History
Outsiders have existed throughout Cimmerian history as the messengers of the gods. All of Cimmeria’s greatest heroes have interacted with outsiders in some fashion. Angels sent by the gods aid heroes. Demons and beings of law impede mortals when their ego’s outgrow their position.
The largest incursion of outsiders into Cimmeria occurred to punish King Aeëtes of Colchis. His profanely extended life was in violation of the rule of Hades. The God of the Underworld sent his minions to claim Aeëtes’s renegade soul. Demons and beings of law descended on Colchis during solar eclipses over the centuries. Aeëtes repurposed the beings of law to defend his city along with many other defenses to ward off the servants of Hades. His soul was finally claimed during the First Alliance War and Colchis has been spared the irregular attacks by a god.
Demons had a profound impact on the dwarves of Cimmeria by creating the Duergar Dwarves. The creation of Duergar started when Dark Elves captured the Dwarven Prince Albirnon. They subjected him to dark rituals that resulted in Albirnon’s possession by a demon. That demon was able to copy itself into the bodies of other dwarves, extending the demonic possession like a virus. King Cogard stopped the spread, but those who were affected remained twisted and evil. The possession now passes to the children of Duergar Dwarves.
Elementals were used prominently by the Dragon War heroes. The great wizard Tentineh had always used elemental summoning as part of his magic. When he built his city in the sky, elementals were a part of that as well. Tentnieh bound all kinds of elementals to the flying structure. These indentured spirits powered the spells that kept the city running. Additionally, Tentineh was not the only Dragon War hero with a connection to elementals. Danar also had an earth elemental patron that gifted him his magical gem eye.
In recent history outsiders maintain their action behind the scenes of mortal conflict. They are always there in one way or another. The most prominent outsider appearance at the end of Second Alliance War occurred when Amalius swapped bodies with a powerful angel. With his unlimited psionic mind and the magical physicality of an angel he was a force to be reckoned with. Amalius planned to use his power to upset the divine rule of the Olympians. Hektor spent his life hunting down the angelic psion, succeeding in the end at the cost of his own life.
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