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The '''Vigil''' are a motley a band of people who apparently convened to monitor the [[element|elemental]] planes after the death of [[Agatheis]]. In reality, they were a sleeper cell, one with an onus passed down through generations, with the secret purpose of freeing [[Pazuzu]], the demon prince. | The '''Vigil''' are a motley a band of people who apparently convened to monitor the [[element|elemental]] planes after the death of [[Agatheis]]. In reality, they were a sleeper cell, one with an onus passed down through generations, with the secret purpose of freeing [[Pazuzu]], the demon prince. | ||
At the outset of the [[Elemental War]] in 757 AF the Vigil, led by [[Tiamenjiara]], rallied [[adventurers]] to locate the [[elemental | At the outset of the [[Elemental War]] in 757 AF the Vigil, led by [[Tiamenjiara]], rallied [[adventurers]] to locate the [[elemental]] conduits, ostensibly in to restore the balance of the elements. Over the following months, Sapients devised a means to summon the conduits, to the glee of the mysterious group. A ceremony to restore the elements commenced, but it soon became clear that it was a cover for restoration of another kind: that of the [[demons|daemonic]]. Now suffused with connections to the powers underlying all of creation, six members of the Vigil—[[Tiamenjiara]], [[Ryina]], [[Rhuhu]], [[Salyn]], and [[Joshua]]—ritually sacrificed themselves, directing the energy towards [[Kasmarkin]] to shatter the crystal prison of the demon prince and finally fulfilling their centuries-long objective. Although Pazuzu fled the wrath of the [[Kx'Khrah]] the agents of the Vigil disappeared to lay in wait for his return to power. | ||
Their symbol is the ivory lighthouse. | Their symbol is the ivory lighthouse. | ||
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*a travelling minstrel | *a travelling minstrel | ||
When Pazuzu eventually showed his face again in | When Pazuzu eventually showed his face again in 921 AF the Vigil rallied to their demonic idol, a group of silent saboteurs revealed as an army of terrorists ready to do his bidding. They were lead by their commander, [[Sarava Axor]]. | ||
[[Category:Organisations]] | [[Category:Organisations]] | ||