![]() They were the first to use Magic, and were extremely powerful with it. All of them died except one, called the Last of the Ancients, who hurled the Sceptre into the earth. ![]() The Ancients were eventually victorious, and the Faceless Ones were banished.Īs time went on, the Ancients began to fight and turn the Sceptre in each other. They made the Sceptre using a black crystal made by the Facless Ones, a crystal that sang to the Faceless Ones when their enemies were near, but was silent when the Ancients took them. The Faceless Ones won every battle due to their immortality, until the Ancients created the Sceptre. Eventually, they began a revolution and fought the Faceless Ones. They lived apart from mortals and worshipped the Faceless Ones as their gods. According to legends, the Ancients were the first people to use magic. ![]()
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