The Histories of the Guilds of Darktide

Being appointed Third History Keeper of the Kingdom of Eleador in accordance with Regulation 67 of May 2004 of that Kingdom, I am directed by the King to write an account of the Kingdom and related Guilds, from the earliest times until the present day. The fruits of my researches and the sources on which they are based are to be found below. To the greater glory of the King, Council and Citizens of the Kingdom of Eleador!

Ye that pass by our archive, and know not the meaning of these texts, let you visit the Kingdom, where a welcome awaits. Whether it is the welcome expected, is not for me to say. 


Of the Kingdom of Eleador

History of the Kingdom of Eleador, by Melachi ibn Amillar [until the Third Constitutional Convention of King Rhynn, 2008]

History of the Kingdom of Eleador, Part II [from the Third Constitutional Convention until present times]

Magnos Ethos of the Kingdom of Eleador

Magnos Ethos of the Second Age Reaffirmed of the Kingdom of Eleador

Regulations of the Kingdom of Eleador [see Annex to the History of the Kingdom]


Of Other Guilds

Source No.	Source title	Comments
S1	Schattenkind's History of Darktide	Contains information about the battles on Darktide prior to the formation of the Kingdom, in which many of the Founders of Eleador are mentioned. Written by Schattenkind in 2001.
S2	History of Stonehold by the followers of General Zhang	Contained reliable information about the founding guilds of Darktide and their early adventures around Stonehold, one of their strongholds, compiled by Lord Frost Gunner, Teru, Sai-ban and Svenn. I cannot now track down a manuscript of this history, and it may be lost forever.
S3	Landmarks in the History of the Circle of the Eternal Dragon	Valuable information about the early history of the Circle, particularly their residence in Ayan Baqur.
S4	Aytalya's Darktide Library	This library of the Circle of the Eternal Dragon, maintained by its greatest archivist, storyteller and poet, was largely sold off to the Warcry archive as Aytalya fell on hard times, last seen scraping a living "dancing Calypso" for old dwarves. The archive contained valuable information about the history of the Founding Guilds of Eleador on Darktide. However, it no longer exists.
S5 S5a S5b S5c S5d	Melachi’s History of the Circle of Arms News from the Circle of Arms Sabzevarian's Notes on Darktide Merkin, Female Leader of the Circle of Arms A History of My Life on Darktide	A short history of one of the founding guilds of Eleador on Darktide. Much information is still lacking, due to the absence of the relevant informants, particularly for the third and fourth years of its existence. Announcements and news from the early years of the Circle of Arms 2000-2003, taken from its website. Account of Campaigns on Darktide by a member of the Circle of Arms. Admiring memoir by Sabzevarian. Account of the life of a humble healer of the Circle of Arms on Darktide, by Melachi ibn Amillar.
S6	Wotan’s notes on the History of the Circle of Arms	Notes of a conversation about early Darktide by an early member of the Circle of Arms, with comments from Carbok, a fearsome warrior of the period, covering also the leadership of Sopron in the third year.
S7	A Brief History of the Defenders of Order	History of one of the founding guilds of Eleador until the entry into Mordred among the lands of Albion, strangely omitting any mention of Eleador.
S8	Arkat’s History of the Defenders of Order	A longer history of the Defenders of Order from the beginnings on Darktide to the fall of Gaeryn’s Hope on Deception.
S9	Gothar's History of the Hill People	Gothar’s account of the early history of the Hill People, one of whose leaders, the Great Shaman, became an influential force in Eleador.
S9b S9c S9d S9e S10	Shaman's History of the Hill People Biography of Og History of the Keepers of Chaos (Blood monarchy) by Rak Rak's personal history of his time on Darktide Histories of the Brothers of Amn	A History of the Hill People by their Great Shaman Biography of Og, a feared warrior of the early Darktide period, named after the only sound he was heard to utter, by the Pilgrim Barbasol. History of the most powerful of the Player Killer Guilds on Darktide. History of one of the founding guilds of Eleador, members of the Iron Triangle Alliance on Darktide, whence they arrived from their homeland of Arregaltania. The author, Voltaire of Amn, was the first Minister of the Interior of Eleador.
S11	Ballad of Val Kelvartis	Contains information on the founding of the Circle of Arms on Darktide, in the second year prior to the foundation of the Kingdom, based on conversations with Val Kelvartis, brother of Wynter Kelvartis, legendary co-founder of the Circle.
