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'''Ordainers''' were powerful Demons of the Essaence who would most often serve [[Unlife|The Unlife]] in some fashion. They were considered fallen demigods who would often rule over whole planes of existence, with the power of forcing anyone they killed to serve them for all eternity. They were "fallen servants of the Lord of [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes|Fate]]" who "now serve those who feed their appetite for death and destruction." Known as "Death Watchers" ''([[Erlini]]: "Vog [[Muylari]]")'', they would "[[Absolution Pure|ordain]]" a foe by [[Absolution Pure|tearing the soul out]] of its body, utterly destroying it. They had the power to immolate themselves in either fire or ice, blasting it out from themselves. The most powerful and unruly would sometimes become banished to the [[Pales|Void]].

Famous Ordainers included [[Kharuugh]], servant of [[Lorgalis]]; [[Shu'raax]], bodyguard of [[Kadaena]]; and [[Maleskari]], Demon Lord of Death and Undeath. The symbolism under [[The Graveyard]] is partly based on them, including all of the above mentioned qualities. Though their categorization is not self-consistent across [[Shadow World]] and [[Rolemaster]]. Ordainers do not exist in modern [[Elanthia|Elanthian]] history, but specific ones have occasionally been referenced out of context.

==Behind the Scenes==
The [[Rolemaster]] and [[Shadow World]] Addendum lore for Ordainers is slightly different. The Rolemaster version of Ordainers, which makes the [[Pales|Void]] out to be a place for fallen souls of this world (blurring the demonic and undeath), has their "fall from grace" rooted in avarice with a thirst for [[Absolution Pure|casual revenge]]. In this version most of them were imprisoned or passed beyond existence from [[Purgatory#The Graveyard|upsetting Balance]], but a few came to dwell [[Bandur Etrevion#Behind the Scenes|deep within]] the earth, "laying in wait as a [[Purgatory#The Graveyard|dormant curse]] upon the world." Ordainers also have a [[sheer fear]] effect that is potentially lethal, perhaps madness inducing. Their appearance was misleading, more easily grotesque than fair. These points are all specially relevant to [[The Graveyard]].

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