Chapter 429 The Origin and Destruction of the Mechanical Empire
The Seven Artifacts of Imasca? !
Hearing Brian state his purpose calmly, Seth was surprised. He didn't expect that the other party's appetite was so big, and he even dared to plot such taboo things.
He couldn't help but calm down, and tried to deduce what his purpose was by feeling the other person's mental fluctuations.
Unfortunately, to his disappointment, this spellcaster who also worked as a legendary psychic had such a strong mind that he felt nothing but the pursuit of mysterious knowledge as a spellcaster. The desire is extra strong.
This is not an unexpected discovery. For every spellcaster, they have a heart of inquiry that pursues unknown knowledge.
If not, it would make Him suspicious.
Seth stopped thinking about it and began to think about Brian's question.
The mention of the Seven Artifacts of Imaskar reminded him of the history of the Nese Scrolls.
Although the Netherese Scrolls are 100 golden scrolls discovered by the Netherese people in the ruins of the ancient elven empire Erevandar, they do not know the true origin of the scrolls.
And Seth is one of the insiders.
After all, these golden scrolls are made from the skin of the giant snake of the universe, and they are not as described in the legend. There are only two sets of 100 scrolls.
In fact, there are three sets of Nese Scrolls.
In addition to the scroll lost by the people of Netherese, the second set of scrolls is located deep in the Tower of Windsong in the ruins of the elven city Myth Drannor. It turned into a golden bush hiding knowledge. It's the volume that was stolen by followers of Shar, the Lost Lady.
According to his estimation, the reason why Shar's followers stole the scroll must be that they learned how to guide the power in the scroll, and then used it to perform some kind of huge dark ritual to completely destroy the Shadow Demon Network. Replaces the mysterious lady's ley line.
Thinking of some of the characteristics of the World Serpent, he vaguely realized that no matter whether the terrible ritual performed by Shar's followers could succeed or not, the fate of this set of scrolls being destroyed might not be avoided by external forces.
Since Brian is not a believer of the goddess of magic, but is so persistent in stopping this dark ritual, Seth speculates that his goal is definitely this complete set of scrolls.
Of course, He will definitely not tell the other party the truth about this matter.
On the contrary, he wanted to see what Brian's helpless expression looked like when he witnessed the second set of golden scrolls being destroyed in front of him.
It must be very exciting. By then, the only complete golden scroll in the world of Toril will have completely disappeared.
The recipient of the third set of scrolls was none other than Imaskar, the mechanical empire that was destroyed long before Netheril. This is why Seth first thought of the seven artifacts of Imaskar when Brian mentioned them. Golden Scroll.
Although for a long time in ancient times, Sethus fell into a long slumber due to the successive demise of the three empires of Saruk Wuhu, which greatly weakened his divine power. After he wakes up, he can easily learn the history that he missed by simply using his divine power.
This let him know that as early as when the Netherese were still seven small fishing villages holding pitchforks and fighting each other for coastal territory, the Imaskans had mastered one of them. Set of gold scrolls.
The reason why the Imaskans were able to obtain this set of scrolls was mainly because their artificers enslaved the phaerim.
At that time, Felin Demon Kui discovered that his former master, the survivor of the Spellweaver, and Yaeger who had not yet become the god of death, reported him to the Imaskans in order to borrow a knife to kill someone.
Then the Imaskans took advantage of the powerful perception of the golden scroll by the Felin Demon Kui and began to hunt down Jaeger who was holding the scroll.
When Yeager realized that the Imaskans had tracked him through the golden scrolls, he gave up one of them without hesitation, and this was how they unexpectedly obtained it.
Although this set of scrolls was also destroyed with the destruction of Imasca, the powerful artificers of Imasca produced the Seven Imasca by studying the scrolls. Artifact.
All of these seven artifacts have independent personalities.
They hold all the knowledge of the Artificer Lords of the Empire and can answer questions about Imascan customs, politics, magic, and more.
