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It is said that all of the people of Zeikel Taeryl’s troop that contributed to the items creation, including Taeryl himself, fell unnaturally weak and died soon after the armor’s edification ceremony. Not long after their deaths, the nobleman that commissioned the set was found dead in his house as was the squire that retrieved the scrolls from the Forge Masters at Mt. Riverhorn. Their deaths ensured the dark secrets of how the Shadow Armor and it’s companion shield and sword were actually created would be taken from the world and into the grave.
'''Chapter 2: Prince Lehimn'''
Even beyond the rather morbid creation of the Shadow Wraith armor, many soldiers felt this was the mark of a powerful armor that needed blood and would grant divine protections to the wearer while in bloody battle. The armor would be bestowed upon Yeagar Lehimn, Crown Prince of Rinn. He was physically strong and stout built after years of training meant to make him look the part of a strong leader. He was not a battle hardened fighter, but he took to the battlefield as naturally as an eagle takes to the sky. With a strong, loud voice he instilled a sense of heroism and invulnerability in all who would follow him into battle.
The following years of the war would be good for the small kingdom of Rinn and their allies as they finally held their own and fought over three dozen successful engagements in the campaign against the [[Ageless]]. Reports from the battles detail the daunting challenges faced by the soldiers and speak of the almost inhuman strength of Prince Lehimn while wielding the Shadow Wraith armor, and its companion shield and sword. He endured blow after merciless blow by their enemies including attacks of mystical nature yet barely a bruise upon him was left. Much of their success during these years was attributed to having the Prince and his armor in play on the field of battle.
During the year 147 NT, late in the [[backstory | Great Uprising]], Prince Lehimn would wear the Shadow Wraith armor for the final time in the campaign against the [[Ageless]] as their fortunes would be quickly reversed when the [[Ageless]] unleashed a new terrifying weapon against them.
On day of the Wrath of the second week in the starfall of Omens, the armies from the kingdoms engaged with the forces of the [[Ageless]] at first light for the battle of Kells Valley. The strategies were almost predictable by this point and the [[Ageless]] offered nothing new but fresh fighting forces against Prince Lehimn and his soldiers. The fight raged steadily for the largest part of the day with strategic skirmishes aimed at thinning numbers from both sides and then entered into the fiercest and bloodiest part of the main conflict as the sun started to wane in the sky when the main bodies finally clashed near the northern end of the vast, wide open valley.
The kingdom armies were making steady gains against the [[Ageless]] forces and no one would have blamed anyone for betting on Lehimn’s forces being the victor with as strong a showing as they had presented during this battle as they had others before. Then as the [[Ageless]]’ numbers continued to decrease, a change in their tactics would change the fortunes of battle away from the kingdoms favor.
Prince Lehimn was in the thick of battle along with over two thousand soldiers and mercenaries from Rinn and their allied kingdoms. He was facing down two of the [[Ageless]]’ warriors poised to strike when a sharp blue fire sent from another of the [[Ageless]]’ force split and went around the two warriors approaching in front of him and then recombined to strike him.
A survivor recounted that the mystical blue fire stopped short of striking Prince Lehimn direct and immediately changed into a blinding mass of hundreds of arcs of lightning and entered his armor through his hands, head, and feet. The Prince shook violently for over a minute and then the blue light of the new weapon faded and the Prince fell to his knees never to move again.
As the Prince died, so did the future of the smaller kingdoms allied in the battle of Kells Valley, and no matter how hard the rest of the armies fought, their strikes had lost their edge against the [[Ageless]]. Their will to fight was still there, but somehow their bodies lost the strength to carry through. Their attack force was utterly and brutally decimated by the [[Ageless]] force after the fall of the Prince that day.
''To Be Continued...''
