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Guardians of Knowledge/The Watchers/The Unnamable/Old Ones

While no definitive account exists, I have tried my best to provide an overview of available information on the above mentioned entities. These are referenced across religions and nations and historical accounts.

The Guardians of Knowledge are said to be beings from outside the realm of Mundus. There are 6 that each control a different realm of reality.

Dinok-Laas: Magic
Lah'Ofan: The Cycle
Keyn'Heim: The Creator
Ruvaak'Qolaas: The Messenger
Lok'Qostiid: Time
Lo'Vokun: Change

In 1014, according to an account by the Hibou Argent, several people were given the opportunity to speak with the Guardians of Knowledge and ask questions about the origins of our world.

According to the Guardians, mankind were created in the hidden city of Syrn. (Note, this conflicts with the Dark Elves story of creation which places dark elves as the first species, though also in Syrn.) In the Guardian narrative, magic was given as a gift to these first beings. Due to the violence and selfishness, mankind was expelled out of Syrn in order to populate the world under the guidance of the Guardians. But at some point, a threat arrived that was so serious that the Guardians had to leave Mundus behind. They left to face the threat, which many have called “The Watchers.”

Meanwhile others have claimed that the motives of the Guardians are not so benign. Priests of Fel'Lökla have written that the Guardians of Knowledge, are in fact intent on the destruction of Mundus and have been trying for several years. They claim they learned this knowledge from the water-being, Fel'Lökla, who was discovered by one of their High Priests while closing a portal. Fel'Lökla is said to be from another world that the Guardians destroyed and came to Mundus to warn or protect it.

From my research, there is not one agreed upon theory. The Vrai Foi is said to have claimed that the Guardians are similar to beings like Tenamuach who many regard as a demon from another plane while others religions and scholars seem to mix information about the Guardians and The Watchers.

According to the account by the Hibou Argent, the Watchers came from beyond the world and could only enter Mundus through designated doors, or 9 monoliths centred on points of telluric energy. I have not been able to confirm that the Watchers and the entities referenced as the Unnamable (sometimes called the void) are the same or how they might relate to the Guardians or “The Old Ones” referenced in lore of the religion of Fel'Lökla.

Barring future research, I conclude that there are some sort of ancient entities with immense power and interest in Mundus who can enter in and out of our world via portals.

One interesting artifact I plan to research more is the l’Ashkena Gadah Hos. This was a powerful artefact that featured heavily in the events of the 1010’s in Mundus. This artefact was said to be related to the Guardians of Knowledge.

Syrn When the First Ones wanted to create peace, they needed a place for it to grow. They created the First City for the first race to be born. The race of dark elves lived in Syrn. The development was great, it covered our world. Then the war for magic began. The dark elves fought to the death. For several generations, Syrn remained deserted. The Portals The dark elves were at war for dominance of magic. The First Ones were worried that their children would die. They created a portal in the First City. The dark elves could use it to go to the surface of the world. The portal of the First City opens with the Book of Uskhena Gadah Gos. The elves could now move between the First City and the surface. They could survive the war. Other ways to create these portals were developed. The waudit can be summoned with certain centers. The portal of the First City allows one to move between worlds Asthena Gadah Sos the First Ones created the portals of our world. With them, the dark elves could move between the First City and the surface of the world. The grand portal could also be used to travel among the stars. When the dark elves went to live on the surface, the First Ones closed the portals. The war among the dark elves ceased. The First Ones gave a Book to the dark elves. It can be used to open the portals again. Orapal Camas When the dark elves were at peace, the Book was there. When the dark elves discovered the magic of Orapal Camas, the book was there. When the dark elves fought for the magic, the book was there. When the elves dark left Syrn, the Book was there. The history of this race is in this book. The Book was closed when the elves dark came to the surface. The Telluric Zones of the dark elves were fighting for magic, the First Ones created portals to send the dark elves to the surface. The dark elves could not live on the surface. The First Ones created large magic zones. In these zones, the dark elves changed to become something different. The mortal races were born. In these zones, the races mortals created Gods. The First Ones took back the magic of these zones after the creation of the Gods. The Guardians were First Ones. They lived in another world in the stars. They created several worlds because they wanted to learn from others entities. They created a first race and waited until it became mortal. They learned from our actions. When one of them left his original world because he wanted to dominate, they followed him. They wanted to stop him. The Prophets When the First Ones left the world to to pursue their brother, they left us a way to lead our world while they were gone. Darkness spoke to his brothers in the pleasure of war. The five first ones could not prevent it in time, and the Council ordered that the world would be tested. Great calamities fell on our world and we must survive or the Darkness will exercise its right to rule the world. May the Prophets help us.

