Demon Invasion of Elrios
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Demon Invasion of Xin
Corruption of Aren
One of the earliest target of the Demon Army was the Moon El located in the Northern Empire Xin, in Isshin village. Aren Haan was a strong warrior of the Haan clan and was stationed as a guard captain for the land's capital. He was the target of the demons, the demon Ran managed to possess Aren's body. With one of the empire's best warrior under their control, Ran opened a portal and demons began to flood the city. The capital city quickly descended into chaos and fell.
Ran, hoping to take the Moon El for the demon army, went to the village of Isshin, Aren's hometown. His demon forces were powerful and the village burned to the ground. Ara did her best to defend her village but the oncoming demon forces forced her and the other Haans further back, Ara being one of the few remaining. Hurrying to the sanctuary, she confronted Ran and Victor. Ran went off to search for the Moon El while Victor attacked Ara. Cornered and without any hope of surviving, the floor crumbled beneath her and she found herself in an ancient sanctuary where Eun's hairpin was kept. A shadow loomed over her, Ara looked up and got a good look at the figure, only to realize that she was face to face with her brother Aren. Ran realized the girl had some connection to the body he was possessing. Having little sympathy for her, he was ready to strike her down, but the remnants of Aren prevented him. The opening allowed Eun's power to awaken inside of Ara and the fox spirit, now controlling Ara's body, was able to fight back against Ran and the other invading demons. Eun's power was able to make work of the lesser demons, but Ran was able to escape the fox spirit.
In time, Ara was able to regain her own consciousness and she began to hear Eun's voice calling from the hairpin. Eun filled Ara in on what had happened as well as why she was trapped inside of the hairpin. The fox spirit, requiring Ara to act as her medium, decides to make a deal with the girl. Eun would help save Ara's brother in exchange for Ara helping Eun seek out the power of the El, a power she believed might be strong enough to break the seal that had been placed upon her, undoing the ancient seal.
Master of the Crimson Eye
The Master of the Crimson Eye, Stirbargen, around this time, escaped from his imprisonment between realms, finding himself in the Xin region of Elrios with very little powers.
Ara escaped the village with the help of Eun and wandered the countryside, staying away from the demons. There she met Stirbargen, who was in disguise as a young boy going by the name Tir. With Ara's help, Tir was able to regain part of power which had been sent over to Elrios alongside the monster which guarded it. While Ara was unconscious, Tir began to show his true nature but only Eun noticed it. Eun was ready to attack when Tir mentioned a demon bragging about sealing a wolf spirit in a hairpin. The two made a bet, a game of hide-and-seek. If Eun won, he would tell Ara about the demon, but if he won, Ara would have to kill her own brother, with the condition that Ara must never know. The two agreed to the bet and went their ways.
Ran, noting his plans had been set back due to Ara's interference, so he continued to search for the girl in his quest to kill her, with the purpose of ridding one of the remaining grips for Aren. While contemplating on Aren's resistance, he ran into the Demon Lord Stirbargen. Ran states he did not recognize him at first given his new childish appearance, however claims he no longer has any loyalty to him. Stirbargen notices Ran appears to be proud of his betrayal but then states he no longer cares about his throne. He tells Ran of a bet he made with Eun, and that Ran is not to harm Ara in fear of his life as Stirbargen quickly surrounds him with spikes of demon energy. He tells him that he will make another bet once they all converge before parting ways.
Demon Occupation of North Fluone
With their conquest of North Fluone being a complete success, much of the region was left in chaos. Many of the refugees scattered and a large sum of them gathered in one of the last stable towns. Knowing they were in for hard times after the fall of the capital, the townspeople and refugees made the best of what they had.
While most of the demon army moved away from Northern Empire to their next targets down south, Nenya, a demon general who had worked with Ran decided he wanted to ruler over all of Northern Empire. He infiltrated the village, once set to be part of a campaign by the White-Ghost Army to establish peace between demons and humans. At this time, many members of the White-Ghost Army had fallen away from their initial mission since communication with their lord had completely ceased with little knowledge of the situation in the demon world. Nenya was able to sway many of the straggling demons on his side, however he required they all take some of his demonic energy as an oath of loyalty.
