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2008-07-21T14:46:09Z

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2008-07-01T13:11:25Z

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== Active Plots ==
'''May, 2008 -- Current Events'''
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* Five bodies were found murdered in a small communal house belonging to members of the Violet Dawn. There are signs of forced entry into the premises. Furthermore, the victims' hearts were apparently torn out by someone's mouth - gruesome work to say the least.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 06:11, 1 July 2008 (PDT)
*Two bodies, a young man and young woman, were found just off the road near the environs of Darkenhold. The deaths accompanies whispers of a ghost haunting the area, a ghost that announces his presence with the rattling of heavy chains. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 05:31, 18 June 2008 (PDT)
*The Duke of Heath has found a new treasure that some whisper he wears at all times: a serpent-shaped bangle about his elbow. This new accessory was noticed shortly before a sizable delegation of the Alliance of Western Lords took up residence in Threminor, the capital city.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 09:54, 12 June 2008 (PDT)
*Whispers spread through the land that the wife of Naga Flameshroud (SKYLORD) has returned...With her comes an unclear motive..Will she bring back the Skylord's? Or something much worse?--[[User:Lady`Angelique|Lady`Angelique]] 10:14, 1 June 2008 (PDT)

*A great reward has been offered for any who discover the silver urn that belongs to the defeated Ashfiend. Whoever seeks the prize is unknown, but has promised a great treasure, which is negotiable, to any who unearth it.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 10:53, 30 May 2008 (PDT)

*Rumor quickly spreads that knights and squires of the Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff are forbidden to seek any of the services offered at the Tea House - whether they be companionship or simple refreshment. Rumor also has it that the order has come from the Grand Master himself.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 20:02, 27 May 2008 (PDT)

*A dark figure has been seen in the vicinity of the Silver Lake, milling along the shore and wading into its depths. Some claim that the figure is a ghost, others merely a vagrant. The sound of rattling chains, however, is always heard in his presence. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:46, 13 May 2008 (PDT)

*Dulcie Baker (no relation to the famous Bakers) was reported missing by her sister Imogen. She disappeared in Sunday's disturbance after a trip to the market. Her dagger was found by one of her brothers out in front of a large Clerk's building. The family has been trying to find anyone who might be able to give them information about their sister's whereabouts and status.--[[User:Dulcie|Dulcie]] 13:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*A Derry family that has graciously been given refuge in Myrkentown proper has informed the public of a daughter gone missing. Miss Aubrey Wheeler was last seen strolling through the town's market on Sunday, the fourth of May. Her devastated brother lost sight of her in a crowd of chaos. Authorities have been notified. --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*Daveney Sauveterre has gone missing after heading toward Myrkentown's marketplace to discover the source of a disturbance on Sunday afternoon, May, the fourth. Word should be delivered to [[Cambree Calomel|the madame of the Myrkentown Tea House]] if anyone sees, or hears of, Daveney's whereabouts. She is sorely missed! --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

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== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Current events

2008-06-18T12:31:49Z

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== Active Plots ==
'''May, 2008 -- Current Events'''
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*Two bodies, a young man and young woman, were found just off the road near the environs of Darkenhold. The deaths accompanies whispers of a ghost haunting the area, a ghost that announces his presence with the rattling of heavy chains. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 05:31, 18 June 2008 (PDT)
*The Duke of Heath has found a new treasure that some whisper he wears at all times: a serpent-shaped bangle about his elbow. This new accessory was noticed shortly before a sizable delegation of the Alliance of Western Lords took up residence in Threminor, the capital city.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 09:54, 12 June 2008 (PDT)
*Whispers spread through the land that the wife of Naga Flameshroud (SKYLORD) has returned...With her comes an unclear motive..Will she bring back the Skylord's? Or something much worse?--[[User:Lady`Angelique|Lady`Angelique]] 10:14, 1 June 2008 (PDT)

*A great reward has been offered for any who discover the silver urn that belongs to the defeated Ashfiend. Whoever seeks the prize is unknown, but has promised a great treasure, which is negotiable, to any who unearth it.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 10:53, 30 May 2008 (PDT)

*Rumor quickly spreads that knights and squires of the Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff are forbidden to seek any of the services offered at the Tea House - whether they be companionship or simple refreshment. Rumor also has it that the order has come from the Grand Master himself.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 20:02, 27 May 2008 (PDT)

*A dark figure has been seen in the vicinity of the Silver Lake, milling along the shore and wading into its depths. Some claim that the figure is a ghost, others merely a vagrant. The sound of rattling chains, however, is always heard in his presence. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:46, 13 May 2008 (PDT)

*Dulcie Baker (no relation to the famous Bakers) was reported missing by her sister Imogen. She disappeared in Sunday's disturbance after a trip to the market. Her dagger was found by one of her brothers out in front of a large Clerk's building. The family has been trying to find anyone who might be able to give them information about their sister's whereabouts and status.--[[User:Dulcie|Dulcie]] 13:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*A Derry family that has graciously been given refuge in Myrkentown proper has informed the public of a daughter gone missing. Miss Aubrey Wheeler was last seen strolling through the town's market on Sunday, the fourth of May. Her devastated brother lost sight of her in a crowd of chaos. Authorities have been notified. --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*Daveney Sauveterre has gone missing after heading toward Myrkentown's marketplace to discover the source of a disturbance on Sunday afternoon, May, the fourth. Word should be delivered to [[Cambree Calomel|the madame of the Myrkentown Tea House]] if anyone sees, or hears of, Daveney's whereabouts. She is sorely missed! --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

{{Events by month links}}

== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Current events

2008-06-12T16:54:13Z

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== Active Plots ==
'''May, 2008 -- Current Events'''
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*The Duke of Heath has found a new treasure that some whisper he wears at all times: a serpent-shaped bangle about his elbow. This new accessory was noticed shortly before a sizable delegation of the Alliance of Western Lords took up residence in Threminor, the capital city.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 09:54, 12 June 2008 (PDT)
*Whispers spread through the land that the wife of Naga Flameshroud (SKYLORD) has returned...With her comes an unclear motive..Will she bring back the Skylord's? Or something much worse?--[[User:Lady`Angelique|Lady`Angelique]] 10:14, 1 June 2008 (PDT)

*A great reward has been offered for any who discover the silver urn that belongs to the defeated Ashfiend. Whoever seeks the prize is unknown, but has promised a great treasure, which is negotiable, to any who unearth it.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 10:53, 30 May 2008 (PDT)

*Rumor quickly spreads that knights and squires of the Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff are forbidden to seek any of the services offered at the Tea House - whether they be companionship or simple refreshment. Rumor also has it that the order has come from the Grand Master himself.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 20:02, 27 May 2008 (PDT)

*A dark figure has been seen in the vicinity of the Silver Lake, milling along the shore and wading into its depths. Some claim that the figure is a ghost, others merely a vagrant. The sound of rattling chains, however, is always heard in his presence. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:46, 13 May 2008 (PDT)

*Dulcie Baker (no relation to the famous Bakers) was reported missing by her sister Imogen. She disappeared in Sunday's disturbance after a trip to the market. Her dagger was found by one of her brothers out in front of a large Clerk's building. The family has been trying to find anyone who might be able to give them information about their sister's whereabouts and status.--[[User:Dulcie|Dulcie]] 13:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*A Derry family that has graciously been given refuge in Myrkentown proper has informed the public of a daughter gone missing. Miss Aubrey Wheeler was last seen strolling through the town's market on Sunday, the fourth of May. Her devastated brother lost sight of her in a crowd of chaos. Authorities have been notified. --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*Daveney Sauveterre has gone missing after heading toward Myrkentown's marketplace to discover the source of a disturbance on Sunday afternoon, May, the fourth. Word should be delivered to [[Cambree Calomel|the madame of the Myrkentown Tea House]] if anyone sees, or hears of, Daveney's whereabouts. She is sorely missed! --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

{{Events by month links}}

== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff

2008-06-07T23:19:01Z

Malaroth: /* Purpose */

''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==
The [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights]]' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==
The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the [[Amasynian Province]] from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

Still rebuilding its Chapter House and replenishing its numbers following the Ashfiend's attack upon the order, the knighthood concerns itself mostly with patrolling and maintaining peace upon the roads and Myrken countryside. Patrols range in size from three to six knights, occasionally including squires as well. Furthermore, the knighthood may offer sanctuary to those who request it and will be allowed to stay on the premises of the Chapter House. Also, in order to better coordinate the knighthood's response to beleaguered Myrkenfolk, the order is working towards providing each settlement with a rider whose sole purpose is to alert the knighthood should there be a threat for which help is required.

== Organization ==
Sir [[Malaroth Deucalios]] of [[Zachea]] serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Chapter House ==
The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep surrounded by a tall wooden wall.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Foggy Bottom]], a short distance west of the [[North Passage Down]]. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

That is, sad to say, history. The infamous [[Teron Ashfiend]] laid waste to the Chapter House almost single-handedly, though he attacked with a small force of undead raised from Myrkenfolk he had murdered. Now the surviving knights and squires largely make their temporary home at the Broken Dagger Inn.

