Aran
2005-02-05, 02:04 PM
The Sentinel's Devices
The Sentinel's Devices are a collection of items once held by the great guardians of an ancient elven empire, long destroyed and buried. Legends still speak of the knowledge and power once held by the Order of the Silver Moon, a group of seven arcanists, each of whom specialized in one school of magic, who ruled the empire in concert, each holding sway over their own province. In order to better protect their empire, they each crafted one of the Devices according to their own magical knowledge and expertise. The entire set was given to one warrior who had proven him or her self willing and able to work in the nation's cause in every possible manner - even sacrificing their own soul if need be.
This warrior was granted the title of the Sentinel. When one guardian had passed on, the devices were returned to their creators until such time as a new, suitable bearer could be found.
The last and most well known Sentinel was Sarinal. She gave her life defending the capitol from a cataclysm that brought an army of extraplanar creatures to the empire, and with her last breath used the Devices to banish them to the Void for all eternity. It is surmised that this cataclysm, known as the Rain of Green Fire, struck the final blow that caused the empire to collapse. Her body was never found, but a shrine was erected to the memory of Sarinal, and may still stand to this day. Though one of the Devices, the Eye of the Vigilant, could not be recovered in the aftermath of the great battle, the other six were buried within Sarinal's shrine.
Since then, most knowledge of that empire has been forgotten, but whispers still reach the ears of a select few sages and scholars of this day.
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I'm going to put up the items one by one, then consolidate them in one large post.
The Sentinel's Devices are a collection of items once held by the great guardians of an ancient elven empire, long destroyed and buried. Legends still speak of the knowledge and power once held by the Order of the Silver Moon, a group of seven arcanists, each of whom specialized in one school of magic, who ruled the empire in concert, each holding sway over their own province. In order to better protect their empire, they each crafted one of the Devices according to their own magical knowledge and expertise. The entire set was given to one warrior who had proven him or her self willing and able to work in the nation's cause in every possible manner - even sacrificing their own soul if need be.
This warrior was granted the title of the Sentinel. When one guardian had passed on, the devices were returned to their creators until such time as a new, suitable bearer could be found.
The last and most well known Sentinel was Sarinal. She gave her life defending the capitol from a cataclysm that brought an army of extraplanar creatures to the empire, and with her last breath used the Devices to banish them to the Void for all eternity. It is surmised that this cataclysm, known as the Rain of Green Fire, struck the final blow that caused the empire to collapse. Her body was never found, but a shrine was erected to the memory of Sarinal, and may still stand to this day. Though one of the Devices, the Eye of the Vigilant, could not be recovered in the aftermath of the great battle, the other six were buried within Sarinal's shrine.
Since then, most knowledge of that empire has been forgotten, but whispers still reach the ears of a select few sages and scholars of this day.
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I'm going to put up the items one by one, then consolidate them in one large post.