With his small army, Nenya secretly overthrew the previous lord. Nenya imprisoned the lord in the keep's prison and spread a rumor that he had abandoned his people. Without a ruler, Nenya managed to sway the villagers to make him their new lord in exchange for the protection of his private army. With that, he rose to power. He quickly started to abuse his position and began to work the citizens of he region like slaves, additionally to prevent people from leaving he increased security at the borders to prevent anybody from coming in or out. He ruled with an iron fist, jailing or exiling anybody he wanted at will, many began to live in fear and started to do anything necessary to please their new tyrannical lord.
Feita
Invaders from Another World
The demons launched their first large scale attack through the El in the Feita region commanded by Berthe, opening a large portal at the top of the tower, the Glitters started to pour out and corrupt the desolate tower. The Feita Knights couldn't fend the demons off, but they were able to at least barricade them inside the tower to prevent them from escaping.
Allegro greets El Search Party, now unofficially dubbed hence forth. With Lento, push into the Shrine of Dedication Entrance and manage to push the Feita soldiers into occupying the area after the defeat of the Durahan Knight.
They travel deep into the Underground Chapel where they discover that the demon are corrupting the El within the area into corrupted Dark El. Ain finds a statue that he could resonate with. He looked into the past and saw the demon corrupting the El Shards and of the El Lady performing her duties to halt the demonic energy in the tower. The group gather up all the Dark El they could find in the chapel and hand them over to Lento, who sealed it away so it would no longer be a danger to anybody.
With the Underground Chapel secured, the group make their ascent up to the Altar of Dedication. During Ain's ascent to get back to the party, he began to rage out before his body began to deteriorate. Elsword notices Ain's absence, and tries to call out for him but nobody was there, Aisha told Elsword to pay more attention before Ain's body returned back. Ain then realized that he was tied to Elsword.
Arriving at the Altar of Dedication, they all see the giant portal to the Demon Realm at the top of the tower. They all rush to fight the demons and face off against Berthe. They defeated Berthe and the demon commander realized the boy was the same he had saw resonate with the El in Ruben, he tells his enemies that the war will be long and wished to watch them fall into despair before fleeing. With that, the demon invasion of Feita ended with the demon's defeat.
Some time later, Lento gets a message from Velder, learning that the capital was under siege. While he cannot afford to send his troops, he send the El Search Party to meet the Velder Troops in the capital's outskirts.
Demon Invasion of Hamel
Simultaneously, demons began to invade the Senace Kingdom and its capital of Hamel. Rod Ross was soon contacted by Karis who proposed to him a deal to hand over the Water Seal to a demon named Ran.
Helputt was provided the guardian with an ultimatum from Ran. Ran had control of the Guardian Stone and was going to take complete control over either Helputt or his son Chung. Helputt reluctantly agreed to Ran's ultimatum and surrendered himself to the demons. Helputt disappeared from the battlefield without a trace and the missing hero dealt a hard blow to the morale of the Hamel military, even more so once rumors of a black knight who bore a resemblance to him appeared on the side of the demons.
With the help of Helputt, Ran stormed the Temple of Water and captured both the Water Priest Avalanche and the Water Priestess Sasha. Helputt interrogated the Water Priestess for information about the Water Seal and the "Prophecy of the World's Root". However, the Priestess remained silent and the Water Seal's location remained unknown.
With the Water Priestess captured, the Water El began to go out of control and with the intervention of the demons in the Ancient Waterways, they managed to open the flood gates and flooded the Resiam area which surrounded the capital city of Hamel.
With the situation growing dire, and multiple attempts of seeking outside aid failing, Chung decides to set off on his own to seek reinforcements from Velder. The boy barely makes it to Velder where he encounters Elesis. They Red Knights allocated part of their forces under Penensio's control to aid Hamel and manage to get their forces to the city with little issue.
With the Red Knights, Chung investigates the Water Temple to find it has been frozen over and the Head Priest Avalanche turned into a demon. Defeating the possessed priest, in his dying breath, he gave Chung the Water Seal which he'd kept hidden from the demons.
