Editing Scrollhammer: Order of the Black Worm (section)

==Introduction==

[lore and stuff goes here]

===History===

====Mannimarco and Galerion====

Summary:
#Mannimarco lived on the island Artaeum, the third largest island in the Summerset archipelago.
#Mannimarco was said to be highly intelligent, as was his fellow student Vanus Galerion, founder of the Mages Guild. Galerion had a "light and warm" heart, while Mannimarco unsurprisingly had a "dark and cold" heart.
#Mannimarco used necromancy and trapped souls even while studying.
#Galerion eventually confronted Mannimarco about his use of necromancy beneath the Ceporah Tower. Mannimarco ignored Galerion's warning.
#Mannimarco was later sent to Tamriel by his masters, either on an undescribed errand or as a rather feeble punishment for his dark interests. Regardless, he used the opportunity to gather followers and spread his vile practices.
#Galerion left for the mainland as well, disgusted by the short-sighted ways of the Psijic Sages, determined to both curtail Mannimarco and set up a new occult organization.
#Mannimarco's evil began spreading throughout Tamriel and he gathered a following of Necromancers.
#He became the first lich. It is not specified if he was the first lich ever or the first humanoid to make the transformation. He lost his body and mind; he became a living, moving corpse. His blood became acid, and all manner of repulsive things happened to him.
#Galerion left the Mages Guild, calling it "a morass" of political infighting and tortuous bureaucracy.
#Galerion attacked Mannimarco in a great battle, where he called Mannimarco "The Worm King".
#Mannimarco began to unleash incredibly powerful death spells. However, he felt his depraved powers fail, and the battle was won by the Guild. Approximately a thousand men total died in the battle, Galerion included, and it appeared that Mannimarco had died as well.


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====Dragonbreak and Apotheosis====

[explanation of the events of Daggerfall and how Mannimarco became a god goes here]


====Fall of the Mages Guild====

[heavily skewed explanation of the events of Oblivion goes here]


===The Black Arts===

[explanation of the specifics of necromancy and how it works in tES goes here]


===Arkay the Enemy===

Once Mannimarco too was a but a lowly mortal, but through his will, he entered the ranks of the gods. Now, he seeks to share his glory with those who would call themselves his faithful.

Most Necromancers are fools and weaklings. Fodder for the witchhunters. But those who serve the Order of the Black Worm, they are the chosen of the Worm King. In the days to come, few will dare to stand against their might. But one obstacle remains. His name is Arkay.
 
He was also a man who entered the ranks of the gods. The similarities between his mortal life and Mannimarco are nothing short of astonishing. It is only proper that they should be enemies.
 
Arkay's Blessing prevents the souls of men, beastmen, and elves from being used without consent. Arkay's Law prevents those buried with the proper rituals from being raised to serve the practitioners of the Black Arts. It is well known that Arkay's Blessing is flexible to those with daring, but Arkay's Law is unwavering.
 
Even now the Order of the Black Worm prepares and bides its time. Its Scholars befriend kings with honeyed words and bind them to their will. Its Priests send missionaries to the unbound dead, so that all the nations of dead might carry His banner and His banner alone. And the Hidden, as always, wait in the darkness.

For soon the time will come when they shall strike. The Temples of Arkay will be torn stone from stone. The blood of his priests will sate the Order's thirst; their bones will rise as its servants. The name Arkay will be struck from the records. Only He shall hold sway over life and death. Only one name shall be whispered in fear. The name of the Order's lord and master; Mannimarco, the King of Worms.


The following book contains the rules necessary to field an Order of the Black Worm army in games of [[Scrollhammer]].