Key Individuals Of Nyboria’s Modern History

There once lived Endymion II.

Upon Mount Latus, Endymion II ruled the kingdoms of Clis and Earia, as well as the surrounding heavens. From birth he had been chosen by Apollinaire, the Prophet, to take his position as Mount Latus’ guardian, earning the title of Inquisitor. Endymion ruled for over two centuries until a fatal sickness cast him down from grace and retired him to the withered state that would soon guide him unto death’s door. In his final moments of desperation he summoned forth, Rothus, the Deceiver. This dark warlock ensured Endymion eternal life in exchange for his kingdom and everything in it.

Fearing death and the inevitable Gates of Hades, Endymion, desperate and senile, took the offer in an instant. Before his eyes his kingdom had crumbled, his subjects were turned to ash and his treasures evaporated into sulfur. For this Endymion was granted immortality as well as vampirism in it’s most arcane form. Only a single twisted fortress, located upon the peak of the mountain, could serve as Endymion’s home now. He could never again look upon the sun, and it was within the dark walls of this demonic sanctuary where he was to remain, until that day would come when the heavens would fall from the skies.

Due to his actions Apollinaire damned the mountain and all who would set foot upon it, cursing Endymion to wallow in unbearable isolation. This isolation would drive him mad, pushing Endymion to learn and execute the full extent of his demonic abilities, for use upon the unsuspecting world which he had grown to loath and look at in malevolent jealousy. To this day he remains in exile atop the damned peak, looking down on the world from the ruins of Clis and Earia, telepathically influencing the world through black magic, vampiric hypnotism and the dark arts of the Unholy Trinity.

Then, there was Augustine, the Architect.

From high within the towers of the age old city of Ptula, there dwelled a man with the powers of sorcery and the makings of a fierce warrior. Within this city lived Augustine, the Architect. Born the student of Apollinaire, the Prophet, Augustine took his master’s teachings and combined them with self-taught fighting styles. When Apollinaire had retired from Mount Latus, he had come to live in the ruins of Ptula. His first student, Endymion, had failed in his duties to the great sorcerer. And so, Apollinaire chose Augustine, the son of a poor farmer to serve as his successor.

What drew Augustine apart from the other warriors and mages of the land was that he alone held the ability to take part in combat while, at the same time, using magic alongside his physical prowess. When Apollinaire, the Prophet, became bedridden, Augustine was determined to help extend his teacher’s lifespan, as there had been so much more Augustine hadn’t learned from him. Apollinaire pointed Augustine the title of Architect as his abilities had already surpassed even those of any basic warrior or magic user.

Augustine knew his craft and was well aware of the existence of a jewel which held the healing properties needed to restore Apollinaire’s youth. This jewel resided within the deepest depths of a place called the Emerald Dorm. It was a legendary treasury which held stones of absolute fortune and property. So, Augustine set off to find this dorm and, along the way, collect a band of the land’s strongest warriors to aid in his quest. Along this journey Augustine would come to realize the true limitless potential of his powers and begin his rise to a divine rite.

No one ever forgot Djorn, the Destroyer.

Djorn was spawned upon a battlefield, found after the conclusion of a great war, shielded by the bodies of fallen soldiers. King Hygod ordered his men to take the infant they had found and bring it before him. The queen took to the baby boy instantly and from that day forward Djorn was raised alongside their son, Prince Albion. Both entered knighthood and grew to be the closest of comrades. Djorn and Albion eventually went their separate ways when it was time for Albion to take up his training to become the ruler of the Kingdom of Hygod. Djorn stayed on as one of the kingdom’s most resilient generals.

As Albion stayed behind, Djorn was sent out across the land to conquer and decimate all traces of evil that his majesty’s empire could detect. Even at a young age he showed extreme talent in all aspects of war. One day, within the seclusion of his chambers, a spirit appeared before Djorn and offered him answers as to the circumstances of his birth and parents. Intrigued, Djorn left Hygod the next day in pursuit of answers to his past. Despite Albion’s pleads Djorn was determined to find his parents and follow the instruction of the strange spirit.

