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Moonrise Towers, once a bastion of Light, turned into a symbol of darkness and grief, and Thorm would systematically erase all Selûnite trace of the town, forcing all believers of the Moonmaiden to convert to Shar, flee, or die.{{ref|From a [[Shadow Vestige#Reithwin Town|Shadow Vestige]]: "An older man turns his head away in shame. His neighbors would not renounce Selûne - now they hang in the town square."}} Those who remained devout to Selûne did so in secret, arranging a {{Quest|Investigate the Selûnite Resistance|fledgling resistance}}; even as Sharran spies began to infiltrate their gathering places.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Investigation Notes}}}} | Moonrise Towers, once a bastion of Light, turned into a symbol of darkness and grief, and Thorm would systematically erase all Selûnite trace of the town, forcing all believers of the Moonmaiden to convert to Shar, flee, or die.{{ref|From a [[Shadow Vestige#Reithwin Town|Shadow Vestige]]: "An older man turns his head away in shame. His neighbors would not renounce Selûne - now they hang in the town square."}} Those who remained devout to Selûne did so in secret, arranging a {{Quest|Investigate the Selûnite Resistance|fledgling resistance}}; even as Sharran spies began to infiltrate their gathering places.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Investigation Notes}}}} | ||
In Ketheric's downward spiral into darkness, Shar compelled him to build an army of Dark Justiciars beneath his home town in order to cleanse the world of Light. Ketheric lured his daughter's lover, Aylin, whom he had once quarreled with under Selûne, now trapping her in a prison. He had the immortal demigod serve as a perpetual sacrifice for Dark Justiciar initiates – a design of his closest confidante, the necromancer {{CharLink|Balthazar}}.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Ornate Letter}}}}{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Teachings of Loss: Dark Justiciar}} | In Ketheric's downward spiral into darkness, Shar compelled him to build an army of Dark Justiciars beneath his home town in order to cleanse the world of Light. Ketheric lured his daughter's lover, Aylin, whom he had once quarreled with under Selûne, now trapping her in a prison. He had the immortal demigod serve as a perpetual sacrifice for Dark Justiciar initiates – a design of his closest confidante, the necromancer {{CharLink|Balthazar}}.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Ornate Letter}}}}{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Teachings of Loss: Dark Justiciar}}}} | ||
As terror gripped his town, the [[Harpers]], a loose organization that roots out villainy, saw that Ketheric had committed "Murder, Slavery, and Desecration of Temples Most Holy," and began to seek an alliance to end his reign.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Scroll of Evidence}}}} | As terror gripped his town, the [[Harpers]], a loose organization that roots out villainy, saw that Ketheric had committed "Murder, Slavery, and Desecration of Temples Most Holy," and began to seek an alliance to end his reign.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Scroll of Evidence}}}} | ||
Reithwin soon became the site of a wintertime battle between Ketheric's army and the combined forces of the [[Harpers]] and [[Druid|druids]] of the {{FRWiki|Emerald Enclave}}.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|The Price of Pride}} Ketheric's Justiciars repelled the combined forces, and the Harpers {{SmRarityItem|Letter of Surrender|unsuccessfully attempted surrender}}.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Harper's Testimonial}}}} The result of {{SmRarityItem|Mason's Log|a bargain struck}} between {{CharLink|Raphael}} and the Selûnite-in-secret Morfred, however, took place beneath the town, and {{CharLink|Yurgir}} and his [[Merregon Legionnaire|merregons]] worked to annihilate Ketheric's Dark Justiciar army. | Reithwin soon became the site of a wintertime battle between Ketheric's army and the combined forces of the [[Harpers]] and [[Druid|druids]] of the {{FRWiki|Emerald Enclave}}.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|The Price of Pride}}}} Ketheric's Justiciars repelled the combined forces, and the Harpers {{SmRarityItem|Letter of Surrender|unsuccessfully attempted surrender}}.{{ref|{{SmRarityItem|Harper's Testimonial}}}} The result of {{SmRarityItem|Mason's Log|a bargain struck}} between {{CharLink|Raphael}} and the Selûnite-in-secret Morfred, however, took place beneath the town, and {{CharLink|Yurgir}} and his [[Merregon Legionnaire|merregons]] worked to annihilate Ketheric's Dark Justiciar army. | ||
In the end, the Sharran army was defeated, {{Quest|Break Yurgir's Contract|virtually all Dark Justiciars were killed}}, and finally Ketheric himself perished.{{note|Ketheric's first death, and the timeline of his immortality, isn't explained in the game. He survived a poisoning by the Harpers, and {{SmRarityItem|The Waning Moon: Consignments|Thisobald wrote}} that it was because Ketheric was immortal. If that's true, it's not clear how he later was able to be killed.}} Yet, before the final blow was struck, he would plague the lands with a [[Shadow Curse]] that would persist long after his demise, afflicting any survivors from the battle and all the inhabitants left. His body was buried in the [[Thorm Mausoleum]]. | In the end, the Sharran army was defeated, {{Quest|Break Yurgir's Contract|virtually all Dark Justiciars were killed}}, and finally Ketheric himself perished.{{note|Ketheric's first death, and the timeline of his immortality, isn't explained in the game. He survived a poisoning by the Harpers, and {{SmRarityItem|The Waning Moon: Consignments|Thisobald wrote}} that it was because Ketheric was immortal. If that's true, it's not clear how he later was able to be killed.}} Yet, before the final blow was struck, he would plague the lands with a [[Shadow Curse]] that would persist long after his demise, afflicting any survivors from the battle and all the inhabitants left. His body was buried in the [[Thorm Mausoleum]]. | ||