== Known Members ==
*[[Malaroth Deucalios]] of Zachea - Grand Master and Founder
*[[Osric Storth]] - Huios Tharros ("Son of Honor")( NPC)
*Caelin Moore - able knight (NPC)
*Laurence Talbot - able knight (NPC)
*[[Thomas Aikman]] - husbandry man
*[[Patience Mayfield]] - squire to Malaroth Deucalios
*[[Lady Darkfeather]] - master artisan
*[[Elliot Brown]] - squire to Osric Storth

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]

Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff

2008-06-07T23:11:21Z

Malaroth: /* Purpose */

''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==
The [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights]]' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==
The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the [[Amasynian Province]] from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

Still rebuilding its Chapter House and replenishing its numbers following the Ashfiend's attack upon the order, the knighthood concerns itself mostly with patrolling and maintaining peace upon the roads and Myrken countryside. Patrols range in size from three to six knights, occasionally including squires as well. Furthermore, the knighthood may offer sanctuary to those who request it and will be allowed to stay on the premises of the Chapter House.

== Organization ==
Sir [[Malaroth Deucalios]] of [[Zachea]] serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Chapter House ==
The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep surrounded by a tall wooden wall.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Foggy Bottom]], a short distance west of the [[North Passage Down]]. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

That is, sad to say, history. The infamous [[Teron Ashfiend]] laid waste to the Chapter House almost single-handedly, though he attacked with a small force of undead raised from Myrkenfolk he had murdered. Now the surviving knights and squires largely make their temporary home at the Broken Dagger Inn.

== Known Members ==
*[[Malaroth Deucalios]] of Zachea - Grand Master and Founder
*[[Osric Storth]] - Huios Tharros ("Son of Honor")( NPC)
*Caelin Moore - able knight (NPC)
*Laurence Talbot - able knight (NPC)
*[[Thomas Aikman]] - husbandry man
*[[Patience Mayfield]] - squire to Malaroth Deucalios
*[[Lady Darkfeather]] - master artisan
*[[Elliot Brown]] - squire to Osric Storth

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]

Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff

2008-06-07T23:05:53Z

Malaroth: /* Purpose */

''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==
The [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights]]' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==
The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the [[Amasynian Province]] from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

Still rebuilding its Chapter House and replenishing its numbers following the Ashfiend's attack upon the order, the knighthood concerns itself mostly with patrolling and maintaining peace upon the roads and Myrken countryside. Patrols range in size from three to six knights, occasionally including squires as well.

== Organization ==
Sir [[Malaroth Deucalios]] of [[Zachea]] serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Chapter House ==
The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep surrounded by a tall wooden wall.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Foggy Bottom]], a short distance west of the [[North Passage Down]]. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

That is, sad to say, history. The infamous [[Teron Ashfiend]] laid waste to the Chapter House almost single-handedly, though he attacked with a small force of undead raised from Myrkenfolk he had murdered. Now the surviving knights and squires largely make their temporary home at the Broken Dagger Inn.

== Known Members ==
*[[Malaroth Deucalios]] of Zachea - Grand Master and Founder
*[[Osric Storth]] - Huios Tharros ("Son of Honor")( NPC)
*Caelin Moore - able knight (NPC)
*Laurence Talbot - able knight (NPC)
*[[Thomas Aikman]] - husbandry man
*[[Patience Mayfield]] - squire to Malaroth Deucalios
*[[Lady Darkfeather]] - master artisan
*[[Elliot Brown]] - squire to Osric Storth

[[Category:Factions]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]

Current events

2008-05-30T17:53:19Z

Malaroth: /* Active Plots */

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== Active Plots ==
'''May, 2008 -- Current Events'''
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*A great reward has been offered for any who discover the silver urn that belongs to the defeated Ashfiend. Whoever seeks the prize is unknown, but has promised a great treasure, which is negotiable, to any who unearth it.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 10:53, 30 May 2008 (PDT)

*Rumor quickly spreads that knights and squires of the Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff are forbidden to seek any of the services offered at the Tea House - whether they be companionship or simple refreshment. Rumor also has it that the order has come from the Grand Master himself.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 20:02, 27 May 2008 (PDT)

*A dark figure has been seen in the vicinity of the Silver Lake, milling along the shore and wading into its depths. Some claim that the figure is a ghost, others merely a vagrant. The sound of rattling chains, however, is always heard in his presence. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:46, 13 May 2008 (PDT)

*Dulcie Baker (no relation to the famous Bakers) was reported missing by her sister Imogen. She disappeared in Sunday's disturbance after a trip to the market. Her dagger was found by one of her brothers out in front of a large Clerk's building. The family has been trying to find anyone who might be able to give them information about their sister's whereabouts and status.--[[User:Dulcie|Dulcie]] 13:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*A Derry family that has graciously been given refuge in Myrkentown proper has informed the public of a daughter gone missing. Miss Aubrey Wheeler was last seen strolling through the town's market on Sunday, the fourth of May. Her devastated brother lost sight of her in a crowd of chaos. Authorities have been notified. --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

*Daveney Sauveterre has gone missing after heading toward Myrkentown's marketplace to discover the source of a disturbance on Sunday afternoon, May, the fourth. Word should be delivered to [[Cambree Calomel|the madame of the Myrkentown Tea House]] if anyone sees, or hears of, Daveney's whereabouts. She is sorely missed! --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 03:56, 5 May 2008 (PDT)

{{Events by month links}}

== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Current events

2008-05-28T03:02:22Z

Malaroth: /* Active Plots */

Judiciary Council

2008-05-27T20:39:29Z

Malaroth: /* Current Council Posts */

The [[Judiciary Council]] forms the legislative and executive heart of [[Myrken Wood]]'s government, and is comprised of an appointed selection of local independent landowners, presided over by a [[Governor]] selected from among that number. In principle the Council governs on behalf of the [[Trae Kelsa|Trae Kelsan Crown]] and is answerable to the [[Chedwry II Plaudart|King]] of [[Trae Kelsa]], but in practice it enjoys a considerable degree of autonomy. While [[Myrken Wood]] lies at the heart of the Amasynian province, the granting of expanded powers for local government was found to be necessary due to the unique range of challenges that face those who would manage the territory.

==Responsibilities==
Members of the Council are expected to act in concert to manage the day-to-day affairs of [[Myrken Wood]]'s government, to serve the public interest, to enact local legislation, and to see that law and order are maintained throughout the territory.

Meeting in session as the [[Judiciar]] and [[Grand Court]] of [[Myrken Wood]], the [[Governor]] and Council oversee and deliver sentence on trials for serious crimes, and serve as a court of final arbitration for cases in which the ruling of the [[Petty Court]] has been challenged. The [[Grand Court]] also arbitrates on matters of land and property law and commercial disputes.

==Current Council Posts==
===Councilors===
*[[Cinnabar Calomel]] ([[Governor]])
*[[Aloisius Treadwell]] ([[Councilor for Administrative Sanctions]])
*[[Vanidor Goldenhair]] ([[Councilor for Agriculture]])
*[[Malaroth Deucalios]] ([[Councilor for Defence and Civil Security]])
*[[Rondeau Spier]] ([[Councilor for Trade and Commerce]])

===Crown Representative===
*[[Aldwin Meriwether Gilby]], Minister for Myrken Wood

===Council Secretary===
*[[Pember Fick|Pemberton Fick]]

==Meetings==
Ordinary public meetings of the Judiciary Council are advertised at least one week in advance, though emergency meetings may be convened at much shorter notice. While the Council's primary concern during meetings is to resolve matters of taxation, legislation, funding and response to any troubles assailing the territory, the council is also required to set aside time to hear proposals from the citizenry. Queries are answered and concerns addressed in scheduled order, and appropriate action decided upon. Such decisions are agreed upon through popular vote by all councilors present at the meeting.

In the event that the Council is without decision, the [[Governor]] may determine an suitable course of action to address public concerns.

[[Judiciary Council Meeting Minutes|Official meeting minutes]] are recorded by [[Pember Fick|Council Secretary]] once approved by the current [[Governor]].

==Succession==
Upon the death of a Governor, the most senior of the Councilors takes the position of ''Interim Governor'' on top of his other duties.

An interim governor may serve a term of up to six months before the appointment of a man to the permanent position must be made by the remaining members of the Council. During that time, the interim governor serves in all capacities as Judiciar and legal Governor of Myrken Wood. They may use the Governor's seal and sit in his chair, although this has been considered by many to be bad form.

Should the interim Governor perish in ''his'' office, the second longest-tenured Councilor takes the position for another six months.

==Former Councilors==
(Mentioned IC or in supporting OOC materials)
*[[Aston Jylan Aldred]] ([[Councilor for Defence and Civil Security]]) - resigned for personal reasons, November, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 207
*[[Altias Bromn]] ([[Governor]]) - relieved of his post after extended absence by [[Cinnabar Calomel]], September, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 207
*[[Coriolanus Helstone]] ([[Governor]]) - deposed in a coup by [[Altias Bromn]], April, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 207
*[[Giscard Guillaume]] ([[Councilor for Trade and Commerce]]) - fallen into a coma during an assault upon [[Lothbury Estate]], [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 207
*[[General Eriks DeMord Sleipner]] ([[Councilor for Defence and Civil Security]]) - released from position; previous obligations, January, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 207
*[[Suede Roschen]] ([[Councilor for Agriculture]]) - shop closed and presumed missing, possibly dead, as of January, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 207
*Captain [[Kerrak al'Nerun]] - [[Councilor for Defence and Civil Security]] -- presumed dead in battle while in office, August, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 206
*[[Joseph O'Cynen]] ([[Councilor for Agriculture]]) - deceased in office, January, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 205
*[[Tetsi Avarante]] ([[Councilor for Alcohol and Goods]]) - deceased in office, June, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 203
*[[Gad Phuri]] ([[Governor]]) - deceased in office, March/April?, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 203
*[[Maxwell Beauregard]] ([[Governor]]) - deceased in office, August, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 150
*[[Raymond Elias]] - Scribe and ([[Councilor for Administrative Sanctions]]) - deceased in office, March, [[Anno Regalis|AR]] 146

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Councilor for Defence and Civil Security

2008-05-27T20:38:29Z

Malaroth: /* Current Councilor */

[[Category: Judiciary Council]]

==Current Councilor==
The post of [[Councilor for Defence and Civil Security]] is currently held by Councilor [[Malaroth Deucalios]].

