Templars reckoning

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Brief Overview

King Vincent II of Komor performed an unholy deed toward Geodeas chosen, the Templars. Hundreds of lives were lost and souls were left unable to be rightfully claimed. As a result, Komor was wiped from the map and the remaining Geodians feared for their livelihoods, travelling to Bela which was soon to become the religious capitol of the Geodians. (Modern day Oodam)  

Full story

On the 13th of Twi, -832 BN King Vincent II of Komor had received the company of a large troop of Geodian Templars on leave from scouting the Whispering woods (Modern day Rose lake).
The good king offered them a roof to sleep under and a great feast for their bellies in return for the collection of property taxes the following day. The Templars agreed and did as asked, using this simple task to prove their worth to the king as many of king Vincents nobles had been withholding their shares. After the Templars returned from this task, the king next demanded that they assist his raiding party southeast as reinforcements so he could claim the allied land there while his army travelled through. The Templars refused his orders stating that they only follow Geodeas will, the gospel word of a goddess. King Vincent was understanding to this notion, instead offering them an abandoned building for the Templars to repair and use as an outpost while resting in Komor and the Templar's happily accepted.
After they began construction, the Templars split up so the Seneschal could report the news to the Templars Grandmaster. It was at this time that king Vincent had rounded up all of his men and ordered them to collect any Templars they could find for a grand feast. The king then sent letters to all of the remaining Templars throughout Birtham, stating that he was to host a grand feast in the name of their goddess Geodea and their service to her. It now being a matter of not only politics but devotion to their goddess, the Grandmaster summoned all of the Templars to attend the new kings feast. They arrived in Komor and were welcomed with open arms by a mass of elated civilians showering them in gifts.
They attended the feast only to find out half way through that not only was King Vincent II a devout member of the The Abyssal Order, but he had also fed them their holy brothers, and upon feasting on human flesh the Templars could now no longer enter through heavens gates. This essentially made it so that when the Templars died their souls would be considered lost and would end up in the Abyss, signed away by king Vincent II they could no longer be claimed by their goddess.
A battle ensued throughout Komor and though the Templars fought well, they well outnumbered and captured by Absolums forces, who were aided by Forsaken servants lent to king Vincent II by Lucifer himself as a favor to Absolum.
After all of Geodeas chosen had been arrested they were tortured into false confessions. Over two hundred charges were placed against the Templars, but the overall charges were high treason, heresy, and the desecration of a holy (unholy! It was super unholy) symbol.
The Templars entire order was then sentenced to having their knees broken, being thrown into the pit of perdition, and being burned alive at midnight. The pit of perdition was a horror pit designed by king Vincent II as a way to spit in the face of not only Geodian culture, but Geodea herself as well. In the cells, the Templars created an uprising as one final attempt to save themselves and managed to get one young Templar by the name of Paterick Reklan outside of the city walls.

The Aftermath

As his brothers burned, Paterick limped southeast to Bela(Modern day Oodam) and told the priesthood there of what had transpired. They offered him food and shelter but could give no more, and yet Paterick refused them. He walked into the center of town square and molded Geodeas holy symbol out of mud, praying to her desperately.
For what seemed like weeks he prayed. Every day through rain, sun, blistering winds, it didn't matter. Each day he would re-shape Geodeas holy symbol until it was pristine, first in the morning, then at dusk. Skin and bones was all that remained of Paterick when Lucifer approached him. Lucifer offered food, water, salvation, revenge, riches, Lucifer even offered him death but Paterick refused it all. It was only after Lucifer left that Geodea finally heeded his call. She told him she couldn't save his soul after consuming the flesh of his brothers, but she could stop his soul from ever need being claimed. She granted him immortality and the status of Saint Paterick of Bela, her second mortal saint. She then told him to climb to the highest reaches of Mordu to witness the power that he had devoted his life to first hand, and so he did. He climbed the treacherous peaks of Mordu just in time to see a cluster of meteors rain down onto Komor and its neighboring city Soja. Everything under king Vincents command had turned to ash before him, it was then that Paterick swore his life, in its entirety to Geodea.

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