(Andraus)<br/><br/>Zion had to begin preparation.<br/><br/>It was time to prepare for a war that would echo across the years. As he moved towards the closet, he started at his bare chest. He placed a hand where the Heretic's brand was placed. What would he do, with the powers the Goddess gave him? There was always a price to pay for power, but Zion had paid his debt already- He was broken and bleed, tricked and tortured, under the hands of a foolish woman he once loved. He would have to show her the price of betrayal. Even if she was just an unwitting pun, no evil deed could go unpunished. Zion had to cleanse this land of the corruption that festered in it, for the Goddess wished him to save it from oblivion. He would not let it die like his empire, he would have it reforged, wrought with the steel of a new age, harbingering a new horizon.<br/><br/>Zion would take the blade, before walking into the room and placing it on his back. He wore the very<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2Foriginals%2F71%2Fc2%2F9b%2F71c29b2d15510d72e2737e09ae7dce57.jpg&amp;hash=a8910c39f714aca63855b773188bba53" href="https://i.pinimg.com/originals/71/c2/9b/71c29b2d15510d72e2737e09ae7dce57.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">visage</a>he did before, that of a vengeful spirit, prepared to strike against the darkness of this world. Though, he watched it shift and bend, the metal reshaping and reforging, until it bore a visage like one he has seen before- The<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F67%2Fd4%2Fe5%2F67d4e591773f9d429bca6c61ec7f50b6--armor-concept-concept-art.jpg&amp;hash=aac62f94cecd414547083b78a81222f1" href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/67/d4/e5/67d4e591773f9d429bca6c61ec7f50b6--armor-concept-concept-art.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Armor</a>of his Goddesses Champion. Zion would place his hand on it, before looking up and closing his eyes, his hand clenching into a fist. "<b>I feel doubt and worry in my heart, for what I must do....But I will not fail you my lady- I will hold true to my purpose. No matter what the cost." </b>He said, before jumping through the window and into the city, using magic to block his aura. Even if Azurnine discovered he was there, there was no way she'd be able to get a feel for him, or detect who he was. His magic felt....stronger, now that he had a goal in mind. A target.<br/><br/>His Target? The Castle Chapel. Where Archbishop Leton was.<br/><br/>Oscar placed his hand on his head as he felt the familiar chill on his spine. It was getting harder to resist this dark voice in his head. He was trying, but even a Knight had a limit, and he was reaching his, so Oscar had to be careful. As Azurnine probed through his mind, he ensured that his thought wouldn't be on today's events. He did what he normally did when he tried to keep his mind off that dark hand grasping at his mind- He read a book. This time, he felt an otherworldly urge and reached for a book titled '<i>Old Gods of Amalar- History of Imperial Faith'.</i>He began looking through it, though he knew the book was technically taboo to own- Anything to do with the Empire was considered in bad taste, given it was only a few years gone, and the remnants were still a problem.<br/><br/>Oscar would flip through the pages, reading about the various deities like Maddox, Arashi, Julianos, Syndaria (reference to you of course), Amalitha, and various others. However, as he was flipping through, he saw a page about artifacts associate with them, and he (and by extension Azurnine) would see the Blade that the New Emperor held in the report that Azurnine had seen- Rebellion, wielded by an Imperial Knight named<a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fvignette4.wikia.nocookie.net%2Fpowerlisting%2Fimages%2Fe%2Fe6%2FAtencourt.jpg%2Frevision%2Flatest%2Fscale-to-width-down%2F393%3Fcb%3D20170223220615&amp;hash=1e4eb741fff4e789c5dfc0b56257f382" href="https://vignette4.wikia.nocookie.net/powerlisting/images/e/e6/Atencourt.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/393?cb=20170223220615" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Atencourt</a>in the First Century of the Empire, the Age of Unification! That was more than a thousand years ago!