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 The fourth tablet was discovered to be hidden underground in [[Demon's Pass]], but this time its location was kept a secret. Galt and Tomas reached out privately to their contacts in Kaark'krazul to excavate the fourth tablet, which was of course protected by a vicious wraith lord called [[Barsul]]. Somehow, amidst the confusion caused by the attack on Barsul, the fourth tablet was recovered by Aleutia. Another bloody battle ensued and after a hard-fought victory, Tomas' allies finally held all four tablets in their possession.
-==Constructing the Hammer==
+==The Rise of the Champions==
+After close examination of the tablets, Tomas realized that repairing the broken altar in the desert temple was the next step. His allies held close vigil over the altar and prayed for days before it, eventually restoring it to its former power. Once rebuilt, the altar allowed mere mortals to become [[Champions]], capable of driving back the forces of the Horde, the undead, or demons. Obviously, no one responsible for repairing the altar wanted their adversaries, the demonic forces of Khandava or Stavenn, to benefit from this power, and so they were prohibited from getting near it. The Leech Tree outside of the desert was still growing, though, and the Khandavans directed its growth towards the altar once again, draining some of its power away and giving the Leech Tree a similar purpose, to create a Champion from a tainted source of power.
+Meanwhile, in the year 677 AD, the Horde and the [[Undead]] continued to wage war on each other, their mortal allies being drawn into the conflict as well. As if Aetherius wasn't facing enough, strange creatures began appearing all throughout the lands spreading a disgusting bile that contained vile larva that would infect anyone it spread to. This plague ravaged Aetherius, and both [[Nicoletto]], the alchemist, and [[Rythanis]], the herbalist, were contacted to create a cure. The [[bitterbrew purgative]] was concocted and quickly administered to all those who had been infected.
+It was around this time that cities and councils across Aetherius were being visited by slavers who had heard rumors of an impending conflict, and wished to capitalize on the city-states' need for strong laborers and defenders. To each city-state, a different slaver offered their services:
+*Celidon was visited by [[Lios]], but strongly rejected the practice of slavery and instead imprisoned him; they would later retask him with being a trainer for soldiers and laborers,
+*Kinsarmar met with [[Isper]], who was convinced to give up slavery and instead provide paid workers,
+*Khandava encountered a woman named [[Lotan]] but found her slaves to be weak and unreliable, so she was tasked with becoming a trainer instead,
+*Antioch openly accepted the services of [[Denril]],
+*Stavenn's existing slaver, [[Nigometh]], agreed to increase his efforts to supply the Empire with slaves.
+As predicted by the slavers, a third army soon joined the Horde and the undead in their vicious battle - demons, which would soon be revealed to have come from a massive rift that had opened in the northern mountains. Kinsarmar was the first to find their way to the site of a demonic stronghold guarded by [[Utoxor]], who told them that the gates leading deep into the stronghold could be activated only with soulgems held by each of the demon guardians. He sealed his own fate, of course, because the expedition quickly killed Utoxor and took his soulgem, opening the first of the series of four gates.
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