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=== [[The Fourth Sending of Darkness]] ===
=== [[The Fourth Sending of Darkness]] ===


* Ilservian's surviving friends became corporeal once more and raised the [[Shadow Spire|Thorns]], using them to alter the patterns of magic in the world. [[Ferah]] and Ler Rhan weighed the measure of the strange outlanders that had come to their world with probing attacks and individual trials.<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* Ilservian's surviving friends became corporeal once more and raised the [[Shadow Spire|Thorns]], using them to alter the patterns of magic in the world. Ferah, by now called Black [[Ferah]], and Ler Rhan attacked the Isparian population and kidnapped some of them for individual trials. <ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* The Shadows launched their invasion during the [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] patch. Their armies poured into the Direlands under the leadership of the dread general Black [[Ferah]]. After being defeated a few times, she moved her command post into one of the howling [[Shadow Spire]]s where she was overwhelmed after a coordinated attack of the Isparians.<ref name=HistoryDerethV>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] [[General History of Dereth Vol. V]]</ref>
* The Shadows launched their invasion during the [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] patch. Their armies poured into the Direlands under the leadership of general Black [[Ferah]]. After being defeated a few times, she moved her command post into one of the [[Shadow Spire]]s where she was overwhelmed after a coordinated attack of the Isparians.<ref name=HistoryDerethV>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] [[General History of Dereth Vol. V]]</ref>  
* Ler Rhan's forces flooded the wastes of the [[A'mun Desert]]. Unlike Ferah, he elected to establish his headquarters in the Spires at the outset. However, the portals to the Spires proved unresponsive to powerful adventurers. Younger warriors, mages, and archers sortied into the Spire and were beaten back by his fearsome apparition. Eventually, however, he was overcome, and moved on to the plains in the Aluvian-settled regions of Dereth. Again, he was tracked and defeated. Once more he moved, into the Spire found in the festering Blackmire Swamp. Once more he fell. The conquered Spires held keys to the [[Nexus Crystal]], which was defended by an army of Undead and Shadows. <ref name=HistoryDerethV>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] [[General History of Dereth Vol. V]]</ref> Until the [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]], the Spires moved over the landscape, but their army, and their generals, remained sight unseen.<ref name=HistoryDerethVIII>2000/08 [[Taste of Twilight]] - [[General History of Dereth Vol. VIII]]</ref>  
:The invasion of Ler Rhan's forces started in [[A'mun Desert]]. Unlike [[Ferah]], he elected to directly establish his headquarters in the Spires. After he was slain there, he moved on to the plains in the Aluvian-settled regions of Dereth. Again, he was tracked and defeated. Once more he moved, into the Spire found in the [[Blackmire Swamp]]. Once more he fell.  
* While Ferah and Ler Rhan's Thorns attacked [[Cragstone]] and [[Arwic]], drawing the attentions of the defenders, the elder Shadows destroyed a long-buried circle of standing stones beneath the oasis of [[Tufa]].<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
::The conquered Spires held keys to the [[Nexus Crystal]], which was defended by an army of Undead and Shadows (See als [[Nexus Shadow Armor]]). <ref name=HistoryDerethV>2000/05 [[Heroes' Respite]] [[General History of Dereth Vol. V]]</ref>  
* Ler Rhan's forces invested [[Anadil of Shakrassekor|Anadil]]'s garrison at the [[Fenmalain Vault]], but the battle ends indecisive. Before any action could be taken by the divided Shadows, the Isparians came into the fray again and destroyed all three of the Vault Crystals.<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* Until the [[To Raise a Banner of Flame]], the Spires moved over the landscape, but their army and their generals remained unseen.<ref name=HistoryDerethVIII>2000/08 [[Taste of Twilight]] - [[General History of Dereth Vol. VIII]]</ref>  
* [Ferah]] and Ler Rhan assumed human guise once more to contact the Dark Masters. Vidorian sought out her aggrieved masters, and begged forgiveness for her failure to break the Vigil and the stone. On a quiet night in the third week of the Vigil, the two Shadow generals and Vidorian swept into the dungeon, driving the defenders back and shattering the [[Shard of the Herald]]. With a shriek that could be heard across worlds, [[Ilservian Palacost]] was freed. <ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* The Spires of Ferah and Ler Rhan's Spires attacked [[Cragstone]] and [[Arwic]].<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* The Shadows of Ler Rhan disturb the parlay of the forces of the [[Empyreans]], the [[Virindi]] and the Shadow faction of Isin Dule, and the Senechal of Chalicmere, [[Amarand]] perishes.
* Ler Rhan's forces invested [[Anadil of Shakrassekor|Anadil]]'s garrison at the [[Fenmalain Vestibule]], but the battle ends indecisive, partly due because [[Isin Dule]] withheld his forces.<ref>2000/09 [[Twilight's Gleaming]] - [[Shadow Dispatch]]</ref> Before any action could be taken by the divided Shadows, the Isparians interfered again and destroyed all three of the Vault Crystals.<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>
* After five of the [[Soul Crystals]] were destroyed, only the [[Shard of the Herald]] kept [[Bael'Zharon]] imprisoned. On most worlds, also this last Crystal was destroyed relatively quickly. Only on the world of [[Thistledown]], a strong defense was organized.<ref name=PY1112LttP>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Announcements - 2000/12 - The Child of Daralet#Letter to the Players]]</ref>
::To overcome this, [[Ferah]] and Ler Rhan assumed human form once more and contacted the Isparians they abducted and tested before. Together with one of them, Vidorian, they swept into the dungeon, drove the defenders back and shattered the [[Shard of the Herald]]. With a shriek that could be heard across worlds, [[Ilservian Palacost]] was freed. <ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref><ref name=PY1112LttP>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Announcements - 2000/12 - The Child of Daralet#Letter to the Players]]</ref>
* The Shadows of Ler Rhan disturb the parlay of the forces of the [[Empyrean]]s, the [[Virindi]] and the Shadow faction of [[Isin Dule]], and the Senechal of Chalicmere, [[Steward of Chalicmere|Lord Amarand]] perishes.<ref>2001/04 [[A Reign of Stone]] - [[Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)]]</ref><ref>2007/10 [[Masked Memories]] - [[Delving into Claude's Mind#Lore & Dialog]]</ref>
* [[Bael'Zharon]] is finally weakened and his physical form destroyed, however, [[Ferah]] and Ler Rhan] are not. [[Isin Dule]] retreats to "somewhere in the lonely wastes".<ref name="A Brief History for Travelers">2000/11 - [[Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)]]</ref>


