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The Construction of the Chaos Throne
As recorded by Glodi, High Chaosier of Elgovia, in the year 328 AC.
Hundreds of years ago, when Elgovia was the name of a small palisade, there was a man by the name of Cledamar. He was the first mage and the first to dream of rulership.
It was Cledamar who seized the palisade of Elgovia and declared himself a ruler. He titled himself Danshar Cledamar, which in our tongue would mean "Lord Cledamar the Maker of Law", for he imposed his will on the land and was not afraid to break with all tradition. Today, of course, it is merely the title accorded to our ruler.
Cledamar's magic was unopposed for three years. In that time, he had convinced dozens of men to fight for him, and constructed a stone fortress named "Dashiv" on the ruins of the palisade which had rotted by now.
The first mage to oppose Cledamar was powerful, but not skilled. In all likelihood, he was born with the power, rather than having learnt it. Cledamar's tactic was simply to turn the mage's spell on him.
It was around the same time magic began to become widespread, and Trafe was discovered. So Cledamar began to create a court around himself, at the same time as he developed a governmental structure to control the lands he had conquered. Vials of Trafe were stockpiled in the fortress Dashiv, and Cledamar's ruffians went from being toughs to an organized army.
-Note 1-Concerning Cledamar's Death-
After Cledamar's death, his most loyal retainers and mages came together, and decided how Elgovia would be ruled.
-Note 2-Concerning the Line of Succession-
During the reign of Ourmes, 38th Danshar of Elgovia, the Archmage Cymago took an interest in history, and began an obsessive search for the remains of Cledamar. Ourmes sponsored him for some time, but Cymago found nothing. Yet he became only more frenzied, and built instruments to peer into the depths underneath the Grand Palace, and instruments to look back in time. For a year, he found nothing, but became only more frenzied in his search. Ourmes was suceeded by Inglye, 39th Danshar of Elgovia, who came from one of the outlying regions recently to fall under the control of Elgovia. Inglye had more interest in preventing conflict between native Elgovians and recently assimilated peoples than in sponsoring a historian mage, so his rule was one of relative peace.
It is not known exactly when Cymago was succesful in finding the remains of Cledamar, but it must have been during the first seven years of Inglye's nine-year reign. He spent at least fifteen months restoring the scraps of flesh to some semblance of a full corpse. With the aid of two other mages, he flayed the corpse and shaped it into a man-like throne. Then they journeyed for away to seek out other mages; necromancers; who instilled Cledamar's spirit into the throne.
Meeting records indicate that Cymago and the two other mages spent five to six months convincing other mages to aid in their plan. Thereafter, they spent three months making the throne into a living artifact, the Chaos Throne as we know it.
At the next Ceremony of Selection, all was overturned. The mages paraded their power for all in Dashiv to see. In this they were united as we have never seen Elgovian mages again.
Many other historical works deal with the events of that day, so it will suffice to summise that the title of Danshar was returned to Cledamar, who now spoke through anyone willing to sit on the throne. I have not done so myself, but I have collected expert testimonies to the effect that whosoever makes even the briefest contact with the Chaos Throne, sees the mind and will of Cledamar. They see his vision for Elgovia and their place in it. All are promised greatness, if only they are willing to work alongside him. To date, I have spoken with near two hundred individuals who have been heard the will of Cledamar. All are satisfied with they have heard, although many complain of the hard work they must do. Some have rejected this, preferring the ease of their current position to the greatness they might attain.
In summary, the Chaos Throne is an artifact unrivaled by anything in the known world. In terms of raw magic, the Logrus Vat will certainly exceed it, (already now we see temporal distortions on the construction site,) but the way it speaks for a nation, and offers power to all - yea,
all - who touch it, demonstrates the greatness of Elgovia. Seeing as any man may find Trafe and become a mage, and any who travel to Dashiv may touch the Chaos Throne, I can say with certainty that there are none in all Elgovia with cause for complaint.
[OOC: The Historical Notes will be expanded upon in a later post.

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