The stealing of Rendlereign from Edderoth
In the spring of 1510, Severin hired four thieves, the legendary thieves of Edderoth, and bequeathed them evil magics to infiltrate the sacred wards of Castle Edderoth; they successfully absconded with the second sword of doom, Rendlereign, Rendelreign Dathryss, the Sovereign of Ruin, the sword of Dominion.
Severin, Hierophant of Tiamat, lord vampire of the Shadowlands, called Mortileux in the elder language of Aidriffon among the elves who remember. Severin summons the four thieves: Dirk the soulknife, Kaeliss the Pact of the Tome Warlock, Vesper the lore master, and Quinnus the Viper with her crossbow. Through the draconian nurseries at the steps of Mansion Dearte, Severin’s crypt-like home, the four approached.
Severin would distract the entire city and castle by launching a draconian army attack on Edderoth from the West. He had been fomenting unrest in Yartar and establishing draconian camps outside the city. The attack would come quickly and be devastating.
Hundreds of so-called Sivakian (from the Arkedaln/dwarvish word for “savage blade”) draconians threw themselves at Edderoth when the thieves snuck into the Castle through the baths and eventually climbed to Vivianna’s residence to claim the sword of Doom locked in her private vault.
Through the basement baths, up through the entry hall, the library, and finally into the top-floor sanctum of the Lady of the Valley, the Thieves pilfered and stealthily made their way up, encountering only a few guards and a few war golems. All dispatched.
Vivianna was absent. That knowledge was already held by the thieves. They did not expect Uiei, the elmaiden and swordmaster, Vivianna’s lover, to be present. She put up a fight and was killed. The thieves disarmed the vault and the angelic Protectorant who guarded the blade. The thieves took possession of the sword of doom.
Once the thieves had the sword, Severin sent his witch-lord, a nameless thing on a shadow drake, to the top of the castle. He intended to betray and abandon his hired help. He only needed them to steal their way into the vault. They fought. Vesper created a portal and, with Kaeliss and Dirk, escaped with the sword. Quinnus escaped the disaster through the castle sewers.
The people of Edderoth wonder if the dragon wars have started again. In fact, with the loss of Rendlereign, the Bladesong knights suspect that something more catastrophic than the dragon wars lies on the horizon.
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