==Responsibilities==

==Previous Councilors==

Current events

2008-05-14T01:46:48Z

Malaroth: /* Active Plots */

Teron Ashfiend

2008-04-13T21:37:52Z

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== Inception ==

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Scourge of Myrken, The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The Ashfiend's days as the Scourge of Myrken are at an end. He was responsible for the kidnapping of the barmaid Teddi, of damaging the Library of Mudd, vandalizing some of its books, and murdering a librarian. He was furthermore shown to be responsible for [[The Great Maddness]] of [Foggy Bottom]], for numerous assaults upon Myrkenfolk, the destruction of the Chapterhouse of the Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff and was the primary antagonist of the [[Battle of Snowstill]].

The last conflict between the Ashfiend and Myrken Wood was waged in the narrow passes of the Silver Mountains. The end result being that the creature was sorcerously bound to shards of his own armor as the means of destroying him forever have not been discovered. Whatever he might wish to wreak upon the world will remain thankfully unknown due to his current status of being entombed by magical means. What was known was this: that he desired to burn all that lived in the world and bring his betrothed back to true life - so that he might finally fulfill his vows to her and that nothing might separate them again. He is known to have confessed that, should his plan have failed, then he would incinerate the world regardless until he was all that was left in it: so that, in time, he might finally forget all.

During his reign of terror he is known to have taken the lives of well over three hundred Myrkenfolk.

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Priory of Snowstill

2008-04-13T21:36:30Z

Malaroth: /* The Fire */

Foggy Bottom

2008-04-13T21:25:09Z

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''(Note: Little other information exists about this location. If you wish to make up your own original details about this city, please do so.)''

With a population of approximately 2,000 citizens, [[Foggy Bottom]] is the second largest town in [[Myrken Wood]], and forms a trade hub for the north of the territory. The town rests in the valley at the foot of the [[Paisiann Falls]] where the [[North Amasynian Route]] and the [[Dauntine Road]] tie into the [[North Passage Down]].

== The Great Madness ==

During the summer of 207 A.R., the entire town was subject to the fell sorcery of [[Teron Ashfiend]], the infamous Scourge of Myrken. Immediately following the [[Battle of Snowstill]], The Ashfiend came to Foggy Bottom and, turning his memories outward and forcing them upon the minds of the populace, drove the population into a raving madness that ended with several injuries, deaths and destruction of property that lasted for a span of three days. During that time the creature stole into an ancient and forgotten cavern at the base of the [[Paisiann Falls]] to uncover some of his belongings that were hidden there a decade ago following his defeat at the hand of enemies. Amongst these belongings were the ancient sword Deliverance, forged for the mortal man [[Teron Ashfiend]] once was to slay demons, a silver urn containing the ashes of his betrothed, and a slumbering undead servant whose name, location and identity remain a mystery.

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Priory of Snowstill

2008-04-13T21:20:15Z

Malaroth:

'''The Priory of Snowstill''' is a small monastic cell in the Diocese of [[Myrken Wood]].

Snowstill's main crop consists of potatoes and other tubers. Due to Snowstill's more mountainous location, it is extremely important that the monks harvest before heavy frosts begin. Field frost damages potatoes in the ground and cold weather makes potatoes and other root vegetables more susceptible to bruising and rotting, which can quickly ruin a large stored crop. As a result, the priory's yield is carted to the [[Priory of Stonebrook]], where it is stored for monastic consumption. Since little-to-no farming can be done at Snowstill during the winter, the priory is largely abandoned during the winter months.

Snowstill is currently in a state of disrepair after a large [[#The Fire|fire]] at the priory.

The Priory also served as a lair to the notorious [[Teron Ashfiend]] for several months. Upon kidnapping the barmaid [[Teddi]] he brought her there. He also used it as the staging ground for numerous unprovoked attacks upon Myrkenfolk. The Battle of Snowstill was the result of the Ashfiend's presence here: an alliance of native and foreign forces that broke apart the Ashfiend's undead forces and drove him from the Priory. The battle also left [[Alastir Savoy]] insane as well as precipitated the [[Great Madness]] upon Foggy Bottom.

==Exterior==
The Priory consists of two structures. The first is the main building, which serves as the monks' living quarters and dining facilities.

The other building is a small chapel that is rarely used by layfolk. It, like most other chapels of the [[One True Faith]], was built in the shape of the [[Crusorbis]].

==The Fire==

In the cruel depths of a recent winter, three warriors made the long ride to the Priory, on the basis of information given to them by the cultist [[Fawn]]. Throughout the coldest months of that winter, [[Fawn]] had explained, the Priory had stood abandoned -- and her master, [[Thadius Dhrin]], had taken its empty halls for his home. He'd kept wisely to the inner chambers, where the light from his tallow candles would not be seen by any of the infrequent passers-by; he had made himself comfortable with silk and fur stolen from local merchants, had slain rabbits for their meat, with his own clever hands.

Most importantly, it was there, amongst the rats and dust, that he now held [[Governor]] [[Altias Bromn]] as his tortured prisoner.

On the night following this revelation, [[Ariane Carnath-Emory|Ariane Emory]], Councilor [[Kerrak al'Nerun]] and the drow [[Jirai]] rode to the Priory with two aims: the rescue of [[Governor]] [[Altias Bromn|Bromn]], and the destruction of [[Thadius Dhrin]] -- along with the remnants of his cult, the [[Order of the All]]. Heedless of [[Fawn]]'s warning that [[Thadius Dhrin|Dhrin]] expected them, they were accompanied upon their mission by the physician [[David D'Rael]], Councilor [[Suede Roschen]], and the engimatic [[Nightshade]].

The fields of wheat which surrounded the Priory presented themselves as a simple and obvious target, for a group aware that it was already both outnumbered and outmaneuvered. A distraction was needed: something to draw attention away from those who would storm the Priory itself; something that might strike fear even into the heart of [[Thadius Dhrin|Dhrin]] himself. It was for these reasons that, upon arriving, [[Ariane Carnath-Emory|Ariane]] made only a single request of [[Kerrak al'Nerun|Councilor al'Nerun]]: "Burn it all."

And so it was that a heathen set afire the fields of God. Reaching down into the depths of his strange talent, the [[Kerrak al'Nerun|Councilor]] created flame to course and flow through the night, as dark-clad [[Jirai]] scaled the courtyard wall at the Priory's rear. With the good [[David D'Rael|Doctor]] waiting at a safe distance outside, [[Ariane Carnath-Emory|Ariane]] and the drow made their entrance into the Chapel proper, where [[Thadius Dhrin|Dhrin]] awaited them at the pulpit.

They had no way of knowing that the consciousness of enigmatic [[Cameron Holbrook]] had visited [[Altias Bromn|Bromn]] just moments ago, enlivening not only his spirit, but his massacred flesh. They could not predict that [[Altias Bromn|Bromn]] would stalk from his cell with newfound vigour; that, with the calm of a saint, the strength of a monster, he would seize the sword from [[Ariane]]'s hand, and with it strike the head from his nemesis [[Thadius Dhrin|Dhrin]]. But so it was, and as silver-robed cultists burst from the night's shadows, they were cut down by strange [[Nightshade]], who stalked the outside fields, and [[Kerrak al'Nerun|Kerrak's]] men, who yet waited just beyond the Chapel doors. It was they who cleared the way for [[Jirai]] and [[Ariane Carnath-Emory|Ariane]]'s escape from the burning building, and at the night's conclusion, more than a score of the cultists had died at their hands.

No triumph comes without consequences. His efforts that night very nearly cost [[Altias Bromn|Bromn]] his life; he survived only due to the later efforts of physician [[David D'Rael|D'Rael]], and the magic of [[Coran D'Zir]] and [[Jinx Spellfire]]. Similarly, the cost to Councilor [[Kerrak al'Nerun|Kerrak]] was immense, for the power required to set afire the Priory's fields was almost more than his fledgling talent could create. Even [[Jirai]]'s unborn [[Tsoss|child]] was put at risk in this endeavour, and the Chapel itself was left a scorched shell, its benches and doors obliterated. As for [[Dhrin]] himself...

"You are a fool," he'd whispered, as Bromn came for him with bared sword. "It does not end here. It will never end." And in time, the small group would come to know the truth in those words.

== The Battle of Snowstill ==

The Battle of Snowstill was the first pitched battle of Myrken Wood against [[Teron Ashfiend]]. His kidnapping the barmaid [Teddi]] from the [[Broken Dagger Inn and Tavern]] precipitated the joining of many personages in alliance against the Ashfiend. Amongst them were [[Cinnabar Calomel]], [[Seth Bloodmoon]], [[Glenn Burnie]], [[Patience Mayfield]], Sir [[Malaroth Deucalios]] of Zachea, [[Alastir Savoy]], [[Zalin Savoy]], along with a host of [[constables]], [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]] and [[Gray Lancers]].

