“How does that happen? Well, Shadows players can form and join Dark Houses, which are basically like sub-guilds. There’s no limit to how many Shadows can be active, on the other hand, and they will all be vying to displace the current group of Immortals. There will only ever be one group of Immortals on a server, with up to 500 members. That battle, however, will be a long way from symmetrical. And thus the Cycle of Strife was born.” That then, is the Cycle of Strife, and it boils down to a seasonal tug of war between the Immortals and the Shadows. But Akeba could never get too comfortable because she knew that as she rose up, so too would new Shadows to make sure she was always worthy of her station. Which, of course, they eventually did, with Akeba becoming the next Immortal. “And should the Shadows ever prove stronger and more capable, they would overthrow the current reign and take up the Eternal Crown as the new Immortals. They would look for cracks and weaknesses and they would do everything they could to make sure the elite defenders of Sanctuary were always up to the task. So working in secret, Akeba found those brave enough to help her constantly test and challenge the Immortals. That they were always worthy and capable of defending Sanctuary, as they were charged.

It would be Akeba’s job to make sure that the Immortals would never falter or waver.

So she gave her daughter Akeba a secret heavy burden. “Daedessa knew that power, especially that kind of power, can lead to complacency and corruption for even the best or most well-intentioned individuals like her son.

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