Darkstone
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Darkstone
Before the fall of the castle to an evil Sorcerer and his diabolical Wizard partner, Darkstone was a burnt out husk of a castle, remaining, seemingly, as a reminder that war is destructive, pure and simple. Estrion and Siarl (the aforementioned Sorcerer and Wizard) had designs on expanding their area of influence from a small tropical island to a much larger area. They were drawn, like flies, to the growth and chaos surrounding a small frontier town known as Wehnimer's Landing.
They both spent many nights laying out their plans for the destruction of the town and the subjugation of its citizens, and one of their first steps was to overtake a nearby fortress from which they could reign terror down upon the small town.
Now, Estrion and Siarl, while both megalomaniacs, were smart enough to realize that they could not accomplish their goals alone. Together they performed dark rituals, almost nightly, to call upon the spirit of the night, then called "Scalu" for aid. "Scalu", now called Sheru after the fall of the ice age, was even then hard at work on plans of his own, yet felt that in aiding these two foolish mortals, he could accomplish his own goal of wrestling the Realm of Dreams from "Reann", who is now calle Ronan. As Estrion and Siarl used Sheru's spiritual force to come to their aid, so did Sheru himself use the combined elemental energy of the two to prepare mortal world for his coming.
His first step was to bring his Heralds (Harbingers) forward from behind the veil to wreak havoc amongst the citizens of the town, and to "herald" his coming. Things went wrong however, as both Estrion and Siarl where very draining, even upon this immortal figure. Their rituals and experiments in spirit and element backfired, causing a lingering mana storm to remain above the castle, its black vortex constantly sucking mana away from the ground and upward like a great vacuum. Sheru was spent of energy, and had to retreat back behind the veil, leaving his Harbingers behind him.
No longer aided by Sheru, and both very spent from their own workings of magic, the pair launched an attack against the town in a desperate attempt to destroy as much of the living world as they could, in hopes that the release of spirit could help them re-open the veil. Their attempt backfired, however as Estrion, already spent and drained of mana, was killed by the townsfolk who were defending their homes. Siarl was able to flee, and has not been seen since.