While a harsh battle, it is generally considered a victory for Myrken Wood. The Ashfiend's undead minions were destroyed, [[Teddi]] was rescued, and he was driven from the site, never again to use it as a lair. However, during the conflict, the Ashfiend also used fell magic to drive [[Alastir Savoy]] insane, while the attack itself also precipitated the Great Madness of [[Foggy Bottom]]. However, many Shepherd Knights perished on the battlefield holding the line against the tide of undead.

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Teron Ashfiend

2008-04-13T21:10:39Z

Malaroth: /* Current Sketch */

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== Inception ==

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Scourge of Myrken, The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The Ashfiend's days as the Scourge of Myrken are at an end. He was responsible for the kidnapping of the barmaid Teddi, of damaging the Library of Mudd, vandalizing some of its books, and murdering a librarian. He was furthermore shown to be responsible for driving the entire population of [[Foggy Bottom]] mad for the duration of three days, for numerous assaults upon Myrkenfolk, the destruction of the Chapterhouse of the Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff and was the primary antagonist of the [[Battle of Snowstill]].

The last conflict between the Ashfiend and Myrken Wood was waged in the narrow passes of the Silver Mountains. The end result being that the creature was sorcerously bound to shards of his own armor as the means of destroying him forever have not been discovered. Whatever he might wish to wreak upon the world will remain thankfully unknown due to his current status of being entombed by magical means. What was known was this: that he desired to burn all that lived in the world and bring his betrothed back to true life - so that he might finally fulfill his vows to her and that nothing might separate them again. He is known to have confessed that, should his plan have failed, then he would incinerate the world regardless until he was all that was left in it: so that, in time, he might finally forget all.

During his reign of terror he is known to have taken the lives of well over three hundred Myrkenfolk.

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Current events

2008-04-13T21:01:26Z

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== Active Plots ==
'''February, 2008 -- Current Events'''

*Heath is astir with activity. Many petty country lords have declared that they will not allow merchant caravans to pass through their lands without offering a tax of honor for crossing the ruler's lands. The Duke has remained silent on the matter so far although there have been a few clashes between the men-at-arms in service to feudal lords and the Duke. Consequentially, traders are forced to pay more in tariffs to conduct trade when traveling through the western reaches of Heath. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 14:01, 13 April 2008 (PDT)

*[[Teron Ashfiend]] is defeated! An alliance amongst various Myrkenfolk of various and sundry capablities struck up an alliance, over the many months of tracking the Ashfiend's path fo destruction, and amidst a titanic battle in the mountain passes near the Silver Lake, achieved victory by assaulting both the will and the body of the Scourge of Myrken. The sorceress Kyra was able to capture and bind the creature within shards of his own armor, there to remain imprisoned for the sake of all who live. -[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 05:19, 8 April 2008 (PDT)

*Doctor [[David D'Rael]] has returned to Myrken Wood from an extended trip to his native land of [[Bolgardia]]. --[[User:Rattrap|Rattrap]] 10:06, 18 February 2008 (PST)

*[[Lenore Tassnehof|Lenore]] has recently revealed a secret to her husband, [[Burel Tassnehof|Burel]], the Duke of [[Thessilane|Thessilane]]: with the arrival of the fall harvest season, Meadowford may herald the addition of yet another Tassnehof. --[[User:SuperRy|SuperRy]] 22:48, 10 February 2008 (PST)

*Is [[Aloisius Treadwell|Treadwell]] ill? On a diet? A recent visit to the [[Rememdium Edificium|Rememdium]] and the room of Governor [[Cinnabar Calomel|Calomel]] found our portly Councilor entirely ignoring a table absolutely laden with foodstuffs! Hmmm... Is something amiss? --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 20:57, 8 February 2008 (PST)

*An attack by the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] at the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger]] has left two dead and several injured; Governor [[Cinnabar Calomel|Calomel]] was involved in confronting the Fiend and was afterwards taken to the [[Rememdium Edificium]], where he remains while recovering from a grave wound sustained during the assault. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 15:09, 9 February 2008 (PST)

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== Scheduled Plot Events ==

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== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Teron Ashfiend

2008-04-09T16:24:09Z

Malaroth: /* Current Sketch */

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== Inception ==

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Scourge of Myrken, The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

With the Ashfiend's apparent success in hunting down and slaying his former murderer and master, Sin'Vraal, he has turned his attention to one last task: to make the land safe for the return of his betrothed from the land of the dead. His idea of making Myrken safe revolves around dragging all possible threats, and indeed all life if necessary, into destruction. His means of accomplishing this are many and varied, as his is a mind given to oblique attacks upon enemies who are prone to a weakness that he does not seem to share: death. Teron Ashfiend has engaged Myrkenfolk and their defenders in many battles, and while able to be driven off or distracted he does not seem to suffer overly long from being wounded. Some have asserted that were his body destroyed his spirit would linger on, in unending hatred, until it gathered enough strength to reclaim his body. However he might be destroyed, strength of arms and sorcery alone seem unfit for the task of bringing down one who has personally murdered approximately three hundred people in Myrken Wood alone. There is, however, a clue to the method of his final end.

That clue may lie in tears.

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2008-04-08T12:19:58Z

Malaroth: /* Active Plots */

Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff

2008-03-21T20:38:57Z

Malaroth: /* The Chapter House */

''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==
The [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights]]' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==
The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the [[Amasynian Province]] from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

== Organization ==
Sir [[Malaroth Deucalios]] of [[Zachea]] serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Chapter House ==
The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep surrounded by a tall wooden wall.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Foggy Bottom]], a short distance west of the [[North Passage Down]]. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

That is, sad to say, history. The infamous [[Teron Ashfiend]] laid waste to the Chapter House almost single-handedly, though he attacked with a small force of undead raised from Myrkenfolk he had murdered. Now the surviving knights and squires largely make their temporary home at the Broken Dagger Inn.

== Known Members ==
*[[Malaroth Deucalios]] of Zachea - Grand Master and Founder
*[[Osric Storth]] - Huios Tharros ("Son of Honor")( NPC)
*Caelin Moore - able knight (NPC)
*Laurence Talbot - able knight (NPC)
*[[Thomas Aikman]] - husbandry man
*[[Patience Mayfield]] - squire to Malaroth Deucalios
*[[Lady Darkfeather]] - master artisan
*[[Elliot Brown]] - squire to Osric Storth

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Teron Ashfiend

2008-02-09T18:58:53Z

Malaroth: /* History */

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== Inception ==

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Scourge of Myrken, The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

With the Ashfiend's apparent success in hunting down and slaying his former murderer and master, Sin'Vraal, he has turned his attention to one last task: to make the land safe for the return of his betrothed from the land of the dead. His idea of making Myrken safe revolves around dragging all possible threats, and indeed all life if necessary, into destruction. His means of accomplishing this are many and varied, as his is a mind given to oblique attacks upon enemies who are prone to a weakness that he does not seem to share: death. Teron Ashfiend has engaged Myrkenfolk and their defenders in many battles, and while able to be driven off or distracted he does not seem to suffer overly long from being wounded. Some have asserted that were his body destroyed his spirit would linger on, in unending hatred, until it gathered enough strength to reclaim his body. However he might be destroyed, strength of arms and sorcery alone seem unfit for the task of bringing down one who has personally murdered over two hundred fifty people in Myrken Wood alone. There is, however, a clue to the method of his final end.

That clue may lie in tears.

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Teron Ashfiend

2008-02-09T18:58:09Z

Malaroth: /* Current Sketch */

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== Inception ==

{{add bio}}
''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Scourge of Myrken, The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

Thanks to the tireless efforts of [[Khalika Quiller]] and [[Glenn Burnie]] a great deal is becoming more widely known concerning the Ashfiend although still at a slow rate. After all not many have the heart to question too deeply regarding such a powerful, evil creature.

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

With the Ashfiend's apparent success in hunting down and slaying his former murderer and master, Sin'Vraal, he has turned his attention to one last task: to make the land safe for the return of his betrothed from the land of the dead. His idea of making Myrken safe revolves around dragging all possible threats, and indeed all life if necessary, into destruction. His means of accomplishing this are many and varied, as his is a mind given to oblique attacks upon enemies who are prone to a weakness that he does not seem to share: death. Teron Ashfiend has engaged Myrkenfolk and their defenders in many battles, and while able to be driven off or distracted he does not seem to suffer overly long from being wounded. Some have asserted that were his body destroyed his spirit would linger on, in unending hatred, until it gathered enough strength to reclaim his body. However he might be destroyed, strength of arms and sorcery alone seem unfit for the task of bringing down one who has personally murdered over two hundred fifty people in Myrken Wood alone. There is, however, a clue to the method of his final end.

That clue may lie in tears.

