Hello everyone!
Around 2700 years before the dark portal opened up, some of the boldest sailors amongst the
people of Gilneas set sail into the open waters around their city.
In time, they discovered a large island to the south that was rich with metal ores and
other valuable natural resources.
Some of the sailors decided to stay on this island and founded a mighty maritime outpost
named Kul Tiras.
Yet the lands were not complete unpopulated.
When Kul Tiras was first settled, their people encountered a savage group of warmongering
barbarians.
They called themselves the Drust and Drustvar was their ancestral home.
It was from here that they launched endless raids into their fledgeling hamlets.
The kul tirans tried to go for peace when they landed, but the Drust went to war immediately.This
carried on for countless years, until the ancestors of House Waycrest decided that something
had to be done.
When peace wasn’t an option, the early kul tirans started to fight back.
The Waycrests have always been hearty folk, but the Drusts’s magic was strong.
Lead by Gorak Tul they used their druidic powers for dark rituals and massive damage,
but some amongst the Drust were not down with what Gorak Tul was doing.
These thornspeakers joined kul tiran society and taught their ancient ways to those who
heard the call of the wilds.
For generations they have been the guardians of balanace in nature, the keepers of the
cycle of nature, of life and death.
Despite these new teachings, the kul tiras were losing their war.
in the end, it was their scholars that turned the tide.
They began to uncover weaknesses in the Drust’s magic.
They compiled what they learned into a treatise on weapons and tactics that could be used
to defeat the barbarians.
The order of Embers was the name given to those who took up these arms against the Drust.
Using the tools and methods uncovered by the scholars, they were able to counter the Drust’s
magic, and ensure their victory in the war.
They even pushed their great leader Gorak Tul into retreat.
When he ran out of living warriors, he created a new army out of stone constructs, but not
even they were able to bring him the victory he desired.
Arom Waycrest, still a cornel leading the final assault stabbed Gorak Tul, but while
stories of this event always said that he killed him, Gorak Tul did not die.
Wounded and broken for sure, but not dead.
Gorak tul and his followered retreated into the Blighted Lands.
This is a new area and still wrapped in quite a lot of mystery.
It reminds me a lot of Stranger things, but honestly at this point it could also be connected
to anything really, emerald nightmare, old gods, shadow lands...details are still unclear.
What we do know is that Gorak Tul and his followers hung out in the blighted lands,
regaining their strength and figuring out a way to return to the physical world.
With the victory earned, Arom Waycrest was given the title of Lord and from that point
on, it would be his bloodline that would rule Drustvar.
Kul tiras would come together, unified under the leadership of Admiral Daelin Proudmoore,
but his defeat at Theramore caused things to change.
“To the west lies Drustvar, a mountainous region providing most of the kingdom’s ore...and
some of our toughest warriors.
House Waycrest has been a loyal supporter of Proudmoore’s rule for centuries, but
their recent absence from council meetings has given rise to troubling rumors.”
It’s these troubling rumors that sends us over into Drustvar where we eventually meet
up with Lucile Waycrest, daughter of Arthur and Meredith.
She’s placed on trial for witchcraft, about to face the nose, but we’re able to convince
the townfolks that she’s not responsible.
Throughout our questing experience, we uncover that there’s merit to the rumors and the
corruption of the land goes deep.
Village after village we find covens, witches, sacrifices, well... if you want to know what
Drustvar is like, there’s really only one quest we need to follow...
“Our poor little village is dead.
All the people have gone stiff or fled.
There is no more noise...except me and my toys...just like all the dark birdies said.”
“Yay!
This is gonna be the best tea party ever!
Lets find the other guests.”
“Trunksy!
YOu know Miss Mary doesn’t allow you in the house!
You track mud everywhere!”
“Oh Mr Munchykins!
You were hungry, weren’t you?
Come along now.
It’s time for tea.”
“Naughty Mayor Striggs!
Always running away from your responsibilities to the townsfolk.
Well, you can’t run anymore!”
“Smoochums loves the woods.
I’m gonna make sure the doggies didn’t get him!”
smoochums runs off
“Miss mary turned her back on us while seeking wicked power.
She brought death upon our village, turned the forest dark and dour.”
“Sam kept his farm well-tended.
TO livestock he was kind.
Into the woods Sam vanished – now who will tend his swine?”
