Defenders of The Erolitus

Introduction
Legends from history that died with unfinished business, the Defenders of The Erolitus were summoned by Lordran at the beginning of the universe to protect the Erolitus, the key that held the Essentials in their prison of crystallized ambrosia.

Conduct
The Defenders were extremely secretive—steering history but never getting directly involved. They had a very close bond, and viewed Lordran as the highest authority for their actions.

History
After being summoned to the beginning by Lordran, the Defenders decided to split the key into 6 pieces, and scattered them across the new world's surface. Where each shard was thrown a new landmass sprouted, creating the five continents of (insert here). The Defenders crafted temples to hold each shard, and tasked themselves with guarding the temples for all eternity.

After the events of The Quest for The Necromancer in 1,560:BAE, Severen was killed by a band of heroes. Before he died, Severen recognized that a duplicate of him existed somewhere in the universe, and cast a spell that his memories would be sent to his duplicate upon his death. When he was killed by Heaven'sGate Patrin, Severen's memories entered into Severen, the Defender. Hiding this knowledge from the other Defenders, Severen began to plot his betrayal.

In 0:BAE, the Defenders were lured into the Underworld by Severen, who claimed that Nostrix had returned and sought the shards. Severen plunged the other Defenders into the river Styx, erasing their memories. He also killed the sixth Defender in order to summon the Dark Ones to serve his will and start Armageddon. Dragging the Defenders back up to the surface, he sent the Dark Ones to raid the Temple of Water and steal the shard there. He placed the brainwashed Defenders in a cave nearby, and waited for them to awaken.

Once awake, Severen (calling himself "Tristane, Mage of The Stars") told the Defenders they needed to retrieve the five remaining shards before the Dark Ones could find them. The Defenders went on their quest, and Severen planned.

After gathering all of the other five shards, Severen trapped the other Defenders in an ambrosia prison using the Sollar. They broke out with the help of Nox and Victor using Silverlight, and confronted Severen on St. Karia. Unfortunately, they arrived too late to stop Severen from freeing the Essentials, but they did use an exploding arrow to stop Severen from obtaining their power.

Thanatus and Erol then created a black hole to destroy the world, but using the god's Divine Intervention, the Defenders beat the Essentials back, with Janestar harnessing the Essential's spirits and trapping herself, and them, in a new prison of crystallized ambrosia. The prison returned to its place in the Tree of Balance, and was swallowed by the earth once more.

The Defenders were then disbanded by Lordran, and they all went their separate ways.

Campaigns Featured In
Order & Chaos

Motivation
The Defenders obeyed the charge of Lordran to guard the shards from anyone who would wish to free the Essentials from their prison. They believed in preserving the order of things, guiding the paths of history and helping the weak when they could.

Known Members
Geralt Nosford, discoverer of Nosfordland

Severen, The Necromancer

Danny Jameson, a birthday guru

Ji-chamba Janestar, the Chosen One, Gi-chamba's 5,001st nut

Lhikan Ancrana, the first of The Monks of The Mountain

And an unnamed legend who died defending his love