This is a tale of battle, courage and Anarchy. Please enjoy!
"Scattered swords, spears and axes lay stricken upon the battlefields of the Dark Plains. Banners and siduals bearing the markings of the great Leagues; KoC, KoK, Destiny, FoH, & KT spread across these fields of death, these fields of victory and defeat in front of the most important spires of power in all of the land, the Beacons of Darkshine. This of course was the Infamous First Beacon war, the War of the Coralition.
This war would be unlike any before, a war to set the stage for the hirearchy for hundreds of clans in Darkshine and establish who will be the ultimate power. As clear as I can remember as the once proud leader of KoC, the attack on our lands came suddenly and swiftly. Tens of thousands of Dragons and Wyvrens filled the air with their shrieks and cries of terror as the Knights Templar swept in with legions of Paladins, Pikemen and the unholy Dark Pathfinders. Their cavalry shook the ground as they poured across the fields, supported by the winged death circling above. Their savagery and skill in combat was unmatched, though we did what we could to hold our ground, they overwhelmed our defences and smote our ruin upon the walls of the Beacons. Many a Griffin, Golem and Dwarf died that day...
Eventually their shouts of triumph and victory were answered by the calls of trumpets, for the united strength of the Coralition had arrived to support what was left of the armies of KoC. Ruthless attacks came in as the KoK, Destiny & FoH Leagues rode in like valkyries. They swept across the field leaving none alive, and sang merrily as they rode and slew, for the joy of battle was upon them and terrible was their wrath. As desperation took hold for the battered hordes of KT, the heavy coiners alongside the Dark Lord Roanne combined their seemingly endless supply of sapphires to hire wave after wave of mercenaries to fill the ranks of their fallen Knights. At the end of the battle, the Knights Templar succeeded in their rise to power, and took hold of the first place position. Though if one could call the cost of that war a victory, they should hope to never know defeat.
As the dust settled, through the fire and debris the carnage wrought, those still alive stumbled to their feet slowly. Surveying, searching the field for signs of life from their stricken comrades. The wounded were gathered, and many proud warriors returned to their dwellings knowing they answered the call of war for their respected leagues. Out of this cacophony of chaos birthed a spark, a seed of vengence to sow through a select few warriors who would arise from the ashes and embrace the destruction...embrace the Anarchy.
Anarchy is defined as ""a state of disorder due to absence or nonrecognition of authority"" what better name and banner to take up in defiance against any power league who would impose its will upon all clans and peoples of Darkshine? We in Anarchy dare to dream of a land free of power leagues who buy their way into hollow victories. We dare to unite and act as a single well co-ordinated unit to combat and defeat tyranny. We dare to stand and fight off the coining hordes, who hungrily await outside our door to devour our players, beacons and fortress. We dare to be Anarchists.
Our prowess and lust for battle is well entrenched in the hearts and minds of friends and foes alike, our fortitiude and resolve knows no bounds. And to those who would affront or challenge us in anyway know this, time and time again we stand up to the biggest and the baddest Stormfall has to offer and still yet we stand. Like young david armed with only a sling and stone we steadily await the next Goliath, so we may meet them smiling, knowing that we will not rest until they lay in ruin at our feet."
the Anarchy battle prayer:
Lo, there do I see my father.
Lo, there do I see...
my mother, and my sisters, and my brothers.
Lo, do I see the line of my people back to the beginning.
Lo, they do call to me.
They bid me take my place among them.
In the halls of Anarchy
Where the brave
May live
Forever.
(This is a slight re-imagining of the battle prayer from the "13th Warrior")
