Formation of the Dunritter

Founding

This is the creation of the Dunritter, and organization tasked with eliminating the undead blight from the world.

During the Dead Wars, the Valas Empire had a major advantage over many of the other developing nations of the time. With their strong emphasis on necromancy and their large armies of undead, the Immortal Legion posed a major threat to many of their rivals, specifically the Kingdom of Zentrum, their immediate neighbors to the south. After seeing the lengths the Empire would go during the Sweetwater Massacre, a desperate Flameheart Tithus of Eminport began pleading with the Luminaries, the high council of the Keepers of the Everflame, to become more involved in the war efforts. With the exception of a female priestess, who later became known as the New Light, it largely fell on deaf ears. This disillusionment caused Tithus to renounce his sacred oaths and abandon the temple he once called home .   It was during this time he claimed to have received a vision of a fortress long since abandoned located off the Northern coast of Zentrum. With some newfound friends, and a few sellswords, he made a pilgrimage to the sight of this fortress. When he first entered the abandoned halls he immediately heard a voice, one that claimed to bestow upon him his visions. Its origins are unknown, and what transpired in that conversation is known only to Tithus himself. But one thing is for certain, by the end of that experience, he became one of the first mortals to possess the forbidden magic of Hemocraft, also known as blood magic.   Inspired by his newfound power, the sellswords immediately joined ranks and learned the ways of bloodmagic, dubbing themselves the Dunritter, and christening this fortress Bluthalle.