Velder
Demons and the Earth El
As the El Search Party were dealing with the situation in Feita, the Demon Army had already begun to launch their attack on the capital Velder. Using the Earth El as their medium for traversing the realms, they opened a large portal at the heart of the capital itself and the Demon Army began to storm from the inside. The group was led by Chloe among other Glitter generals.
Velder is in Danger
The El Search Party make their way to Velder where they meet up with Vanessa who informs the group of the demon swarms that came from the El. Elsword realizes the situation is almost identical to that of Feita. They see flares from the palace, indicating that soldiers may still be there, and that they should launch a rescue operation. The soldiers had managed to keep Residential Area 3 secure and launch their advance through Hope Bridge. They are met with resistance from Chloe and the Dark Elves but the El Search Party and Velder Troops managed to secure the bridge and head toward the capital.
When they make it to the area immediately outside of the place, they find the entire area engulfed in an ominous fire. Not only that, but they learn the flares were a ploy by the demons. They manage push forward and are confronted with the Glitter Vanguards that were patrolling the palace grounds. When they destroyed the tank, it exploded, leaving everybody dazed. Aisha realized that the tanks had been filled with fire spirits ready to explode, many of their soldiers were caught up in the series of explosions. Ain got scattered away from the other members of the party, Vanessa orders a retreat. Ain decides that he must intervene and assumes his spirit form once again. He makes his way to the Earth El itself, using up nearly all his power, he manages to shut the Demon Realm portal tied to the Earth El.
The group barely make it out of the Palace Entrance alive but they are soon greet by the fact that the demon have reclaimed the city and are burning down Hope Bridge, their only escape. Luckily they all managed to cross the bridge, but demon troops begin to surrounding them as they retreat, Elsword sacrifices himself and shuts the gates while the others manage to escape. Chloe arrives and almost manages to kill Elsword before Elesis, Elsword's older sister, arrived and delivered a powerful attack which sent the demon troops scattering and the two manage to group back up with the retreating troops.
Leaping Faith
Aisha patches Elsword back up while Elesis introduces herself to the El Search Party as the Captain of the Red Knights and thanks them for taking care of her brother. The troops reconvene and managed to launch a successful operation to reclaim parts of the city. Raven retrieves demon plans on his expedition. The remaining areas held by the demons are the capital and the Southern Gate which connects to Velder's port. Fearing the remaining demons could make an escape through the port, the El Search Party and troops plan to reclaim the gate.
When they arrive to Southern Gate, it soon became very apparent that the plans they had found were a ruse to lure them into an all out attack from the demons. Not only that, but they find that Chloe had summoned a powerful demon, Dark Nephilim into the area. The El Search Party power through the demon forces and fought against Dark Nephilim, eventually destroying the Seal Stone that Chloe has been using to summon the beast. With Dark Nephilim no longer being of use, Chloe and the rest of her forces retreat back into the palace. Vanessa informs that she plans to launch a counterattack, but requires the aid of the Red Knights which had been stationed in Hamel. She sends the El Search Party to Hamel to deliver a letter requesting for aid.
Add who'd arrived in Velder before the El Search Party sough knowledge of the Debrians but got caught up in the conflict. Encountering Joaquin, Add obtained the potion the demons were using to empower themselves. Providing Noel the potion, in exchange, Add was provided a boat to get to Hamel.
Hamel
Hamel Fell into Darkness
Upon arriving to Hamel the group meet up with the Red Knight Captain Penensio. While discussing the situation of Velder and Hamel, new of a Black Armored Knight appear. The El Search Party except for Elesis head out to face the issue.
Helputt led the Demon army and stormed Resiam Outskirts, where he slaughtered anybody who stood in his way and nearly killed his own son Chung. The El Search Party find him and take the boy back to Hamel. Back in the city, the Red Knights and Lord Rod Ross have a meeting about what should be done. Rod Ross surprisingly agrees to letting the Red Knights go, but Elesis and Penensio surprised, managed to negotiate only sending half of their forces back to Velder while the other half stay in Hamel.
