Sacred:Hoxar's Demise

Hoxar's Demise

The Dryads emerged victorious from the worst battle in the history of Menelgond. Every last Garema had been killed or lay wounded, far beyond hope. The remnants of the Dwarves had scattered and fled. Still, the Dryads did not escape unscathed, and they endured severe losses. When the Dryads realized the extent of the horror that had been caused they were overcome by deep sorrow. They carried the corpses of the Garema back to their homes in the jungle, where they embalmed and buried the fallen Garema. The Dryads then withdrew into their forests and left the Dwarves to their fate.

With the Garema obliterated on the battlefield, Imperator Hoxar now remained as the last of his kind. He took himself to his throne chamber and sat alone with his grief. It was then that a human entered the hall. Piercing eyes glowed from under a dark cowl. With a wave of a hand, the stranger petrified the Imperator. "Ssskrak be your name — be my demon" commanded a voice from within the folds of the hood.

Another wave of the hand and the Imperator was slowly and painfully contorted and twisted into the form of a Subkari — a Demon Lord. Henceforth, Hoxar was no longer a Garema, and the Ancient People had been irrevocably removed from Menelgond. Hoxar forgot all the kindness that had been the foundation of his reign. With his new name and his new shape, he became a valuable servant to his new master. Menelgond would never be the same again.

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