
Faction Lore
At the moment of creation, feral beasts roamed the deep jungles of
Aughmoore on all fours. eir speed and strength unparalleled, they
slaughtered all around them in sport. For centuries, beings lived in constant
fear of evisceration by these great predators. Growing bored with their
prey, the beasts turned on each other, forming two prides. eir savagery
reached a climax when the two alphas, Ari of the pride Kelsinia and Shi’Shi
of the pride Khota, mauled one another in the audience of their packs. In
their vicious struggle, they fell from a waterfall into a divine pool below.
e gleaming waters churned as bloody patterns danced across the surface.
When the water calmed, two gures emerged, each walking upright and
enlightened.
In their newfound wisdom, Ari and Shi’Shi saw instability in the destruction
around them. e two leaders then created a single Lionkin tribe known as
e Collective. ey abandoned their jungle homes and sought isolation in
the desert. rough meditation and the sport of calculated physical contest,
e Collective has strived for a peaceful existence. To enhearten their bodies
and minds, cubs are encouraged to challenge one another in mock colosseums
drawn in the sand between meditations. Parents watch eagerly as their young
learn to best their opponents with a strategic pin rather than by fang and claw.
It is by this method that Regulus honed his legendary skills.
As the inhabitants of Aughmoore turn their weapons on each other, the
younger generation of Lionkin have sworn o the peaceful vows made
by their ancestors. Even Elder Ari and Shi’Shi have no other option but
to venture from their isolation and demonstrate the true power of divine
inspiration and discipline. rough these values, any Lionkin easily wades
through enemies unscathed. It is the duty of the Lionkin to be an example
to the warmongering races of Aughmoore who seek lazily to nd fullment
everywhere but in their own hearts.
e world will soon learn it is a deadly blunder for any soldier to swagger
self-assuredly against a Lionkin, for every step reveals a calculated weakness
to be exploited for the ultimate victory of the powerful Collective.
If you win with the Lionkin, read aloud:
Aer the nal bloody battle, the Lionkin return home triumphant. Ari and
Shi’Shi gather the bodies, not only of their lost Lionkin warriors, but of all
the fallen races of Aughmoore, and say a vigil over the dead. Regulus wipes
the blood from his sword in shame, determined to return to his ancestors’
old ways of peace.
Bony ngers splinter on the cold iron bars of prison cells. ey stir,
restless with the urge to taste the esh of their mortal captors. In his
desire to animate mindless soldiers and strike the steadfast Dwarves from
their snow-capped castles, an apprentice elven mage tore wide the seal
between the realm of the living and the dead. e River Styx now ows
in reverse, and the souls of the rotted people have returned. ey are an
accident, an explosion, their consciousness an abomination born from the
embers of the Elves’ reckless attempt to conquer the natural order. ey are
the Undead.
e Underworld calls to them. Day and night, it beckons them to feed it. In
return, it promises power. ey have organized an escape, and as they leave
the city of their birth burning behind them, they carry one memento—the
elven mage. He pleaded with them, his wretched children, but his morbid
secrets are now at their limitless disposal. With them, the Undead will
destroy this world, and build one worthy of their vision.
e father of the Undead was the rst mortal to be condemned to the
Underworld. As the echoes of his panicked cries faded, the Undead
discovered that a sliver of their humanity remained, a vicious notion of
retribution. As they devoured the mage, they watched their haunting faces
crack into a smirk from the reection in the victim's clouded, lifeless eyes.
Happiness, as it is known to the living, is only known to the Undead as the
satiation of a ravenous craving.
e reanimated warriors revel in their creation for one singular purpose—to
consume, to unravel all that moves from the fabric of existence and bring
out silent, still peace. In this realm, the Undead were created as slaves, but in
the Underworld, they will reign as kings. ey have awoken from their great
slumber, and they are hungry.
If you win with the Undead, read aloud:
In the end, the dead walk the earth. King Amdiak slaughtered thousands
during his bloody climb to rule over Aughmoore, but now that he has the
throne, he allows his victims to return from the grave to serve him. e
River Styx ows no more, and across its still waters, the border between
Aughmoore and the Underworld blurs as the two realms merge.
Lionkin Undead