As Dun-I was plunged into a state of quiet upheaval, many of the players were forced to adapt. The realms were still connected to Dun-I, but the Gods were no longer able to walk alongside their followers. Some, like Falorous, struggled to adapt to a world where he was unable to personally interact with all of his followers. Others, like Maloris, thrived in the new world, but only because he already sewn the seeds to be successful. Every God who possessed a large standing army of followers struggled to adapt, as their followers defected over time and their ranks couldn’t be replenished. Maloris, preferring a smaller force of guerrilla fighters, thrived. The first thing the God of Chaos and Destruction did was infiltrate every God’s forces and followers, no matter if they were friend or foe.

The other thing that Maloris did to secure a foothold in the new Dun-I was to procreate. Unlike the other Gods, Maloris wasn’t opposed to bringing a child into Dun-I to rule by his side. During the days of ole, Maloris fell in love with a beautiful woman in the city of Brile. That woman bore him a child, a demi-god if you will, by the name of Latros. The other Gods were outraged, though there was nothing that could be done. Vesya looked upon the rolls, but there was nothing put into place that would stop a God from procreating with a mortal. The Gods ridiculed him for spreading his seed, claiming that he only did it as a show of power. However, Maloris truly loved her and mourned her untimely death after the birth of their son.

Latros was much like his father in that he was ambitious but didn’t always think things through. However, because he was half-mortal, he wasn’t confined to Loccaris like his father. He was still allowed to roam the plains of Dun-I. This was very beneficial to his father, as Latros could interact directly with the high priest and other followers. Maloris had something that other Gods didn’t, and they were jealous because of it. While their high priests could roam between realms, having a son was an unfair and distinct advantage. But, Latros was very cunning and created alliances on Dun-I without the knowledge of his father. He craved more power and knew that the only way he would achieve it would be to usurp his father’s influence in the realm.

Latros recruited men and women of all walks of life, but only one actually had a large influence. Nathair, a member of a merchant family, happily joined the ranks of Latros after murdering his family to take over the business from his older brother. Nathair was quite willing to join the ranks of the son of Maloris, seeing it as an opportunity for him to become rather infamous in the realm of Dun-I. He was rather wealthy from taking over his family’s merchant business, but Latros was offering him a way to avoid the wrath of Vesya. Latros offered Nathair a chance for immortality through the knowledge of his father.

Nathair stayed at the side of Latros for a year, doing small jobs for him to prove his worth. The merchant business was placed on hold while Nathair became a stronger engine in Latros’s machine. After a short amount of time, Latros explained to Nathair what his plan was. The only way Latros would achieve what he wanted would be to eliminate his father and take over the realm of Loccaris. Maloris possessed the Godslayer, the dagger that was forged by Valcus in Tangresia and the weapon that took the life of Neralil. Latros, under the nose of his father, took the dagger and gave it to Nathair with the understanding that he was to commit the ultimate deed for him. Latros needed Nathair to assassinate his father, a God.

On that fateful day, the world changed forever. Maloris was roaming the halls of his palace near one of his many gateways into Dun-I with his son at his side. At one of the portals, Latros pushed his father through the portal so that his powers as a God would be stripped from him. Nathair waited behind the portal and upon Maloris’s feet touching the stone floor of the temple, Nathair drove the dagger into the back of the God and killed him before Vesya or any priest could intervene. Maloris was killed and Latros ascended to his father’s position.

The other God’s, including Derrien, were mortified at how a mortal under the control of a demigod could kill one of their own. Vesya, especially bothered, summoned all of the Gods to Eden, which now included Latros. Under extreme durress, Vesya was forced to take extreme measures. We, the Gods of Dun-I, roamed for several years in the void with nothing. We created a world from nothing but now, we were in a position where we all could end up in the nether. The second one of us had died and Vesya knew she had to act. She deemed that we, the Gods, were the ultimate problem and for the sake of Dun-I, we had to remove ourselves completely from the world. Our portals had to close and our knowledge had to leave.

Under incredible protest from Latros, who was looking forward to showing his new influence, Vesya demanded that every portal to Dun-I be closed and that all of the knowledge was to be removed from the land. She took the knowledge from the Gods and summoned it all to Eden, locking it into the Ul’mann Stone. The High Priests and other followers were no longer able to spread the knowledge throughout the land and eventually the knowledge would vanish. Though a few select followers with the knowledge would survive, simply because the knowledge of immortality would be passed along, Nathair, for example, continued to walk the lands of Dun-I while Latros was confined to Loccaris.

However, one piece of old magic remained. Upon leaving for Loccaris for the last time, Latros handed Nathair a locket that belonged to his mother; a trinket tied to Dun-I. By wearing it, Nathair would be able to speak to his master from Dun-I without Vesya or anyone else knowing. Latros still had a desire to conquer Dun-I but now, he was going to have to rely on Nathair a great deal more. With the knowledge of the Gods though now removed from Dun-I, the world was ripe for Nathair to do the bidding of Latros.

The Conclusion is ahead in Chapter 7: The Otherworldly Invasion