the Lord of Wraiths, did not intend such an evil for the Wraith Globe."
- Radrias Farstride, A Grand Mage of Algos
The Nature of The Seven Giant Spider Queens
Many creatures crawled out of The Underdark after
The High Cataclysm. Most of these were not of much importance, but one group of these monsters caused many factions to come from it. These creatures were the 7 Giant Spider Queens and their giant spider armies. These monstrosities were things not intended when Artukos created the Wraith Globe. Just like the phase Lands, the Seven Giant Spider Queens are a creation of two worlds, the Wraith Globe and the mysterious Far Realm. They are something that was not intended to be created...
The Conquest of The Seven Giant Spider Queens
After the splitting of the Main Continent, the Seven Giant Spider Queens and their forces were awakened and free to escape onto the surface world. They began their conquest in the nation of
Lorkay, the Great Tent. The inhabitants were caught so unaware that the entire nation collapsed in on itself within 3 months. Then came the rise of
The Scourge, the telepathic influence of The Queens. Not only would the finite races have to fight with physical strength, but with mental as well. As the influence of the dreaded Spider Queens spreads, it reaches the eastern tip of Obros, and the people start to turn against their superiors. This rebellion starts to form the soon-to-be nation of Necrotus, formed by the villainy of The Seven Giant Spider Queens.
The Creation of The Order of Wizardry to Combat the Seven Giant Spider Queens
It seemed as if all hope was lost. Even with the pact made between Ucrua and Khazan to combat the Seven Giant Spider Queens, called
The Alliance of Rurobon , the enemy hoards were still advancing. However, things were about to change... Some children born in Algos were a bit odd, having powers beyond the comprehension of anyone in the material plane. After the discovery of these children being born with supernatural powers, they decided this was their best bet to defeat The Spider Queens with minimal loss of life. The reason for this sudden birth of magic users is completely unknown. Some say that magic was brought into the world to balance the dark magic of The Scourge. Others say the Lords gifted the power to the Finite Races so they could defend against the Seven Giant Spider Queens. This was how the Order of Wizardry was founded. The first 5 mages ever to be born on The Wraith Globe became the high mages, and below them lay the Noble Cloaks, an elite order of magic users. These mages forged powerful magical items and used them to fight off the Giant Spider Queens.
The Execution of Six of The Seven Giant Spider Queens
The creation of The Order of Wizardry led to the execution of six of the seven Spider Queens and the entrapment of the seventh,
Urgyzarlou , in the Underdark once more. To stop the Queens' life forces from coming back into the Wraith Globe, the Order of Wizardry put the magical power of these beings into six sets of six dice each, each set representing the power and being of one of the Queens. However, on the 1,000 year anniversary of the six sisters' souls each being trapped within
Dice of The Giant Spider Queens, the souls will be irrevocably thrown into the abyss, lost forever.
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