necessary to perform rituals required to satisfy the Titan of Earth, including
minor manipulation of the earth. The elders accepted the terrible price and
the covenant was formed.

Moriens became the leader of the Pagans - the first in a long line of
Necromancers. He established a cemetery near the newly built Tenebrae,
City of Eternal Twilight. He selected several elderly citizens to volunteer as
Lithos' first servants. As agreed, the tremors ended and the earth calmed.

As the decades passed, Moriens began to feel within himself the infirmity of
age and its resultant illnesses. He went to Lithos and asked to have his life
extended so that he might continue his work. The Mountain King
explained that such was not within his power, but that there was another
way to have the Pagans continue their service. He permitted Moriens to
choose an Apprentice so that, upon his death, a new Necromancer would
assume his position. In turn, the deceased Necromancer would enter a
different service than the other Pagans, one that involved eternal rest, where
his wisdom could be called upon by other Necromancers down through the
ages. Each succeeding Necromancer would, in turn, find an Apprentice to
whom the powers would be passed upon death. The earth shook no more,
but still the volcano raged, the winds blew and the rains fell.

Stilling the Seas
Many generations of hardships
passed and a hero became known to
the people. His name was Kalen, and
in time he became their
Necromancer. He fell in love with his
Apprentice, who returned his
affections, and soon they were to
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