In Djorn’s absence the Kingdom of Hygod fell with no capable leader to command their army. Albion was forced by his father to flee his home, being the last survivor of the Kingdom of Hygod. From that day forth Albion searched for Djorn, whom he had grown to resent. Djorn traveled East, meeting forces he had never seen before. After many encounters with demons and unearthly beasts of unbelievable power, Djorn was finally brought to the resting place of his father. Djorn was not born of mortal parents, as he discovered he was the spawn of the demon, Balberith, the Seer.

The demon had turned on the Order of the Unholy Trinity and was banished to the bloody fields of battle, across the globe. Here Balberith would birth a son with the ability to defeat the Unholy Trinity, which the demon himself had grown to hate. Djorn learned that his father had wanted to overthrow Astaroth, Beelzebub and Lucifer, but was thwarted by the demon, Azazael, Wearer of Sin. Looking upon his father’s shrine, where the soldiers of the old world had casted Balberith out of existence, Djorn took his father’s armor and weaponry to use in a war he would now rage against the Unholy Trinity. Taking to, what he believed to be, his purpose, Djorn wore the Bloodluster Amor.

It was a knight’s suit who’s black magical powers grew evermore unstoppable in the dead of night or in the presence of demonic forces. From this moment Djorn swore to travel down the nine circles of hell to reach the trinity and bathe in their blood. Along with this armor he carried the Bloodluster Sword which was a blade that could grow, bend and slay in accordance with the power of the armor itself. Through his travels Djorn searched for thee entrance to hell and, along the way, became the most feared warrior to have ever walked the earth. Over the years Djorn built up an army which he would soon lead down to the depths of the inferno, setting off on his venture to take hell for himself and rule over all damnation.

The greatest warrior of them all had to be Albion, the Vigilant.

Two years had past after Albion’s kingdom had fallen. Over time he had lost everything and eventually found himself at the mercy of goblins, imps and devils within a dark forest. For days he was tortured by the woodland beasts who planned to eat him. Through all of this, Albion maintained his faith in the heavens and all the wonders of light and goodness in this world. Finally, on the day the goblins, imps and devils casted Albion into a large oven, beneath an old willow tree in the Bedlam Swamps, the heavens intervened. From the furnaced stepped Albion, immortal and angelic, having been reborn by the will of the angel, Chaelos. Albion soon escaped the swamp, laid waste to the evils within it and built his new kingdom upon it’s foundation.

From there he readied an army to defend his new home, building a kingdom larger and more magnificent than the one he had lost. In time he gave up his pursuit for Djorn, eventually taking back his home and appointing his first son the ruler of the Hygod Kingdom. Albion’s new kingdom was named Aelos and both lands, though miles away, served as two halves of a singularly unified power. Albion eventually left his kingdom to his grandchildren and served as a watcher over his lands after his subjects believed him to have passed on. He walked the planet, serving as an agent of the heavens and maintaining peace between the lands of Nyboria.

Most feared Azazael, the Wearer of Sin.

Azazael is one of the demon lords who serves as an advisor to the demon god, Astaroth. He sometimes roams the streets of human cities and takes the form of a female, luring men into secluded places, just to tear their hearts from their chests and be off. He is always seen wearing flowing black rags that cover his boney white flesh. From under his rags reach scythe-like blades that pet rude from his body when he moves. He is one of the generals of the demon’s army and seems to have some admiration for angels, admiring their perfection which he secretly longs for.

To Azazel’s side stood Dromalius, the General.

This demon lord wears a suit of bones and fire. He almost always stands before the demon lord, Legion. Dromalius commands Legion in his assaults. Legion, who holds a million familiars within himself, can unleash an army of demonic spirits who are then granted more power by the sorcery of Dromalius. This demon lord is an accomplished general, magic user and has been titled, “Angel Slayer”. He is one of the most feared demon lords to have ever existed.

Next, there came the teacher, Apollinaire, the Prophet.

Being one of the first humans to drink the elixir of immortality, eternal life had granted Apollinaire unlimited time to master all forms of magic. This had led to him even surpassing the title of a wizard, becoming just as powerful as the lesser angels. Apollinaire lived his life in protection over many cities to which he was tasked to guard. He served the angels well into the following centuries, but soon his constant enchanted endeavors began to weaken the effects of the elixir in his body.

