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| - From 870 AS, Taledon X took on the role as Divine High Priest and High Holy Conduit. Due to bad luck brought on by Taledon's Helm, a powerful magical artifact, Taledon X was killed by a runaway peasant's wagon while crossing the street in Steadwick in 881 AS. The Church of the Sun fought the War of Dove and Crow against the Church of the Moon. During the war, the First Temple of the Sun was burned down, and the holy altar was melted. The altar's metal was incorporated into the shield Eclipse, which was carried by the priest Derico during his final deciding campaign of the war. The priest Camien Thryce later carried the shield in a crusade against the Necromancers' Guild in Shadowspire, but it was lost when Thryce was struck down by a nosferatu in the final battle. In their endless quest to create a perfect Priest-King, the priests created Arthur, a magical crown that would heighten the wearer's natural abilities - as well as his pride. In 1073 AS, it caused Leopold VII to start a holy war against the Church of the Moon, grinding both organizations into poverty and, ultimately, causing their demise. To combat the undead hordes created by the Church of the Moon, the Church of the Sun created the axe Ghoulsbane, but the weapon was not enough to save them, and the Church of the Sun fell in 1083 AS.
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