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| Acolytes of Ahk'Rei-Ahan | |
|---|---|
| Player Organisation, Cult, Bandit Army | |
| RPG | BZPRPG |
| Type | Player Organisation, Cult, Bandit Army |
| Alignment | Evil |
| Leader | Ankrahl the Summoner |
| Headquarters | Varros-Ek-Akros (The Barrowfort) |
| Status | Active |
| Creator | NorikSigma |
The Acolytes of Ahk'Rei-Ahan is a player-controlled faction with an official fort on Zakaz in Arc 3. They share a similar ideology, worldview, and religion as the Brotherhood of Ak'rei'an (BZPIII) with substantial differences. They worship Ahk'Rei-Ahan, the Archon of the dead and redeemer of the mortal world.
Overview
The Acolytes of Ahk'Rei-Ahan are a secretive religious organisation occupying the Varros-Ek-Akros, simply known as the Barrowfort, nestled in the heart of the northern Crown mountains. It is dedicated to the worship of "the Archon", named and titled Ahk'Rei-Ahan, who they claim is a divine being from beyond the mortal world aiming to rid the world of death and suffering. Opposing him are the "Slave-Spawn" that are the Skakdi Ancestors and the "Tongue-Forked Liars" of the Lesterin pantheon. Key to their worship are the Books of Salvation, a collection of divine revelations offered to the earliest Masters of the old Order. Among their objects of veneration are Purple Lightstones, a rare form of lightstone as the Acolytes believe that these Lightstones contain the essence and power of the Lord of Many Voices. Throughout the centuries, and the word of the Book of Salvation, the Acolytes have found it useful to spread rumours of their existence, as well as their self-declared war against the Skakdi warlords of Zakaz. As a result, there is almost always a trickle of willing recruits from Lesterin villages in the north who wander into the mountains, seeking to learn at the feet of the ghosts that the Skathi fear so much. Skakdi rejected by their society have also found it easy to pack up and disappear into the north. And if these numbers are insufficient, the Acolytes have become masters at torture and persuasion, a process called "Revelation", which as yet has proven to be almost completely perfect at turning prisoners to loyal Acolytes.
History
Records of the origins Acolytes are scarce, with knowledge of the group shrouded from wider Zakazian society, while the Acolytes' own records are muddled with mystery and myth. A well-known tale recounts the most recent unification of the Nakihl as a political force over four centuries ago, led by a Lesterin named called Ahk'rei:Nii who "played with corpses of the dead like puppets and led many of his followers willingly into Kino-Ur", the Skakdi afterlife. The legend tells of the Lesterin's death at the hands of Ga’Rokk:Dii the Gunslinger, who burnt his body and scattered it to the winds to prevent his return.
According to the Acolytes, the Archon is a divine being