Chung informs the group that Water Priestess, Sasha, had been kidnapped and the Water Temple had already been sieged by the demons. The group try to locate where the demons would attack next and go to the Ancient Waterway. On route, Add managed to save Eve from danger and they encounter Taranvash possessed by the demons. The Holy Beast reveals the demons are after the Water Seal, in order to enter the Halls of Water where the Water El is. Chung reveals he had gotten the Water Seal from Avalanche, but has since given it to Rod Ross.
Secrets of the Temple
The El Search Party try to find Rod Ross, but they are informed by Daisy that he had taken some Red Knights to seek out the Water Temple himself. The group give chase and travel through Magmanta's Cave, they are horrified to discover that many of the Red Knights had fell prey to the spiders' cocoons. They managed to save the captured knights who they then leaned were under some type of demon curse. Going further in, they find Rod Ross, but the Lord ran away and disturbed Magmanta. They defeat the spider and confront the Lord.
The El Search Party pressure the Lord into revealing what he had really been up to. Rod Ross reveals that he chose to sell out the Water Seal to the demons as part of a supposed deal to give the demons what they came for and leave Hamel.
The El Search Party then travel into the Halls of Water to face Ran. They reach the end of the hall and find Ran and the Water Priestess Sasha. They fought and proved victorious against Ran himself, when Chung was able to deliver the final blow, he was stopped by Ara. Ran escaped to rendezvous with Karis and Chung became furious as the girl. She explained the the El Search Party that Ran was her brother corrupted by the demons, Chung while not yet forgiving her did understand her position being much like his own. With Ran gone, Sasha was saved.
Water Seal and the Prophecy
Return to the Seiker Estate, Chung is given a letter that a servant had found in Helputt's study which revealed to the boy his father's decision to sacrifice himself for his son's sake. He and Ara eventually make amends and they soon meet up with the recovering Sasha. Sasha reveals that the demons were after the prophecy the priestess had which would reveal the El Lady's location. She warns the group to go the Sander and seek out the Wind Priestess. After this, Chung and Ara ask to venture forth with the El Search Party, Add too tags along. The remainder of Hamel's restoration is put in Penensio's hand.
Reconstructing of Velder
With the Demon Portal shut and the demons now trapped inside the city, once the Red Knights from Hamel returned, the Velder forces launched a siege to reclaim the city. Their efforts were successful and they managed to push into the city and wipe out the majority of the demon forces which were now trapped. With the city cleared of any and all invading demon forces, the Red Knights set their sights on doing the same all around Elrios.
Over the following years, Velder would begin reconstruction and recovering from the major blow they had faced. The sea paths between Velder and Hamel were cleared and a joint effort between many regions began in order to aid in the recovery of the fallen capital. Among those who sought to help in Velder's recover were the Ponggo's of Altera. They introduced the people of Velder to their Nasods and used them to expedite not only the reconstruction of the city, but also to advance their technology, such as ships.
The Demon and the Hitman
Luciela managed to escape her incarceration, now reduced to the form of a child and winds up in the slums of Lanox. Ciel discovered her and was reminded of his mentor Wolvernian, he saw potential in the child to reform himself and escape the cycle of revenge he had fallen into. He nursed the girl back to health. One day, Karis appeared searching for Lu, and tried to kill her, Ciel however protected Lu and took on Karis's lethal blow, killing him. Lu in that moment made a contract with her protector and their souls became linked together, amplifying each other's energy. The two formed their pact and fled as fast as they could. Karis catches up to them but Lu manages fend her off with her new bond with Ciel. And Karis flees. Ciel recommends they shouldn't stay in the village anymore so they vacate Lanox, heading westward into Sander.
While in Sander, they learned of further meddling from Karis affecting the Harpies and Trocks. Getting to Sander, they informed the locals of the situation and head off to deal with it before making their way toward Hamel. Upon arriving in Hamel, the two learn of the recent activities of the El Search Party and decide to return to Lanox to meet the group.