As long as you get the seven artifacts of Imaska, you will virtually gain all the knowledge recorded in the golden scroll.
It is no wonder that Brian is interested in the Seven Artifacts of Imasca.
‘Since he is so interested in these artifacts, why don’t I take advantage of this opportunity and let him help me deal with Mulhorand’s gods. ’
In an instant, a plan was brewing in Seth’s mind.
After all, there is probably no one who knows the history of Imasca better than him.
At the beginning, in order to deal with the Mulhorand divine system and regain the evil god Seth and steal his divine power and followers, Seth put a lot of effort into the research of Mulhorand.
Because of this, he indirectly learned about the mechanical empire Imaskar that was replaced by the Mulhorand pantheon.
This made him couldn't help but recall the thousands of years of human civilization that was once comparable to the Arcane Empire, from its origin to its destruction.
About 8,350 years ago, a small split Dupa tribe migrated to the northeast and finally settled in the fertile basin of the Luotan Plateau.
This is the original Imaskar.
Then during the Nemurat era (-8350 to -7975) - named after the civilization's first war leader - the Imaskars lived among tribes ruled by chiefs and noble warriors.
During this period, the development of agriculture led to rapid population growth and the establishment of many farms on the plateau.
With Uyatin obtaining the title of King of Artifacturers and Emperor as a symbol, the early Imasca dynasty was on the right track (-7975 to -6422), and the imperial capital Inopura The city of Si was also built during this period.
The main sign of this era is the mastery of space magic by the Imascan elite.
The Artificers used this knowledge to create an intricate network of portals that allowed them to travel across infinite distances in an instant.
These permanent two-way portals are built into circles of majestic bronze spiers, each etched with an intricate runic pattern said to have originated from the bastard fish.
These Bukhara spiers allowed entire legions to be teleported quickly from one area to another, allowing the Imaskar Empire to rapidly expand throughout eastern Faerûn.
By the end of the Early Dynasty, the borders of the empire had extended from the Great Ice Sea to the Golden Water Bay, and from the Alambane Sea to the Catakro Plateau of Karatu.
The empire, which was still in its infancy, first encountered the kobold tribe of the Kingdom of Zex Sandlin, followed closely by the Krobokolu dwarves of Shannara.
Later wars included the conquest of the nomadic peoples on the Taangan steppe and the annexation of Kadi, Dhupa and Ulgas. Imasca's first military defeat occurred in -6788 DR, when the empire's western outpost in the Elipa Forest was besieged by forest dragons. Next, in -6779 DR, a peasant rebellion broke out in Laudo City. But it was quickly suppressed.
In -6422 DR, the imperial city of Inopras was razed to the ground by rampaging squid trolls, forcing the Imaskans to abandon their ancient capital.
No one knows how these demons entered the city, but the cause was later generally attributed to the sect of Demogorgondi, the demon lord of the Abyss, because the squid-headed trolls first came from the Gizzard Temple in the center of the city. swarmed out of them.
The anarchic chaos that followed split the empire into Upper Imasca and Lower Imasca, thus beginning the Middle Dynasty (-6422 to -4370).
The people of Lower Imaska established the city of Sauron as their new capital, and the ruling Chi
The mechanics exercise a tight control over society.
The center of power in Upper Imasca was the capital Sakos (today's Sekoi), a city located in the Katakro Mountains.
In -4370 DR, a devastating plague severely weakened Lower Imaskar, beginning the Age of Shatra (-4370 to -3920), the word in Imaskar is ' Dark' meaning.
Sick commoners flocked to temples across the empire, but their priests were helpless against the plague.
What’s more serious is that a mysterious blight killed most of the crops, leaving the few who survived the plague facing the threat of famine.
This massive shock, known as the Silent Death, was catastrophic, killing 15 to 20 percent of the population even in the least affected areas.
Only because their enemies were equally weak and unfortunate, the people of Lower Imasca, desperate and isolated, were able to survive for the next ten years.
In misery and resentment, the Lower Imaskars abandoned their gods, and most of their priests were killed or exiled.
