Historical Archive I

Dark Eternal

Historical Archive I. Empire Armageddon

Anshorgol

    The elders of Demoloch knew what is coming from the mountain. Creatures of divine birth could not be so easily slain by mortal weapons. In times of crisis a monstrous goliath terrorized the land a creature of black magic and flesh necromancy. From his blood disease is bred and spread. The terror of the mountain began its dissent onto the valley heading towards the empire. Scouts tracking the monster’s migration route determined his impending arrival. But in this panic and fore coming crisis the gods allowed the arts of sorcery will be made available for their survival efforts and for the destruction of Anshorgol.

    An unholy soul forged in the temple of the dead restricted by holy enchantment Balaam’s heart pumps and his lungs expand he gasp for air and he comes into this world as a weapon to counter the sorcery of evil and sanctify the earth. Noah is he who was sent to forge his soul. He will inherit the body of a mummified and honored man long deceased and his legacy remains forgotten.  From the dead it rose!

“Balaam! You will master the teachings of my sorcery!”-shouted Noah when Balaam rose from the dead!

    After a time and time again warrior legions were sent to weaken and slow down Anshorgol. Slowing Anshorgol down proved to be successful but to weaken it was more than just a failure. Legions were sent in waves to battle for a length of time. Waves of warriors would return and each time they did their battalions decreased less than their previous battalion. Hounds of Anshorgol’s flesh carried deadly biohazardous infections and stalked Legions of People and Gods back to the empire. Their plague cursed the empire!

    The Kingdom of Demoloch was stricken by Anshorgol’s plagues when mortals were infected in battle. Then the King decided, “No more will warriors be sacrificed to the war effort against this monster.” But among few who knew of Noah’s work understood and for them Balaam is not just a reassurance of hope but also a credible concern. Noah’s work justifies exile and is an act of extreme apostasy against the doctrines of a Holy Order and yet attending and cleansing the plague in the Kingdom is a greater concern then his transgression.

    When Anshorgol arrives Balaam will be sent to destroy him.  The kingdom will be mobilized with catapults of burning rocks. Arrows will be fired by defenders of the kingdom walls. Outside the Kingdom, the land will be cleansed in fire!

And so on, the day of Anshorgol’s reckoning came. Balaam a master of sorceries walked forth on his own without fear into the valley horizon and continued beyond the gates of the Kingdom of Demoloch.  His shouts fierce and behaved menacing eager for battle pumped up with a thrill to war and take life licking a knife and his eyes deranged and inhuman. Anshorgol himself stopped curious and hesitant but was too distance from range of the catapults and archery defenders. Balaam surge lightning fast into the distance!

    In the distance their battle blurred by the heat waves of the ground! In Demoloch’s valley horizon Balaam managed to fight a goliath who battalions of warriors could not defeat. All that can be seen is Anshorgol walking to and fro in struggle like an imbalanced drunk. Then the sight of the giant Anshorgol falling into his knees and collapsing into his face shocked the world pale! Along came the late sound of Anshorgol’s dying cry from the distance!

    When Balaam returned to Demoloch, the inhabitants were in shock and the world will not accept him. People looked at him like a freak abomination insecure and intimidated. Some were gossiping and fear mongers incited controversy and Balaam was misunderstood. Demoloch’s citizens gathered and in solidarity they consulted. And in the controversy of his upbringing their decision to exile Balaam before the Council of Gods discovers him in Demoloch will rid evidence of their desperation for the kingdom’s survival which forced Noah to take desperate measures and create Balaam. With Balaam gone the Council of Gods will not hold Demoloch accountable nor suspect their connection to his creation which will indefinitely condemn Demoloch’s inhabitants to punishment waged with death. The world will not be ready for a human like him. The inhabitants implored his forgiveness but before he could depart Demoloch into desolation in the wilderness Noah spoke to him one last time -“Go forth and journey. Teach others what I have taught you. Make yourself known and teach people the knowledge to your power.”

Curse of War

    Anshorgol’s plague undiminished continued to linger the empire. In Memphis, a King became victim to this deadly plague. Emissaries scattered to the Kingdoms of the Empire to summon their Royal Family who are descendants of the four lords and founders of the empire. In Memphis, the Royals gathered for the ceremony of his death.

    The Elder Gods who are the Council of Gods in Armageddon considered their funeral gathering as an opportunity to subdue the royal family to their mercy. They cherished the royal family with gifts and blessings to condolence their mourning but of a gift they sent cursed and will corrupt the bloodline heirs for the Kingdom of Abydos. Princess Elizabeth’s Bloodline will be cursed unholy with birthright inheritance to the throne of Abydos’ and a divine dominion for as long as they remain in power. During the Ceremony, she obtained a cursed pendant necklace from Azazel.