=== After the Fourth Sending ===
=== After the Fourth Sending ===
* After the second time the Hopeslayer is defeated, the Shadows retreat<ref>2006/05 - [[The Price of Loyalty]] - [[Isin Dule's Orders]]</ref>
* After the second time the Hopeslayer is defeated, the Shadows retreat<ref>2006/05 - [[The Price of Loyalty]] - [[Isin Dule's Orders]]</ref>
* They become active again during the [[The War of Blood and Shadow]] Story Arc. The three generals, Ler Rhan and Black [[Ferah]] on one side, [[Isin Dule]] on the other, concentrate their activities on [[Caul]], where Isin Dule keeps a close eye on the whereabouts of the other two <ref name=IsinOrders>2006/05 - [[The Price of Loyalty]] - [[Isin Dule's Orders]]</ref><ref>2006/01 [[Reprisals]] - [[Instructions (Shriveled Lump)]]</ref><ref>2006/02 [[A Change in Tactics]] - [[Instructions (Shadowfire Stone)]]</ref>
* The first mention hereafter of Ler Rhan is during the [[Mirror, Mirror]] event. The island of [[Caul]] undergoes a radical change due to experiments of [[Aerbax]] in cooperation with Ler Rhan, also referred to as "The Mirror".The island now shows an additional strong Shadow influence. <ref name=CaulOverhaul>2004/01 - [[Mirror, Mirror]] - [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Teaser]]</ref>
* During the [[The War of Blood and Shadow]] Story Arc, the Shadow Leaders become active again. The three generals, Ler Rhan and Black [[Ferah]] on one side, [[Isin Dule]] on the other, concentrate their activities on [[Caul]], where Isin Dule keeps a close eye on the whereabouts of the other two <ref name=IsinOrders>2006/05 - [[The Price of Loyalty]] - [[Isin Dule's Orders]]</ref><ref>2006/01 [[Reprisals]] - [[Instructions (Shriveled Lump)]]</ref><ref>2006/02 [[A Change in Tactics]] - [[Instructions (Shadowfire Stone)]]</ref>
* Ler Rhan's experiments together with [[Aerbax]] result in the creation of a Prodigal Shadow Child by the name of [[Kirienne Palacost]].<ref name =PulsatingLump>2007/09 [[Dark Materials]] - [[Translation of the Pulsating Bony Lump]]</ref><ref name=Scrap>2007/09 [[Dark Materials]] - Description of [[Scrap of Shadow Essence]]</ref>One of his aspects defends the Child, together with an aspect of Black [[Ferah]].<ref>2007/09 [[Dark Materials]] - [[Aerbax's Prodigal Shadow]]</ref>


