Legion of Dusk

The Legion of Dusk is an alliance between the powerful Church of Dusk and the iron-fisted monarch Queen Miralda.
Nobles of the Legion have been turned into vampires, in the Rite of Redemption. The Legion's constant drive for conquest ensures that they always have enemy blood to drink. Their expeditions of discovery are led by vampire conquistadors and priests, with human soldiers filling the rank and file and other humans serving support roles as sailors and menial labor.

Public Agenda

Allcosuming conquest of any continent, race or otherwise imaginable thing, all ending in death itself.

Assets

The Legion of Dusk has many assets, here is a few important factors:

• Vampires

• Wealth

• Manpower

• Naval Strength

History

The Apostasine Wars

Eight hundred years ago, the mountainous nation called Torrezon (it later gave its name to the whole continent) split into three parts when its monarch died, with each portion ruled by one of the monarch's children. The two younger brothers, the Apostasine Princes, marshaled their armies against their older sister. The Church of Torrezon condemned them as heretic usurpers and aligned itself with the queen. A long religious war ensued. It raged on for three centuries, before the first vampire, Elenda of Garrano, ended it. After the unification, many of Torrezon's nobles undertook Elenda's transformative ritual, and it became known as the Rite of Redemption by the church.

Conquest of the free cities

Hungry for blood, the Legion of Dusk began a series of wars and eventually took over the whole continent. Kingdom after kingdom fell to the unified Church and Crown. In the final century or so of Torrezon's expansion, a desperate remnant of old city-states still inhabited and ruled by living humans clung to their freedom on the southern shores of the continent. When they were conquered as well, they took to the sea and formed the Brazen Coalition.

The Age of Ever-Flowing Blood

The Legion of Dusk again sought the Immortal Sun, which was brought across the sea to the continent of Ixalan. At the behest of the Queen Miralda, their instructions were to track down the first and greatest of their kind, Saint Elenda, who would help the pilgrims fulfill their righteous purpose.

Type

Geopolitical, Empire

Alternative Names

The church of Dusk