Chapter One: The Continent of Oerik
to Oerik and the Suh eventually became
enslaved to them rather than being
their masters. The demon lords Ablis,
Baphomet, Yeenoghu and possibly
others, are rumoured to have rampaged
across western Oerik during this period,
possibly introducing Kell, Bovoz and other
monstrous races to the world for the first
time. Cities became centers of demonic
worship and trade and agriculture fell off
drastically.
After centuries of demonic domination,
a wandering band of olve, known as the
Neuth, travelling west from the nascent
Suel nation, made their way into the
region and discovered the dominance the
lords of the Abyss had over the people.
They helped organzize willing Suhfeng,
Spiritfolk and Yokai into a rebel force and
began pushing back against the might of
the demonic forces. Initially outnumbered
by a thousand to one or more, the olve
sought out a balancing factor to the
evil outsiders and summoned several
Celestials to aid them against the hordes
of demons. The Demon Wars consumed
the region for two centuries but eventually
the Empyrean, Jiao, leading allied forces
of good, pushed the warlords and their
demonic and humanoid forces back to
the lands of Wunan and Pesh where Jiao
entered into single combat with the last
demon lord still on Oerth, Ablis.
Legend says their battle lasted an entire
year but in the end Jiao finally brought
the Demon Prince low. Knowing that Ablis
could not normally be killed outright on
the Prime Material, Jiao, in a righteous
rage, summoned power from the upper
planes that utterly obliterated the physical
form of Ablis and in so doing, blasted the
region of Pesh, transforming its plains,
rolling hills and forests into a blasted
wasteland of scrub, poisonous rivers and
horrors of all types.
Not satisfied with simply overcoming his
foe, Jiao bound Ablis’ demonic essence
and imprisoned him in a great wall
that was constructed to close the gap
between the Kevek and Irlaan mountains,
essentially blocking off access to the south
from Pesh, hemming in the goblinoids,
demons and other evil creatures for good
(in theory at least). Known as the Demon
Wall, Celestial troops man its battelments
to this day.
The Suhfeng viewed the great Empyrean
and the other celestials as the saviour of
their people and declared Jiao Emperor of
all Suhfeng lands, pledging eternal loyalty
and obedience to him. He reluctantly
accepted the honour, fearful that should
he return to the upper planes that Ablis
might escape (or be freed) or another
demon lord would take advantage and
return to dominate the region once again.
God-Emperor of the Suel
By -1,100 CY the decay of the Suloise
Imperium into crime and corruption
could no longer be denied as Emperor Zin
Ad-Zol declared himself divine and used
the power of the Imperium to enforce his
claim.
The “god” Zol was rejected outrigtht
by the Oeridian tribes to the north and
west of the empire. Imperator ad-Zol
responded by instigating pogroms against
the surprised Oeridian tribes utterly
destroying three of the sixteen that then
existed. The Oeridians were forced to
bow to Zol but The Aerdy (the chief of
the tribe of that name) refused, and
challenged “Zol” to a duel to the death.
The Imperator, a capable warrior and
mage himself accepted, but soon found
that he was battling none other than St.
Cuthbert, himself. Cuthbert reduced ad-
Zol to a babbling, drooling idiot.
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