Xan's Keepers
Keepers, Vindicators, Itharel; These Champions of Xan possess many different names amongst their kin, yet their divine purpose is universally known to all within the sects of their Aengul. The Champions of Xan are beings derived from the raw divinity and growing strength of the once fallen Aengul of Guardianship and Order. Their knowledge, connection, and raw strength unparalleled by the common Paladin who has had their soul blessed by his deific boon. Disbelieved by many, the Champions of Xan are not creations entirely forged of his will and might, they are typical Paladins, whom from the ever vigilant gaze of Xan have been deemed worthy of the position of his Champion and summoned to his realm in order to undergo the process of their creation.
Herun Athna, Xath was the first amongst the Keepers created during their original era of existence, born unto the world during the period of Athera as the descendants recovered from the brutalizing effects of Setherien. This era was wrought with strife, Harbingers, free of their creators will yet still raking their wretched hand through the realm, the epidemic of wraiths, ghouls, wights, shades and more malignant creations delivering their reckoning unto man once more. The first Keeper was created out of Xan’s attachment to the Athna line, watching as the effects of mortality and battle wore away at his faithful servant, rendering him weak and unable to serve. Xan sought to rectify such, and through the knowledge of Tahariae and the assistance of his Itharel Daniel Baelish, the Keepers of Xan were created.
To become a Keeper of Xan one must be aware of the sacrifices of their mortality they must make, very similar in the way a descendant makes the decision to sacrifice their lives for lichdom or wraithdom. Their souls and body no longer become their own; souls ripped from their very being and instead bound to a Pillar of Binding within his realm that is used as a conduit of sorts to bind their soul to their newly forged bodies. Their bodies, no longer possessing a soul, which was taken away and placed into a safe place within his realm where they lie within a trance-like state in order to remain unhindered and devoid of the effects of aging. Xan then begins the process of forging their bodies through a process that was once draining to the recently revived Aengul whom grew in strength with every passing day. Their bodies a creation of the Aenguls very ichor, the coagulated golden substance of his lifeblood that ran through the halls of his realm and ending at a divine forge where the illustrious Golden Lance, slayer of Setherien had been forged.
With their divine bodies forged, they lie dormant with nothing to bring them life, mere husks of his immense power that lack the fuel of one's soul in order to be revived and created anew. With this in need the husk is brought to the Pillar of Binding in which the aspiring Keeper has had their soul bound to; the grand pillar of ivory covered in archaic writing only understandable to the Aengul Xan and those tightly bound to his own will. Amongst the oscillating archaic writings were eligible words, more so names in the common tongue. Many names forgotten to the sands of time, yet some still faintly reminiscent, making it clear that the Aengul did indeed have favorites amongst those who served him greatly. With their bodies brought to the fabled Pillar, the Aengul began the act of binding in which the beings soul inscribed within the ivory construction was bound to the body in a means similar to how one is one is connected with his boon. The awakening of the newly forged Champion of Xan was not imminent, for it took time in order for the soul and mind of the once descendant to form a perfect link with the catalyst of a body to a maximum of a month at most (IG time). Once the newly born Champion of Xan had awoken, a single name would ring within their names, one that Xan had always prefered to give unto his creations as their Keeper name which he referred to them as.
-=Protectors of the Realm=-
-=Connection with Xan=-
-=Body and Mind=-
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-=Seekers of Xan=-
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(lerics note rep me pls) Credits
Writing: Leric
Aid in writing and ideas: Delmodan and Flamboyantnoodle
Original Lore: Tsuyose/Heerozero
Ability suggestions/balancing: Leric, Delmodan, and Flamboyantnoodle.