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Soooo apparently Solro does the necromancy.
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Marnek was the leader of a small cult of necromancers who worshipped Solusek Ro. Marnek used this dagger in his ceremonial sacrifices to the Burning Prince to increase his own power and show his loyalty to his god. His cult grew stronger and word of the evil acts spread all over Antonica. Legend has it that a group of paladins, followers of Prexus from Erudin spent over 10 years searching out Marnek and his followers and finally destroyed them. Though Marnek's evil reign was put to an end, many of his books and items are still being uncovered to this day. The Dagger of Marnek is now being used by the evil inhabitants who control the depths of Befallen. annndndndnd he rezzed up this undead pally Kenox to guard this burning dead wand lol what a great guy! | ||
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Many have heard of Marnek Jaull, the ancient necromancer who commanded a cult known as the Burning Dead -- all devout followers of Solusek Ro, the Burning Prince. The legends say that Marnek wrote tomes of powerful magics and even created items of great power, the most notable being the Dagger of Marnek and the Wand of the Burning Dead. But it is more than legend. Marnek truly does possess vast knowledge and power and those legendary items do in fact exist. Marnek spent many years of his life at the forefront of a reign of terror on Norrath. Perhaps his greatest enemies were the paladins of Prexus, the Oceanlord. They fought many battles and it was thought that the paladins put an end to Marnek -- and that is where the legend begins and the truth became veiled. The truth is written in a volume named, Fire and Water and the Wand. Riggetz Fizzlebomb, Explorer Extraordinaire | ||
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Fire and Water and the Wand
The truth of what happened to Marnek Jaull the day the Wand of the Burning Dead caused a mighty explosion can only be told by one -- Hagad Starshine, the only survivor of that day. Hagad was a young Deepwater Knight and squire to the great Sir Toran. During those times, there was a foul Erudite named Kenox who joined the Burning Dead many years prior. During the years of war with the paladins of Prexus, he chose to betray Marnek by making a deal with the Deepwater Knights. He would tell them where Marnek was if they would promise him freedom. Kenox told the paladins of his great plan to steal the Wand of the Burning Dead, which would leave Marnek helpless. But the Knights betrayed Kenox. When they arrived to meet Kenox in a secluded bay, they took Kenox and the Wand of the Burning Dead that he had successfully stolen by replacing it with a false one. But Marnek had played them all for fools. As Sir Toran laid his hand on the wand, it exploded with great force and tore the ship to pieces and killed all the men, but one. As the explosion occurred, a small splinter of the wand lodged itself deep into Hagad's cheek, somehow protecting him as the flames burned around them all. As Hagad watched the ship and his crewmen burn, he prayed to Prexus to save the sailors, but the god did not. Instead, Prexus moved the tides east so that Hagad's body would be found by a passing sailor named Whent. While Prexus protected Hagad, Solusek Ro chose to use Kenox as a vessel for his power so that Prexus' pet would never gain control of his faithful Kenox. With his newfound power, Kenox was able to lord over the undead knights and command them as he wished, but they are all condemned to remain under the sea else they experience great agony. He sent them to Deadbone Reef until their time would come, a time when they would find themselves engrossed in rebuilding the Wand of the Burning Dead and seeking out Marnek so he may feel Kenox's vengeance. | ||
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Makes me think of the undead knight in qeynos aquaducts, though I suppose the story there is really just a young storm or life knight killed and disposed of in the sewer by plague knights.
Good job on digging out this lore. Always wanted to know more about Marnek. | ||
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seems like we were building up to an epic battle with a Marnek expansion [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
would have been cool of some silly dagger from the start of the game turned out to be instrumental in defeating the bad guy 7 years later. | ||
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So Marnek is an IRL reference.
Sol Ro is the Prince of Fire - Princes are high ranking officers of Empire. Fires needs fuel. Fossil fuels are the long dead remains of living creatures, which can be burnt to release energy. How does this tie together? Well. Marnek, founder of Sol Ro cult ‘The Burning Dead’ is an anagram of ‘Enmark’. For those not familiar with Enmark: Colonial Group Inc. Enmark is a subsidiary of Colonial Group Inc., a private company with extensive ownership in oil and gas-related companies. Colonial was ranked 59th in Forbes magazine's 2012 listing of the nation's largest private companies. Marnek’s struggles with the knights of Prexuz is a reference to offshore oil drilling operations and the shipwrecks and oil spills related to them. | ||
Last edited by Jimjam; 06-29-2021 at 08:52 AM..
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Wake up people. He's just free associating and making it up as he goes along. Everyone knows that Marnek is a corruption of Marlboro, a subsidiary of Phillip Morris whose main product is tobacco, an addictive substance. Brad McQuaid was being forced to design a product that mirrored his experience with cocaine in order to aid Japan (QEYNOS = SonyEQ!) in conquering the United States by ruining a generation of potential soldiers.
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Last edited by Cecily; 06-29-2021 at 01:41 PM..
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