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2008-01-14T15:16:12Z

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Current events

2008-01-10T23:51:52Z

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== Active Plots ==
'''December, 2007 -- Current Events'''

*Derry refugees, under the direction of Malaroth Deucalios, Grand Master of the Shepherd Knights, have finished repairing the Priory of Snowstill and the Library of Mudd - both damaged to various degrees due to the Ashfiend.--[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 15:51, 10 January 2008 (PST)

*Twenty-four gluttonous devotees of Tubbius have arrived in Myrken Wood, claiming Treadwell to be their newest leader, given his chosen status by said deity. What will happen with this remains to be seen. Meanwhile, Dr. Orin Barrin of New Hibera expressed his concern, by letter, to Alice Treadwell that King Richard Aengus is slowly falling into senility or madness. In addition, the fairy physician has also informed her of the fact of her pregnancy by her new husband, Aloisius Treadwell. --[[User:Treadwell|Treadwell]] 21:59, 24 December 2007 (PST)
*The [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] led his undead force to assault the Chapter House of the [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights]]. Despite reinforcements from [[Myrkentown]], the [[Teron Ashfiend|Ashfiend]] and his followers left the Chapter House in ruins after setting it ablaze and routing the knights. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:44, 12 December 2007 (PST)
*[[Teron Ashfiend|The Ashfiend]] struck at [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|The Dagger]], supported by a small force of his [[undead]] servants. Despite inflicting considerable injury upon the tavern's defenders, no deaths resulted from the attack. Meanwhile the demon-child [[Aerin]] gave a deeper insight into her destructive potential, causing serious damage to [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|The Dagger]]'s structure and hinting further at the threat she poses to the people of [[Myrken Wood]]. --[[User:Aerin|Aerin]] 22:59, 1 December 2007 (PST)
*A small piece of construction has appeared in the alley behind the [[Myrkentown Tea House]]. At night, there is a glow of green glass in the wood-framed structure; candle light illuminates shelves of pots, of earth, of tools dangling. Beeswax candles on ledges glittering, lighting blossoms, greenery, herbs.--[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 07:46, 6 December 2007 (PST)
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== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Teron Ashfiend

2007-12-17T03:20:56Z

Malaroth: /* Sobriquets */

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== Inception ==

{{add bio}}
''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Scourge of Myrken, The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

Thanks to the tireless efforts of [[Khalika Quiller]] and [[Glenn Burnie]] a great deal is becoming more widely known concerning the Ashfiend although still at a slow rate. After all not many have the heart to question too deeply regarding such a powerful, evil creature.

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

As for what he plans for the future few can say. He makes no secret of one goal: that of hunting down and destroying Sin'Vraal who has also appeared in Myrken Wood. The second is vague, betraying to Khalika Quiller that he also came to Myrken Wood for "Elysia" whatever that might mean. The third is some goal concerning Heath and its rulership as his servant Valinor, a wraith bound by an ancient chain, already rides throughout that land seeking out lords ready for military action.

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'''October, 2007 -- Current Events'''

*At dawn on October 28th, the monstrous [[Teron Ashfiend]] and mysterious Sin'Vraal met to do battle at the Violet Dawn compound on the outskirts of Myrkentown. After a ferocious battle during which the two fell through the orphanage roof, the Ashfiend emerged victorious. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:57, 28 October 2007 (PST)

*On the evening of October 15th AR 207, Detective Constable [[Charles McCoy]] was fatally stabbed following an altercation in the common room of the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger]]; former [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Brotherhood]] commander [[Aeryn Karolinger]] is being sought in connection with the murder. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 16:40, 17 October 2007 (PDT)

* The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff have undertaken two rebuilding projects: one to repair the Library of Mudd and the other to rebuild the Snowstill of Priory for the One True Faith. The latter to also serve as a forward camp for transporting Derry refugees deeper into Myrken Wood. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 15:31, 20 October 2007 (PDT)

*As of October 11th AR 207, the contract between the [[Judiciary Council]] and the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] has been terminated. Troops recently arrived from [[Xanth Grange]] have replaced the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Brotherhood]] troops on the Ringwall, and word is that Marshal [[Aeryn Karolinger]] has disbanded the company; other rumours state that he has merely resigned, passing on his post to Captain [[Jons Feul]] of the Second Company. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 16:40, 17 October 2007 (PDT)

*The Amasynian city of [[Collingford]] is under attack by one of [[Thessilane]]'s armies; just up the Trade Road from the city is [[Ricathair]], the capital.--[[User:68.202.31.102|68.202.31.102]] 05:07, 9 October 2007 (PDT)

*Several miles from [[Myrkentown]], fortress [[Darkenhold]] nears completion. [[User:206.255.82.69|206.255.82.69]] 04:21, 8 October 2007 (PDT)

*The presence of Duchess [[Lenore|Lenore Tassnehof]] of [[Thessilane]] has been detected in [[Myrkentown]]. Whispers are that she has returned to the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger]], where she was first discovered by the [[Burel Tassnehof|Duke]]. --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 10:47, 6 October 2007 (PDT)

*An army of five thousand soldiers bearing the colours of [[Burel Tassnehof|Duke Burel]] of [[Thessilane]] appeared on the edge of woodland a day's ride north of [[Myrkentown]] early on the morning of October 1st AR 207. Their arrival and means of travel are uncertain, though rumours indicate that a contingent of the [[Ducal_aegis|Ducal Aegis]] accompanied the regular troops. The army vanished whence they came early in the morning of October 3rd. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 11:22, 2 October 2007 (PDT)

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== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

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'''October, 2007 -- Current Events'''

*On the evening of October 15th AR 207, Detective Constable [[Charles McCoy]] was fatally stabbed following an altercation in the common room of the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger]]; former [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Brotherhood]] commander [[Aeryn Karolinger]] is being sought in connection with the murder. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 16:40, 17 October 2007 (PDT)

* The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff have undertaken two rebuilding projects: one to repair the Library of Mudd and the other to rebuild the Snowstill of Priory for the One True Faith. The latter to also serve as a forward camp for transporting Derry refugees deeper into Myrken Wood. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 15:31, 20 October 2007 (PDT) -->

*As of October 11th AR 207, the contract between the [[Judiciary Council]] and the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro]] has been terminated. Troops recently arrived from [[Xanth Grange]] have replaced the [[Brotherhood of Janeiro|Brotherhood]] troops on the Ringwall, and word is that Marshal [[Aeryn Karolinger]] has disbanded the company; other rumours state that he has merely resigned, passing on his post to Captain [[Jons Feul]] of the Second Company. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 16:40, 17 October 2007 (PDT)

*The Amasynian city of [[Collingford]] is under attack by one of [[Thessilane]]'s armies; just up the Trade Road from the city is [[Ricathair]], the capital.--[[User:68.202.31.102|68.202.31.102]] 05:07, 9 October 2007 (PDT)

*Several miles from [[Myrkentown]], fortress [[Darkenhold]] nears completion. [[User:206.255.82.69|206.255.82.69]] 04:21, 8 October 2007 (PDT)

*The presence of Duchess [[Lenore|Lenore Tassnehof]] of [[Thessilane]] has been detected in [[Myrkentown]]. Whispers are that she has returned to the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger]], where she was first discovered by the [[Burel Tassnehof|Duke]]. --[[User:Wendy|Wendy]] 10:47, 6 October 2007 (PDT)

*An army of five thousand soldiers bearing the colours of [[Burel Tassnehof|Duke Burel]] of [[Thessilane]] appeared on the edge of woodland a day's ride north of [[Myrkentown]] early on the morning of October 1st AR 207. Their arrival and means of travel are uncertain, though rumours indicate that a contingent of the [[Ducal_aegis|Ducal Aegis]] accompanied the regular troops. The army vanished whence they came early in the morning of October 3rd. --[[User:Majic13|majic13]] 11:22, 2 October 2007 (PDT)

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== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

Teron Ashfiend

2007-10-16T01:48:51Z

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

Thanks to the tireless efforts of [[Khalika Quiller]] and [[Glenn Burnie]] a great deal is becoming more widely known concerning the Ashfiend although still at a slow rate. After all not many have the heart to question too deeply regarding such a powerful, evil creature.

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, in service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

As for what he plans for the future few can say. He makes no secret of one goal: that of hunting down and destroying Sin'Vraal who has also appeared in Myrken Wood. The second is vague, betraying to Khalika Quiller that he also came to Myrken Wood for "Elysia" whatever that might mean. The third is some goal concerning Heath and its rulership as his servant Valinor, a wraith bound by an ancient chain, already rides throughout that land seeking out lords ready for military action.

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Teron Ashfiend

2007-10-16T01:46:29Z

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== Inception ==

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

Thanks to the tireless efforts of [[Khalika Quiller]] and [[Glenn Burnie]] a great deal is becoming more widely known concerning the Ashfiend although still at a slow rate. After all not many have the heart to question too deeply regarding such a powerful, evil creature.

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior, named Trevellyan Penroll, who stood for the cause of peace and justice, under service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

Penroll's rose was not always wilted. It came to be that on the day before he was to be betrothed to Elysia, and after striking a major defeat against the Fallen One Sin'Vraal, Vraal's forces crushed Penroll's homeland and eradicated his people. The holy warrior's love perished in his arms and, beset by fury, he tracked Vraal to his temple in the name of blood and vengeance. In the dark temple that Penroll wagered to be the site of their final battle, he found both: his own blood and vengeance that yet clung to him even as he died. Even as he rose again. Even as he wandered the world for another means of seeing Vraal undone.

