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Xal'atath and the Skardryn - How the Harbinger Corrupts Dwarves
The War Within
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30.04.2024 в 07:55
DiscordianKitty
In
The War Within
, one enemy type that we will face are the Skardyn, deadly void-corrupted dwarves who we last encountered in the novel
Night of the Dragon
, and who have unique ties to the Harbinger of the Void, Xal'atath.
The Skardyn of
The War Within
The Skardyn are aggressive, void-corrupted dwarves that have been transformed by their corruption into monster-like creatures. We will encounter them in-game for the first time during
The War Within
, where they act as antagonists. Their origin is linked to Xal'atath, the Harbinger herself.
Early on in
The War Within
storyline, one of the problems that players find the Earthen struggling with is broken machinery that they rely on for self-maintenance -
preventing them from being able to archive their memories or recharge
. In
The Ringing Deeps Storyline
, players discover how Xal'atath used this problem to manipulate the Earthen for her own cause. Xal'atath approached the High Speaker of the Ringing Deeps with the offer of an artifact that would repair the Awakening Machine, allowing the Earthen to be woken from stasis once more.
High Speaker Eirich: You speak the truth? Your artifact will repair the Awakening Machine?
Xal'atath: It will perfect the machine. Your struggle, your suffering will be at an end. All will awaken... because of you.
High Speaker Eirich: Because of me...
Xal'atath: Your people will be restored. Reborn. Improved. And they will laud you as their savior.
High Speaker Eirich: Yes... yes! All earthen will awaken!
Xal'atath's words carried a hint of warning - speaking about "perfecting" the machine rather than "repairing" it, and that the Earthen will be "improved". In other words, she always planned to change the Earthen - but perhaps out of desperation, the High Speaker didn't seem to notice, and agreed.
Of course, Xal'atath's "improved" Earthen are Skardyn who are obedient to her.
Interestingly, this isn't the first time Xal'atath has brought about the creation of the Skardyn - they seem to be a bit of a trademark of hers.
The Skardyn of
Night of the Dragon
Skardyn were first mentioned in the novel
Night of the Dragon
. In this story, Skardyn are descended from Dark Iron dwarves who followed the sorceress queen, Modgud, during the War of the Three Hammers.
Modgud led her army against the stronghold of Grim Batol. She possessed the dagger Xal'atath at the time, and under the dagger's influence performed powerful dark magic that brought the shadows of Grim Batol to life.
Like many of Xal'atath's previous wielders, Modgud was abandoned by the dagger in her hour of need and slain, along with most of her followers. However, some of her Dark Iron escaped into Grim Batol - which had to be deserted by its previous inhabitants due to Modgud's curse. Over time, the same curse corrupted these Dark Iron, transforming them into Skardyn.
Since Xal'atath was the source of Modgud's dark magic at Grim Batol, this suggests she is the one responsible for the creation of the Dark Iron Skardyn. The fact that both Dark Iron dwarves and
War Within
Earthen have undergone the same transformation also shows that Xal'atath's magic is able to work on titan-forged regardless or whether or not they have been touched by the Curse of Flesh first. As always, Xal'atath is proving herself to be a force to be reckoned with.
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