The Many

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The Many was the name for the collective undead in the fourth invasion.

The Book of the Undead

In the BattleMaster expansion, The Dream, one of the books available for discovery revealed a portion of the Many's history as written from their perspective.

Contents

Long ago, Man faced extinction in the face of a great enemy. Men fought, and for a time, held their walls. But the evil was a tireless thing, and men are not innumerable. Shrouded in flame and with claws that cut stone, it swept across the world, laying waste to all in its path, leaving only queer uninhabitable landscapes. It was from these desolate landscapes that the First of Many rose and struck out against men as a second plague. The battle-weary men fell to become the Many and set out to increase their number, raising every man they slew and body discovered into their ranks.

And so it was that destruction had two faces for men: the evil which wasted their land and the dead risen. For a time, men despaired, seeing no hope in the face of darkness, until the wisest noticed that in the lands through which the dead traveled, plants were found once more to grow, and the twisted landscapes slowly reshaped themselves. Whatever foul magic left by the great evil was drained by the passage of the dead.

With time, a great conqueror rode to meet the Many. A warrior of great prowess never before or again seen, forgotten by all but the dead themselves on the tides of time. Before the arrival of the great evil it was beaneath his banner that the entirety of man stood, and he signed with the Many a pact for all time. No longer would the dead destroy as the evil had, laying waste to their own source. Instead, they were were to become defenders, and to them all the bodies of the dead would belong.

And so it was that side by side, Man and the Dead stood sgainst the vil that plagued the land, chasing it back to the dark corners from where it emerged in endless numbers. The great evil, however, did not retreat without a fight: that which animated the dead was sealed for all time, forever preventing the innumerable dead from growing in number...

But time destroys all bindings, all bars, all prisons. So it was that in Qual the first crack appeared and the mind that is the many awoke once more, immediately setting to finding the power that had been sealed away. The dead toiled while men watched in fear, and having forgotten the Ancient Pact, marched on the Many, destroying the ones that had risen. But once they appear, cracks will grow with little effort, and as the seal weakened, the first swell rose up to consume those that had marched on them.

The seal remains. With every passing day it weakens while the dead look out across the endless rides of war, waiting for the day of the second surge.. For the day the bindings break and they march once more.


The Few

The Many were represented by a total of eight commanders. Collectively, these eight were known as The Few.

  • Tarchennan
  • Moridin
  • Marshal
  • Cwellan
  • Charrom
  • Primus
  • Praetor
  • Shambler

Relations

Daimons

Hated and ancient enemies of The Many, the eradication of the Daimons was the primary goal espoused by The Few.

Monsters

Held in contempt, disdain, and regarded as irrelevant by the Many, these two forces never met in the field.

Human Realms

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The Light

Spoilers will be here.