S12 S12b	Queen Kaliaa’s history of the Keepers of Asheron King Vhalember's account of the Second Constitutional Crisis	The former Queen of the Kingdom gives her account of the Keepers of Asheron, her view of the second constitutional crisis, and the formation of the Iron Circle. The former King's account differs somewhat from that of the former Queen.
S13	Keyel’s history of the Iron Circle	Keyel’s notes on the history of the Iron Circle, the Covenant of Swords and the second constitutional crisis of the Kingdom.
S14	Keyel’s “The Gardener’s tale”	Keyel’s history of the Keepers of Asheron, the foundation of the Iron Circle and their time in Aerynth.
S15	The Shadowbane Unification Pact	The vision of the first King of Eleador originally posted on many boards of the Good-aligned guilds of Darktide, now stored in the library of the Kingdom.
S16	Statement of Purpose for Eleador's foundation	Further information about the purpose of Eleador's foundation, containing details of the political situation on Darktide in the year before the foundation of the Kingdom.
S17	Forum discussions outside of the Kingdom	At the time of writing, the forums of the Good-aligned guilds dating from the Darktide era are all either closed or deleted, though the possibility cannot be excluded that copies of these records exist somewhere.
S18	Historical Forums of Eleador	These are the records of the discussions of the constitution of the Kingdom. These were until recently stored in the Library of the Kingdom. A password, available on request, was required for access to certain material. However, there is at present some problem retrieving them.
S19	Last Resurrection of the Dead	Poem containing information on the Good-aligned Guilds of Darktide.
S20	Forums of Eleador	These are the principal source for the history of Eleador and are records of the discussions of the Kingdom. At the time of writing they are available in uninterrupted sequence since the Foundation. Access to certain discussions is only granted to active Elear, and other discussions are restricted to members of the High Council. Crucial records of these are indexed above in the "codex of regulations". Certain Regulations are also extracted and are available in annotated and unchanging format from the "codex", catalogued by regulation number.
S21	Ceolodor the Herald's report on the First Great War	Ceolodor's report on the war between the Alliance of Order and the Avatars of the Flame, including the Elear attack on the Avatar's allies, Darkenbane, as published by the Shadowbane Heralds.
S22	Zalaster the Herald's report on the Time of the Truce	Zalaster's report on the Truce between the House Daenyr and the Kill Cult.
S23	Ceolodor's report on the fall of Gaeryn's hope	Ceolodor's report on the events following the fall of Gaeryn's hope.
S24	Toveridj Morder's report on the siege of Lion's Pride	Toveridj's report on the advances of the Ancient Order and its allies following the fall of Eleador.
S25	Preston's account of the Great Defence of Lion's Pride	Brief notes on the last siege of Lion's Pride in the Second Great War of Deception.
S26	Toveridj Morder's report on the fall of the capital of The Ancient Order	Toveridj's report on the counterattack by the Defenders of Order and their allies
S27	Coran's History of Deception from the end of the First Great War of the Land	Detailed notes on the history of Deception penned by the Elear Coran Pathfinder (also known as Owain Goch and Owain Fawrwynd), then leader of The Ancient Order.
S28	Fragments from “The Elead”	Surviving fragments of the great epic poem of Eleador, providing information about key events in the formative years of the Kingdom. The historical veracity of some segments is doubtful.
S29	The History of the Knights of the Alliance on Deception	An account of the adventures of the Knights of the Alliance during their time on Deception, their leader Galahad being an ally of Eleador at the time of the fall of Gaeryn's Hope. Contains useful maps recording the development of the cities on Deception.
S30 S31	Account of a dispute in the Elear Corporation of Eve between Farloc Windsoarer and Mordekai Slayton History of the Winterblades, chapter 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7	The accounts of Farloc and Mordekai on the dispute stemming from the Corporation in Eve leading to the creation of the position of Junior member to the Council (see Regulation 81) Comprehensive tome by the great historian of the Winterblades, a guild Eleador fought alongside in Aerynth.