“Mister Hayes was said to have a soul so sweet and nice.
How sad the kind man’s heart became a witch’s sacrifice!
Hihihi”
“The dark ones called to Annie, but from evil she refrained.
No surprise to anyone she ended up in chains!”
“Let’s go!
LEt’s go!
It’s time for the tea party!’
“Up here!
THis is gonna be the best tea party ever!”
“Great!
Sit down so we can start the party.
With you and Smoochums helping.
I can call the last guest!”
Pouring tea
“Doggie, play nice with our guest!
We wouldn’t want them to leave hungry...or at all...”
“GOod heavens.
What was that?
That thing?”
“I can’t thank you enough, mainlander.
I’m going to get as far away from this place as possible.
If I were you, I’d do the same.
Good luck.
”
That’s probably some really solid advice to follow, but instead we join Lucile and
her forces to figure out what is going on and how we can stop it.
A good place to start is the Forgotten lodge which is said to contain answers to our questions
and possibly our survival against the coven.
“I can’t believe we’re here.
My father used to tell me stories about this place.
It contains an ancient secret of our house, from back when the Waycrest first settled
in this land.
We just need to find the entrance!”
Find hidden entrance with the wall sconce.
“That’s it!
The way is opening!”
Walk inside “Wait...what was that?
Look out!”
Fight the awakened revenants.
“Ugh im sorry mainlander.
The covens magic must be disturbing the spirits of the ancient drust.
We’ll have to be careful.”
“My ancestors fought against stone constructs much like these in their war against the drust.
The waycrest have always been heart folk but the ddrusts’s magic was strong.
We were losing the war...
In the end, it was our scholars that turned the tide...”
Fight some more revenants
“Thank you mainlander.
I thought that one had me for a moment.”
“As I was saying, the tide of the war shiften when our scholars began to uncover weaknesses
in the drust’s magic.
They compiled what they learned into a treatire on weapons and tactics that could be used
to defeat the barbarians.
Armed with this knowledge our men started driving the Drust back into their mountain
holds.
They kept that knowledge hidden here, safe from unwanted hands.”
“Hmm...it looks like some rubble blocks our path ahead.
Can you clear the way?”
Destroy rocks.
“Wait...something’s not right.
Mainlander behind you!”
Defeat the stonebound guardian.
“I’ve never seen a construct that big before!
Are you alright?
What am I saying...of course ypu’re alright.
Ican see it’ll take more than a few stones to bring you down!
Come along, the book should be in here!
Here it is...the last resting place of the order of embers.
Are you ready to revive ancient history?”
With the knowledge of their ancestors, we are going to reignite the order of embers.
Studying the tome takes a bit of time, but is worth it as lucile figures out the covens
weakness for Rowan Wood, alchemical fire and weapons of silver.
A small test run proves that the information is solid as the coven has already infiltrated
our base.
Time to add more abled bodies to our ranks to wield these new found weapons.
Marshal Everit Reade, Captain Cleardawn, Ensign Yorick, Lieutenant Sterntide, Ensign Mace
and Falconer Notley become our inquisitors for the order.
“There were words of induction somewhere in the tome let me see...AH here we are.
Brothers and sisters, today you become the searing fire that burns away the darkness.
Today you become the shining blade that cuts through the wicked.
Today you become the beacon of hope against the endless foe.
By the authority of house waycrest, i name you inquisitors of the order of embers.
“
Give them their outfits.
‘Now before we depart, I’ll need someone to undertake a special task for the order.
Any recomendations, marshal?”
“Captain cleardawn- excuse me, inquisotor cleardawn is as realiable as they come.
I’m sure she can handle anything you need her for.”
“Thank you, sir!
What do you require of me, milady?”
“If we wish to defeat the coven for good, we will neeed more than silver.
We will need fire.
Take this recipe for alchemical fire to Master Ashton in Falconhurst.
He will know what to make of it.”
“Yes ma’am!”
“The rest of us will need to prepare for the ride to corlain.
Marshal, I undestand you have a plan of attack?”
“Yes, we ride out on the mainlander’s command.”
We need to get our hands on some delicious fire and there’s only one man suited for
the job of creating it, Warron Ashton at Falconhurst.
The town is already under attack by the coven so we help them out.
We even help the master alchemist with creating his concoction, but the coven kidnaps him
which means our mission becomes a rescue mission.
