Bralda-Balc

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Bralda-Balc was established late in the reign of the Cal-Thaoun Dynasty. Bralda-Balc was a large organization involved in spying, assassinations, extortion, control, dissension, dragon control and others things.

In the Domination Wars (995 - 1016), it has been rumored Bralda-Balc acted as spies for the First Khazarkar Empire. In the Great Exodus (998 - 1017), they followed Cal-Thaoun's people far north to Hells Womb. Luckily for them, and it said they may have played a part, the Cal-Thaoun family was lost at sea. The new rulers, the Kal-Oni, decided they needed all the help they could get in rebuilding civilization, so the matter was never seriously looked into.

With the rise of Kal-Oni (1016 - 1266), Bralda-Balc grew in power. The criminal enterprise spread its tendrils into government and business. They instigated conflicts, enriching themselves on others misery and strife. They had a number of divisions. One was backing expeditions into what was then a rather wild land. Bralda-Balc sent numerous adventuring parties out into the wilderness to uncover relics of fallen civilizations beyond Kal-Oni's borders.

In 1026, a group of lore seekers found books giving insight into the early doings of Neld-Rac and his grisly experiments in the Spire of Neld-Rac. These journals, seemingly intellectual, are religious scriptures responsible for the Neld-Rac Revival, a time when the worship of Neld-Rac spread like wildfire through the Kal-Oni heartland. Of many factions, one focused on making money off the church, another took it more serious, giving up their past purpose in life, becoming proselytizers of Neld-Rac.

In 1115, much reduced in size, all members were summoned to the Spire of Neld-Rac for the annual gathering. At this meeting, the leaders of Bralda-Balc revealed themselves as vampires. They had all been corrupted from delving into an ancient dark art that turns one into a Soul Eater. They closed up the Spire, slaughtering all the cult's members, turning them into vampire spawns. Now a defunct organization, the vampire leaders are known as the Sil Vaarnufaaz.