Territoire des Brumes (Mistlands)

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Autumn 1023: Raktaar scouts composed of 1 skirmisher, investigate the nature of the nuisance. It is an occult portal from which powerful energy is released. By getting a little too close, one of Raktaar's goblins received a blast and died instantly. This portal was probably created by a local occultist.

Spring 1023: A nuisance appears following the shooting of the Syta.

The only information we have about the Mistlands comes from tales and legends from different regions of our world. The most widespread and known legend about this corner of the country is the story of Maïltikh.

Maïltikh is an elven mage from Sn'Dar'Addi, the story goes that for his wife's 600th birthday, Maïltikh was promised to offer her a bouquet of black Illidisses, a mythical flower that only grows in the Lands Mists. Legends explain that the Black Illidisse has a flowering cycle once every 100 years and that flowering lasts only one night, a night during which, if the flower were to be picked, it would light up brightly. 'an eternal glow.

That year Maïltikh left Sn'Dar'Addi around the middle of summer to go deeper into the territory of the mists with the firm intention of finding this flower and being back in time to offer it to his beautiful son. day of his birthday. The days passed, as did the weeks and months, it seemed that the mage Maïltikh had disappeared.

Aelnesse was now on the eve of her birthday and something in her made her hope to see her beloved, Maïltikh again. That night she went to watch at the top of the Great Tower of Morak An Graef and plunged her gaze and her mind into the darkness that stretched before her to the north.

After a moment, which seemed like an eternity, she saw a pale glow on the horizon that appeared then disappeared. This glow was undoubtedly getting closer and his heart began to beat. It was indeed Maïltikh with a black Illidisse in her hand radiating a soft bluish glow.

Many centuries have passed since this story, it seems that Aelnesse and Maïltikh are still alive and that they live in a remote corner where, every night, we can see a glow emanating from their apartments.

The Cursed Tablets
Long ago, when men lived in clans, even before the knowledge of steel and sorcery, the Dark Lords walked the land freely. One of them had the idea of teaching certain knowledge to humans. The clan chiefs, themselves attracted by power, were delighted with the advantage they had just gained over other men. When the hearts of men were spoiled by greed, the Master moved on to the second stage of his plan; that of stealing the souls of men.

He then offered witchcraft to the clans in exchange for their participation in a great ritual. The Dark Lord told the clan leaders that from now on they would have to follow a code of life that he would give them to engrave on a large tablet and in exchange, he would help them conquer all known lands.

The Master forced the dwarves to engrave the Cursed Tablets and it was in the very blood of the Rune Masters that he “sanctified” the stones during the great ritual. By this gesture, the souls of all the human clans were then his. The people of men then became his people.

This story, transformed many times, is still discussed among the most learned of men. It is said that criminals, chaos believers or other men of ill will come from families who once supported the Master. Some scholars, at the risk of being burned by the Inquisition, say that all men belong to a demon and that when they die, they will roast in the darkness, because their ancestors sold humanity.

Recently, in a small inn near the Mistlands, a band of Andorian mercenaries, under the leadership of Warlord Richard the Proud, got their hands on a mysterious chest. The mining village of Rossel led to the discovery of two ageless dwarf tablets. In order to make some money, Lord Richard opted to sell the Tablets. It was through the world that he sent a missive and he is currently waiting for future buyers.

Does humanity belong to a Demon? Are the gods real or is this just the direct action of a Dark Lord? Should ordinary mortals know the truth?