== Related Pages ==
== Related Pages ==
=== Appearances In Game ===
=== Appearances In Game ===
Ler Rhan himself does not appear as such ingame. Instead, he sends aspects of himself into the world. Destroying these aspects does not destroy Ler Rhan himself.<ref>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [[Nexus Shadow Armor#Lore & Dialog]]</ref> <ref>2007/09 [[Dark Materials]] - [[A Shadow of Ler Rhan#Notes]]</ref>
Ler Rhan Shadow aspects appear in various quests and he was one of two leaders (along with the [[A Shadow of Black Ferah]]) that led the Shadow invasions during the [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] event.<ref>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Culture/Dereth/Thorns2.htm Thorns of the Hopeslayer Maggies Site- Thorns of the Hopeslayer]</ref>
Ler Rhan Shadow aspects appear in various quests and he was one of two leaders (along with the [[A Shadow of Black Ferah]]) that led the Shadow invasions during the [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] event.<ref>2000/04 [[Thorns of the Hopeslayer]] - [http://www.thejackcat.com/AC/Culture/Dereth/Thorns2.htm Thorns of the Hopeslayer Maggies Site- Thorns of the Hopeslayer]</ref>
* [[Nexus Shadow Armor]] (AKA Shadow Invasions) - ''Retired''
* [[Nexus Shadow Armor]] (AKA Shadow Invasions) - ''Retired''
* [[A Shadow of Ler Rhan]] ([[Aerbax's Prodigal Shadow]]
* The destruction of the [[Shard of the Herald]] on [[Thistledown]]<ref name=PY1112LttP>2000/12 [[The Child of Daralet]] - [[Announcements - 2000/12 - The Child of Daralet#Letter to the Players]]</ref>
::[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OnemGvYLOZQ Video on Youtube: Shard of the Herald / Liberation of Bael'Zharon on Thistledown]
* [[A Shadow of Ler Rhan]] ([[Aerbax's Prodigal Shadow]])


=== Texts ===
=== Texts ===
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  | Instructions (Shriveled Lump)
  | Instructions (Shriveled Lump)
  | Instructions (Shadowfire Stone)
  | Instructions (Shadowfire Stone)
| Translation of the Pulsating Bony Lump
}}
}}


=== Creatures ===
* [[Shadow Child]] and - they appear to be a "speciality" of Ler Rhan<ref name=CaulOverhaul>2004/01 - [[Mirror, Mirror]] - [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Teaser]]</ref><ref>2004/09 [[A Small Victory]] - [[Devious Shadow#Notes]]</ref>
* [[Margul]] - created by Ler Rhan by using the Blood of the Hopeslayer<ref name=CaulOverhaul>2004/01 - [[Mirror, Mirror]] - [[Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Teaser]]</ref><ref>2010/06 [[Shifting Gears]] - [[Margul (Town Network Painting)]]</ref>
* [[Kirienne Palacost]] - the Prodigal Shadow Child, result of [[Aerbax]]'s experiments on one of Ler Rhan Shadow Children.<ref name =PulsatingLump>2007/09 [[Dark Materials]] - [[Translation of the Pulsating Bony Lump]]</ref><ref name=Scrap>2007/09 [[Dark Materials]] - Description of [[Scrap of Shadow Essence]]</ref>


== References ==
== References ==

Revision as of 13:23, 30 October 2010

Character Summary
Ler Rhan
Race:

Dericostian


There are only three Shadows known by name. Ler Rhan and Black Ferah are “generals” in the service of Bael'Zharon. They are extremely powerful entities that do not seem to fully exist in our world. Instead, they send aspects of themselves into Dereth.[1]