Cursed with endless rage, the Wilted Rose endured through a second attempt upon Vraal that also ended in failure. After such, and upon recognizing Penroll for who he was, Vraal beheld the once-man's undying hatred and the power it gave him. With a flare for the poetic, Sin'Vraal went on to restore what he could of the ruined holy warrior and bound him into slavery: to his hatred and to himself. Thus was Penroll made to serve the monster that had taken everything from him and slain him twice over. Thus was Teron Ashfiend born.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

As for what he plans for the future few can say. He makes no secret of one goal: that of hunting down and destroying Sin'Vraal who has also appeared in Myrken Wood. The second is vague, betraying to Khalika Quiller that he also came to Myrken Wood for "Elysia" whatever that might mean. The third is some goal concerning Heath and its rulership as his servant Valinor, a wraith bound by an ancient chain, already rides throughout that land seeking out lords ready for military action.

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Teron Ashfiend

2007-09-14T14:09:47Z

Malaroth: /* Current Sketch */

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{{add bio}}
''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

'''Teron Ashfiend''' (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Wilted Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== Sobriquets ==

The Wilted Rose, Arak's Ruin

== History ==

Thanks to the tireless efforts of [[Khalika Quiller]] and [[Glenn Burnie]] a great deal is becoming more widely known concerning the Ashfiend although still at a slow rate. After all not many have the heart to question too deeply regarding such a powerful, evil creature.

It is said that, long ago, the Ashfiend was a mortal warrior for the cause of peace and justice, under service to the god of a defunct religion known simply as Cedrick the White. His armor, and personal symbol, was that of a sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses and it is the armor he yet wears to this day. The same symbol earned him the name "The Wilted Rose," in reference to both his armor and his fallen stature from mortal hero to undead scourge. While the stories concerning The Wilted Rose are indeed ancient enough to be considered, if at all, as only legend and myth, there is no denying that such a figure was a hero to the defenseless and defender of justice.

One such tale, the most popular concerning the memory of the Wilted Rose, concerns his fighting an ancient demon named Valkadadesh in the belly of a live volcano for three days and three nights. At the end of that conflict he defeated the demon and took from him an item referred to only as "the Signet Ring." Ancient history being the mist-shrouded thing that it is, there is a small gap in the time line before the Wilted Rose watches his home, betrothed, and people all die in a terrible battle also waged against demons.

Quiller's and Burnie's research has also revealed that the Wilted Rose was slain soon thereafter. And somehow, though no knowledge has been forthcoming to clear up the confusion, he indeed perished twice before finding himself enslaved to someone that the Ashfiend identifies as Sin'Vraal. In his alleged service to Vraal, the Ashfiend led armies out of dark nightmares to lay waste to kingdoms and wipe empires from the memory of mankind. One such man was named Arak, a powerful Demigod whom the Ashfiend forged a special weapon to slay known as Arak's Ruin - a moniker that has been applied to him as well.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the [[Library of Mudd]] as well as [[Teddi]], a serving girl at the [[Broken Dagger(Inn)|Broken Dagger Tavern]]. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically [[necromancy]], as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising [[undead]] to serve him.

The serving girl Teddi, employed by the Broken Dagger Inn, has recently been rescued from Teron's clutches by a brave force of Shepherd Knights, Constables, and volunteer civilians who fought against the Ashfiend and his undead minions resulting in many casualties. Still the Ashfiend was driven from the Priory of Snowstill, his army broken, and his whereabouts unknown.

As for what he plans for the future few can say. He makes no secret of one goal: that of hunting down and destroying Sin'Vraal who has also appeared in Myrken Wood. The second is vague, betraying to Khalika Quiller that he also came to Myrken Wood for "Elysia" whatever that might mean. The third is some goal concerning Heath and its rulership as his servant Valinor, a wraith bound by an ancient chain, already rides throughout that land seeking out lords ready for military action.

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Malaroth Deucalios

2007-09-14T02:29:34Z

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Appearance

'''Malaroth''' stands at just over six feet in height. Though he has been in [[Myrken Wood]] for only a short period of time his appearance has changed considerably. He most often sports a blue or green sleeved shirt topped by a black tunic, cinched at his waist by a stout belt, that bears a silver shepherd's crook surrounded in ivy : the symbol of the knightly order accompanied by dark brown pants tucked into black leather boots whose cuts and caked grime speak of long journeys. His blond hair is long and thin, often falling about his haggard features in thin wisps although lately they have become streaked with silver. Similarly his countenance, an angular construction softened by a rounded nose, while always pale now bears a slight ashen coloration. And yet he only purports to have seen twenty-four winters.

The Grand Master of the Shepherd Knights is never seen unarmed, most often bearing an iron-shod staff or a broadsword and occasionally chain mail armor as well. He also carries a length of chain coiled on his belt that he dislikes commenting about. He is known for slouching, scowling and sighing - gestures that have earned him the nickname "Malaroth the Miserable."

Before Myrken Wood

The man speaks willingly enough of the past although usually only to remark that his memory is not entirely clear. This has changed in recent days though he has not said why. Malaroth readily claims to serve as a nobleman and knight in service to King Malcolm II of [[Zachea]] - a theocratic nation ruled by the Priest-King that also dominates one third of a large island some distance across the "[[Great Sea]]." His duties largely consisted of keeping the borders safe from the marauding elves that dwell in the neighboring wasteland and from the tyrannical magocratic Kingdom of [[Leshgaul]]. He has also claimed to have stood toe-to-toe against a dragon during a bloody siege upon an important Zachean city, and that he is a widower.

Myrken Wood

For undisclosed reasons he left his country behind and began a perilous journey towards a place called "Myrken Wood" although he had never heard of the land before. The name came to him via strange dreams and imaginings that struck him as memories - though they were of things he knew he had never said, thought or done.

He soon fell in with Councilor [[Aloisius Treadwell]] and calls the man a friend. It was this friend who lent him the money to purchase his new clothes after he was left tied to a tree by [[Teron Ashfiend]] to serve as food for hungry crows. When a cry for supplies went out to help the wounded left in [[Cambree Swinton|Madame Swinton]]'s [[Myrkentown Tea House|Tea House]] following a riot, it is rumored that Malaroth gathered many supplies on his own and that he spent his last coins to do so.

Malaroth was briefly connected with the slaughter of twenty cut-purses, brigands and thieves in Myrkentown as his sword was found at the crime scene. Although he was cleared of the charges the blade, which he claimed was stolen, has evidently been stolen yet again. This latest theft, as well as his being left as carrion food, has wrought a melancholy but also hopeful change in the apparently listless foreign nobleman. He now dwells at the chapter house for the [[:Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]], is known to possess a semblance of honor and compassion but also an occasionally violent temper.

The Shepherd Knight

Malaroth is the Founder and Grand Master of the [[:Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff|Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]. The Knighthood is an attempt, spearheaded by Malaroth, to combat and protect the citizenry of the Amasynian Province from militaristic, sorcerous and mundane dangers as well as assist in maintaining a general peace through both word and deed. Malaroth's primary motivation behind the order was a desire to bring light into a land that is often darkened by villainy.

Since the knighthood's inception Malaroth has spearheaded several small and often unsung efforts to reach out to the community particularly during the summer food shortages in which whatever extra food the knighthood raised was to be distributed to the starving. He also marshaled an alliance of Knights, Constables and Grey Lancers for the attack upon Snowstill Priory in order to confront the monster known as [[Teron Ashfiend]]. While many displayed acts of bravery that day, the knights were forced to offer of their own flesh, some willingly burned alive, to provide time for Zalin Savoy to work magic for the sake of several lives.

According to Malaroth, the knighthood retains the right to overrule the will of the Governor and Council should the interests of the King be at stake - something he claimed in order to bring the hunt to bear upon Snowstil Priory in light of the Council seeking a diplomatic solution. Many have claimed this was merely a convenient excuse to gather support to destroy an enemy.

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2007-09-12T01:37:23Z

Malaroth: /* Active Plots */

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2007-08-24T02:55:36Z

Malaroth: /* Known Members */

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''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==

The '''Shepherd Knights'''' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==

The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the [[Amasynia|Amasynian Provincial Region]] from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

== Organization ==

[[Malaroth Deucalios|Sir Malaroth Deucalios]] of [[Zachea]] serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Chapter House ==

The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep surrounded by a tall wooden wall.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of [[Myrken Wood]] and [[Foggy Bottom]], a short distance west of the [[North Passage Down]]. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

== Known Members ==

Malaroth Deucalios of Zachea - Grand Master and Founder

Osric Storth - Huios Tharros ("Son of Honor")( NPC)

Caelin Moore - able knight (NPC)

Laurence Talbot - able knight (NPC)

Thomas Aikman - husbandry man

Patience Mayfield - squire to Malaroth Deucalios

Lady Darkfeather - master artisan

Current events

2007-08-15T01:13:27Z

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== Active Plots ==
'''August, 2007 -- Current Events'''


*[[Malaroth Deucalios]] finalizes plans to move against the Council's wishes and lead an assault upon the Priory of Snowstill where the Ashfiend is known to make his lair. The Shepard Knight has asked any capable people would fight for Myrken Wood's safety to step forward and join the attack. The assault is planned for Sunday, August 19th. --[[User:Malaroth|Malaroth]] 18:13, 14 August 2007 (PDT) -->

*[[Agnieszka Kaczmarek]] recently celebrated her eighteenth birthday with a rather loud, rather drunken party at the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger inn]]. Luckily, no-one was hurt. --[[User:Channe|Channe]] 12:18, 14 August 2007 (PDT)

* [[Jan Baker]], widower and landowner of a moderately-sized farm a mile or so from the [[Broken Dagger (Inn)|Broken Dagger inn]], was murdered in his home recently. The [[Myrkentown Constabulary]] has yet to name a suspect. --[[User:Channe]] 04:46, 6 August 2007 (PDT)

