The Dark Flame

Uncountable billenia ago, a dark spirit of fire named Bane laid seige to the
whole of the Spirit Realm. Evil beasts walked free...darkness held sway.

In the midst of this carnage, a young spirit set out to destroy Bane.
Knowing that any number of troops would fall before they ever reached
Bane's fortress, he enacted a bold plan. He took a large plate of
diamond and tied a set of balloons to it. With this craft, he flew
directly to Bane's tower.

The spirit fought with bravery and courage, yet he could not hope to harm
Bane, who lay behind a curtain of flame. In a daring attack, he hurled the diamond
directly into Bane's eye. An observer said he saw a tremendous flash of light from
the fortress, then it collapsed in a mighty quake.

As the ruins decayed further, people began to forget of the dark times.
Those who remembered came together as a council. This coucil extensively
explored the fortress sub-basements, and found endless texts regarding magic.
They taught themselves some of the magic - all that they could be sure was free
of darkness - and became known as the Archspirits.

The Council of Archspirits knew that Bane was so great that no strike or spell
would ever wholly end him, he had merely been dispersed into an unconscious essence
which permeated the fortress. They gathered this essence and sealed it in a bottle, but
they knew the fiery magic in the essence would soon break it out. Help came from an
unexpected source.

The government decreed that a temple would be built in the valley that the fortress
had stood. The Council of Archspirits volunteered to help build the temple. They brought
in the most magical and most pure stones they could find, and constructed the Moonkeep
Temple. In the deepest sanctum, Bane's essence was sealed. There was peace. Then
disaster struck...

One of Bane's old lieutenants, Silzrav, attacked the Spirit Realm with a mighty army.
Victory was won, but at the cost of the top floors of the Moonkeep temple...and six of the
seven Archspirits.

Their apprentices took their place, and trained with their notes. However, one piece
of information was lost to them...where Bane was sealed away . . .