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The kingdom
of Elmoreden was home to the Ivory Tower, an institution
for learning magic. The mages working within the
Ivory Tower labored to recover, study, and improve
upon the magic of the ancient giants. The magical
prowess of the tower's scholars was great, and at
one time their influence in the kingdom was near
that of the Elmoreden emperor.
Among those from the Ivory Tower was Beleth, the
strongest mage of all and one of the greatest geniuses
to ever walk the earth. He became obsessed with
the magic of the giants and managed to acquire nearly
all of their strengths. But the power of the giants
was a cursed power unfit for humans, and having
attained it, Beleth's ambition and thirst for control
grew rampant. Alarmed, the kingdom and the mages
of the Ivory Tower combined forces to rid themselves
of Beleth. But Beleth held extreme strength and
power in the dark arts.
Finally, the Ivory Tower magicians used forbidden
black magic to succeed in suppressing Beleth's powers
just enough to trap and seal him in the dungeons
below the tower. Yet despite the knights and magician's
guarding the seal, Beleth succeeded in breaking
the seal and escaping. He fled to Hellbound Island
to recover his strength and continue in his ambition
to conquer the land.
The black magic cast to trap Beleth had another
lasting effect. The southern portions of the region
now known as Gludio were laid waste by the black
magic, and many humans were killed when the spells
were cast. The kingdom blamed this on Beleth and
spread the word that Beleth was a devil among men.
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