Role

Chapter 3

Many of the conspirators came for Cabdru, no doubt wanting to silence his voice
and thoughts so that others would not know the truth. He was too cunning for
them, hacking each down like wheat. Even in defeat, many defied Cabdru and
professed ignorance of the great and hidden design. He respected that. It
was what he would have had his henchmen do if he ruled with fear from the
shadows. That respect would not spare them, however.

As the bodies of the plotters mounted, the disposal of their bodies and other
evidence became a mounting problem. Cabdru hit upon the Charnel God, Muuloc
as a solution. As it turned out, Muuloc desired the bodies of those Cabdru
had slain, and Cabdru desired to be rid of these bodies. It was a match made
in Hell.

Cabdru had long been possessed of a peculiar post-modern fire giantish
philosophy. That is to say, a philosophy grounded in the basic ideas of fire
giant society such as the One Law, but evolved and revised through the many
experiences in which Cabdru saw other fire giants horribly and painfully
butchered. Trial and suffering were the true wellsprings of strength.
Only in pain and true adversity could a person grow stronger. Great hardship
could break a person, but it also could hone their latent might into truer
strength. Sharing this philosophy with a favored priest of the Charnel God,
Cabdru found that this too pleased the Dark God. Desiring the backing of
Muuloc and his support against those of his enemies that had divine patrons
of their own, Cabdru began to preach this word.

The conspiracy was the greatest enemy Cabdru could imagine. It encompassed
thousands of people and creatures, some of which might not even realize who
truly pulled their strings. It was born of incredible cunning and design,
and would someday come to dominate all unless someone stopped it. By
pitting himself against this insurmountable deception and its soldiers,
Cabdru believed he could become the strongest of all.