<br/><br/>"<b><i>Long ago, in an age lost by man, a great sword was forged, made to be the ultimate weapon on the battlefield. It was wielded by the most loyal knight to the First Emperor, <a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F33%2F6f%2Fe0%2F336fe0e949b18002c2db44e8575771fc--character-design-inspiration-character-ideas.jpg&amp;hash=4f68916ebd275a4ee1371246bfdcf3d3" href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/33/6f/e0/336fe0e949b18002c2db44e8575771fc--character-design-inspiration-character-ideas.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Kadash InAinn Aoiros</a>, to be used to defend the people. However, during battle, Atencourt's fellow knights abandoned him on the field of battle. However, despite the impossible odds, he bravely charged forward to fulfill his duty to his Emperor. Though stalwart and strong, Atencourt fell in battle, his sword shattered."</i></b><br/><br/><b><i>"The Mother Goddess mourned the lost life of a loyal subject, the God Maddox reveled in the chaos and betrayal that had come to pass. But Maddox's sister, the Goddess Arashi, Goddess of Just Revenge, Hatred, and War, saw what had befallen the knight, and in a terrible fury, resurrected him to serve as a agent against corruption and darkness, reforging his sword with a powerful spirit of justice dwelling in it."</i></b><br/><br/><b><i>"The Knight's first action was to slay the officers that had abandoned the field. He then began hunting thieves, killers, rapists, murderers, his anger fierce and his justice swift. However, a dark fire dwelt inside of that blade- After claiming victory upon victory, bathing in the blood and darkness of it's foes, the spirit of justice soon was corrupted and morphed a demon of vengeance. Atencourt, for as long as he lived, used this blade to cut down the guilty and hunt the evil."</i></b><br/><br/><b><i>"This blade fed off the darkness of others hearts, using their sin and evil against them, burning away the corruption that festered in the world. However, the blade's power was not complete- Atencourt died fifty years later, at the Battle of Tantelus Bridge, and the Blade soon found itself in the hands of another, similarly betrayed- The Court Mage <a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Ffe%2F77%2Fbf%2Ffe77bf22ce6a0c5049f28bb36bb5c4d5--armor-concept-concept-art.jpg&amp;hash=8cc036ab4e50019b65385a05b68ea623" href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/fe/77/bf/fe77bf22ce6a0c5049f28bb36bb5c4d5--armor-concept-concept-art.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">Ysolda Termas</a>, Knight-Enchanter to the Empire. The Blade known as Rebellion took fragments from the betrayed's weapons, fusing the shards that held their dark emotions and feelings of anger and grief, turning their betrayal into the ultimate weapon against the shadows."<br/>
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<b><i>"For every wielder it has bore, fragments of their weapons were forged into the blade, increasing the Demon of Vengenace's power. It is rumored this weapon was used to bring the Kingdom of Tekatus to heel, as a single swing used a red energy that decimated <a class="link link--external" data-proxy-href="/proxy.php?link=https%3A%2F%2Fi.pinimg.com%2F736x%2Fb6%2Fb5%2F9c%2Fb6b59c77bb298cfec2cbbbbf7e7d8063--warhammer-k-paladin.jpg&amp;hash=04f6dbb2913113689995d3f75bae4dd2" href="https://i.pinimg.com/736x/b6/b5/9c/b6b59c77bb298cfec2cbbbbf7e7d8063--warhammer-k-paladin.jpg" rel="nofollow ugc noopener" target="_blank">King Thrax</a>'s army. However, this sword disappears after each of it's wielder die- The Goddess Arashi ensured the blade went only into the hands of those whose bodies were betrayed and whose hearts called for blood. The blade has had at least 72 known wielders, the last being a fifteen years ago, but it's power makes it an object still sought today. It's power only increases with each who wield it."</i></b><br/>
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<b><i>"Ode to those who wields it dark might- It cares not for who it cuts down and has been speculated to be able harm gods, as the weapon was seen able to cut down an Angel, a holy being, thus many assume this blade could be used against the heavens themselves. Maybe this is why Arashi keeps such a hold on the weapon? Were such a terrible power turned against the Eternal Realm, it could fall."</i></b></i></b>