[img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjQwLjAwMDAwMC5WMmhwYzNCbGNuTWdiMllnU0c5d1pTMGdSbWx5WlNCcGJpQlVhR1VnVG1sbmFIUSwuMAAA/moria-citadel.regular.png[/img] [hr][hr] [img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjI4LjAwMDAwMC5RMmhoY0hSbGNpQk1hWE4wT2csLC4wAAAAAAAAAAAA/moria-citadel.regular.png[/img] [hr][hr] [img]http://txt-dynamic.static.1001fonts.net/txt/dHRmLjIwLmNhMTQwNy5RMmhoY0hSbGNpQXhMU0JHYVhKbGN5QnBiaUJVYUdVZ1RtbG5hSFEsLjAAAAAAAAAAAAAA/moria-citadel.regular.png[/img] [center][img]https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/004/987/755/large/vilius-petrauskas-dfam39-tumulus-of-germanicus-petrauskas-v02-161212-to-print-tiff-fixed.jpg?1487689739[/img][/center] [hr][hr] There is a time in our darkest hours when all hope fades, when there is no light at the end of the long tunnel and despair closes in. It is during those times that we find we are the most vulnerable, to ourselves and outsiders alike. To those who would seek to prey upon us when we are at our weakest and steal from us. Then there are those who only seek to help, the people whose names will be long lost to history and forgotten. These people are known only as Journeymen, members of an organization that has long since protected us in our olden days. The Journeymen hunt down creatures which terrorize our villages and seek out the bandits who wish to cripple our trade. Some say they even go so far as to be mediators between nations at war, to have settled peace between them so as to allow the people to flourish and survive. But the Order of the Traveler is a thing of the past, an organization crippled by its own selfless ideologies that it attracted those who do not wish to be quite as upstanding as their masters were. It is in this time that we find we may need the Journeymen the most, in these days that are growing ever darker that we will need their support. For a winter is brewing quite unlike any we have ever seen, a winter with winds far colder and nights far darker than any before. Some say it is a farce, a tale told by midwives and elders who have grown senile in their time, seeking only to scare the children into submission. But nay, something is awakening far beyond what we can see and it is something far more terrible than any may have ever seen. The creatures of the forests have been disturbed, far more aggressive than ever before and actively seek out our villages. Few say the kings have begun going mad, slowly growing ever more distant from their council as a darkness creeps into their courts. What is coming may be something of legend, something we have never faced before. Perhaps the Order of the Traveler and the Journeymen will return to their former glory. Or perhaps we shall fall into despair once more with naught but darkness all around.