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The dog appears to return later, after the trolls have died and departed, the same letter within his maw. What a determined little fellow.

“Another...and another...and another. How bold they have gotten.” Ezyl murmurs, an idle yawn escaping her, concealed by her left hand as it often was. Over the elven days she had begun to notice the Azdrazi, emboldened for some unknown reason, no longer bothering to hide under those disguises they tended towards as much. Even the heralds had grown bolder, displaying power in front of masses. Her eyes close, briefly, and she sighs. “I see now why you were always so tired, ti?” With a laugh in the form of a quiet exhale, she would begin to pen many letters, all of them the same: To the Paladins of Xan, To preface this letter I wish to state that I am not eloquent in my writing. My duty is not to the pen, nor to the paper but instead it is to Xan’s purpose, as we all are. I also wish to preface this with the acknowledgement that we are not the singular, united force that the Paladins once were. Our groups have splintered, irremediable slights have caused a divide so severe that uniting under one banner in one room leads to nothing but the disconnection of those the majority opposes. Yet still, we are brothers and sisters in arms beneath Xan’s vision. It is time we act like it. In the past the Azdrazi were content to walk the realm as mortals, disguised beneath the veil of a descendant’s form. We are all aware of this trick, how their true form breaths smoke, their true skin is that of scales, and horns protrude from their skulls. In the past they were content to hide this disfigured, abhorrent appearance. Yet, in recent times, as I am confident others have seen, and have pointed out, they grow bolder. No longer in Yong Ping do they disguise themselves, instead they willingly walk among descendants, worshipped as gods. In Haense and Oren they breathe smoke, summon their flames, and wave away natural flame to draw fear and respect from the citizenships. For too long we have let our own animosity get the better of us, letting it divide order from order and brother from brother. We have let our own goals and desires ruin our reputation in lands we are sworn to protect. I fear it is time to put away our disdain for each other and unite just as we did against the Inferi, against our aengul’s nemesis’ ilk, the Azdrazi and their heralds. Their disguised forms matter little, as I am confident they are capable of changing these forms at will, or with some great effort, just as alchemy has been used to disguise descendants in the past. To begin, I propose we create a list of those we have confirmed and those suspected of this atrocity, of their disguised second lives. From my own studies I know this as fact: The Laraethryn family are all Azdrazi and Heralds. From my own suspicions I believe Celialsil, Ravondir, Elradir, and Zodd Calliban to be Heralds at the least, though some may be Azdrazi by now and some may have had this affliction removed. As well, I have 'killed' one disguised azdrazi whose form took that of a man with half a shaved head, a yellow-golden right eye, and an eyepatch concealing the left eye, his nature having been confirmed by his return to ash and dust once cut down. The time to work together is now. The time to find out who has been swayed, who has been turned, and who can still be pulled back from the brink of this destructive and unholy branding is now. The Inferi Crisis showed us well enough what inaction leads to. - Ezyl Grey [!] A dog would deliver these letters to those connected to Xan. Those familiar with Adelith/Ezyl would recognize the dog to be Oddwig, her warhound.

Amendments exist?

Somewhere far from where they had met sat Ezyl, reminiscing alone. The bitter cold of the north washed over her, though she opted to ignore it. Memories of that strange woman, cloaked in the garb of Ezyl's mother's people came rushing back. "Odd..." She'd murmured to her faithful dog, Oddwig. "I've not heard from Chryssa in some years. I hope she's found peace, somewhere out there. She seemed...lost in a way I can't put into words...but then again I suppose we all were back then." Memories of meeting the Purifier, of her frustration at the woman's tolerance of the ghost that traveled with her outside of Farrador's walls came back from some corner of the Paladin's mind, where they'd been neatly folded and tucked away. Of the Purifier's hunt for Shades, of their hunt for shades together with Anduin. Pale fingers retracted from the fire that kept them warm, wrapping tightly around the vial of cinnamon which hung from a length of leather at her neck. "You taught me more than you'll know. I wonder what purpose you seek with the shades gone, what great quest your aesyr has sent you on now." A small exhale of laughter, a fine visible hue of fog from her body's warmth in the barren north's frost. "You'd better send a bird someday, someone like you can't die. Its beyond reason." Her gaze swept to the rising sun, ice at the cave's entrance glimmering in all of its beauty. "But...if, like most I held close, you did...All-Father guide you to his Halls, Purifier Chryssa....and tell my family I miss them."

I just miss you Blago :( I hope life has been treating you well and that you do actually come back some day. No one else rly recommends good music...

Very pog ty

Honestly? I know how you feel, the way I was treated IC and OOC over my Stiboricz was horrendous and for absolutely no good reason. Just know that what they're doing and saying is more of a reflection on their own miserable lives than yours. Feel better soon, take your break, get some fresh air, and hopefully you come back some day because despite all of our beef you are a good roleplayer and no one deserves that sort of abuse.

"Are all old Paladins just lonely...too dedicated to Xan to find a wife or husband? Shame." Pondered Ezyl, using her fingers to count the amount of elderly paladins looking for love on noticeboards. After a few moments she'd wave the hand dismissively. "Poor guys."

What are eyes

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LotC logic "We're not a pvp server buuuut we're also going to choose the pvp mode that requires actual skill and forces you to grind vortex." I don't even fight back in pvp anymore. There's no point. Its not fun. To me, that is. I can't even imagine how miserable and dull a warclaim would be under this system.

In some distant land an archaic figure shudders at the omen. "Not again." She'd huff as she took another sip of her tea. "I hate holy orders." Lily would grumble. "Just die out already. But." She'd give pause as she read the notice further. "At least it isn't the nuns." With that a small giggle escapes her, dropping her tea cup and pressing her hands to either side of her nose, as though to ensure it was still there. "At least it isn't the nuns." She'd echo to herself before rocking back and forth in her rocking chair. Absent-mindedly she'd call for her owl, sending him off with one of the notices, off further into that ancient, dangerous land.

*throws potion and kills player in combat Alchemy makes me snore but you have a valid point about limitations and campers.

Done. I think one was missing or something from your list, but I did cite the ones included.

With how Naz'therak works their Maleus would be capped at say tier three, two, one, depending on the tier of the Naz entering the Chancery since they don't have spell based tier progression but Maleus based instead, to my understanding. Ah thanks, I don't know how I missed that one. 😓 Delmo's rewrite was a solid base. A spell or two was removed, a few were changed and others were added. Two enchantments were added, Chanceries gained a bigger purpose and use, added the ability to interrupt casting, Chanceries are now corruptable again. Backstory lore was updated a bit since its not been touched really since the Sol Invicta lore. Purging got updated and accurately reflects other magics lore now. With the removal of Shades everything that revolved around them (which was sadly a lot as they were a Paladin's main enemy at the time to my understanding) was removed or replaced with stuff that works against the other magics instead with the hope of enjoyable light vs dark conflict and Paladin vs Dragon conflict. Delmo was a huge help with feedback on stuff so shoutout to her for that. And ah, thank you! I really like your lore and I hope the two playerbases get some enjoyable conflict in the future. :D