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History of the Church
Last Revision on Fri, 16th Mar 2007 at 20:06 by Frank
During the dark times of the early Gryphon nation when the tyrant Karneyna ruled the lands of Lyonesse and Estragales. The people were oppressed, hundreds died every week, worked to death in the fields or executed as Sacrifices to the dark forces that Karneyna worshipped.
One great leader opposed him, however. The noble Charlemange. Inciting a rebellion against the Dark Lord Gryphon, Karneyna toured Estragales, gathering nobles and soldiers to his cause. Karneyna quickly realised that Charlemange could threaten him and began pursuing his army while his own forces were still stronger. Karneyna’s army of merceneries, dark elves, unliving as well his own loyal Lyonessian followers was at least three times as large Charlemange’s.
To fight his stronger opponent, Charlemange took to guerrilla tactics, keeping his forces constantly on the move. Karneyna, however, began to attack the armies supply lines and destroyed villages known to provide aid to the army. Without supplies, Charlemange’s army was unable to remain so mobile. Finally, Charlemange was forced to commit to a head on battle with Karneyna’s forces, just outside of the city of Equezerra.
Karneyna’s army set up camp outside the gates of Equezerra waiting for the inevitable slaughter of their smaller and weaker opponents the following morning. Within the walls of Equezerra, a young peasant maid started to receive visions. In these visions she saw Charlemange, she learnt of his destiny to justly rule the Gryphon nation and of the certain doom he faced when Karneyna’s army attacked tomorrow.
Infused by the power of the Gryphon Ancestors, the young girl stirred the people of Equezerra to rise up against their oppressors. Every peasant in the city, man and woman, rallied to her flag. She shared her visions with the people and gave them a New Hope for the future. The name of the peasant maid was never recorded in the history books, but she was described as wearing a bright blue hooded cloak and she only ever wielded a simple wooden staff in combat.
Realising that to directly attack the sleeping army would achieve nothing, the Blue Lady directed the people of the city to take wine and food out to Karneyna’s men. Confident of their victory, Karneyna’s forces began a night of drunken revelry. And then, by the light of the full moon, the Peasant Militia, led by the Blue Lady, attacked. The sleeping and half-drunk soldiers were taken completely by surprise. The Blue Lady concentrated her assaults on the unliving in Karneya’s army. On the battlefield, the Blue Lady was a terrifying figure to the dark forces. With the power of the Gryphon Ancestors flowing through her, she moved with unnerving speed and struck with inhuman strength. Stories are told of a great Lich, loyal to Karneyna, assaulting her with High Magic while she fought. Countering the spells she advanced on the ancient and powerful unliving and with only one gesture, she dismissed the lich on her own.
The peasant forces advantage was quickly lost however, as the trained soldiers routed them into the hills. But not before they had destroyed a third of the army. Finally, only the Blue Lady and a handful of peasants, most of them women, stood against Karneyna’s forces. And it was only Karneyna himself, armed with the Gryphon Sword, who could defeat the Blue Lady. She was tied to a stake, her body beaten and broken and burnt as a sacrifice to the Dark Ancestors.
The following morning, Karneyna’s battered forces engaged the army of Charlemange and were defeated. Karneyna was slain and after his death, his spirit attempted to rise to plane of the Ancestors. The newly ascended Blue Lady met him, however. Due to the sheer volume of belief in her power by the people of Equezerra, the Blue Lady had risen to become an Ancestor herself. She cast Karneyna down from the plane of the Ancestors and took her place alongside Posiedon and Arianrhod in the Gryphon Pantheon.
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