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The '''Tsol'teth Litany of Obedience''' was a dark spell utilised by the [[Tsol'teth]] in order to bring enemy troops under their forcible command. When chanted aloud and powered by the arcane magics of the Tsol'teth, the Litany could turn entire armies to the will of the lords of the [[Underrealm]].

The first notable use of the Tsol'teth Litany of Obedience arose in the [[War of the Deeps]]. The Tsol'teth Overlord [[Agith'maal]] brought it to bear against the forces of the [[Seleucarian Empire]], turning vast legions of [[Templars]] and unclassed soldiers against the yet loyal [[Monk]]s and [[Occultist]]s. In particular, the Monks' [[Telepathy|telepathic]] training allowed them to resist Agith'maal's chant. Defectors were eventually brought under control by way of the Monks' mental command; they were then ordered to walk into the influence of the [[Church|Church's]] [[shrines]], where the Tsol'teth powers were dissipated. Possessing no shrines, [[Ashtan|Ashtan's]] forces were decimated by the infighting cause by the Litany of Obedience. Their ability to rise above this, however, furthered the city's secular, individualist resolve.

:― Agith'maal, Tsol'teth Overlord

It is widely believed that, 300 years later during the [[Wars of Succession]], the Tsol'teth heir [[Castomira Brangwin]] seeded the unwitting Prince [[Mycale deSangre|Mycale deSangre's]] public addresses with weakened excerpts from the Litany of Obedience. This theory was first put forth in the declassified letters of Princess [[Catarin deSangre]], who ascertained connections between the dark lineage of Castomira, the recent disappearances of youths who entered Mycale's chambers, and the tainted magics that can be refined from and driven by the lives of innocents.