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| − | The war against the zealous armies of [[Westmarch]] ended with a horrible slaughter. With the army of [[Khanduras]] ripped to shreds by the superior numbers and defensive positions of [[Westmarch]], [[Lachdanan]] quickly gathered together those who were not captured or killed and ordered a retreat back to the safety of [[Khanduras]]. They returned to find the town of [[Tristram]] in shambles.
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| − | King [[Leoric]], deep within the throes of madness, went into a rage when he learned that his son was missing. After scouring the village with the few guards that remained with him at the monastery, [[Leoric]] had decided that the townsfolk had abducted his son and hidden him somewhere. Although the townsfolk denied any knowledge of Prince [[Albrecht]]?s whereabouts, [[Leoric]] insisted that they had crafted a conspiracy against him, and that they would pay the price for such treachery. The mysterious disappearance of the Arch-Bishop [[Lazarus]] left no one in [[Tristram]] with whom the King would take council. Overcome by grief and dementia, [[Leoric]] had many of the townsfolk executed for the crime of high treason.
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| − | As [[Lachdanan]] and his fellow survivors returned to confront their King, [[Leoric]] sent his few remaining guards against them. Believing that [[Lachdanan]] was somehow part of the townsfolk's conspiracy, [[Leoric]] decreed that he and his party were to die. [[Lachdanan]], finally realizing that [[Leoric]] was beyond salvation, ordered his men to defend themselves. The ensuing battle carried them down into the very halls of the darkened Monastery, bringing a final desecration to the once holy sanctum of the [[Horadrim]]. [[Lachdanan]] won a bittersweet victory as his men were forced to kill all of [[Leoric]]'s deceived protectors.
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| − | They cornered the ravenous King within his own sanctuary and begged him to explain the atrocities he had committed. [[Leoric]] only spat at them and cursed them for traitors against both his crown and the Light. [[Lachdanan]] walked slowly towards his King and sorrowfully drew his sword. Full of grief and rage, all honor having been cast to the winds, [[Lachdanan]] ran his blade through [[Leoric]]'s shriveled, blackened heart.
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| − | The once noble King screamed an unearthly death-cry, and as his madness finally overtook him, he brought down a curse upon those who had so betrayed him. Calling upon the forces of Darkness that he had spent his entire life combating, [[Leoric]] condemned [[Lachdanan]] and the others to eternal damnation. In that last, fleeting moment within the heart of the Monastery, all that was ever virtuous or honorable about the stewards of [[Khanduras]] was shattered forever.
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Latest revision as of 12:07, 21 October 2008
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