Forsaken Six

Zephyr Talon Threat Marker

Excerpt from the Forsaken Six

In the God Era, angels and gods battled demons and demon lords seeking to carve out portions of the Prime for themselves. One of the worlds where this Demon Spawn War was waged is Bal-Kriav. The supreme general of this world was Asmodeus. He divided the world into sectors, or regions and assigned them to his top generals - archangels and minor gods. Ma'Ohari was assigned to the then archangel Silvanus. In this sector, he waged war with an up and coming demon lord named Graz'zt.

One of the units under Silvanus was the 2nd Light Division, or Zephyr Talon. This unit was tasked with scouting and picking off stragglers. A few members of this group left a stain on the realm that is oddly not mentioned in any of the Plaques of Aphalur.

The treants of Einglach tell legends of a curse or corruption that befell a group of archons that thousands of years ago were based in the Gianthead Crags. In each of the legends, they call this group the Forsaken Six.

The treants, each with a varying tale of them, usually portray them as neutrals and not leaning to much to either side of the balance. Zephyr Talon was a crack unit specializing in stealth operations.   They were tasked with patrolling a large area of Ma'Ohari.  Somewhere along the line, perhaps from strain of war, a few of the the unit's soldiers took to performing battle rituals which involved the blood and body parts of their slain enemies. They would boil the demon blood and use it in war tattoos, coloring their armor and weapons with it. The demon body parts were used in necklaces or as territorial markers to threaten the demons. These practices had their intended effect on the enemy, for if not in overwhelming numbers, the demons would often run from the sight or even rumor of them being in the area.