#lornlords

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When the Morlorn attacked, four Heroes rose up to seal It away. This final stand against the evil of the Morlorn took place in the legendary city of Callinia. While the world was spared from destruction, the city of Callinia itself could not. The once great capital of the world fell to the Abyss and was left in ruin, and the everlasting empire collapsed.

The Callinian Ruins were dangerous, littered with beasts known as Abyss Walkers. A new defense was needed for this dangerous threat. Thus, the kingdoms of Aurlia founded the Abyssal Guard, an organization of highly skilled fighters and explorers dedicated to defending the realms from what now lurked in the Callinina Ruins, and anything more that may crawl from the Abyss. They swore themselves to all the realms, and not to any one kingdom. A black trim was added to the coats of arms of members of the Abyssal Guard.

With the Abyss Plague and the Morlorn's attack forever burned in everyone’s memories, it was agreed that it was of utmost importance to prevent the Abyss from entering this plane of existence. Even the cruelest dictatorships and the most ambitious empires respected the Guard’s independence.

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Long ago, before the Gods were born, there was only the Abyss. Through the chaos of the Abyss, a People spawned. They called themselves, the Architects.

The Architects were a genius people, but the Abyss is never safe. The Abyss clawed at their souls, corrupting their very blood. Their very people were dying from a Sickness, and were soon facing extinction. The Architects tried to cure the Sickness, but ended up doing harm to their own. The Architects soon realized that the only way for their race to survive was to leave the Abyss.

An ever-ambitious people, the Architects went straight to work with this goal in mind. They crafted alternative planes of existence, learning what worked and what did not, and discovered the universe in a way the chaos of the Abyss denied. But as time went on, more of the Architects fell to the Sickness. It was more and more important to escape the Abyss as the people began to panic.

At long last, the Architects had nearly completed Xyn'txs, the gateway between the Planes. Finally, the people would be free from despair! The project team was performing the final checks and tests on Xyn'txs before announcing its completion. The team opened the gate to Xyn'txs, and ten engineers and scientists entered. The gate then closed.

Three hours passed in their laboratory, as everyone waited in anticipation. They have performed these checks hundreds of times, and now all their hard work was about to pay off. They had unending worlds to explore, an infinite number of discoveries to make, and all the time they needed. And all they had to do was wait seven more hours for the inspection crew to return.

But then the gate to Xyn'txs opened, and a lone scientist stumbled through. The scientist was deteriorated and malformed, screaming gibberish into the faces of all that were present before taking their own life.

Xyn'txs had destabilized. Years of hard work were lying in ruin. And in the distance, the Architects could see the Beasts. One of these Beasts took notice of the open gate and started shambling back towards the Abyss. The Architects attempted an emergency closure of the gate to Xyn'txs, but it was too late. Black blood stained the walls as the Beasts slaughtered their former comrades.

“We have lost much to-day, but I assure you hope is not lost, for there will be life in the home of our Lornlord! They shall be our key! No matter the cost, no matter how much we must work, we will escape the Abyss.”

[projectccu]

The Lornlords were understood to be dead, and that everyone is living in the wake of their grand battle. The Gods of the First Pantheon were said to be the children of the Aurlorn, and so worshiping them is worshiping the Aurlorn. Cultists can be found worshiping either of the two Lornlords throughout the lands, in hopes of reawakening them or using their power.

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At the beginning of time, there were only the Lornlords: the Aurlorn, god of creation, and the Morlorn, god of destruction. Neither is good, and neither is evil.

The Aurlorn and the Morlorn fought throughout the cosmos for their ideals, trapped in an unending stalemate, until one fateful day when the Lornlords finally clashed. 

The Aurlorn fell to a lonely planet, and let out a great roar that created the Gods of the First Pantheon. Meanwhile, the Morlorn retreated to another plane, resting until it may return.

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Creation Myth of CCU

In the beginning of the Universe, two Lornlords were born: the Aurlorn and the Morlorn. The two battled for eons, neither coming close to winning. The Morlorn struck a devastating blow to the Aurlorn, tearing a hole through its chest. The Aurlorn fell onto a nearby planet, Earth, and used the rest of its energy to let out a devastating roar, banishing the Morlorn from our plane of existence. Magic present in the world is what remains of the Aurlorn's roar to banish the Morlorn, and the Gods of the First Pantheon were born. The body of the Aurlorn combined with the Earth's crust, forming the continent of Aurlia.