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The Malevolent's Decree

A Chronicle of Uphimmin's Crown — 22nd–23rd of Ero, Year of Ascension

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I. The Opening Clash

22 Mar 2026
22:21:22

Sartan, the Malevolent "All will serve My Will, Little Lantern."

22:22:11

Aurora, the Lightbringer "Your attempts at Oppression will be toppled, Cannibal. Creation shall be safeguarded from You and yours."

22:24:39

Sartan, the Malevolent "You stole what is Mine. Tell Me, how does My birthright feel within you?"

22:27:06

Aurora, the Lightbringer "Your birthright? I claimed what was Mine from My Twin and sanctified it far beyond the limits of Your narrow ambition."

22:52:38

Beckoned by the actions of an unseen visitor, memory kindles in Polyargos, Sin and Desire entwining as one in an intense embrace.

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II. The Malevolent's Decree

23 Mar 2026
00:01:44

A heavy tremor rolls through the ground beneath your feet and the air grows hot and oppressive, the stultifying presence of Sartan, the Malevolent, making itself known from on high.

00:02:10

The gaze of Evil's Lord sweeps across the realm with discerning silence, His eyes of golden fire taking in the sum of mortality's existence in its entirety.

00:02:36

A sneer twists the features of His battle-scarred visage, the backdrop of the heavens sharpening His silhouette to striking relief.

00:02:43

Sartan, the Malevolent "My Brother has set you upon a course to claim wisdom drawn from memories not your own."

00:03:01

Sartan, the Malevolent "Lesser Gods may simply sit idle and allow Their recollections to be taken freely. But not I."

00:03:13

Sartan, the Malevolent "Power does not belong to those who are incapable of overcoming struggle to seize it with their hands."

00:03:32

Sartan, the Malevolent "There is weight to memory. A cost that must be paid for knowledge. Naught of worth comes freely within My dominion, and without struggle, there can be no Strength."

00:03:44

Sartan, the Malevolent "Those who would claim Shaitan's memory must prove that they possess the grit to earn it."

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III. The Infernal Rifts

00:03:57

The Malevolent One slashes at the air with His hand, the threads of reality screaming as Evil forces Creation to obey.

00:04:13

Before the gates of Ashtan, Mhaldor, and Cyrene, shuddering portals tear into existence in a sparking onslaught of hellfire and pungent smoke.

00:04:30

Stone fractures within the Sunderlands, water boils in the Eastern Shore and trees groan in anguish within the Eastern Ithmia as yet more infernal gateways wrench themselves into being throughout the land.

00:04:44

The figure of Lord Malevolent fades from His vantage point in the firmament, and with His departure, these jagged wounds in reality spill forth hordes of daemons in a roaring tide of shrieking, terrible malice.

00:06:21

Sartan, the Malevolent "The choice is, as always, a simple one: kill or be killed."

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IV. The Battle Across Creation

00:18:58

The realm convulses as Dreadlord Zarkuun unleashes a laughter that roars in layered bellows and tearing shrieks, a furnace chorus of bone, iron, and burning sinew that batters the skies.

00:19:06

None are spared by the challenge of Oppression-now-Malevolence — jagged rifts tearing open within the depths of Anzari-tarin, the worlds of Veldeior, and even Vertan and beyond.

00:20:16

Howling hordes spill through these newborn scars in Creation, and immediately begin to clash with forces ready to meet them in equal number.

00:20:58

Dreadlord Zarkuun "You were saying, mortal?"

00:23:17

Massive and hulking in their force-fed stature, the corpse-swollen Baalzadeen in the Sunderlands and its twin in the Eastern Ithmia scream aloud in praise of fresh food.

00:24:03

Dreadlord Zarkuun "You stand before the will of Hell made flesh. Break, or I will grind your bones into tribute for His Throne!"

00:24:07

The clarion call of a hunting horn goes up from the farthest plains of the Kelstaad, quads mustering with alacrity to turn back the advance of daemonic legions.

00:27:02

Countless worms emerge from the deep places, called forth by Malevolent will — hissing and sputtering with monstrous hunger, preparing to assault the builders and miners at work upon the industry of the plains.