* [[Zalin]] Savoy, older brother to [[Alastir]] Savoy, has come to Myrkenwood. Also, he's become one of the new chefs at the Dagger. --[[User:Alastir|Alastir]] 08:28, 14 August 2007 (PDT)

* [[Loxy]] the pixie, enraged by the actions of a barbarian pixie named [[Krynn]] who is at war with muffins in the Broken Dagger, pits his will against the warrior on the battleground of the bartop, for the very first time. Their encounter has forged what will undoubtedly be a life-long loathing for one another. Do not be surprised, Broken Dagger Patrons, if you order a muffin, only to be served a pair of pixies clashing swords on your plate. --[[User:66.32.218.140|66.32.218.140]] 11:43, 14 August 2007 (PDT)

* [[Zayken]] has reappeared and declared war upon the Broken Dagger. Although he has been largely quiet so far, those that know the creature can surely expect the worst yet to come. --[[User:Pharris|Pharris]] 12:26, 14 August 2007 (PDT)

* [[Winifred Lawson]] and her sister, [[Evangeline Lawson]], have recently arrived in Myrken Wood with the intention of opening up a dress shoppe. Thus far, no luck in locating a rental--the young women are taking it in stride, still rooming at the inn. --[[User:Tara|Tara]] 14:58, 14 August 2007 (PDT)

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== Scheduled Plot Events ==

The [[Scheduled Plot Events]] page is for plot-runners, [[Role-Playing|role-players]], and others who wish to let people know when they plan to be in the [[channel]] for interesting events such as riots, [[drow]] invasions, announcements, meetings, and other related awesomeness.

== Deathwatch ==

The [[Deathwatch]]: making a life in [[Myrken Wood]] is rife with hardship and danger; not only must you deal with privation, hunger, and mage-induced bad weather, but, as an [[Non-Player Character|NPC]], you are always in danger of being killed for the greater good of the players. This page is dedicated to all the [[Non-Player Character|NPC]]s who have died in the service of the daemon of Plot Advancement. May their memories remain bright!

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2007-08-11T03:08:25Z

Malaroth:

Teron Ashfiend

2007-08-01T21:05:24Z

Malaroth: /* History */

Teron Ashfiend

2007-08-01T21:01:38Z

Malaroth:

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2007-07-27T19:35:38Z

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2007-07-24T13:16:35Z

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Current events

2007-07-19T01:17:50Z

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Malaroth Deucalios

2007-06-29T02:26:46Z

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Appearance

'''Malaroth''' stands at just over six feet in height. Though he has been in [[Myrken Wood]] for only a short period of time his appearance has changed considerably. He first arrived sporting the clothes of a nobleman, along with the heavy armor of a mounted knight and a blade of similar quality. Now he sports a long gray coat that he wears open. Beneath the heavy outerwear he usually wears a cream-colored, fitted doublet and dark blue pants tucked into black leather boots whose cuts and caked grime speak of long journeys. His blond hair is long and thin, often falling about his haggard features in thin wisps although lately they have become streaked with silver. Similarly his countenance, an angular construction softened by a rounded nose, while always pale now bears a slight ashen coloration. And yet he only purports to have seen twenty-four winters.

Where he once bore a weapon now rests only an empty olive-colored scabbard. The sword has been replaced with an iron-shod staff that he takes everywhere. He also carries a length of chain coiled on his belt that he dislikes commenting about. He is known for slouching, scowling and sighing - gestures that have earned him the nickname "Malaroth the Miserable."

Before Myrken Wood

The man speaks willingly enough of the past although usually only to remark that his memory is not entirely clear. This has changed in recent days though he has not said why. Malaroth readily claims to serve as a nobleman and knight in service to King Malcolm II of [[Zachea]] - a theocratic nation ruled by the Priest-King that also dominates one third of a large island some distance across the "[[Great Sea]]." His duties largely consisted of keeping the borders safe from the marauding elves that dwell in the neighboring wasteland and from the tyrannical magocratic Kingdom of [[Leshgaul]]. He has also claimed to have stood toe-to-toe against a dragon during a bloody siege upon an important Zachean city, and that he is a widower.

Myrken Wood

For undisclosed reasons he left his country behind and began a perilous journey towards a place called "Myrken Wood" although he had never heard of the land before. The name came to him via strange dreams and imaginings that struck him as memories - though they were of things he knew he had never said, thought or done.

He soon fell in with Councilor [[Aloisius Treadwell]] and calls the man a friend. It was this friend who lent him the money to purchase his new clothes after he was left tied to a tree by [[Teron Ashfiend]] to serve as food for hungry crows. When a cry for supplies went out to help the wounded left in [[Cambree Swinton|Madame Swinton]]'s [[Myrkentown Tea House|Tea House]] following a riot, it is rumored that Malaroth gathered many supplies on his own and that he spent his last coins to do so.

Malaroth was briefly connected with the slaughter of twenty cut-purses, brigands and thieves in Myrkentown as his sword was found at the crime scene. Although he was cleared of the charges the blade, which he claimed was stolen, has evidently been stolen yet again. This latest theft, as well as his being left as carrion food, has wrought a melancholy but also hopeful change in the apparently listless foreign nobleman. He now dwells at the chapter house for the [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]], to possess a semblance of honor and compassion, but also an occasionally violent temper.

The Shepherd Knight

Malaroth is the Founder and Grand Master of the [[:Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]. The Knighthood is an attempt, spearheaded by Malaroth, to combat and protect the citizenry of the Amasynian Province from militaristic, sorcerous and mundane dangers as well as assist in maintaining a general peace through both word and deed. Malaroth's primary motivation behind the order was a desire to bring light into a land that is often darkened by villainy.

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2007-06-29T02:00:12Z

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Appearance

'''Malaroth''' stands at just over six feet in height. Though he has been in [[Myrken Wood]] for only a short period of time his appearance has changed considerably. He first arrived sporting the clothes of a nobleman, along with the heavy armor of a mounted knight and a blade of similar quality. Now he sports a long gray coat that he wears open. Beneath the heavy outerwear he usually wears a cream-colored, fitted doublet and dark blue pants tucked into black leather boots whose cuts and caked grime speak of long journeys. His blond hair is long and thin, often falling about his haggard features in thin wisps although lately they have become streaked with silver. Similarly his countenance, an angular construction softened by a rounded nose, while always pale now bears a slight ashen coloration. And yet he only purports to have seen twenty-four winters.

Where he once bore a weapon now rests only an empty olive-colored scabbard. The sword has been replaced with an iron-shod staff that he takes everywhere. He also carries a length of chain coiled on his belt that he dislikes commenting about. He is known for slouching, scowling and sighing - gestures that have earned him the nickname "Malaroth the Miserable."

Before Myrken Wood

The man speaks willingly enough of the past although usually only to remark that his memory is not entirely clear. This has changed in recent days though he has not said why. Malaroth readily claims to serve as a nobleman and knight in service to King Malcolm II of [[Zachea]] - a theocratic nation ruled by the Priest-King that also dominates one third of a large island some distance across the "[[Great Sea]]." His duties largely consisted of keeping the borders safe from the marauding elves that dwell in the neighboring wasteland and from the tyrannical magocratic Kingdom of [[Leshgaul]]. He has also claimed to have stood toe-to-toe against a dragon during a bloody siege upon an important Zachean city, and that he is a widower.

Myrken Wood

For undisclosed reasons he left his country behind and began a perilous journey towards a place called "Myrken Wood" although he had never heard of the land before. The name came to him via strange dreams and imaginings that struck him as memories - though they were of things he knew he had never said, thought or done.

He soon fell in with Councilor [[Aloisius Treadwell]] and calls the man a friend. It was this friend who lent him the money to purchase his new clothes after he was left tied to a tree by [[Teron Ashfiend]] to serve as food for hungry crows. When a cry for supplies went out to help the wounded left in [[Cambree Swinton|Madame Swinton]]'s [[Myrkentown Tea House|Tea House]] following a riot, it is rumored that Malaroth gathered many supplies on his own and that he spent his last coins to do so.

Malaroth was briefly connected with the slaughter of twenty cut-purses, brigands and thieves in Myrkentown as his sword was found at the crime scene. Although he was cleared of the charges the blade, which he claimed was stolen, has evidently been stolen yet again. This latest theft, as well as his being left as carrion food, has wrought a melancholy but also hopeful change in the apparently listless foreign nobleman. He now dwells at the chapter house for the [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]], to possess a semblance of honor and compassion, but also an occasionally violent temper.

The Shepherd Knight

Malaroth is the Founder and Grand Master of the [[:Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]. The Knighthood is an attempt, spearheaded by Malaroth, to combat and protect the citizenry of the Amasynian Province from militaristic, sorcerous and mundane dangers as well as assist in maintaining a general peace through both word and deed. Malaroth's primary motivation behind the order was a desire to bring light into a land that is often darkened by villainy.

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Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff

2007-06-23T15:06:05Z

Malaroth:

[[Category:Factions]]

''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==

The Shepherd Knights' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==

The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the Amasynian Provincial Region from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

== Organization ==

Sir Malaroth Deucalios of Zachea serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Chapter House ==

The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep. There are future plans to surround most of the farmstead within a wooden wall as well as to enlarge the stables and smithy.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of Myrken Wood and Foggy Bottom, a short distance west of the North Passage Down. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

Category:Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff

2007-06-23T15:05:46Z

Malaroth:

[[Category:Factions]]

''The Good Shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.''

