Lessons
of the Slayers
Lesson of the Deep
Deep-Slayers are the defense against invasion
from below. They hunt any intruding force of subterranean creatures.
Most are specialists in one race of the Deepndark. The Derro-Slayers
and Duergar-Slayers work together to keep the close presence of the
evil dwarves from gaining a foothold in the human lands.
Lesson of the Wild
Wild-Slayers are warriors in the remote regions
deep in the wilderness. They are specialists in their clime and terrain
and are classified as such. The Mountaineers are skilled climbers, the
Plainsmen are expert trackers, the Foresters are nearly invisible
hunters, and so on.
Lesson of the Sky
The Sky-Slayers or Wind-Riders are rangers
mounted on aerial beasts. They are separated into groups based upon the
mount they ride. There are no Dragon-Riders, but the wings of
griffon-riders, hawk-riders, and hippogriff-riders are numerous.
Drake-riders are rare, except for the Knights of the Order of the
Drake, though they are warriors for Marcora.
Lesson of the Undead
The Undead-Slayers are further seperated into
three groups. The Dead-Hunters seek necromancers of every range of
power. The Curse-Hunters release those cursed with undead, including
trapped Crypt Keepers. The Death-Hunters are responsible for the most
vile of the undead, those who chose to become undead, such as liches,
death knights, greater mummies, etc.
Lesson of the Nemesis
These slayers are actually followers of Blade. The
Stalker-Slayers battle their eternal opposite; the Stalkers. The
Stalker-faiths are specialized hunters of the good and faithful. They
are the bane of the Slayers and kill all Slayers, Infiltrators and
Plotters on discovery.
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The Lessons of the
Slayers and the slayers themselves are the domain of Marn, while her
second and mate, Blade, one of the children of the original god of the
Stalkers, leads only the Nemesis-Slayers.
Headed by the Grand Inquestor, her templar priests are called
Infiltrators and weed out the evil among the populace, while the
remainder of her priesthood, called Slayers, travel the realm defeating
evil of all forms.
The Slayers follow the Ten Lessons of the Lady seeking out
threats to the peace of the nation. Each Lesson specializes in a
particular threat: Giant, Dragon, Mage, Holy, Killer, Deep, Wild, Sky,
Undead, and Nemesis.
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