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==History==

The Pact claims a lineage dating back to the chaotic centuries following the [[Fall of Lagash]]. Legend has it that the continent that would later comprise the Helsingfyrd Pact was inhabited by nomadic lycanthropic followers of the deity [[Ulfgar]], and agrarian vampiric followers of the deity [[Ekekkia]]. Centuries of wars between the mostly-settled vampires, who ruled over a sedentary human population, and nomadic lycanthropes led to cultural cross-pollination between the two groups that increased as centralization progressed on the continent. This process culminated in the signature of the Helsingfyrd Pact between the vampire-led [[Kingdom of Orenaf]] and the various [[Ulthic tribes]] that claimed suzerainty over the [[Northern Reach]], the [[~~Hopegon~~ Coast]], and the [[Ibor Strait]] to resolve decades of raiding and conflict between the two factions. The Ulthic signatories pledged to acknowledge King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] as their Emperor, while he pledged to use the tribes who had signed the Pact as official military forces, in contrast to the mercenaries. The Pact was signed by King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] in the year later remembered as PR 1.

The Pact claims a lineage dating back to the chaotic centuries following the [[Fall of Lagash]]. Legend has it that the continent that would later comprise the Helsingfyrd Pact was inhabited by nomadic lycanthropic followers of the deity [[Ulfgar]], and agrarian vampiric followers of the deity [[Ekekkia]]. Centuries of wars between the mostly-settled vampires, who ruled over a sedentary human population, and nomadic lycanthropes led to cultural cross-pollination between the two groups that increased as centralization progressed on the continent. This process culminated in the signature of the Helsingfyrd Pact between the vampire-led [[Kingdom of Orenaf]] and the various [[Ulthic tribes]] that claimed suzerainty over the [[Northern Reach]], the [[Hopgon Coast]], and the [[Ibor Strait]] to resolve decades of raiding and conflict between the two factions. The Ulthic signatories pledged to acknowledge King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] as their Emperor, while he pledged to use the tribes who had signed the Pact as official military forces, in contrast to the mercenaries. The Pact was signed by King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] in the year later remembered as PR 1.

Though the Pact itself only formalized the growing informal relationship between the vampires and lycanthropes, it surprisingly held and acquired great symbolic importance to both the vampires and lycanthropes. Slowly, over the centuries, their societies knit together into a complex feudal caste hierarchy. The Pact grew into a continent-spanning power through conquest, ritual diplomacy, and the suppression of rival gods. Later centuries saw the formal addition of necromancers, humans, and liches as recognized political entities, although opposition was (and remains) fierce. Colonization efforts in the continent to the west, and the colonies attracted many mortal residents of the Pact that were weary of the increasing undead domination of Pact society.

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The Pact operates through shared rituals, diplomatic obligations, and magical enforcement. Mortal bureaucrats and clerics serve under undead lords in a semi-indentured status, often elevated by loyalty or spiritual merit.

The Pact has been unable to elect an Emperor since the year 1207 PR due to a long-lasting political standoff, in part, ~~triggered~~ by the [[Carcolan Rebellion]].

The Pact has been unable to elect an Emperor since the year 1207 PR due to a long-lasting political standoff triggered, in part, by the [[Carcolan Rebellion]].

==Society==

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Other major deities include:

* [[Ulfgar]], god of lycanthropy, wilderness, and the moon.

* [[Christopher Bale]], ~~a fading~~ god of time~~, judgment,~~ and spatial dominion, now marginal within Pact theology.

* [[Christopher Bale]], god of time and spatial dominion, now marginal within Pact theology.

The Pact is highly suspicious of gods associated with life, fire, or mortal independence, often banning their worship or forcing syncretism through ancestral rites.

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 ==History==
-The Pact claims a lineage dating back to the chaotic centuries following the [[Fall of Lagash]]. Legend has it that the continent that would later comprise the Helsingfyrd Pact was inhabited by nomadic lycanthropic followers of the deity [[Ulfgar]], and agrarian vampiric followers of the deity [[Ekekkia]]. Centuries of wars between the mostly-settled vampires, who ruled over a sedentary human population, and nomadic lycanthropes led to cultural cross-pollination between the two groups that increased as centralization progressed on the continent. This process culminated in the signature of the Helsingfyrd Pact between the vampire-led [[Kingdom of Orenaf]] and the various [[Ulthic tribes]] that claimed suzerainty over the [[Northern Reach]], the [[Hopegon Coast]], and the [[Ibor Strait]] to resolve decades of raiding and conflict between the two factions. The Ulthic signatories pledged to acknowledge King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] as their Emperor, while he pledged to use the tribes who had signed the Pact as official military forces, in contrast to the mercenaries. The Pact was signed by King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] in the year later remembered as PR 1.
+The Pact claims a lineage dating back to the chaotic centuries following the [[Fall of Lagash]]. Legend has it that the continent that would later comprise the Helsingfyrd Pact was inhabited by nomadic lycanthropic followers of the deity [[Ulfgar]], and agrarian vampiric followers of the deity [[Ekekkia]]. Centuries of wars between the mostly-settled vampires, who ruled over a sedentary human population, and nomadic lycanthropes led to cultural cross-pollination between the two groups that increased as centralization progressed on the continent. This process culminated in the signature of the Helsingfyrd Pact between the vampire-led [[Kingdom of Orenaf]] and the various [[Ulthic tribes]] that claimed suzerainty over the [[Northern Reach]], the [[Hopgon Coast]], and the [[Ibor Strait]] to resolve decades of raiding and conflict between the two factions. The Ulthic signatories pledged to acknowledge King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] as their Emperor, while he pledged to use the tribes who had signed the Pact as official military forces, in contrast to the mercenaries. The Pact was signed by King [[Sigusmund Orenaf]] in the year later remembered as PR 1.
 Though the Pact itself only formalized the growing informal relationship between the vampires and lycanthropes, it surprisingly held and acquired great symbolic importance to both the vampires and lycanthropes. Slowly, over the centuries, their societies knit together into a complex feudal caste hierarchy. The Pact grew into a continent-spanning power through conquest, ritual diplomacy, and the suppression of rival gods. Later centuries saw the formal addition of necromancers, humans, and liches as recognized political entities, although opposition was (and remains) fierce. Colonization efforts in the continent to the west, and the colonies attracted many mortal residents of the Pact that were weary of the increasing undead domination of Pact society.
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 The Pact operates through shared rituals, diplomatic obligations, and magical enforcement. Mortal bureaucrats and clerics serve under undead lords in a semi-indentured status, often elevated by loyalty or spiritual merit.
-The Pact has been unable to elect an Emperor since the year 1207 PR due to a long-lasting political standoff, in part, triggered by the [[Carcolan Rebellion]].
+The Pact has been unable to elect an Emperor since the year 1207 PR due to a long-lasting political standoff triggered, in part, by the [[Carcolan Rebellion]].
 ==Society==
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 Other major deities include:
 * [[Ulfgar]], god of lycanthropy, wilderness, and the moon.
-* [[Christopher Bale]], a fading god of time, judgment, and spatial dominion, now marginal within Pact theology.
+* [[Christopher Bale]], god of time and spatial dominion, now marginal within Pact theology.
 The Pact is highly suspicious of gods associated with life, fire, or mortal independence, often banning their worship or forcing syncretism through ancestral rites.