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As time wore on and Europe became more mobile, so did the sources of evil. The first members of the Order had some knowledge of each other, the mystics Skaraborg and Dragos had crossed paths in Finland, the scientists Hollingsworth and St.Martin had attended several symposiums at the same time and the Von Grünes and gone to great pains to compile information on all the enemies of the church in Europe. The story of their origin begins with Voivod Dragos pursuing a particularly dangerous were-drake from his homeland in Romania to the mountains of Bavaria where he met Count Von Grüne. The were-drake was destroyed but not before it had been bitten by a vampire. The blood of such a rare and powerful therianthrope had a bizarre effect on the vampire and it was able to escape and fled to Copenhagen. There the vampire encountered a Black Elf being pursued by Baron Skaraborg. The elf used it's magic to dominate and enhance the drake-vampire creature and used it to cause great mayhem which attracted the attention of 2 visiting scientists that had experience in dealing with such things. After the battle was won Count Von Grüne invited all of them back to his home in Bavaria and after sharing their stories and knowledge with each other, realized it was in all of their best interests to work together to finally end the evils which none of them individually had been able to accomplish. | As time wore on and Europe became more mobile, so did the sources of evil. The first members of the Order had some knowledge of each other, the mystics Skaraborg and Dragos had crossed paths in Finland, the scientists Hollingsworth and St.Martin had attended several symposiums at the same time and the Von Grünes and gone to great pains to compile information on all the enemies of the church in Europe. The story of their origin begins with Voivod Dragos pursuing a particularly dangerous were-drake from his homeland in Romania to the mountains of Bavaria where he met Count Von Grüne. The were-drake was destroyed but not before it had been bitten by a vampire. The blood of such a rare and powerful therianthrope had a bizarre effect on the vampire and it was able to escape and fled to Copenhagen. There the vampire encountered a Black Elf being pursued by Baron Skaraborg. The elf used it's magic to dominate and enhance the drake-vampire creature and used it to cause great mayhem which attracted the attention of 2 visiting scientists that had experience in dealing with such things. After the battle was won Count Von Grüne invited all of them back to his home in Bavaria and after sharing their stories and knowledge with each other, realized it was in all of their best interests to work together to finally end the evils which none of them individually had been able to accomplish. | ||
| − | The Order, as such, survived until World War 1 when they failed to prevent the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand by a cabal of ghoul lords that wanted to start a war that would feed them with millions of corpses. In the mean time, the evils that had plagued the Dragos', the Hollingsworths and the Von Grünes was vanquished. After the war, the Von Grünes, along with the | + | The Order, as such, survived until World War 1 when they failed to prevent the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand by a cabal of ghoul lords that wanted to start a war that would feed them with millions of corpses. In the mean time, the evils that had plagued the Dragos', the Hollingsworths and the Von Grünes was vanquished. After the war, the Von Grünes, along with the St.Martins continued to battle evil into the modern age till the 1970's when the last St. Martin disappeared, and recently when the last Count Von Grüne passed his mantle on to [[Simon Sixkiller]]. The last true member of the Order still alive, Robert Hollingsworth, has joined a new organization, [[Strike Team Zulu]] |
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History
The Sacred Order of the Chain was a small group of European noblemen that came together to battle the dark forces that seek to invade our realm from the inner planes that border our world. The 'chain' is a reference to Gleipnir, that which binds Fenrirsulfr till Ragnarok, and also to the hereditary nature of the members of the group. The mantle of each member has been passed down father to son for generations even though the Order itself is relatively new.
One of the primary aspects of each family is that they either publicly or secretly rejected the domination of Christianity in Europe and preserved the customs and knowledge of their Norse and/or Celtic heritage. Baron Skaraborgs family openly fought the encroachment into Sweden for a century while the St.Martins, who obviously accepted christian names and stylings, worked secretly to thwart the Holy Roman Church in Belgium and to resist it's policy of ignorance. Another common thread between them is that each family has spent many years dealing with some local evil.
The Von Grünes had been battling an undead corruption that seeped into grave yards from a cancerous intersection of ley lines that weakened the walls between our world and the Netherworld.
The Skaraborgs guarded a pathway into the Nine Worlds. At times they acted as emissaries from Midgard to Asgard to mediate any perceived slights the gods may feel compelled to answer. And also to track down any nefarious or dangerous entity from the nine worlds such as Dark Elves or Trolls that traveled to Midgard to cause unrest.
The St.Martins pursued an evil that they themselves unleashed onto the world. Etienne St.Martin, the first to use the St.Martin name, was an inventor of toys and gizmos of unparalleled genius. He created a puzzle of such cunning logic that solving it created an equation of diabolical Non-Euclidian geometry and acted as a conduit to the King of Edom, Vulshoth. Now whenever the puzzle is solved Vulshoth is able to unleash one of his Spawn to wreak havok and destruction on the world. The puzzle itself always seems to elude the grasp of the St.Martins when they arrive to quell the invasion.
The Hollingsworths were another family of inventors that had discovered many aspects of electricity but kept those discoveries to themselves. They used their discoveries to battle what would later be identified as a small lost colony of Elder Worm.
The Dragos's fought a curse of therianthropy of tremendous variety and virulence. The source was ultimately traced to a disciple of the King of Edom, Orogtha lurking near the City of Samarkand.
