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"Hear me, my peace-drunk brethren! You are being led astray by your weak and frail leader Queenchief Nuria. She colludes with the ponies to declaw you, to dull your fangs! Long ago the Kirin struck fear into any country touching the sea! We were rulers of bloodied coin and had respect! but now, now the ponies, the weak cowardly ponies try to take away your culture! They deny us our heritage! Join me! join me and I'll show you the true path to power! Through blood! Carnage and gold! I defeated your 'queen' in single battle... She has failed you and grown soft with her 'peace.' a lapdog for her Equestrian masters! It is time for the Kirin to return to the forefront, through fire and blood!"- The Warlord Ashwrath gave this recuitment speech in the kirin city of Aeros with a retinue of strange uniform looking kirin. Many are worried of the violence to come and are already petitioning Equestria to intervene.
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The Natural Resources and Crafts of Tenebris (Unfinished)
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Feb 22 2017, 10:18 AM
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On Noctals, Thestrals, and the Cultural Significance of Sovorium By Ser Bloodstone Mind of the Vitreous family
Noctals and Thestrals, at first glance, seem like yet another flying pony species, this time with nightvision and poorly-justified racism. On the contrary, Noctals, while having a reprehensible government and slavery practice, are a people of extreme artisanship, with a cultural focus on combining form and function. Visual beauty is their bread and butter, as it seems like they cannot function without it. Their cities are meticulously crafted, down to the last piece of stone lining the streets, their food is the envy of many chefs who proclaim themselves to be masters, their woodworking accounts for every single grain to flow lovingly into an odd tapestry of wood grain patterns.
However, what really sets the Noctals apart is their use of the mineral, sovorium. All attempts to make sovorium useful have so far failed, due to how brittle the mineral is and how dangerous it is to carry and work with it if one uses magic. However, the Noctals seem to have mastered the art of making sovorium into a seemingly waterproof mineral paint that carries the same properties as sovorium, which no other race seems to be able to do. Their churches claim it is because the gods blessed the Noctals to be able to manipulate such a valuable and holy substance into a usable material, and thus use it to paint the beautiful armor of their holy warriors with elaborate paintings depicting battles of legend or feats that the warrior has accomplished. Some elite knights of the Noble Government also purchase such armor from church armorsmiths, wearing it into battle due to the blessing inherent in the material.
Thestrals, on the other hoof, are able to make sovorium into an ink for use in tattoos while preserving the mineral’s anti-magic properties. These tattoos are not given lightly, as they are used to distinguish accomplished warriors from the rest of the warriors. Warriors who have performed heroic deeds, like bringing down one of the more dangerous beasts inhabiting Tenebris, winning a battle alone while outnumbered, and rescuing slaves are just a few of the different ways thestrals can earn such an honor. The tattoo giving ceremony is one of the few grand ceremonies in thestral society that usually involves the whole tribe gathering together to celebrate the warrior’s ascension into legend.
What’s strange is that there seems to be a reason that both species even had a use for sovorium before the presence of other, magic-using races. The Sapientiae Librum (Book of Wisdom for those who aren’t big into learning other languages) describes multiple accounts of ‘Demonslayers’ wearing armor and tattoos made from sovorium to protect them from the ‘foul atrophy and sorceries of demons.’ What this means is that there might have, at one point, been a powerful magic-using race present that was wiped out by both the noctals and the thestrals, though that’s just speculation.
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Feb 22 2017, 10:19 AM
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Saint Blessed and Beast-Reaving Weapons By Ser Bloodstone Mind of the Vitreous Family
Saint Blessed and Beast-Reaving weapons are, odd to say the least. Noctals are the creators of both Saint Blessed and Beast-Reaving weapons, the former resemble weapons used for normal combat such as longswords, poleaxes, glaives, bill hooks, guisarmes, glaive-guisarmes, and so on, but with a more graceful appearance and an artist’s touch without sacrificing efficiency. Best-Reaving weapons, on the other hoof, appear to be made more for hunting beasts, resembling variations of winged spears and axes, with a bigger focus on function over form, obviously inspired by Thestral weapons.
