Time to Pay the Reaper (Lord Danrael)

Here in the states it’s tax-day and that means pain and suffering for most of us. So today seems like the day to begin talking about the downfall of DuskHaven. The “person” responsible for the fall goes by the name of Lord Danrael. Lord Danrael was one of the pre-eminent Silver Knights More than five hundred years ago he was the next in line to be Knight-General of DuskHaven and the last of the Reganos family. He excelled at everything he did and soon was in command of most of the Knights that patrolled outside the city walls. He began a campaign to push back the Wastes and reclaim the land lost to the demons. Many had hopes that he could reach the source of the demons and drive them back into it and seal them away. But as he ventured further and further from the city his attitude began to change. He began to act less like the noble knight and more like the savage demons that he fought with. Finally he went alone into the darkness when his men refused to follow him further. He was not seen for many months and most thought he was lost. When he was seen returning to the city a party of the cities leaders went out to meet with him.

He spoke of the wonders he’d seen of pools of liquid night and demons who spoke with him. He claimed the demons wished for a truce and to establish relations with the city. He wanted the lantern to be extinguished so the demons could come forth and meet with them. The city leaders refused and he fell into a rage. He drew forth a sword as black as night and commanded them to extinguish the lantern. The Knight-General with tears in his eyes said he had no son. This being in front of him could not be his son Danrael. He proclaimed his son banished and ordered him to go back to the Waste that he now loved. Lord Danrael slashed at his father but his father held aloft a Hammer of Light and blocked the blow. Both weapons burst at the impact and the Knight-General collapsed upon his horse. Lord Danrael swearing revenge upon the city of his birth spun and rode back into the waste. The Knight-General ordered his men back into the city and forbid the Knights from patrolling within the wastes in the future.