The Priests-Arnak were a group of Individuals possessed and steered by the unlife. They were split into a number of disunited, competing orders, seeking to infiltrate and corrupt the various realms of the world. However, while they tempted their followers with false gods, Cults or religions, promises of wealth, power, privileges and lust, they themselves were tainted in spirit towards a degree of nihilism and madness in which they sought only downfall, annihilation and finally the ending of all life and the world herself. The original order was believed to have been formed by six individuals, the original High priests, but all of them led their own specific orders or houses, including lesser priests and messenger-assassins, fanaticized and blind to notice of their masters insanity. One of the six was Den-sârt, Teleusuk was sometimes considered a forerunner rather than one of the original six, Alwapa resembled both but was never officially identified as an Arnak nor was there any proof that connected him to the Order.
The true meaning of "Arnak" was a mystery and not revealed to outsiders, but those few who actually had studied the Priests-Arnak believed that it meant literally "Nothing".
Many Priest-Arnak were Dyari.
known Arnak[]
See:
Main overview: Domain of the Lidless Eye Portal
Notes[]
The Priests Arnak originally are from Loremaster (ICE Series), where they represent willingless tentacles of the mysterious and impersonal Iron Wind and are main antagonists within later Shadow World, though they originally first appeared in a Middle-Earth based setting.
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