The Watchers of Ashaan

Event

Tone: Dark

During: War for Territory

Description:
Ashaan was a peaceful city-state, concerned only with the well being of its people. Constantly on guard from the war mongering people of Barropal, its mages tooled their mega-spells towards shields and healing. But rumors began circulating that Barropal was planning on destroying all of Ashaan with some sort of devastating Megaspell weapon. The mages of the city grew fearful. They began to believe that a preemptive assault would be the best way to protect the city, so they reached out to The Zenith of Sanctuary in an attempt to learn the means to craft a Megaspell weapon of their own. But no word came back from The Zenith.

They took their proposal of a preemptive strike to the leaders of Ashaan. The leaders of Ashaan thought it was best to stay as neutral of a party as possible in the Territory Wars. The mages of Ashaan were mortified at the response of their leaders and began work on a spell in secret despite their leaders’ wishes. “The people will thank us for this in the end, with this action they will be safe from Barropal forever,” or so they thought.

With a blinding flash, the Megaspell detonated. . . Not in Barropal but in the city of Ashaan. Unaccustomed to the workings of mega-spells as an offensive force, miscalculations were made and the entire city was engulfed in the flames of their folly. The people were burned to ash in an instant as the stone structures of the city were lit with an eternal flame. The tower from which the spell was cast was somehow insulated from its effects. So the mages watched in horror as everyone and everything they knew went up in the smoke of the never-ending flames they had produced.

They watched and they waited, hoping for the devastating Megaspell from Barropal to end their misery, but the spell never came. So, to atone for their sins one of the mages, a gnome by the name of Blubottle the Wizard cast a wish spell. Carefully formulating his wish so it could not be misconstrued, the final result: the inhabitants of the tower became immortal, undying. They would watch over the world of Kessleren from their tower, in a city enwreathed in eternal flames. . . never again to take action upon its face, lest they bring this destruction again.