As time wore on and Europe became more mobile, so did the sources of evil. The first members of the Order had some knowledge of each other, the mystics Skaraborg and Dragos had crossed paths in Finland, the scientists Hollingsworth and St.Martin had attended several symposiums at the same time and the Von Grünes and gone to great pains to compile information on all the enemies of the church in Europe. The story of their origin begins with Voivod Dragos pursuing a particularly dangerous were-drake from his homeland in Romania to the mountains of Bavaria where he met Count Von Grüne. The were-drake was destroyed but not before it had been bitten by a vampire. The blood of such a rare and powerful therianthrope had a bizarre effect on the vampire and it was able to escape and fled to Copenhagen. There the vampire encountered a Black Elf being pursued by Baron Skaraborg. The elf used it's magic to dominate and enhance the drake-vampire creature and used it to cause great mayhem which attracted the attention of 2 visiting scientists that had experience in dealing with such things. After the battle was won Count Von Grüne invited all of them back to his home in Bavaria and after sharing their stories and knowledge with each other, realized it was in all of their best interests to work together to finally end the evils which none of them individually had been able to accomplish.
The Order, as such, survived until World War 1 when they failed to prevent the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand by a cabal of ghoul lords that wanted to start a war that would feed them with millions of corpses. In the mean time, the evils that had plagued the Dragos', the Hollingsworths and the Von Grünes was vanquished. After the war, the Von Grünes, along with the St.Martins continued to battle evil into the modern age till the 1970's when the last St. Martin disappeared, and recently when the last Count Von Grüne passed his mantle on to Simon Sixkiller. The last true member of the Order still alive, Robert Hollingsworth, has joined a new organization, Strike Team Zulu
--LXD 21:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
Count Von Grüne
Vampire Hunter G
Baron Skaraborg
Wanderer of the nine worlds
Marquis de St. Martin
The Toymaker
Sir Robert Hollingsworth
The Tinkerer
Voivod Dragos
Lord of the Wilder Run
The Sacred Order of the Chain was a small group of European noblemen that came together to battle the dark forces that seek to invade our realm from the inner planes that border our world. The 'chain' is a reference to Gleipnir, that which binds Fenrirsulfr till Ragnarok, and also to the hereditary nature of the members of the group. The mantle of each member has been passed down father to son for generations even though the Order itself is relatively new.
One of the primary aspects of each family is that they either publicly or secretly rejected the domination of Christianity in Europe and preserved the customs and knowledge of their Norse and/or Celtic heritage. Baron Skaraborgs family openly fought the encroachment into Sweden for a century while the St.Martins, who obviously accepted christian names and stylings, worked secretly to thwart the Holy Roman Church in Belgium and to resist it's policy of ignorance. Another common thread between them is that each family has spent many years dealing with some local evil.
The Von Grünes had been battling an undead corruption that seeped into grave yards from a cancerous intersection of ley lines that weakened the walls between our world and the Netherworld.
The Skaraborgs guarded a pathway into the Nine Worlds. At times they acted as emissaries from Midgard to Asgard to mediate any perceived slights the gods may feel compelled to answer. And also to track down any nefarious or dangerous entity from the nine worlds such as Dark Elves or Trolls that traveled to Midgard to cause unrest.
The St.Martins pursued an evil that they themselves unleashed onto the world. Etienne St.Martin, the first to use the St.Martin name, was an inventor of toys and gizmos of unparalleled genius. He created a puzzle of such cunning logic that solving it created an equation of diabolical Non-Euclidian geometry and acted as a conduit to the King of Edom, Vulshoth. Now whenever the puzzle is solved Vulshoth is able to unleash one of his Spawn to wreak havok and destruction on the world. The puzzle itself always seems to elude the grasp of the St.Martins when they arrive to quell the invasion.
The Hollingsworths were another family of inventors that had discovered many aspects of electricity but kept those discoveries to themselves. They used their discoveries to battle what would later be identified as a small lost colony of Elder Worm.
The Dragos's fought a curse of therianthropy of tremendous variety and virulence. The source was ultimately traced to a disciple of the King of Edom, Orogtha lurking near the City of Samarkand.
As time wore on and Europe became more mobile, so did the sources of evil. The first members of the Order had some knowledge of each other, the mystics Skaraborg and Dragos had crossed paths in Finland, the scientists Hollingsworth and St.Martin had attended several symposiums at the same time and the Von Grünes and gone to great pains to compile information on all the enemies of the church in Europe. The story of their origin begins with Voivod Dragos pursuing a particularly dangerous were-drake from his homeland in Romania to the mountains of Bavaria where he met Count Von Grüne. The were-drake was destroyed but not before it had been bitten by a vampire. The blood of such a rare and powerful therianthrope had a bizarre effect on the vampire and it was able to escape and fled to Copenhagen. There the vampire encountered a Black Elf being pursued by Baron Skaraborg. The elf used it's magic to dominate and enhance the drake-vampire creature and used it to cause great mayhem which attracted the attention of 2 visiting scientists that had experience in dealing with such things. After the battle was won Count Von Grüne invited all of them back to his home in Bavaria and after sharing their stories and knowledge with each other, realized it was in all of their best interests to work together to finally end the evils which none of them individually had been able to accomplish.
The Order, as such, survived until World War 1 when they failed to prevent the assassination of Arch Duke Franz Ferdinand by a cabal of ghoul lords that wanted to start a war that would feed them with millions of corpses. In the mean time, the evils that had plagued the Dragos', the Hollingsworths and the Von Grünes was vanquished. After the war, the Von Grünes, along with the St.Martins continued to battle evil into the modern age till the 1970's when the last St. Martin disappeared, and recently when the last Count Von Grüne passed his mantle on to Simon Sixkiller. The last true member of the Order still alive, Robert Hollingsworth, has joined a new organization, Strike Team Zulu
--LXD 21:38, 19 March 2010 (UTC)
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