{"id":177,"date":"2021-04-04T23:50:08","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T03:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/?page_id=177"},"modified":"2021-10-19T06:45:06","modified_gmt":"2021-10-19T10:45:06","slug":"a-kingdom-usurped","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/a-kingdom-usurped\/","title":{"rendered":"A Kingdom Usurped"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(This is the introduction to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/neverwintervault.org\/project\/nwn1\/module\/sanctum-archmage-sight-and-quest\" target=\"_blank\">first game module<\/a> and the third volume in the novel series, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/book-series\/the-sight\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sight<\/em>.<\/a> It contains <strong>spoilers<\/strong> for the first two volumes, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/book-series\/dawnofchaos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dawn of Chaos<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.andarian.net\/publishing\/book-series\/crucible-of-cheroes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Crucible of Heroes<\/em>.<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three years ago, the\u00a0throne of Carlissa was usurped and the kingdom overrun by the Warlord Zomoran, also known as the Black Magus. The stories\u00a0told by travelers and refugees were\u00a0all the same: that the Warlord somehow managed to summon an army of demons willing to serve him, and launched a surprise attack on the capitol city of Lannamon. King Danor and the entire royal family were brutally slaughtered, and Zomoran took the throne for himself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Instead of joining together to overthrow the usurper and destroy the demon threat,&nbsp;the other&nbsp;nations of the eastern continent resolved to make peace&nbsp;with the Warlord. Lulled&nbsp;by&nbsp;reassurances&nbsp;that he had no designs on expanding his kingdom, and afraid of&nbsp;standing against&nbsp;his demon army, each of them reluctantly made terms and treaties with the new ruler of Carlissa. Some&nbsp;voices were raised in warning that the Magus could not be trusted, and that an&nbsp;army of demons could not be expected to remain a peaceful neighbor, but few heeded them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lacking a strong leader who could unite the other nations against the Warlord, the lands settled into a watchful detente. In Carlissa, Zomoran worked to solidify his iron grip on the kingdom, while a small but determined resistance formed to oppose his brutal regime. Bands of demons roamed the countryside at will, spreading terror and death, hunting&nbsp;the resistance and their leaders. And the Magus\u2019 army prepared for the day when it&nbsp;would march forth again, this time to&nbsp;conquer not just a kingdom, but an empire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Sanctum of the Archmage<\/em>&nbsp;is the story of&nbsp;heroes who fought to bring peace and freedom once again to the Kingdom of Carlissa, and their&nbsp;epic struggle to unite their world&nbsp;in a crusade to defeat&nbsp;the Warlord and his infernal allies.&nbsp;Coming from&nbsp;many&nbsp;different lands and&nbsp;backgrounds, they all had one&nbsp;thing in common: an uncompromising refusal&nbsp;to submit to evil.&nbsp;And&nbsp;as they soon learned, their struggle was only one part of a wider conflict, of a cosmic war between good and evil that had been going on for thousands of years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(This is the introduction to the first game module and the third volume in the novel series, The Sight. 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