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'''Title: A Brief History IV''' 

'''Author: Chamberlain Kasha''' 

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A Brief History of the 
Lore Council and the 
Matriarchs - The 
Cataclysm's Consequences

In the wake of 
Chamberlain Tarathas' 
attempt to control the 
nexus points, the 
Matriarchs were 
enlightened and had the 
folly of allowing the Lore 
Council to operate with 
little oversight painfully 
shown to them. Although 
it's hard to imagine what 
kind of havoc Chamberlain 
Tarathas could have 
wreaked had he not 
vanished into the nexus 
point along with the 
Crystal Lattice of Anjur, 
the Matriarchs seem to 
believe that the threat 
was one to our very way 
of life, and due to this 
instituted several changes 
in the workings and 
proceedings of the Lore 
Council. The Matriarchs 
ensured that from now 
on the Lore Council and 
those on it no longer had 
access to the ancient 
records and rituals that 
the Matriarchs guarded, 
and that the Matriarchs 
would have direct 
oversight of the Lore 
Council's rulings. The 
Lore Council would also 
always have at least one 
agent of the Matriarchs 
placed upon it. The Lore 
Council would continue to 
rule over the Meer people 
but the Matriarchs 
planned to take a more 
active role to make sure 
that the tragedy that 
took place at Anjur, 
where hundreds of loyal 
Meer gave their lives for 
the safety of Ishpuria, 
would never happen again. 

The Cataclysm at Anjur 
caused a ripple throughout 
the void, and some mages 
believe that to this day 
the void has been 
irrevocably cracked, and 
that each time a great 
force of magic is drawn 
from it that the cracks 
grow ever wider. Many 
have theorized that these 
cracks and fissures in 
the void could be utilized 
for destructive purposes, 
while some have 
postulated that it may 
even be possible to use 
these cracks in the void 
to pierce the void itself, 
and thereby pass through 
it to strange new lands. 
Despite how well 
presented and researched 
some of these theories 
sound, all attempts to 
perform any sort of 
tests on the cracks in 
the void are blocked by 
the Matriarchs and the 
Lore Council. The Lore 
Council continues to rule 
as the chosen emissaries 
of the people to the 
Matriarchs to this day, 
with oversight usually 
from a Hunter or 
Huntress of the 
Matriarchs as their 
chosen agent. Through the 
guidance and wisdom of 
the Matriarchs the Lore 
Council ensures the 
prosperity of the Meer 
people and the security 
of our lands.
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