There was a time when Man lived in the reality of what is, in harmony and understanding with the rest of the Universe. But after the great upheaval preceding the first era of our calendar, the world darkened and man put his energy and his genius into the creation of terrifying objects: weapons and more particularly magical weapons, true embodiments of dark genius. of Man.

The beginning of the First Era was the darkest period of our world, it was then that the greatest number of these terrible weapons were conceived, as well as the unspeakable ones that terrified and completely annihilated the continent of Simaelle. Man had become blind and the escalation continued between what he believed to be Good and Evil, always finding new weapons, each more terrifying than the other to defend his cause.

A lot of time has passed since then and the bubbling energy that men felt at that time has slowly died out and with it most of these weapons, which we call: weapons of the first flow. There are still some but they have been silent for centuries.

Of course other weapons were made and used, still formidable but whose power no longer had any equal to those of the first times. These are the weapons of the second flow. The sword you are concerned about is one of them. But it is not just a weapon, it is also a key, and the only one that could reopen the gate of Mondakasgoroth. Your research has led you to believe that the fire sword was designed to destroy the ice sword, allow us to confirm it to you: the fire sword was designed to destroy the ice sword and thus prevent the opening from the gate of Mondakasgoroth.

Both were designed and forged by the dark elves. The fight between the dark and light side of Man is long and inevitable and is part of his search. Many people are working hard to try to reopen the gate of Mondakasgoroth and like all things have its opposite many others are joining forces to keep it closed. We will not pass judgment because very often judgment lies, but one thing is certain, you have the key to what will or will not be the world of tomorrow.

May the wisdom of truth always guide you.

The keepers of knowledge. Assembly of sages year 1000 of the first era.

Guardians of knkoldge - he Keepers of Knowledge leave the world and leave it at the mercy of a panoply of cataclysms. Men will have to fight to take possession of various sources of wealth allowing them to better survive the difficulties that lie ahead, or to prevent evil forces from seizing sources of destruction. In these battles, the Empire will face the Alliance of the Valents, a coalition of Andoran and the True Faith.

“Called elsewhere they will be, and this for a period of 1725 nights. Three they were, three they are, three they will be to fight this fight that no one else can. »

The prophecy of the Lorekeepers has arrived, their departure means that our world will be exposed to a threat far beyond what we have known or imagined. No matter your allegiance, your creed, your race, your kingdom, when the sun sets for the 1725th time after their departure, be ready because those who lie in wait for us will be ready.

The great hourglass of life has been turned over, the days are now numbered and resources coveted. This long countdown will plunge our world into total chaos, conflicts and wars will bloom like buds in spring, but the summer it announces will only be made of blood.

Plague and famine will strike, arable land will become immense issues and drinking water a precious commodity, the years that await us will be the most terrible that our era has known. We will have to organize ourselves and fight for our own survival, we will not know any respite until the guards return.

But above all, we will have to hope, hope that it is indeed the Guardians of Knowledge who are returning, and not those who are lying in wait for us.

Source: Bicolline Archives

https://ghoria.org/universite/1014_hibou_gardiens.pdf

“Called elsewhere they will be, and this for a period of 1725 nights. Three they were, three they are, three they will be to fight this fight that no one else can. »

But above all, we will have to hope, hope that it is indeed the Guardians of Knowledge who are returning, and not those who are lying in wait for us.

Source: Bicolline Archives
The departure of the Keepers of Knowledge will allow the enlightenment of six men who will become prophets. Touched by the energy of the Guardians, they have the ability to perform miracles and influence calamities. Some will seek to offer them their good favors to attract their friendship, but it is still necessary first to understand them and understand what they want. They were accompanied to the battlefield where everyone tried to carry out their will.

The dark times have arrived. Our world is unleashed and calamities will strike relentlessly, a grandiose evil preached and announced by those whose names we do not know. The guardians of knowledge have left our world, bringing with them their knowledge and their symbiotic power which frozen our reality in time and space.