Something big is going on here, the coven is working on a mighty ritual and at the crimson
forest we discover how dire things really are...
“There!
A door in the tree!”
“Is no one going to mention that massive wicker golem?
Because I feel it should be mentioned.”
“One crisis at a time, my boy!”
Enter Gol Inath, cutscene: Walking inside oeee what’s going on around
here?
Hey gorak tul!
How ya doing buddy!
ROAAAAR
Within Gol Inath we discover that the witches have been working hard on bringing Gorak Tul
into our world.
“Enough!
Interlopers!
You meddle in affairs beyond your ken.
You cannot stop me from reclaiming what is mine!”
We’ve wounded him otherwise he wouldn’t have retreated, but the threat of the lord
of the blighted lands is still very much a thing.
On the back of a crimsonwood demolisher we crash through the covens forces and get the
hell out of there.
Ashton has been saved and the power of fire has been acquired for the order of embers.
Time to push forward into Corlain where Lucile’s family manor stands and we discover who the
mother is , the leader all these coven witches keep talking about.
The mother is quite litteraly a mother, lucile’s mother to be precise, lady waycrest has fallen
under the sway of gorak tul.
A vision of the past show’s that there’s always been a hint of darkness within her
mother as she had Lucile’s fiance murdered on the day of her wedding.
No daughter of hers would marry a common merchant, everything for the sake of their family.
Yet when her husband fell ill, Meredith called out to any power in the world that could save
him and Gorak Tul answered the call.
He promised, for a price, that death would never seperate the couple.
Lady Waycrest accepted, entered the dark bargain with the lord of the blighted lands and started
to secrelty recruit girls for her newly formed Coven.
The ways of the Drust were spread, dark vile rituals, with their ultimate goal of bringing
back the drust to the realm of the living.
With Corlain under their control, their darkness spread out over the lands of Drustvar leading
to her own daughter nearly being executed by their superstitious people.
Lucille and the order don’t know who are responsible quite yet.
Time to charge forward, clear the way to Waycrest manor and figure out what is going on.
“Inquisitors!
This is our chance to rescue Lord and Lady Waycrest...and put an end to this insufferable
coven!
Stick close, and do not stop your advance until we’ve breached the manor gates!
For House Waycrest!”
“Keep moving, we’ve got this.
Go for the eyes Winston!”
“You’ve screeched at the wrong woman, witch!”
“We’ll cover the flanks.
Stay with Lucille and the Marshal!”
Cutscene: That’s far enough.
Mother?
Is that...you?
I’m so glad you could join us my dear.
Your father has missed you so.
What...what have you done to him?
Be appreciative girl!
Not only is your father alive and well, but he will soon be lord of all Kul Tiras!
Come join us, child...
Keep away from, you heartless witch!
Why Marshal, that’s no way to talk to a Lady.
I should teach you some manners.
Uhooooooooo organ playing, never a good sign when an organ is playing.
Annnd yep he’s been converted.
Now marshal, be a dear and bring lucille to my quarters, after you dispose of these pests...
Come, Arthur.
As you wish, Mother...
Inquisitors locked behind wall of fire “I obey...”
Smack the marshal around “No...this is not...right!”
“Fight it, marshal!”
“Dearest Lucy...I...have failed you...”
“I’m ... sorry...”
“No..marshal...no....
Mother...what have you done?”
Marshal Everit Reade was taken by the mother.
Lucile can’t believe that she’s the leader of the coven, but the time to moarn will have
to come later as Drustvar is far from safe.
Lord and Lady Waycrest, the heart of the corruption of the land and Gorak’Tul are waiting for
us within Waycrest Manor.
“Inquisitors, the final battle is upon you.
May the winds be at your back.”
“Aye ma’ am.
We’ll put the coven in the ground.
Inquisitors, on me!
Glory to house Waycrest!”
“I will join you inside, Inquisitor.
I may be of much use in combat, but my mother must be brought to justice...and I must be
there to see it through.
For my father, and for Drustvar!
And that’s a story we’ll save for later!
I’m really hoping that we’ll find out more about the blighted lands and the drust,
maybe something they can add for the kul tiran allied race recruitments, but that’s some
for the future.
If you’re interested in more information then by all means check out the pride of kul
tiras video, it has some juicy bits.
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