Role

Chapter 1

Ishuntal Duzeran sighed deeply as he sat down at the table. He reached out with no small amount of
enthusiasm and pulled the tome he was being required to read closer to him. History. How boring. He
had just joined the school for magic to be an anti-paladin in Teth Azeleth not more than a day ago and
he was eager to learn the good stuff. He didnt want to be wasting time learning about history. He
wanted to be learning about iceballs and unholy blessings! Unfortunately, the guildmaster insisted that
to be a student of magic one must have a sound educational base and understand magics place in the
world and that started with this book, A History of Thera. What stung even more, is that Ishuntal knew
the guildmaster was right. His ambition and strong desire to succeed trumped his desire to push aside
this task, and with that he began to read.

The first portion of the book was a history of the creation. It taught of the Lord of Shadows and the
Violet Spider and their roles in this. As the book went on it began to focus mostly on the Violet Spider
and the beginnings of magic in the lands. After several hours of reading commentaries focusing on the
magic of order and chaos and their struggles against each other Ishuntal came to a chapter about the
creation of the anti-magic army that would later become known as the present day Battleragers.
Battleragers, Ishuntal thought to himself snidely and snorted with audible derision. He had heard of the
short-minded fools, whose supposed hatred of magic gave them incredible powers. That thought hung
short in his mind. This book says something different. It says that their powers are not a product of their
hatred but rather they were created by magic. Ishuntal leaned back in his chair and mused, they were
created by magic.