Bring back the Dark Men of Odus

[BradZax]

Wu Tang's Fist of Mastery

[graggis]

Erudites are pretty fun to roleplay, but it was pretty obvious what these jokers were up to from the get-go. This was some tired 4chan 'Yakub' meme crap for the Tablet Kid demo rather than an earnest attempt to portray Erudites. I'm sure they had a good laugh.

[cd288]

they did a great job with the roleplay in game

[Duik]

I tried to play a erud pally so i could make steelsilk.
Got to a level i could easily hunt for silks.

Fuck. That. Shit.
I think i made a wrist and a boot. Wasnt officially SSF but i did enjoy getting stuff for myself.

[3d_glasses]

Original post like: I want to sound as divisive as I can because I hate division !

[Saaxir Asimatenya]

It seems that even now, the name of our defunct order is burdened with the deceits and slander of the lesser races of Antonica. Whispers of jealousy and hatred. Proclamations of our supposed crimes. And we thought we were beyond these petty squabbles, for we acted with decisiveness, purpose, and intelligence.

When an entire regiment of Antonicans was needed to face the threat of the Fire Giants or the remnants of Prexus's former chosen race, we disposed of them with a only a handful of the finest of Erud's chosen. Our successes brought us ire from these Antonicans. Alas, circumstance demanded that alliances be made to ensure our position and I was not privy to these discussions nor to the situation that lead to the order's disbandment by the gods themselves. Truthfully, I think the gods feared the power that might emerge from Erudin had we not been stopped.

But for those Erudites I called my brothers, there are no others to which I would rather have journeyed through the realm of Norrath. We shared discussions on the lore of the world: the sources of magic power of the arcane, divine, and the foul tree witches; the spheres of the gods and alternative interpretations of their theology; and the inferiority of the Antonican races. And together we challenged and changed the face of the world of Norrath.

The final point on the name of our brotherhood, "The Dark Men of Odus." This is indeed a double entendre. We are Erudites and one of the noticeable features of our race is our dark colored skin. We are the descendants of dark-skinned Erud and have acclimated to the sun-beaten weather on our transcendentally beautiful Odus. Because of this, we have been blessed to be highly distinguishable from the pale-skinned barbarians of Halas and the slack-jawed yokels of Qeynos. And it is not surprising that those with deficient intellectual capabilities fixate on only what they can see.

But by all accounts of "standard" morality we were indeed a dark sect. We know that we are superior to all other races on Norrath and we flaunt this. We accept the teachings of both the lich Miragul and Erud in pursuit of the highest knowledge. Those of us who follow Prexus do so for the ocean lord keeps us in splendid isolation from the rest of Norrath. Those of us who follow Quellious know that there is only one peace for all Antonicans, and if they are worthy may their next incarnation be Erudite. And Cazic Thule directs us to implant the terrible fear of death into our enemies, for they are only of use to us as our undead servants. Much of this is despicable to those followers of Rodcet Nife, Mithaniel Marr, Erollisi Marr, or Tunare, some of the supposed "good" deities. And so we were truly a "dark" order.

[Zuranthium]

Good roleplay effort. Sorry your home was destroyed.

[kjs86z2]

pray for nirgon

https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/14/us/ma...acmeekin-death

[Reiwa]

Where did DMO fall on the question of following Father Erud's rule of single-school spellcasting persons vs Miragul's multi-disciplinary rebellion?

[Saaxir Asimatenya]

It is a falsehood that Father Erud decreed that we should be strictly limited to one school of magic, disseminated and reinforced by the foolish High Council. There is wisdom in first mastering one school, but strict separation was not part of Erud's vision. The strict separation serves only one purpose, to support the power of those leaders of the Craftkeepers, Crimson Hands, and Gate Callers who focus on the politicking of the Erudin High Council rather than furthering their mastery of the arcane. So it may be said by those self-same councilors that we follow the path of Miragul and his heresy. And we do have many followers from the ranks of the Paineel "heretics." But we know we follow the true path of Erud's vision. "For knowledge is the greatest quest of all." And that knowledge is not to be limited.