Workshop 2

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The War of Light And Shadow 

  “For millennia, man has pondered the nature of life and death and how intricately interwoven

they are within the very fabrics of reality.

Life is the embodiment of existence and Death, the absence of existence, however, what came

before these two forces?

Light and Shadow.

Light and Shadow are the progenitors of creation and destruction. The chaotic confluence

birthed by the occurrence of their collision instigated the first umbral calamity -- The beginning

of The Great Dark.

The arrival of existence merited the uninvited unknowing of the absence of existence -

The great collision of Light and Shadow gave birth to creation, which greatly tipped the scales in

favour of the Light and threatened to consume the absence until there was nothing but a perfect

blankness. In an effort to restore balance, The Father of Darkness committed the first Filicide -

Shadow destroyed the Great Dark and scattered its shattered remains across the emptiness of the

Void.

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6 broken shards wandered endlessly throughout the loneliness of the Void.

Upon the surface of the 6 shards, remnants of life flickered 6 times across each shard.

The incursion of the Light had not been undone so easily. The shattered remains galvanized and

formed the 7th reflection.

The first echo of reality was born across the surface of the child of light and shadow, and from

that echo, infinity was born.

​They maintain supremacy by living in dissonance. They exist on a contradictory middle ground where every man is created equal -- except for them.” - A Wandering Soul

WAR  Felo’melorn. The land where magic, technology, and science were all one.

None could match its glory for there existed no nation whose towers dwarfed Felo’melorn’s.

None could match its magical might for there existed no nation whose magic could challenge

Felo’melorn’s.

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None could match its power for there existed no King, Duke, or Sorcerer whose finesse could

usurp Felo’melorn’s Crown.

Below the towering entry gates of Felo’melorn, a hulking monstrosity battered the divine gates.

Standing on two feet, bearing two eyes - bloodshot and swollen - and carrying with him the tools

of war: disorder, famine, disease, and desire - the pillars of sin - Man stood before Felo’melorn.

The people of the unified land could only watch as the bloodthirsty beast tirelessly beat upon

their gates. They, however, did not fear for they had the backing of the Crown --

Omnipotence-Incarnate.

The Crown, invoking and interweaving otherworldy magicks made an absolute command to The

Beast,

His proclamation:

"I shall buildeth a most wondrous mure -- and nobody builds walls bett'r than me, believeth

me --and i'll buildeth those folk v'ry inexpensively. I shall buildeth a most wondrous, most

wondrous mure on our b'rd'r, and i shall maketh thee humans payeth f'r yond mure. Marketh

mine own w'rds"

His absolution gave birth to the Holy Signs of Apocalypse.

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The First Sign: War on Terror

The Beast challenged His supremacy.

The Beast imperilled His way of life -- A life in dissonance.

The Beast threatened to cast Him from his throne -- The contradictory middle ground where

every man is created equal ...except Him.

With great fury, The Crown unleashed hellish propaganda upon his own people, painting The

Beast as a harlot riding a 7-headed beast, drunken on the blood of innocents.

The Second Sign: Tariffs

The Beast and its demonic offspring will taste sulfur and brimstone.

Bread will crumble to ash.

Crops will wither.

Rain will turn to soot.

The Final Sign: The Anglo-Saxon American Wall

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A great calm will wash over Felo’melorn’s blessed soil. Circling across the holy lands will be a

barrier of holy magick.

A barrier so unbelievably arrogant that no idea will reach Him.

A barrier so unbelievably empowered that no man will stand above Him.

A barrier so unbelievably bigoted that no man will walk upon the soil that He walks upon.

The people of Felo’melorn will lavish The Crown in praise for as long as they revere Him they

shall walk at His side.

Felo’melorn …

The Sleeping City.

Felo’melorn …

The Black Forest ...

The United States of America … The Nation of Delusions of Grandeur.

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