Calamities are only the beginning of the great changes that will shake up the very foundations of our world. The great truths that we mortals have always taken for granted will become memories that the ancestors will relate to the youngest. Gone are the days when water could put out a fire and death succeeded life.

The guardians of knowledge will not have left us without allowing us to protect ourselves against the great upheavals that await us. A rain of light originating where they left us and dotting our world with fragments of their power, transposed the possibility to us, mortals, of controlling our universe. Those who were enlightened began their quest for knowledge to wield the power of the guardians. This was enclosed in the patches of stars that sparkled in the sky the night of their departure. Leaving their identity behind, they began their long pilgrimage making them prophets.

Of all those who began their quest for enlightenment, six are exalted enough to influence the calamities that will befall us. But while their knowledge and potential comes from the Guardians, their powers are tied to us mortals who will believe and decide which one we follow and accept. Already, those who accompany them can tell of their many miracles, ever more powerful as their number of faithful increases. We can only extrapolate on their true strength and the possibilities available to their followers...

The implacable design, dictated by the departure of the Guardians, has its source in a simple adage, oh so true, let us believe and we can.

Source: Oracle of Bicolline, year 1008.
https://ghoria.org/pages/evene.php?id_evene=53\&id_guilde=1000#Oracle

Ignorance is the weapon of the powerful. The guilds of the Central Lands embark on various quests and battles to obtain Tablets of Knowledge, which will reveal the History of the world of Bihill. The desire to obtain this knowledge is such that a great coalition unites behind Redemption. Fortunately, the Phoenix will dare to oppose this brotherhood and allow the men-at-arms to practice their profession.

The search for knowledge is an endless quest.

A single being cannot claim to be capable of gathering all the knowledge of our world, even if he had eternity before him. Mortal races have created their share of great thinkers, philosophers, mages and other intellectual luminaries who have always hsought the answers to the biggest questions of our world.

The search for knowledge is a demanding quest.

As much as the professional soldier will have to harden his arm and refine his martial techniques, the scholar will have to dedicate himself entirely to his search for knowledge. There are no half measures in the quest for knowledge. To settle for half-truths is to accept one's weakness of mind and to wallow in the brilliance of incomplete answers.

The search for knowledge is a quest that strengthens the spirit.

The scholar must assume that what he believes is not necessarily the absolute truth. He must constantly question himself and call into question the facts established before him. He must train his mind in reflection, in deduction and be ready to reconsider what he thinks he knows under a new eye. In this way only universal knowledge will be able to progress and mortal races will be able to approach absolute knowledge. The scholars of our world will all agree that no knowledge can be transmitted other than through the perseverance and hard work of those who desire to know and learn. But yet... Shortly after the vote which decided what calamity would befall us, several thinkers and researchers established in all corners of our world experienced the brilliance of genius. This bright flame of knowledge which suddenly radiates the darkness of ignorance in which our minds are immersed. The mage created the spell allowing him to understand the incomprehensible. The alchemist created the elixir of universal knowledge. The priest had his vision. The shaman received within himself the presence of great ancestral spirits.

All are unanimous. They know where and how to find the answers to the big questions that have troubled our minds for so long. Universal knowledge at your fingertips! The certainties from which all currents of thought and research in the coming centuries will flow. But paradoxically, glimpsing this knowledge also raises its share of questions. Is it by chance that the brilliance of genius strikes so many people at the same time? Where does this absolute knowledge come from? Who owned it and why they want to pass it on to us.

You have to be naive to pretend that knowledge is not a powerful weapon that must be controlled, transmitted or even suppressed. Entire civilizations have fallen to the wrath of more evolved races. Dynasties of several generations have reigned by controlling the transmission of knowledge. What we are about to discover will forever change our perception of life. Major established facts will have to be questioned. Is it better to transmit this absolute knowledge or to keep it carefully in order to filter who can have access to it? Perhaps in some cases the truth will be so brutal that it will be better to destroy this knowledge and pretend never to have possessed it...

This Battle, at the dawn of the return of the Guardians of Knowledge, is intended to be an information war where the truth could prove cruel, or even decisive in the future of certain regions of our world. This information will result in the physical capture of objectives on the battlefield which will seal the destiny of each party.

