The Grand Tribulation

Cultural event

Sadly, Xander the Mad would still leave his mark on the world after his death, and he especially brought deep shame to the Paladin adventurer class. Despite him correctly being marked as a Hellknight by the College of Wanderers, light-elemental Paladins were extremely persecuted during the times in which most of the last remnants of the Cult of Azdar were wiped out. They were often falsely accused of secretly being Azdar worshippers, and some were even arrested on false charges. However, Death Knights were often exempt from this kind of treatment, as people saw them as similar to the Sayen the Undertaker, the hero who slew Xander the Mad. However, this bad publicity would not stop the members of this adventurer class from doing the right thing: many Paladins actually helped hunt down Cultists in hiding, and these acts would eventually save the reputation of this adventurer class.

In these times, Death Knights often tried to assure the safety of their brethren, hiding them away to assure their safety and standing guard over them while they prayed to their chosen gods from the Trogur pantheon.