== Coat of Arms ==

The Shepherd Knights' coat-of-arms is a silver shepherd's crook, wreathed in green ivy that sprouts off into leaves at the top, centered upon a black shield. The shield is flanked by upright red wolves that face the staff and is topped by a red eagle whose wings are raised and who bears a silver crown. When displayed on a tabard or such the emblem is simplified to merely the vine-entwined staff upon a black shield. Below the shield, on a long banner, reads: ''Tharos, Timei, Sophia''.

== Purpose ==

The Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff were formed for the purpose of serving to defend the people of the Amasynian Provincial Region from threats that are magical, mundane and militaristic. While first and foremost an order of combatants and defenders the knighthood also exists to serve the public good through shepherding, protecting and guiding the people through hardship (and prosperity) by strength of the arm, courage of the heart, and the example of one's life. While not a religious order the knighthood is avowed in its attempt to exemplify and master courage, honor and wisdom as guided by compassion.

== Organization ==

Sir Malaroth Deucalios of Zachea serves as the Grand Master of the knightly order. The Grand Master is the ultimate voice of the knighthood in dealing with all secular, political or religious entities and organizations. He is also to serve as judge for all major grievances within the knighthood and may be held personally accountable to the King for all knighthood actions and decrees. The Grand Master reserves the power to call the knighthood into military action against enemies of the people; promote, demote and punish all staff and knights; and otherwise uphold the motto of the knighthood as is required.

Below him will serve three ''Huioi,'' or "sons" of the three virtues that make up the knighthood's motto: courage, honor and wisdom (Huios Tharros, Huios Timei, and Huios Sophia respectively). These ''Huioi'' are to embody their respectively virtues that others may live by their example. They also govern the training regimen of the remaining knights and serve as arbiters in small disputes. Any of the ''Huioi'' may be called upon to serve the knighthood as a diplomat, dignitary, or any other office as the Grand Master deems necessary.

Below the Sons will be the rank-and-file of the remaining knights. All of these are required to serve in the farm fields and share in the labor with the farming staff that supports the order that each knight may learn humility and patience. Such knights may be recognized for their skill or ability in a given area, leading to such titles and offices as "Quartermaster," "Master of Horse," as each knight proves himself in light of such positions being necessary and available. All knights are trained in ranged, unarmed and melee combat as well as rigorously exercised to develop excellent stamina, strength, agility and mental fortitude. Training also incorporates basic magical theory and, perhaps in the future, practice, as funds and space permit.

Each knight is required to fulfill his, or her, service as a squire. To become a squire one must petition the knighthood itself to obtain permission to seek out a knight in good standing and make a personal request of said knight. Should the knight's answer be in the affirmative, and there be no objection from those of higher rank, the person is taken on as a squire. Squires see to many numerous, small tasks that their knights require of them which may vary somewhat depending upon the knight in question. Common tasks include caring for a knight's weapons and armor, standing in for the knight's share of farm labor, etc.

At the bottom of the hierarchy, but no less important, are the non combative staff who ensure the bulk of the day-to-day chores that the knighthood requires in order to fully function. Farming, heavy labor, blacksmithing, carpentry and other jobs make up the list of fundamental positions upon which the knighthood stands.

== The Knight-House ==

The knighthood dwells in a heavily reconstructed farmstead. An enormous wooden barn has been remodeled into a serviceable, if somewhat crowded, keep. There are future plans to surround most of the farmstead within a wooden wall as well as to enlarge the stables and smithy.

The farmstead, formerly belonging to one Thomas Aikman, lies halfway between the towns of Myrken Wood and Foggy Bottom, a short distance west of the North Passage Down. The banner of the knighthood flies from the single tower of the keep.

Malaroth Deucalios

2007-06-23T15:05:14Z

Malaroth:

Appearance

'''Malaroth''' stands at just over six feet in height. Though he has been in [[Myrken Wood]] for only a short period of time his appearance has changed considerably. He first arrived sporting the clothes of a nobleman, along with the heavy armor of a mounted knight and a blade of similar quality. Now he sports a long gray coat that he wears open. Beneath the heavy outerwear he usually wears a cream-colored, fitted doublet and dark blue pants tucked into black leather boots whose cuts and caked grime speak of long journeys. His blond hair is long and thin, often falling about his haggard features in thin wisps although lately they have become streaked with silver. Similarly his countenance, an angular construction softened by a rounded nose, while always pale now bears a slight ashen coloration. And yet he only purports to have seen twenty-four winters.

Where he once bore a weapon now rests only an empty olive-colored scabbard. The sword has been replaced with an iron-shod staff that he takes everywhere. He also carries a length of chain coiled on his belt that he dislikes commenting about. He is known for slouching, scowling and sighing - gestures that have earned him the nickname "Malaroth the Miserable."

Before Myrken Wood

The man speaks willingly enough of the past although usually only to remark that his memory is not entirely clear. This has changed in recent days though he has not said why. Malaroth readily claims to serve as a nobleman and knight in service to King Malcolm II of [[Zachea]] - a theocratic nation ruled by the Priest-King that also dominates one third of a large island some distance across the "[[Great Sea]]." His duties largely consisted of keeping the borders safe from the marauding elves that dwell in the neighboring wasteland and from the tyrannical magocratic Kingdom of [[Leshgaul]]. He has also claimed to have stood toe-to-toe against a dragon during a bloody siege upon an important Zachean city, and that he is a widower.

Myrken Wood

For undisclosed reasons he left his country behind and began a perilous journey towards a place called "Myrken Wood" although he had never heard of the land before. The name came to him via strange dreams and imaginings that struck him as memories - though they were of things he knew he had never said, thought or done.

He soon fell in with Councilor [[Aloisius Treadwell]] and calls the man a friend. It was this friend who lent him the money to purchase his new clothes after he was left tied to a tree by [[Teron Ashfiend]] to serve as food for hungry crows. When a cry for supplies went out to help the wounded left in [[Cambree Swinton|Madame Swinton]]'s [[Myrkentown Tea House|Tea House]] following a riot, it is rumored that Malaroth gathered many supplies on his own and that he spent his last coins to do so.

Malaroth was briefly connected with the slaughter of twenty cut-purses, brigands and thieves in Myrkentown as his sword was found at the crime scene. Although he was cleared of the charges the blade, which he claimed was stolen, has evidently been stolen yet again. This latest theft, as well as his being left as carrion food, has wrought a melancholy but also hopeful change in the apparently listless foreign nobleman. He now dwells at the chapter house for the [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]], to possess a semblance of honor and compassion, but also an occasionally violent temper.

The Shepherd Knight

Malaroth is the Founder and Grand Master of the [[Shepherd Knights of the Silver Staff]]. The Knighthood is an attempt, spearheaded by Malaroth, to combat and protect the citizenry of the Amasynian Province from militaristic, sorcerous and mundane dangers as well as assist in maintaining a general peace through both word and deed. Malaroth's primary motivation behind the order was a desire to bring light into a land that is often darkened by villainy.

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Teron Ashfiend

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== Inception ==

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''Hate never dies''

== Appearance ==

Teron Ashfiend (or The Ashfiend as he is often called) stands between six and seven feet tall. He is easily identified by both his height and his armor, the latter being an ancient, scarred and blackened suit of heavy plate. The countless scratches and burns almost hide the symbol decorating the breastplate - a vertical sword crossed at the hilt by a pair of weeping, wilting roses - a symbol that has earned him the sobriquet "The Knight of the Weeping Rose." Ancient, black gloves and boots hide away both hands and feet. A tattered cloak, hemmed in faded gold thread, hangs past armored knees. A faded gray scarf masks the lower half of his visage while a low hood seals it within a shadow from which flare his brilliant, unblinking eyes alive with a livid crimson flame. His presence is occasionally felt before he is seen as a great chill follows him about that leeches the warmth from all living things; a chill that becomes quite unbearable should one venture to touch, or have the misfortune of being touched, by him.

== History ==

Little is known of the Ashfiend before his arrival in Myrken Wood. His arrival nearly coincides with that of Sir Malaroth Deucalios, Grand Master of the Shepherd Knights. He has openly admitted to seeking to destroy a person known as "Sin'Vraal" that has evidently wronged him in the past. Some speculate that he is some vengeful or restless spirit from the knight's own mysterious past while others have suggested that the Ashfiend is an undead monstrosity known as a "Death Knight." Regardless of his true nature, Teron seems to be a creature of some age should his claim to have forged the sword known as Arak's Ruin be true as Sir Deucalios claims the sword is an heirloom of his family.

== Current Sketch ==

Since his arrival, Teron has done little but wreak destruction and make enemies of the people of Myrken Wood. He is known to be responsible for the disappearances of a librarian at the Library of Mudd as well as Teddi, a serving girl at the Broken Dagger Tavern. He is said by some to strike against enemies with a confidence that borders on arrogance though such overweening pride is not entirely without some merit. He has demonstrated a great, tireless strength as well as an alleged immunity to either heat or cold. He is also a known practitioner of sorcery, specifically necromancy, as a great deal of his sorcerous power deals with inflicting pain, robbing people of their strength and raising undead to serve him.

Unfortunately the serving girl Teddi remains, as of yet, in his clutches. Though the Myrken Wood community has rallied to fight him and rescue her it is unknown what he plans to do with the poor woman.

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