The Awakening, Act II: A Brief History IV
Title: A Brief History IV
Author: Chamberlain Kasha
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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