      Upon returning to Abydos, the curse of her gift had already begun. In the night as they journeyed the eyes of beast glare glowed from the shadows of the wilderness.

    Traces of its curse were recognized by Balaam who recognized the essence of sorcery carried by the wind in the midst of forest while he traveled in exile. He worried and sought its victim. He pursued this familiar evil which reminded him of the necromancy bred Anshorgol and it lead to the palace of Elizabeth, the heir of Abydos.

    In Abydos, Balaam stood humble before Elizabeth’s throne his clothes old worn out like rags he shouted and stressed their dire situation to raise arms against impending threat regarding Elizabeth of the cursed gift, her pendant necklace. Balaam -“It will lure the predators of the night for it calls to them as we speak. We must shatter it and separate the pieces so they become confused and dispersed. While in their confusion they will vulnerable to your army and I will seek out it’s strongest and hunt them for the survival of your kingdom and the people which will fall prey to these creatures which swarm in hordes and multiply vigorously. The Kingdom itself is destined to become their feeding ground if we allow them to gather and multiply.  Be aware for tonight they will silently stalk the lure which summons them.”

    The night was dark with uncertainty. The beast of the curse should arrive at any given moment. Defenders at the gates stood weary but watchful into the valley of darkness and the distant forest.

    Like a stampede they swarmed silently from the forest with dark furs towards the walls of the Kingdom of Abydos. Their dark fur made them undetectable in the black night. Balaam then cast sorcery flares of light into the sky to descend slowly while shedding light upon the valley. Light from the sorcery flares revealed a horror on their valley horizon where swarming hordes of beast are approaching their gates. “Sound the bells! Sound the Bells!” –Commanders shouted eagerly!

    Bells could be heard alarming the panic across the kingdom! Like sirens, to warn the innocent and summon the warriors.

    In the streets of the city, men with spears fought to protect their household and prevent their advance. Terrible screams could be heard from homes raided by beast. Archers positioned themselves on the roofs. These predators were flooding kingdom’s alleys!

    In Elizabeth’s palace, Zuleika shut herself in with Elizabeth who cried on her knees before the tragic sounds of horror, and mourning in her Kingdom. Zuleika is an inexperienced servant with unfinished training. “My dear lady, tonight I must confess myself to you for I have deep intimately devoted myself to you.” Then she dropped her breastplate, her sheathe across her belt and the weight of her clothes dropped to reveal her body. She let loose her brunette hair and force herself and wrestled Elizabeth to the floor. Considering the consequences of her actions she wage the risk because tonight may also be her last day alive!

    At the front of the palace, Balaam began arguing with arrogant soldiers who refuse to obey his foresights. He already managed to set up the pikes for a strategical battle.

    The palace courtyard was eventually filled with battle. Balaam used his sorcery to toss and cast the beast into the pikes as mortal men battled beside him. Archers positioned themselves on the balcony of the staircase which leads into the palace.

    Elizabeth’s palace was eventually breached as servants yelled for help. Zuleika was among those who battled the palace invasion.

    The battle came to a sudden stop when the howling roar of the beast alpha drowned all in silence and shocked the kingdom in horrifying fear. All creatures retreated after its howl!

    Balaam gathered the stubborn and explained how the beasts will continue to return in the night unless their alpha is killed.  “We must ride out as four on horses and Elizabeth must break and we will scatter the curse. We will hunt the alpha Beast and kill it!” –Balaam

    The gift was shattered and the horsemen rode away with five fragments of the curse. A fragment was sent to the young king a demon teenager who long ago in secret replaced a new born baby who is the royal blood and heir of Nightfall, Gebeleizis. For Imhotep, the youngest king of Arcadia and for Daren, Boel and Isabel the leaders of Elizabeth’s army in Abydos. Each fragment is for Gebeleizis, Imhotep, Daren, Boel, Isabel.

    Elizabeth’s army stationed themselves with cursed fragments outside the kingdom strategically to lure the creatures to their command post and deadly encampments designed with traps and pikes as well as archery kill zones.

    Balaam led the horsemen into the wilderness to hunt the Alpha. While in the wilderness, he turned the horsemen into living dead and the woods would dry to their presence and the water shallows in the rivers’ and lakes!

Temple of Foreshadowed Time

    In Armageddon their people developed racial prejudice towards the Nelvetii, foreigners and natives of Secronomia migrated away desperate to survive.  They ended up within the boundaries of Armageddon. They became dependent of the empire but the kingdoms gathered against them with deranged prejudice. Their customs were an abomination to the empire.

