The Great War

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In a time of great Order, Torkalath was given the task of selecting a mortal to become a champion of Chaos. He chose a man named Jiro, whom he gave many gifts: the black palace of Veldamyr, powers over necromancy and other dark magics. Eventually Torkalath even created a new race who would be subserviant to Jiro alone, a soldier race known by the elves as 'Orcat,' commonly shortened to Orcs. It was at this time that Jiro chose a new name for himself, 'Lor Malgoriand,' the Shadow-Bringer.

Lor Malgoriand's armies swept the world, upsetting the establishment of Order and once again bringing balance to the 'fate.' However, this balance lasted a short time only: Torkalath had given Malgoriand too much power, and he began to dominate life on Daragoth. The apostles were sent to strip him of his power: his task had been completed. Torkalath's power was rescinded from Lor Malgoriand, but inexplicably his powers remained. In fact, they dramatically increased. Malgoriand killed Idemark, Pathos' Apostle of Order, an act which previously had been deemed impossible.

The Apostles retreated to the Elder plane, where they learned from Pathos that Lor Malgoriand's power had not disappeared because he was no longer recieving power from the Loreldians, but rather the Lost, those Loreldians whom they had banished so long ago during the forming. Felewyn herself was sent to destroy Lor Malgoriand at the battle of Eswen Sylen. She split him with her sword, stripping him of his power and banishing him from existence. Lanethan, meanwhile, went to the soul-well in a foolish attempt to save the soul of his friend Idemark. Lanethan was successful in that Idemark was extracted from the soul-well, but Idemark's soul fused with Lanethan's in the process. Lanethan took over Idemark's position as the Apostle of Pathos' Order, and Felewyn appointed two new apostles. During the Great War the human empire was destroyed, replaced by the Kingdom of Deralia. The events of the game take place two hundred years after the conclusion of the Great War.