00:27:11

But that which lives in the Inferno are no masters of the earth...

00:27:18

Dreadlord Zarkuun "Aha, look. I see some who are not willing to play."

00:27:45

The ground rives open beneath an incalculable counter-strike from the Kelstaad legionnaires, even labourers and workmen roused from their menial tasks to visit unspeakable violence upon the worms daring to stake claim over their Garash.

00:28:39

An eerie silence descends upon the embattled Kelstaad plains.

00:28:55

What remains of the daemon invaders flees the waking earth.

00:30:33

The roar of a shadow dragon wakes all manner of horrors from the heart of Anzari-tarin, the dark stretches of manaidhar'bain now teeming with daemons intent on proving strength over the Tsol of War.

00:32:10

Memory Secured — Mischief Atop the Crown of Uphimmin, a memory of Mischief finds its place amongst the current of remembrance and holds.

00:36:47

In a voice of ordered authority, Dalam'lier dictates: "Level two operatives recalled as almighty meld claims victory over the forces of shi-Inferno. Death will meet the rest beneath Raia'dalam. This is the judgement of Balan'lier."

00:37:15

Hellish light yet gleams over Ashtan's Bog, Mhaldor Isle, and the Pash Valley, their Infernal rifts burning still.

00:38:04

Dreadlord Zarkuun returns to the Baelgrim, his almighty figure overseeing the carnage below.

00:38:45

Dreadlord Zarkuun "Reminds me of home."

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V. Voices of Evil's City

00:42:42

Sevet, the Black "And so it is that the Prophet came to the fortress, and she spoke to the masses."

00:43:33

Zoci, Prelate of Malice "It is known that to perfect the self in Evil, the loss must be great and the gain must be unknowable. For attainment without the province of the LORD is false and contemptible."

00:47:17

A lone rift burns above the burnt landscape of Mhaldor Isle, the very tear in Creation's fabric spilling out endless hordes of Infernal foes.

00:56:24

Saliva littered with gobbets of flesh and slowly-dissolving skulls fills the air over Mhaldor Isle as a corpse-swollen Baalzadeen rampages before the gates of Evil's city.

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VI. The God's Judgment

01:03:09

As smoke rises from the remnants of infernal rifts, Vengeance and Sin drown the Island and the Caves of Blackrock in memories — and the Dread God Sartan looks on from on high.

01:03:47

The last of the infernal hell-hordes collapses into a heap of smoking ash, its dying shriek fading into a sudden, heavy silence.

01:04:49

Sartan reappears amidst roiling stormclouds of black and crimson, His very presence oppressing the world with agonising pressure.

01:05:11

His eyes pass slowly over the land below Him with the painstaking precision of One perpetually suffused with disappointment.

01:05:51

Slowly, reluctantly, He offers a single nod of approval.

01:06:20

Dark radiance gathers about Him, strands of necromantic energy languidly unravelling from the pockmarked surface of His frame.

01:06:43

The God clenches a fist and the web of essence folds in on itself and vanishes, borne away to Uphimmin's waiting Crown.

01:07:01

Sartan, the Malevolent "You came seeking memory. Take it."

01:07:13

Sartan, the Malevolent "Know that even a God pays a price when power changes hands."

01:07:27

Sartan, the Malevolent "Remember this moment well: proof that Strength will always prevail, even over Divine reticence."

01:07:42

The ever-palpable shroud of Evil surrounding Sartan suddenly collapses inward, folding His towering form into a spiralling vortex that snaps shut with a thunderous crack — leaving only fading heat in the air, Creation's wounds healing in His wake.

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VII. Memories Secured

01:10:18

Memory Secured — Vengeance Atop the Crown of Uphimmin, a memory of Vengeance finds its place amongst the current of remembrance and holds.

01:11:38

Adventurers across Sapience and beyond, from Kelstaad and Vertan to Anzari-tarin and Illythrin celebrate their newfound fame.

01:14:35

Memory Secured — Sin Atop the Crown of Uphimmin, a memory of Sin finds its place amongst the current of remembrance and holds.

01:15:08

A Blackrock Cleric "Hail to the Malevolent One! Let praise be given only to GOD and all glory be upon HIS holy name!"