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THE BLOOD OF VOL
• Each one of us has a spark of divinity
within our blood and our spirit. Find that
power within.
• Death is the end, Dolurrh is oblivion, and
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those you care for; all we have is this life
and each other.
Because of its association with necromancy and
the undead, many people believe that the Blood
of Vol embraces death and that its followers
wish to become undead. Neither of these things
THE DARK SIX are true. The Seekers of the Divinity Within
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opposite sides of the same coin. If you believe it undead; they believe that once someone has
one you inherently believe in the other; the only died you might as well put the corpse to use.
question is whether you fear or revere the Dark But the spark of divinity is tied to both blood
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times. They shape the world and speak to those vampires and mummies of the Blood of Vol
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who will listen.
In general, the Sovereigns represent values to guide and protect the living. They’re martyrs,
tied to civilization: Law, community, trade, not something to envy.
industry, agriculture, honor in war. The Dark Public opinion of the Blood of Vol is often
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and change, the destructive powers of nature,
treachery in battle, dark magic and monsters, known as the Queen of Death, and employs
passion and madness. Those who worship the undead and necromancy in acts of terror. Most
Sovereigns fear these things; those who revere Seekers have no love for the Emerald Claw and
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to be evil. If you’re a barbarian, it’s the Fury
who unleashes your rage. If you’re an assassin,
you walk the path of the Mockery as opposed to
that of Dol Arrah.
The creatures of Droaam generally revere the
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who gave the harpy her voice and the medusa
her gaze; to the harpy and the medusa, this
makes the Shadow a hero.
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