Editing Midnight RPG - Chapter 14.88

At the front of the column rallying moreso that leading at this point is the orc called -  Talûn-karkû, the White-Worm...  He would eat your heart were he to find you.  He calls out to the Clutch...

['''NOW''']:  The moon has been eaten by the sky this night!  Talûn-karkû's "men" continue their march.  Seven villages have met their makers as the band acts as much the part of ghouls or locust devourering the country-side.  The Worm's orc troop have fared better than he expected... Less than two dozen have been evicerated at the hands of the Uruk that roar at their backs!  THIS was the truth of things the White-Worm would say, on such marches...  Those that made the final battle at the end of such a tear where those that deserved to find glory!  It is as nature demands!!

And for the first time in years the commander of Durgaz's youth smiles, his fangs stained with blood as his troop continue full bore into the hapless maelgral that wander the boundries of the City of Dead...  For this is Cambrial's district that his Dafrum-Dâgalûr now plunge into!  The orc and uruk alive make merry in the torturing of the dead, but they do not have the luxury of languishing in their kills... if you can call them that.  This would be the practice the Worm feared his men would be lacking.  With weeks behind them and nearly a week more in front - he may have wondered if his troop would be slow to act...

'''A: ''' Holy Symbols on the Legates... <br>  '': '''ROLL:'''  Durgaz (Spot +0)  ROLLED:  14+0 =  14''  <br>  With that spot check Durgaz would see that YES they wear vestages of the Dark Lord.  <br>  '': '''ROLL:'''  Durgaz (Know: Shadow +4)  ROLLED:  18+4 =  22 ''  <br>  The legates bare robes of initiates of the '''The Devout''' (aka. the Cult of the Shadow, the Order of Shadow).  <br> ''Some legates believe that Sunulael’s Cult of the Shadow was derived from one such splinter cell. With Sunulael’s transfiguration into a Night King, he became titular head of the Order of Shadow. The ancient leaders of the old order, the Cabalists, were greatly angered by the elevation of this upstart, this outsider, to the principle position of their church. Though unwilling to openly oppose Sunulael and his loyal legates, the Cabalists take every opportunity to steal what credit, praise, and honors they can, while hindering the plans of Sunulael’s legates, the Devout, whenever such actions would be unlikely to point back to them or their masters.''

''There are others among the Cabalists’ number who would take things even further: for some, the anger at Sunulael’s elevation has become a living thing, perhaps replacing the life and heat that once inhabited their undead bodies. Ever fond of plotting and wheels within wheels, these few have formed a coven, an inner circle, whose stated aim is to bring Sunulael and the Devout to ruin and reclaim their rightful place at the feet of their god. A schism is growing in the Order of Shadow, and it threatens to tear it asunder.''

*  Diero Pessiogn, a male human (Erenlander) seems to be a "Keeper of Forbidden Lore" – of the Keepers of Obsidian that are among the most powerful and influential of the order’s factions. Temple masters, lore keepers, and guardians of the zordrafin coriths, the Keepers of Obsidian are charged with the most sacred duty of expanding and maintaining the network of black mirrors that are vital to Izrador’s dark purpose. The lower ranks of the Keepers are responsible for renewing the zordrafin coriths with the blood of living sacrifices, as well as safeguarding the order’s hidden libraries and the storehouses of knowledge that it has hoarded and stolen over the centuries. The higher ranks oversee the construction and maintenance of the black mirrors and typically take the role of high priest in the temples of the Shadow. The Keepers of Obsidian maintain and protect Izrador’s network of black mirrors, the instruments through which he collects arcane energies. The lower ranks of the Keepers are responsible for renewing Izrador’s sacred mirrors using the blood of living sacrifices, which is poured into the basin-like altars that hold the loathsome substance of the mirror. Because of their pivotal role in Izrador’s powerbase, the high priest at a Temple of Shadow containing a black mirror is often a Keeper of Obsidian.   

*  A male human (Urban Sarcosan) looks to be a "Darkvoice" - one of the The Voices of Shadow, they are not so much a formalized sect as a calling to which particularly zealous legates seem to be drawn. Preachers and missionaries, the Voices of Shadow lead the congregations in worship of the dark god in the Temples of Shadow and spread his doctrine among the occupied settlements of Erenland with fearsome zeal. At the word of these wild-eyed legates, whole communities have been put to the sword or consumed in awful conflagrations for the suspicion of harboring heretics or unbelievers.  One of the most numerous but least powerful of the sub-orders, the Voices of Shadow that serves as acolytes and assistant priests in the Temples of Shadow. They are record keepers, overseeing the city’s scribes and preaching the word of Izrador to the faithful. The presiding Voice of Shadow within a temple is called the Voice of the Master.  

*  A male human (Erenlander) seems to be a Bearer of the Black Shield, a Dark Templar Soldier Legate.  The Soldiers of Shadow are warrior-priests that serve the armies of Izrador. Though not in the formal orc chain of command, they are typically assigned to specific armies where they follow the orders of the commanding warchiefs. Though it is not common, some soldiers serve as standing advisors to the regional governors, and both the Night Kings Sunulael and Jahzir travel with loyal personal guards made up of these dark knights. Soldier legates are a group apart from other legates; they do not typically participate in the dark intrigues of their brother priests and rarely aspire to be anything but devout warriors in service to the Shadow. Many military orders have risen and fallen in Izrador’s name over the centuries. Some are ancient and once-secret sects like the Knights of Winter, but others are newer, having arisen during the war-torn decades of the Last Age. The Brotherhood of the Sword that guards the Shadow’s temples and zordrafin coriths and the Fulminate Shield, whose knights serve as elite cavalry and honor-guards to high-ranking legates, are examples of more recent holy orders in service to the Shadow.  Dark Knights are touched by the divine, unholy warriors whose dark faith is their shield and gives strength to their weapon arms. Mounted on astirax-bound destriers, the feared hardukan, these heavily armored knights scour the borderlands of Erenland in the hunt for insurgent forces and serve as personal bodyguards to senior temple legates.