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[i]"Fear not the Night
Dear Child of Light
For though Shadows and Beasts Roam
A Rider dressed in Grey rides to save thy Home

In the Blackest Darkness
Men and Women are Hopless
Yet, Thy shall be saved by a Rider
His blade strikes true to protect though an Outsider

They who live in the darkest Forests
Together Thy voices cry in Chorus
For they are the Grey
The ones who Slay"

-Ode to the Grey Riders[/i][/center]

The Northern Realms have existed for many centuries in peace with each other. The cold Summers and even colder Winters provide little time for making War even if they wanted to. Yet, the North is also the last bastion of Beasts. These creatures born from the darkness hunt man as one would hunt a wounded dear. When Night arrives, the North hides in their homes and bar the windows and doors. Yet, the Beasts are also being hunted as they hunt Humans. Their hunters are known simply as the Grey Riders, Grey, or sometimes Fiends by the common folk. The Grey hunt the Beasts in their natural territory to protect the people of the North.

Every twenty-five years, the Grey open the doors to their keep, High Watch. Hundreds of recruits pour in accompanied by a Hunter who had decided they were skilled enough to join. Many enter the halls of High Watch yet few leave. Those who do leave, are bound by the Oath to keep all that is inside a secret to their death. Many commoners believe that the Grey kill the majority of recruits who come and consume their flesh though, when asked, a Hunter will simply say that they aren't cannibals. But those rumors often fade away quickly after the Hunters kill Beasts in the area.

You are one of the many who have been chosen to go through the Gauntlet to become a member of the Grey. Your worth will be proven through the months spent training with the Grey and, should you pass, you may will go through the Initiation. But few survive training with them and fewers survive the Initiation. But, something has disturbed the natural order of Tetras and now the Grey have opened their doors much earlier than they previously had. Beasts have been seemingly retreating from their territory and the Realms are on the brink of War. All that the world requires is a single spark to ignite the fuse and it could explode into Chaos. The Grey hope to prevent this but even they are stumped by the disapperance of Beasts.