Shadowlord Speech
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Title: Shadowlord Speech
Author: Shagei SL-Supply
All Honored People of Yew.
I am Arjuna of Shagei, Shadow Archer of the Shagei Warriors, Stealth Archer Division of the Shadowlord Faction.
I Ask you this what do you know of us, the Shadowlords? Did you hear we were a splinter group of the Malevolent Minaxians? Did you hear we were Chaotic Murderers of old? Did you hear we were Evil?
What led you to these, in my opinion preposterous, conclusions? Did you assume that because our title includes the word Shadow that we must be some evil, malevolent upstarts?
Or did you happen to read this in your histories? I think that it is more of the later for the People of Yew are an intelligent group of citizens. Well I'm going to let you in on a profound truth.
History is written by the Victors!! Well maybe that is not too profound but many forget it anyhow.
It has come time for the Shadowlords to be known throughout Sosaria for what we are and I have taken it upon myself to inform you of this Truthful history.
Well in the past there was one world, Sosaria. In this world many a benevolent ruler lived spreading happiness, joy and prosperity throughout out their realms.
However, there was one who grew discontented and vied for power his name was Mondain after many years he set upon conquering the world and did so. Then came the "stranger" who came to Sosaria and destroyed Mondain.
Many believed that the Stranger" disappeared this however is not so, the "stranger" felt he was better than all of the previous lords of the lands and usurped the Lands of Sosaria for his own. He removed the lords of land and title then set them to the quarries and woods to create a city unrivaled by any other and named this city after himself.
The Lord "Stranger" then set the former rulers off into the wilds, forever hunted. When the Guardian spirits came and truly split the world into innumerable "shards".
The Lord "Stranger" committed a greater act of conceit and changed the name of Sosaria to that of Britannia. The lords who had been bred to serve the land and the people could not stand idly by so they did what they could to aid them and nurture the people while simultaneously keeping out of sight not rising to great stature but doing the deeds that needed doing. When Minax rose to power a few years ago many a young lord tried to use Lord British's temporary weakness and regain power.
Seeing this Lord British set his court reporters on a smear campaign to tie the Shadowlords to Minax. This lowly tactic worked only too well and after a short bout the lords were forced once more into concealment and obscurity.
In recent years the Lord British and the mage Nystul further divided the lands by creating Trammel. Now lets talk about the other factions.
The Commanders of Lord British's forces forced a coup and exiled him to that land. The True Brittanians are just that, they are Militaristic Dictators who tread slovenly upon the hard work, sweat, tears and blood of the citizens of Sosaria. The Council of Mages sit in their lofty towers in an Elitist Oligarchy priding themselves on their cunning and guile. And the Minaxians mindless slaves of a ruthless tyrant.