Amairgen, Lich of Bloodloch, became interested in the story concerning
the capture of the Lord of Fire. Herself a follower of Severn, Lord of
Artifice, she did not believe it characteristic of Him to act in such a
flashy manner. She believed there were darker forces at work and set out
to use them to her advantage.

Summoning the leaders of Bloodloch, she inquired about any information
they might know about about the nameless God who trapped Rahn's mortal
form in the volcano. Their information was lacking, but they promised to
set out to discover the truth behind the imprisonment.

A few months later, Amairgen summoned the leaders again to her tomb.
Using her dark magics, Amairgen was not able to pinpoint the God
Himself, but could sense artifacts or symbols of his power strewn about
the land. She quickly implored them to search out these artifacts and to
bring them back to her. Unfortunately, the search would be hard; she
knew little of their locations or what they even looked like.

As Duke Xon, Archduke Vermillion, and Lady Zephy went to search and
organize the city, a different aspect of the tale unfolded near the
Siroccians. The priest of Rahn, Willem, somehow sensitive to this
search, began having visions of plants dying and the land decaying. The
images continued in his mind, gaining clarity and detail. As Xon
approached the first of the five artifacts, a mighty pain seized the
mind of Willem, and a dread certainty of fell presences engulfed his
awareness.

Willem attempted to call together the Order to stop this hunt and to
keep the artifacts away from the minions of Amairgen. Unfortunately for
him the Order of Fire was largely absent, giving the representatives of
Bloodloch ample time to gather three of the objects. For the priest of
Fire, only Delak had engaged in the search.

The symbols were pure seeds of corruption, oozing decay and subverting
the sustaining energies of both living and undead. Even those merely in
their proximity suffered injury and affliction. Duke Xon, notably, held
each in turn, bearing the pain and suffering for his city.

Representatives of Rahn's Order managed an attack on Amairgen's cohorts
in an attempt to capture some of the foul symbols. Belgarion led a small
assault with slight support from mortals not of the Order to regain the
items from the hands of Xon, but it was for naught. The Bloodlochians
held four of the five items now. The fifth and last had an interesting
history.

Plucked from its resting place by the young, uninvolved Sentaari
Aquinas, it moved around the continent slowly. Amairgen sat in
consternation trying to scry its location, as did Willem. Frustrated by
a lack of information, eventually both were only able to discern that it
was decaying the forestal vegetation around it. Both groups moved out
with haste to find the last artifact. Fayea happened upon its new
resting place in the Aureliana forest. Picking up the final artifact, a
malodorous candle, she sped back to Rahn's temple to keep it safe.

His temple, however, did not prove safe enough. The Infernal Champion
Arslen snuck into the temple, took the candle and left without a single
defenders' blow falling on him. He sped back to Amairgen where he laid
the candle next to the icons that had already been collected: a rusted
sword, a corpse icon, a severed hand, and a statue of a greedy man.
Amairgen cleverly hid the items from view so that they could not be so
pilfered from Bloodloch and so that she could study them in more depth.

Though little is known about what she discovered, it seems Amairgen has
tapped into the objects' power and is now able to affect the souls of
individuals. In what some would call a horrific event, she corrupted a
young, happy soul, prying from it the name of the unnamed God,
Chakrasul.

Penned by my hand on the 2nd of Ios, in the year 80 MA.