Sander
Shadow Hiding in the Sandstorm
Karis was sent to the Sander region of Elrios in order capture and use the Wind Priestess to wreck havoc in Elrios. In order to do so, Karis planned to manipulates the residents of Sander to do her dirty work. Her first course of action was to gain control over the Trocks, she made a deal with Chieftain Trockta in order to retrieve their homeland, she gave him an amulet which ended up controlling his mind. Her next targets were the harpies, knowing that there were already fragile relations between the harpies and humans due to the long history of harpy hunting in the past, she killed a harpy and framed the merchants for selling harpy feathers, an infringement on the peace treaty the harpies had with the merchants of Sander. With that, Karis gained the support of the Trocks and the Harpies.
The El Search Party arrive to Sander and meet up with the village leader Emirate, they request to see the Wind Priestess. They were in luck as the Wind Priestess was supposed to arrive in town soon on a regular visit. She didn't show up and Emirate grew concerned due to the Trocks having been acting up lately. The El Search Party went to search Barren Sander and find the Wind Priestess Anduran, but she was soon attacked and kidnapped by Karis and Kelaino.
Returning to the village, they report the incident, and Emirate tells them that two other individuals had recently come through town and were dealing with the misunderstanding with the Harpies and Trocks. They looked into a symbol they found with the Trock while Moby, Remy, and Rena begin to become more agitated. Veiga shows up in Sander with news that the tribesmen of Caluso have been acting similarly Karis had come to the village. They soon come to understand the symbol included a curse which caused people to become irate and distrustful and dispell the curse.
Eternal Ship of the Desert
The El Search Party storm the Caluso Tribal Village and managed to dispell the curse from Karu. Learning of the circumstances, Karu reveals that Karis had tricked them and was aiming to unseal the Holy Beast Behemoth in Parugo Mountain to wreak havoc in Sander. The demons were occupying Parugo Mountain, so approaching would be impossible. Karu decided it was time to search and awaken the ancient airship, Sandtilus. They search and uncover the ancient airship and begin work to repair it with help of both magic and Nasod technology and soon enough, the vehicle was ready to take flight.
Dreaming Wind
They took off on the airships with Raven serving as commander of the force, making good use of his abilities and experiences in commanding airships. They flew toward Parugo Mountain where they found that Behemoth had been awakened. With the ship's wind cannons, they were able to stun Behemoth and they dropped into its head where they found Karis and Anduran. Karis was defeated but she fled deep inside Behemoth itself while Andruan was freed. Anduran told the group about Karis's plans to control Behemoth herself from inside its heart and guided them to where Karis went.
The group traveled through the bowls of the beast and find Karis fused with Behemoth itself in her true form. Managing to defeat her as she cursed the Ancient Gods and swore they would fall to the demons. Ain grew suspected that the demons are aware of the angels and ancient gods. Everybody escaped Behemoth and the people of Sander thanked them. Anduran said she felt her mother while she was connected to Behemoth and ensured he would be alright. The El Search Party then ask Anduran about the prophecy, which she tells them requires the presence of all the El Priestesses. However Anduran relays them a vision she'd been having about the other Priestesses, a vision of a burning land with immense darkness, Aisha speculating it may be the land of the Fire El, Lanox. With their next destination set, they prepared to depart Sander.
Lanox
Demon Conspiracy
Scar and demons under his command made their target the volcano of Lanox, instead of coming in with a large invasion, the group worked in secret, they were able to capture both the Priestess of Sun, Gloria, and Moon, Darkmoon. He used the two an ransom against the Fire Priestess Ignia to get her to work for them in their quest to summon the Demon God Sult. Alongside the capture Earth Priestess Artea, the demon general began to construct a chasm fit for the god's summoning while Ignia disrupted the Fire El in order to prevent trespassers from interfering.
Sign of Darkness
When the El Search Party arrived to Lanox, Ignia is tasked with dealing with the group, preventing them form interfering with the ritual. She finds and introduces herself to the El Search Party to their surprise. The group attempt to ask about the prophecy but she's dismissive of the topic, leading them to see Edel. When speaking with the chief, she's unaware of any demon activity. Steel recruits the group to help with her father and the other blacksmiths who've been acting weird.