Saint Blessed weapons appear to be a reddened steel, but are far from just normal steel. They are infamous for cutting right through unenchanted steel weapons and armor with surprising ease and being downright unbreakable, unable to rust, become damaged by acid, melt in lava, or even be taken apart to be reforged unless taken to the original blacksmiths. Something to note is that the pole part of the polearm is also made of the same metal, increasing the weight a bit, but lending even the ‘weakest’ part of the weapon the same durability as the rest. The ritual for making Saint Blessed weapons involves a Noctal and a Thestral blacksmith working in tandem to forge the weapon. Before the steel is cooled, however, both smiths make an offering of blood to the weapon, letting it boil off of it and 'Giving the steel its first taste.' The weapon is cooled, the hilt or haft is decorated, and the weapon is given over to the church for three days. During these three days, the weapon is anointed and then bathed in holy water, curing the weapon of its 'impurity'.
Beast-Reaving weapons, however, are a completely different affair. Their odd, dark gray blades and stark, utilitarian design stands in contrast to the reddened steel and decorations of the Saint Blessed weapons. Only 1347 of these savage weapons exist and for good reason. There was a recent event of a single thestral resisting arrest by a group of paladins dispatched to quell a riot. The thestral brought to bear the Great Machete of Yarik, and in a single swing cleaved through all four paladins, full plate and all. It took fifteen paladins to bring this one thestral down, drunk on the power provided by the Beast-Reaving blade. Not all Beast-Reaving weapons are so powerful, as the Great Machete of Yarik was said to had tasted the blood of demons themselves. However, the unhealing injuries inflicted by the blade are the same as all Beast-Reaving weapons. These weapons exude an unnatural aura, carving a sense of dread to those not wielding them. Supposedly, no more of these weapons have been made, as the smiths who knew the forging technique were usually killed with the weapon afterward for some reason or another.
There are rumors of suits of armor made of the same material as Beast-Reaving weapons lost to the jungle, with three actual suits on record belonging to the Noctal Noble Republic, given to the Archbishop, the Lord Commander, and the Knight Paladin to wear into battle. These suits of armor are, obviously, painted with Sovorium for extra protection.
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Rending Weapons of the First Wings By Lolk Villanelle, The Many Winged Shield From Which Three Swords Hang
Though the First Wings of Tenebris, a Thestral tribe turned faction oft described as "alchemically enhanced monster hunters" has a rich and varied history, this entry will discuss the most famous and immutable aspect of their organization: The Rending weapons.
Though undeniably effective, the Beast Reaver weapons of many a song and legend were and are rare. Since the beginning of the modern era, they are also utterly irreplaceable, the method of their construction having been lost to the sands of time. For this reason, an alternative was developed by the First Wing smiths of yore, and has carried on into the current day and age.
The Rending weapons are by no means as powerful or as durable as the Beast Reavers. However, their brutal effectiveness, not inconsiderable lifetime, and ease of replacement have made them a good substitute.
Rending weapons are very distinctive. All parts of the weapon bear numerous scars of alchemical treatment. The blades are heavy and serrated, and the hafts are made from treated Revel[1] spines. All parts of the weapon bear numerous scars of alchemical treatment, the blades being heavy and serrated, and the hafts made from treated Revel* spines.
The alchemical treatments are suspected to include some manner of lesser blessing, due to their ability to pierce the Aura[2] surrounding Legendary Monsters with ease. However, that is all they do, not possessing any special qualities like their more mystical counterparts. That being said, Rending weapons are still by and large heavy and Serrated, which makes them extremely useful against anything relying on thick armor. That fact that this includes Noctal Paladins as well as most Legendary Beasts is not lost on the Noctal Republic, nor the First Wings.
[1]The Revel is a raptor on Tenebris notable for its smell, fire breath, and incredibly durable and shock-absorbent spine. The final of these factors makes it extremely useful for weapon construction.
[2]Described as having to "shove your weapon through thick oak before you could stab the things".
Edited by Lolk, Apr 15 2017, 03:39 PM.
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