Source: Oracle of Bicolline, year 1011 https://ghoria.org/pages/evene.php?id_evene=64\&id_guilde=1000#Oracle

Silver Owl Guild
Felix Who Dominates A Scientia
Report of the meeting with the Jaar'arrs and Keepers of Knowledge. Saturday, Great Battle 1014. 8 p.m.
As written by:
Dream Bohemia
Great Doctrine of the Silver Owl Doctrine of Innovation Representative of the Circle
Start of report:
We followed the procession to the predetermined location. The Jaar'arr and Guardians led the procession. Doormen let us in, one by one, validating our pass. We were seated in groups, according to our pass:
Dinok-Laas: The magic Lah'Ofan: The cycle Keyn'Heim: The creator Ruvaak'Qolaas: The messenger Lok'Qostiid: The time Lo'Vokun: The change
Report deposited at the B.A.D.H., Library and Archives of the Silver Owl Meeting with the Keepers of Knowledge, Battle 1014
p. 1

List of Jaar’arr:
Dinok-Laas: The magic - Marthuin McLeod
Lah'Ofan: The cycle - High Queen and High King of Irendille Felmethia and Celebrimbor Keyn'Heim: The creator – Clowake de Grossouvre
Ruvaak'Qolaas: The Messenger - Jonas Oséric
Lok'Qostiid: Time - Xarlincar Tolternoth
Lo'Vokun: The Change - I-Hann Dragonnar
The Jaar’arr of the Messenger speaks:
We are all gathered together here.
The Guardians have been there from the beginning, and of their own will. Always present, and today once again.
They shaped the world as they perceived it, as they could, in the image of what they desired. Men being the first creatures among many others. The Guardians gave great gifts to these first beings. A powerful gift. Magic.
But Magic was not enough for these first beings. They coveted more. They used it to take what they didn't have, and what it wasn't theirs to take. Changes come, war... The law of the strongest becomes the only law present. The first peoples are wiped out because of this will. They then went out from Syrn, in order to populate the whole world. These first men evolved. Adapted and became what all races are today.
The Lorekeepers continued to lead the way. Have always been present. And are always present during the first meetings.
Report submitted to the B.A.D.H., Library and Archives of the Silver Hibou
Meeting with the Keepers of Knowledge, Battle 1014 p. 2

The great threat came. This is the reason why the Guardians left our world. They left to face those who lie in wait for us. In order to defend ourselves against them. Those who lie in wait for us want to enter our world. They are a Great Threat. The Keepers of Knowledge want to prevent this by showing us the way forward. To arrive at the world they have shaped and how they want our world to become.
In order to do this, they are here to give us a piece of Knowledge about the Message.
This is why a question may be addressed to each Knowledge Keeper. (Note - it was the Messenger's Jaar'arr who answered all the questions, apart from Lo'Vokun's, change - it was I-Hann who answered)
Question from the Cycle, asked by Mirielle: How can we survive the cycle?
Cycle response:
The Cycle is eternal. Trying to survive is just ignoring the spinning wheel. What lives, dies, and is reborn. Like the seasons, the wheel turns and all will know the cycle.
Question of Creation, asked by Winzod:
As an inhabitant of the Mondus, how can we learn melody in order to bring perfect balance to this world?
Response from Creation:
The whole world is based on a melody. That of the Keepers of Knowledge. This melody resonates perfectly, and is not for mortal ears. However, if we have magic, the receptacle of the essence of the Knowledge Keeper of this world, they can hear it.
Report submitted to the B.A.D.H., Library and Archives of the Silver Hibou
Meeting with the Keepers of Knowledge, Battle 1014 p. 3

Question of time, asked by Éléonore:
What can we do to have as much time as possible before those who are watching us arrive?
Response from Time:
Despite everything, those who are lying in wait for us are not there at the moment. They come from beyond our world. They must enter through the designated doors into this world. There are 9 monoliths in the world.
(Note – there were two understandings of what was said)
In order to delay their arrival,
A - it is possible to seal these 9 entrances to temporarily regrow.
B - If only one is sealed, it will temporarily repel them for a certain time.
Question of Change, posed by Sebbal:
Why does the change oppose the order established by the other Knowledge Keepers?
Change Response:
The world is too rigid, we have to shake up conventions. We must bring entropy back into this world and turn it upside down.
Question of Magic, asked by Seth:
How to fight and expel Thosewho are lying in wait for us and the Knowledge Keepers of our world?
Magic's response:
There is a way to create sigils to repel those who lie in wait for us. With fragments of reality, cubes of power, a certain number makes such power possible. We can therefore postpone the arrival. It is presumptuous to think that it is possible to expel those who created everything from this world.
Report submitted to the B.A.D.H., Library and Archives of the Silver Hibou
Meeting with the Keepers of Knowledge, Battle 1014 p. 4