When approaching the Ash Covered Village, Eun senses demonic energy and they all ready themselves when Lu and Ciel appears. The group are caution of the two demons. Lu and Ciel explain that they've been trying to track the group down for some time with vital information regarding the Demon's plans. While skeptical, Elsword decides to trust them and agrees to accept their help. The group invade the blacksmith village and manage to discover and rescue the Sun and Moon Priestesses, Gloria and Darkmoon. They then decided to reconvene back in Lanox. The two Priestesses are safe and Ignia decides to depart on her own business.
An Exposed Dark Secret
Looking into a cure for the entranced blacksmiths, they're told about a Crystal Ball in Phantasmal Geyser. While traveling there, Add and Eve both begin to have suspicions about Ignia's actions when he come upon Jin and In in the act of controlling Sirena. They managed to break Sirena free and find the Crystal Ball they were looking for. The group return to Lanox with the news of demons. Somewhere else in Lanox, Ignia was meeting with Scar, trapped in his scheme.
In town, Lu identifies the demons as members of the Dark-Eyed Army. Ignia shows up again, the El Search Party question her, now seeking to see the Fire Temple for themselves. Ignia leads them to the Fire Temple, but when they arrive, she decides she has no options but to turn on them since they knew too much about the demons being in the area. She nearly succeeds, but Add manages to get everybody off the volcano and back to town.
Now more concerned than ever, they seek answers and with the help of Steel and Sdeing, they create heat resistant suits which let them brave the volcano and reach the Fire Temple. Inside they find it had been overrun with demons and the Holy Beast Ifritan had been controlled. They save the beast and he tells them the demon's true agenda, to use the Earth and Fire Priestesses to summon a Demon God.
Prophetic Mission
Lu is shocked to hear this, and ponders if any of this has to do with the Demon King's disappearance. While she is uncertain Scar would be able to actually summon a Demon God, anything he would summon would be equally as devastating. The group raid the Grand Cavern, and managed to save Artea, but it was already too later, the Demon God's chasm had already been formed. The cavern collapses around them but they are saved by Ignia, she tells them that she had been forced to help Scar in order to save Gloria and Darkmoon and apologizes. The El Search Party press onward to fight Scar himself and come out victorious, but the Demon God Sult had been revived. Lu and Ciel attempt to seal the summoned demon up, however it was too late. All was doomed until the El Lady herself took control over Elesis's body and sealed the demon once again.
Demon Invasion Aftermath
Demon Army Disarray
After a series of failures in their attempts to attack Elrios, most remaining demon forces retreated back to the Demon Realm. With additional pressure from human reinforcements traveling around Elrios, many areas which the demon had occupied were being abandoned. This includes the capital of the Xin Empire in Northen Fluone, which after the demons left started to enter a state of reconstruction.
The Rogue Dark Elf
With several of their leaders having been killed in their campaign, a power vacuum occurred within the Demon Army's ranks and a degree of infighting began as many struggled to claim the now vacant positions. During this chaos, Chloe saw her position within the Demon Army as no longer worth the conditions she had agreed to. With their forces weakened, she quietly abandoned her position, in doing so she breached her terms that they would spare the Dark Elf Village so long as she were among their ranks. Knowing the Demon Army would eventually catch wind of her defecting, she seeks to return to her home and warn them of the imminent danger.
The Shadow Earl
Ran returned to the the Demon Realm along with the Moon El. He began instructing some of his troops to mine Mystic Stones so he could regain some of his power though the construction of an artifical El. He also encountered a member of Henir's Order and came into possession of their Seed of Life, learning he could make use of it to empower himself with Abyssal energy. Ran soon abandoned Aren as a vessel and pursued his own agenda with the Mystic Stones and Seed of Life.
While this was going on, he began to neglect the Red-Demon Army and Dream Demons started to abandon the army. This was changed when Victoria stepped in to restructure the Dream Demons into a new theme park town, Aren playing the role of Ran gave them his blessing.
