History: The Siege of Tilig and birth of Hexx 2050-2051

By Spring of 2050, King Shades began to catch rumor that the Ljosalfar were becoming scarcer and scarcer. Concerned at this sudden change in the Ljosalfar behavior, the King sent a messenger to Tilig, the seat of the Ljosalfar people. He did not return.

A week later, King Shades dispatched another messenger with an armed battalion. This time, the messenger was warmly received, and the queen denied any knowledge of the former messenger. For three days and nights the Dokkalfar guests were treated like kings, given food and wine to drink and women to satisfy them. Queen Starlight insisted everything was fine, and so the party left Tilig the next day worry free.

But on the long journey back to the underground, the messenger and his company became very ill, and many died on the way back to the Dokkalfar castle. By the time of their arrival, only the messenger himself was alive, and had grim news for king Shades. As it is written in an ancient manuscript (which should be available at some point in the game):

“The stars fade in the heavens

And the clouds cry for them;

The Ljosalfar are betrayers

And their queen lies with the evil ones.”

Now fully aware of Queen Starlight’s corruption, and enraged at the murder of his people, King Shades ordered an immediate assault on Tilig, and the Ljosalfar found their city surrounded and their people outmatched. Facing a definitive loss, and corrupted by the presence of evil from Sal’Aum, Queen Starlight made an emergency pact with an evil spirit named Hagrendel; and in a violent and graphic display the demon emerged to sexually assault the queen, delivering mortal wounds that bled slowly and could not be cured.

For 9 months the light faded from Queen Starlight’s eyes, as she incubated a demonic hybrid in her womb and bled slowly. For 9 months, she refused to accept surrender, until she was too weak to speak. The Ljosalfar surrendered on the ninth month and King Shades drew pity on the Queen; he allowed her to live until the child was born, completely unaware of it’s origin, and then ran his sword through her skull to the hilt. Tilig, the city of light, became gloomy, and was later abandoned by the Ljosalfar. Queen Starlight’s skull was decorated with jewels and an ornate crown, and left along with her legacy on her abandoned throne to decay with the rest of her abandoned city.