    In Demoloch, Azazel grew bloodthirsty a fallen god reduced to eat the dust of men. Azazel commands worship and human sacrifice to quench his hunger and he must test the loyalty of men.

    The leaders of the kingdoms were summoned to the great chapel in Demoloch. Kings and Queens from across the empire arrived. Jofur Ishkur I of Aden, Elizabeth of Abydos, Gebeleizis of Nightfall, Imhotep of Arcadia and the Empire’s senior Kings and Queens who retired to Memphis with their share of individual luxury and their property estate in Memphis!

    “Let it be known that the curse upon the empire was of my summoning! The predators of the night which multiply vigorously and have swarmed the Kingdom of Abydos can be summoned tenfold to devour life in its path. All must worship onto me or the creatures will feed on your body. Worship me!!” –Azazel shouted at the kings and queens who had no say for their kingdoms are at his mercy!

    Azazel’s demands for human sacrifice were made clear but the retired wise Kings who live in Memphis have contemplated “a generous” offering besides the inhabitants of their Kingdoms. The Nelvetii of the distant Secronomia have constructed a village. It is called Crescent Hill. These people would soon be exterminated in sacrifice to be a generous offering concerning the sacrifices for Azazel.

    Jofur Ishkur I stood by silently listening to the insanity take a toll. On his own he found a sorcerer’s tome and stole it, a tome his daughter will one day master, Jofur Ishkur II.

    And therefore was it written in the name of Azazel the Nelvetii are to be sacrificed. The dead will be taken to a great pit in the Chapel of Demoloch. To be burned by molten rock and the smoke of their ashes shall be consumed by the Council of Gods in Armageddon.

    During the bloodshed invasion and sacrificial purge of Crescent Hill an aged Seer labored a child in the river. She distanced herself from the village and found a refuge within a cave inside a waterfall. Here it is where the prophet Shalom was born.

    Shalom aged to become a Holy Man with followers and a discipleship of his enlightenment. A great temple was created in his name. Every inch has the language of his prophecy. There lies the curse which will abolish divinity of the Council of Gods. This temple is called the Foreshadow of Time!

Forbidden Shrine with Eternal Rites

    Ten years past the death of the prophet Shalom his civilization remains exterminated and their village stands firm as ruins. On every home made of stone is an undecipherable dead Nelvetii language carved on all its surfaces and prophecy foretelling until the end of time.

    After the sacrificial purge of the exterminated Nelvetii, Shalom managed to survive the annihilation. Above all, he gained followers under a cult discipleship to enlighten them of his Prophetic Teachings. As a result of the terrible massacre, his disciples fathered and mothered descendants to continue the tradition which holds the true justice behind the exterminated civilization. These descendants were the founders of an entirely new society which adopted the culture of the Nelvetii. They call themselves the Tera-Absa.

    In the ruins of Crescent Hills there lies a Forbidden Shrine with carvings of forbidden curses. Ultimately, there are predetermined people who will be born with knowledge of the language and read the carvings of this Forbidden Shrine. All carvings are passages in a thousand languages and some have yet to exist. Anyone who reads the passage will be cursed by its Forbidden Rites which predetermine the soul into destruction. Nevertheless, any soul who are unveiled the rites to will be cursed with him.

    Adaiiah, son of the Tera-Absa is the first of thousand souls cursed into perdition by the Prophetic Shrine. The passage he read granted him eternal life but he is possessed by an eternal illness which makes his spirit severely weak and horribly depressed. His despair is irreversible and hopeless and his life is dead not experiencing but unfulfilled and empty. He wanders lost confused and sad. Depressed He once said moments before his curse “The nightmare of immortality is the corruption of humanity.”

Once a passage is read its curse is relinquished!

End of the Nelvetii

    Aurora Grace is the last of the Nelvetii. Blessed by the waters which grant eternal youth it is found in the forest. This place concealed by trees. The pond is showered by a river of Holy Water.

    Long has passed since the extermination of her people she eternally bathes in ignorance but with eternal youth.

    Within the deep of the pond the spirit of water goddess has awoken. She has grown sick of her presence; thus she awakens with fury and unveils herself and her form with hatred.

    From beneath the surface of the pond the arms reach for Aura’s hair. To drown the women is her intent. She becomes fatigued and can no longer struggle against the spirit. Into the deep she is consumed and her lungs burst with blood and water.

    Upon the surface of the waters her body lies floating and not decaying.