By the time the age’s of Synths and Merceron had come, Apollinaire faded in and out of death as his students and disciples would try for many years to prolong the magician’s life. The angels could not help him, as they had been instructed by the dragons that they had created laws that forbid humans from ever becoming eternal, as they are an easily corruptible race. Apollinaire understood this and eventually died peacefully in his sleep, in the ruins of the City of Ptula.

When he died the dragons allowed Apollinaire’s soul passage into their realm of Zantar, reincarnating him as a dragon. The dragons told Apollinaire that he was spared for his services in his past life and would never be subject to any afterlife. The dragons allowed Apollinaire to exist as a guardian of Zantar. But, he was forbidden from ever returning to Nyboria, for fear that he might wish to stay and pass his knowledge unto more unsuitable mortals, unfit to know such miraculous things. However, the construction of the Realmgate would soon move to dismiss these laws.

Lastly, there lived Alekhyne, the Creator.

Within the moons above Nyboria floated the Cathedral of Alekhyne, the Creator. Once mortal man, Alekhyne called upon the aid of demons to put him in contact with the legendary Astaroth. Alekhyne claimed he had a marvelous deal for the demon and eventually he was granted an audience. Alekhyne convinced Astaroth to grant him the full scale of the demon lord’s knowledge, believing he could accomplish world changing feats which he would then use to aid the Unholy Trinity. Astaroth refused until a fate by the name of Morak predicted that Alekhyne was destined to live above the angels and bring a world old fire crashing down upon Nyboria.

The deal between the man and the demon was made and before long Alekhyne had reverted his age and discovered an art, the likes of which no one had ever seen. Alekhyne had discovered science. He built machines and bizarre labs until finding his way into space, creating a home between the three eastern moons. Within this lab the demons of the planet could not pursue him. He not only intended to destroy the angels, but the demons and inhabitants of earth as well. From his youth Alekhyne had lost all love for life and, instead, dedicated his existence to destroying everything and everyone.

Within his lab he engineered giant monsters of unfathomable sizes. He would release these beats he called “Kaiju” upon Nyboria and watch the globe’s inhabitants scatter like ants. Nor the angels or demons could reach him to stop his rein. No one had ever flown past the skies above, leaving the inhabitants of the world uncertain of where the kaiju had come from. Alekhyne created Eraclopse first. It was a one-eyed titan made of stone and muscle. The monster had first fallen into the ocean, eventually moving unto the Shores of Korador and laying waste to the merfolk populations. The mages of the world were called together to halt the kaiju, but only two survived the encounter.

The twelve wizards from the Scattered Lands all met within the angel city of Heron, and from there they carried out a second assault on Eraclopse, finally killing the beast. Mere months later Alekhyne unleashed his second creation, Ultrok, a bird-like beast with the ability to fire beams of fire from orbs that covered it’s feathery plated skin. Once again the wizards rose to meet the threat, but after the death of Brittlebane and Hempstrung, the rest of the wizards fled to the east. All seemed lost as the Eraclopse moved in to take the angel city. Apollinaire had come from the floating city of Ptula and had brought along his apprentice, Djorn.

Djorn took his mighty sword and, in one stroke, split the mighty Eraclopse straight down the middle, slaying the beast none magnificent slash. Djorn became the the soul slayer of all kaiju as Alekhyne was found out by Apollinaire, who helped lead an attack on his cathedral between the eastern moons. Alekhyne had escaped before Apollinaire could capture him, but within his lab grew the spawn of an unbeatable kaiju. One that could not be defeated by any means. This kaiju was, Zillion, the Egg. Apollinaire tried his best to destroy it, but the unformed spawn was unaffected by magic, unable to be pulled from the cathedral which weakened magic users. Apollinaire knew that one day Zillion would finish growing and descend upon the planet. The only thing the legendary prophet feared was, that when the beast would finally wake, would he or Djorn still be alive to combat it? Apollinaire referred to this in his journals as the predicted ‘End of Days’.