Although the Silent Death Plague did spread northward into what is now known as the Endless Wilds, Upper Imaskar remained unscathed and untouched.
Due to the sharp decline in population and the difficulty of reconstruction, the King of Artificers, Kotan, ordered the construction of two new Bukhara spiers. The two twin portals lead to another place where the natives cannot use the arcana. world.
Over the next four centuries, the Imaskar abducted tens of thousands of its inhabitants from this world and brought them back to Faerûn to be used as slaves.
The influx of large numbers of slave labor restored Lower Imasca's productivity and social prosperity.
Eventually, the slaves began to intermarry with the Imaskans, thus giving birth to a new race called the 'Mulans'.
Upper Imasca and Lower Imasca were finally reunited under the tyrannical power of Ormanod, the king of artificers, and the rebuilt city of Inopras became the sole capital of the empire. Marks the beginning of the last dynasty (-3920 to -2488).
Under the orders of Ormanold, the artificers created the Seven Artifacts of Imaskar - seven great artifacts that would forever preserve the empire's infinite magical knowledge.
Among the elite mages of Imaskar, Madlock and Silaser are the leading ones, and they also reached the peak of their power during this period.
Three thousand years before Netheril 'discovered' the Plane of Shadows, Madlok the Ebonfire was already busy compiling the dark secrets of this plane.
It was on this plane that Madlok created the Shadow Stone and began his plot to overthrow the Ormenod and seize Imaskar.
Lucky for the empire.
The young genius Sirathe confronted Madlok in the border fortress of Matos, and finally bound the shadow master in the Forbidden Plane.
In -2488 DR, the Imascan civilization came to an end in extreme violence.
Unbeknownst to the Imaskans, the gods of the Murans finally heard the prayers of their people.
With the tacit approval of the god Io, these gods bypassed the plane barriers of the crystal wall system and sent their own powerful saints across the endless void into the world of Toril.
After they reached the peak of Tayla Shan, now the Gods Watch Mountains, these divine beings quickly descended on the Luotan Plateau, building an army and fomenting rebellion along the way.
Within dozens of days, most of the empire's major cities were sacked.
The final battle between the Artificer King Yuvaraj and the Mulan god Horus took place on the steps of the palace in the imperial capital of Inolas, with the latter emerging victorious.
In the end, the artificers of Imaskar were defeated and their country perished, and their homeland was invaded by the people of the Mulhorand pantheon.
Looking at the history of the Imasca Empire, we can see what caused their demise.
This means that if Brian wants to find the seven artifacts of Imaskar, he must start from Mulhorand.
Seth's eyes gradually became wise and shrewd.
He didn't expect that just now he was frustrated because of the failure of the plan he planned thousands of years ago, so soon he would find new hope of restoring his divine power.
He did have some knowledge about the disappearance of the seven artifacts of Imaska, and he also knew with great certainty that at least two of these artifacts were real.
The most important thing is that if you want to obtain one of the artifacts, you must go to Skade City, the largest and oldest city in Mulhorand.
This capital, known as the 'City of the Gods', has the largest temple in the Mulhorand pantheon, and the fifth secret weapon of Imaskar, the scepter, is stored in the temple.
As long as He makes a plan secretly and uses Brian's desire for the seven artifacts of Imasca, it is really possible to regain the evil god Seth and steal his divine power.
Seth nodded secretly, and said calmly in an old voice, "I didn't expect you to pay attention to the seven artifacts of Imasca."
He pretended to ponder for a moment, as if he was weighing it. In his inner words, he continued, "No problem, I can tell you about the traces of these artifacts. As for how to obtain them, it's up to you."
In response to Seth's answer, Brian His expression was calm and there was no visible change, but he nodded secretly in his heart.
Just as he expected, Seth couldn't help but jump out when he just mentioned the Imaska artifact.
How could he not know what the other party was up to?
Otherwise, I wouldn’t ask like this.
(End of this chapter)