Question from the Messenger, asked by Jarl:
Is there a way for mortals to maintain communication with the First Ones or the Messenger more effectively?
Response from the Messenger:
There are several that exist. Many that have been forgotten over time.
1 - By being in communion with the Messenger.
2 - In a spiritual way to open a channel of communication
3 - With ancient forgotten rituals, such as some contained in the mysterious Grimoire of Orapal Tamas
It is at this moment that I-Hann speaks, interrupting the Messenger. An exchange takes place between the Jaar'arr of the Messenger, and the Jaar'arr of Change.
It is essential to prepare for change. We must change for the better. The change will have a big impact on the world, but will have very little impact for those who are ready. Everything Jonas did was for nothing.
At this moment, the Guardian of Change, Lo'Vokun, steps forward and speaks, removing his hood. Some say that I-Hann slipped away at that moment.
"I am the Unnamable
I am Vox, and not
I am eternal.
I am everywhere and nowhere. I am yesterday and tomorrow.
I am always, and never.
Report deposited at the B.A.D.H., Library and Archives of the Silver Owl Meeting with the Keepers of Knowledge, Battle 1014
p. 5

I am the one who understands.
Avatar of flesh, only one understood the upheavals.
There will be chaos, war and change
Before the big change.
Glory and pain.
Sadness and happiness
Present as Pilgrim of Change.
In order to ensure that nations will no longer be stagnant.
This is so that all of us can learn and evolve.
I will always be there.
I will be where you will have no influence.
In these dark areas, I will continue to bring change. Evolution.
We are inherent in your world"
At that moment, Lo'Vokun points out the Jaar'arr and the Lorekeepers, and the lights go out. When the light returns to the room, the Guardians are no longer there, and the Jaar'arr are on the ground, looking unwell. Only Jonas Oseric, Jaar'arr of the Messenger, is standing, holding on to his staff. We tried to reach out to offer healing, but without success. The Messenger's Jaar'arr informs us that what needed to be said was said, and that it was time to leave.
Quietly, people left the room, upset.
Subsequently, a few individuals met just outside, and the decision to create the Assembly of Sages was made.
- End of report -
Report submitted to the B.A.D.H., Library and Archives of the Silver Hibou
Meeting with the Keepers of Knowledge, Battle 1014

https://ghoria.org/universite/1014_hibou_gardiens.pdf

Account sent to be from a priest of the Circle

Re: Old Ones. From what I've learned over the years, these beings have appeared before in our world of Mundus and the Hippocampe Duché. They were supposedly 'discovered' or made themselves known, many years before. A religion was founded around these beings known as the Guardians of Knowledge, a race of beings that came before, making the world and all those Mortal and Immortal within it. These Guardians then left for other corners of existence after this awesome act of creation. When they returned years ago, many thought they were indifferent but otherwise powerful beings and so worship was accorded to them. However, as others began to research them, they discovered that these beings weren't merely indifferent or apathetic, they were intent on the destruction of Mundus. Perhaps they were bored with ennui, or maybe they wished to feed upon what their world had wrought. Either way, they were pushed away somehow for a time or distracted. The coming of the being referred to as Fel'Lökla was as a result of a high priest attempting a sealing ritual upon a portal. The rite was successful, however this entity arrived on our world. From what a curious sailor was able to discover, Fel'Lökla is a being of a type akin to the Guardians, however her world was destroyed by them and she managed to survive and come here, with apparent aims to prevent a similar Annihilation. However, we only have the word of this water-affiliated entity and their apparent connection with the race of Blue Men to rely upon. To my knowledge, the True Faith rejects this as heresy of a grevious sort and at most believes the Guardians are a group of rogue angels akin to the Tenamuach in origin. The Circle, to my knowledge, has not written anything in their scripture that refers to the Guardians, though based on their gospels, I suppose it is possible they could be seen as agents of the divine Balance or the Destroyer. The faithful of Fel'Lökla sees them as foes of all creation.