Victory Day
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Victory Day is the battle in which the forces of the living defeated the Heralds of The Dark One outside Marble City. It brought the Third Age, which had lasted 2230 years, to its close.1 Under the current calendar every date is recorded with reference to it: an event falls Before Victory Day (BVD) or After Victory Day (AVD).2
The stirring in the Void
So long had passed since the Dark One last intervened in the history of Teneris that even the wisest had forgotten their old enemy. When the Order of Chain claimed that something was stirring in the Void, it took a long time to convince everyone. As in ages past, creatures later known as voidborn began to appear in every corner of the realm.1
Watching these events, the Chain Wardens realised that this time the voidborn and many other chaotic forces were controlled by powerful beings with dark wings, who called themselves simply "Heralds".3
For the first time, the Heralds bargained with the living. It seemed that the "Dark Father" was willing this once to settle for less than the absolute annihilation he calls "silence". Many scholars still believed such dealings ran against the Dark One's nature, and held that the Heralds were messengers for no one but themselves.4
The battle
The Chain Wardens travelled across Caligran, rallying an army. This union, the Grand Alliance, was the largest in the history of Teneris. The forces the Heralds had gathered, both living and voidborn, met it outside Marble City, and the world of the living stood on the brink of extinction. At that moment the Chain Wardens, supported by the Archon and the High Church, defeated the darkness through a ritual. Many of them paid for the victory with their lives.4
Victory Day made legends of Emperor Vaden I, High King Gilmor Ironbeard, Alliance Army Commander Marus Salinor, Lord Fangol Silvarel, Great Chief Uthag and Warlord Wolfar Winterwolf. It also marked the tragic death of Lady Nemarin.4 Crown Prince Vaden II fought honourably that day at the head of the esteemed cavalry unit Gladio Heredite.5
Aftermath
The Grand Alliance won, but its losses were so great that the balance of power was completely upset. The noble houses slowly regained power while the Emperor's central authority weakened, and those who had barely survived side by side turned quickly to political games and conflicting interests. The scars of the war ran deep in the political and social fabric of Teneris.4
As the noble houses competed for influence, alliances shifted and new rivalries arose. The unity of the Alliance began to fracture, and the power vacuum left by Victory Day led to a period of uncertainty and instability.5
Immediately after Victory Day, miracles and divine magic faded from the realm. Scholars took this silence in the heavens during Victory Day as a sign that a battle was being fought in the skies. The period is remembered as The Time of Silence.5
Legacy
Emperor Vaden I, the hero of Victory Day, was later found assassinated in his bed on a cold and grim night. Marus Salinor, who had commanded the Alliance Army on the day, did not believe the story told of the assassination.5
The Chain Wardens remain few after Victory Day and the civil war, yet in many ways mortals have no other refuge from the cosmic dangers behind the curtain.6 In 261 AVD the Cult of Void came to light, led by people who claimed to carry the souls of the Heralds from before Victory Day.7
In ancient times a paladin of Alarath falling from the sky like a comet often proved the saviour in the most desperate moments. It can still happen, but since Victory Day it has been seen only once.8
Notlar
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 12
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 7
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, pp. 12-13
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 13
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 14
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 41
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 16
- ↑KitapLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide, p. 24
Kaynaklar
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- SSGLands of Exile: Starter Setting Guide(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 7, 12-14, 12-13, 16, 24, 41
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