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The Rule of "The Eyes of Darkness"

Under the new rule of the Eyes of Darkness, the Reflected Worlds fell further and further into chaos, anarchy and corruption. The Eyes of Darkness ruled through fear, and she did nothing to protect those outside her city, the Citadel of Sorcery. The worlds splintered, and there was much evil rampant in the lands. But there was a new power brewing; a being named Morphael. He created a new kind of army in secret, using undiscovered Reflections. There he took man and beast, dead and alive and through some fell power he changed them into horrible beings created from his twisted imagination. But he did all this in secret. The sorcerers of the Citadel had no warning of this impending peril.

And when the time was right, when the people blamed the Eyes of Darkness for destroying all cooperation between people of the Reflected Worlds, Morphael revealed himself and struck like a war hammer into unprotected flesh. It was a blow unforeseen by the Citadel, and Morphael’s united armies of creatures marched across the lands, gobbling up little kingdoms, dictatorships and feudal lords. It was easy, for the Reflected Worlds no longer had a unified system of government to withstand the might of Morphael’s armies.

The Citadel's Response to the threat

Soon the Citadel was in a panic; lands were being taken across all the Reflected Worlds. The Citadel had to scramble, and tried to organize that which they had made chaotic. It was difficult, for no one trusted the Eyes of Darkness. The sorceress had left them to their own anarchy, and now she wanted them to follow her orders. So the Citadel created a line of forts extending out into these wild and anarchy laden lands. The garrison of a nearby Citadel Imperial fort would come to the aid of anyone in trouble from Morphael’s forces, but they only came once. Afterward they offered a treaty where they were bound to help when called. In return the people would be required to give up 10% of their fighting age people to join the fort garrison. And unless the rulers of the people signed the treaty the fort would give them no further aid. Slowly… very slowly, some areas began to look to the Citadel garrisons for protection, but there is much yet still in anarchy. The forts do not extend everywhere and are only along the Imperial highways. Everywhere else Morphael’s creatures have moved into the wild areas between civilization and the protections of the Forts.

And this is where the Reflected Worlds now stand. People do not trust The Eyes of Darkness, yet they are terrified of the armies of Morphael, for they take prisoners that are turned into more horrible creatures. There are uneasy alliances, and some protection by the Citadel forts for small towns and villages, yet much of the world is still held in the feudal system, and much evil is still about the lands. Ruin hangs in the balance. The war goes on, and Morphael’s forces continue to take captives and use them to create even more creatures to bend to his will. He works toward the day that his army is great enough to destroy the Citadel of Sorcery.

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