Third Sending of Darkness

The Fourth Sending of Darkness

  • Ilservian's surviving friends became corporeal once more and raised the Thorns, using them to alter the patterns of magic in the world. Ferah, by now called Black Ferah, and Ler Rhan attacked the Isparian population and kidnapped some of them for individual trials. [2]
  • The Shadows launched their invasion during the Thorns of the Hopeslayer patch. Their armies poured into the Direlands under the leadership of general Black Ferah. After being defeated a few times, she moved her command post into one of the Shadow Spires where she was overwhelmed after a coordinated attack of the Isparians.[3]
The invasion of Ler Rhan's forces started in A'mun Desert. Unlike Ferah, he elected to directly establish his headquarters in the Spires. After he was slain there, he moved on to the plains in the Aluvian-settled regions of Dereth. Again, he was tracked and defeated. Once more he moved, into the Spire found in the Blackmire Swamp. Once more he fell.
The conquered Spires held keys to the Nexus Crystal, which was defended by an army of Undead and Shadows (See als Nexus Shadow Armor). [3]
  • Until the To Raise a Banner of Flame, the Spires moved over the landscape, but their army and their generals remained unseen.[4]
  • The Spires of Ferah and Ler Rhan's Spires attacked Cragstone and Arwic.[2]
  • Ler Rhan's forces invested Anadil's garrison at the Fenmalain Vestibule, but the battle ends indecisive, partly due because Isin Dule withheld his forces.[5] Before any action could be taken by the divided Shadows, the Isparians interfered again and destroyed all three of the Vault Crystals.[2]
  • After five of the Soul Crystals were destroyed, only the Shard of the Herald kept Bael'Zharon imprisoned. On most worlds, also this last Crystal was destroyed relatively quickly. Only on the world of Thistledown, a strong defense was organized.[6]
To overcome this, Ferah and Ler Rhan assumed human form once more and contacted the Isparians they abducted and tested before. Together with one of them, Vidorian, they swept into the dungeon, drove the defenders back and shattered the Shard of the Herald. With a shriek that could be heard across worlds, Ilservian Palacost was freed. [2][6]

After the Fourth Sending

  • After the second time the Hopeslayer is defeated, the Shadows retreat[9]
  • The first mention hereafter of Ler Rhan is during the Mirror, Mirror event. The island of Caul undergoes a radical change due to experiments of Aerbax in cooperation with Ler Rhan, also referred to as "The Mirror".The island now shows an additional strong Shadow influence. [10]
  • During the The War of Blood and Shadow Story Arc, the Shadow Leaders become active again. The three generals, Ler Rhan and Black Ferah on one side, Isin Dule on the other, concentrate their activities on Caul, where Isin Dule keeps a close eye on the whereabouts of the other two [11][12][13]
  • Ler Rhan's experiments together with Aerbax result in the creation of a Prodigal Shadow Child by the name of Kirienne Palacost.[14][15]One of his aspects defends the Child, together with an aspect of Black Ferah.[16]

Related Pages

Appearances In Game

Ler Rhan himself does not appear as such ingame. Instead, he sends aspects of himself into the world. Destroying these aspects does not destroy Ler Rhan himself.[17] [18]

Ler Rhan Shadow aspects appear in various quests and he was one of two leaders (along with the A Shadow of Black Ferah) that led the Shadow invasions during the Thorns of the Hopeslayer event.[19]

Video on Youtube: Shard of the Herald / Liberation of Bael'Zharon on Thistledown

Texts

Instructions (Shriveled Lump) Instructions (Shadowfire Stone) Translation of the Pulsating Bony Lump

Creatures

References

  1. ↑ AC:DM CD Lore/Bestiary/Derethian Bestiary#Shadows
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2000/11 - Should the Stars Fall/The Child of Daralet--Leafcull to Frostfell, PY 11 / (November to December, 2000)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 2000/05 Heroes' Respite General History of Dereth Vol. V
  4. ↑ 2000/08 Taste of Twilight - General History of Dereth Vol. VIII
  5. ↑ 2000/09 Twilight's Gleaming - Shadow Dispatch
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 2000/12 The Child of Daralet - Announcements - 2000/12 - The Child of Daralet#Letter to the Players
  7. ↑ 2001/04 A Reign of Stone - Scrawled Note (Aerbax Laboratory)
  8. ↑ 2007/10 Masked Memories - Delving into Claude's Mind#Lore & Dialog
  9. ↑ 2006/05 - The Price of Loyalty - Isin Dule's Orders
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror - Announcements - 2004/01 - Mirror, Mirror#Teaser
  11. ↑ 2006/05 - The Price of Loyalty - Isin Dule's Orders
  12. ↑ 2006/01 Reprisals - Instructions (Shriveled Lump)
  13. ↑ 2006/02 A Change in Tactics - Instructions (Shadowfire Stone)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 2007/09 Dark Materials - Translation of the Pulsating Bony Lump
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 2007/09 Dark Materials - Description of Scrap of Shadow Essence
  16. ↑ 2007/09 Dark Materials - Aerbax's Prodigal Shadow
  17. ↑ 2000/04 Thorns of the Hopeslayer - Nexus Shadow Armor#Lore & Dialog
  18. ↑ 2007/09 Dark Materials - A Shadow of Ler Rhan#Notes
  19. ↑ 2000/04 Thorns of the Hopeslayer - Thorns of the Hopeslayer Maggies Site- Thorns of the Hopeslayer
  20. ↑ 2004/09 A Small Victory - Devious Shadow#Notes
  21. ↑ 2010/06 Shifting Gears - Margul (Town Network Painting)
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