<p>In <span class="caps">MS</span> 3262, Vashna began the construction of Helgedad, the mightiest Darklord city. Perched upon an island of granite at the centre of a huge volcanic chasm, it claimed the lives of one million Giak slaves during the many years it took to build its walls, towers, and turrets of black steel. A bridge of twisted steel now spans the fiery chasm joining Helgedad to the desolate plain of the Naogizaga where craters of molten rock belch forth a black gas that keeps the city forever in shadow.</p>
-<p>Beneath the towers and the streets of iron, are many dungeons that descend through solid rock towards the blazing chasm floor. Here lie the breeding pits of a host of Vashna<ch.apos/>s evil creations. Vordaks, Doomwolves, and Kraan emerged from these terrible halls to swell the Darklord armies, securing victory after victory in the incessant wars of expansion. But victory turned sour when a new breed of warriors appeared from the Northern Void. For the very first time, Vashna tasted defeat at the hands of mortal men called Sommlending; his armies were ejected from the Lastlands and held at bay along the Durncrag Ranqe. The Sommlending, under their leader King Kian, established the land of Sommerlund within this captured territory and defied all attempts to recapture it. Vashna was enraged.</p>
+<p>Beneath the towers and the streets of iron, are many dungeons that descend through solid rock towards the blazing chasm floor. Here lie the breeding pits of a host of Vashna<ch.apos/>s evil creations. Vordaks, Doomwolves, and Kraan emerged from these terrible halls to swell the Darkland armies, securing victory after victory in the incessant wars of expansion. But victory turned sour when a new breed of warriors appeared from the Northern Void. For the very first time, Vashna tasted defeat at the hands of mortal men called Sommlending; his armies were ejected from the Lastlands and held at bay along the Durncrag Ranqe. The Sommlending, under their leader King Kian, established the land of Sommerlund within this captured territory and defied all attempts to recapture it. Vashna was enraged.</p>
<p>He vowed to destroy Sommerlund and its king, and set about the creation of a new evil to unleash upon his enemies. His efforts spawned the Helghast, undead beings of great power who could adopt the form of humans at will. They were used to great effect during the Helghast Wars (<span class="caps">MS</span> 3520-50), but the strength and resolve of the Sommlending finally overcame them. The magicians of Toran identified them, and using the Sommerswerd, a sword of great magical power wielded by their king, drove them out of the land. This sword then brought about the destruction of Vashna himself, at the Great Battle of Maakengorge, where, upon the edge of the chasm of doom, King Ulnar I slew and in turn was slain by the evil Darklord.</p>
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-<p>Vordaks were the first undead to be summoned and controlled during Vashna<ch.apos/>s early experiments in the laboratories of Helgedad. Their skeletal bodies were formed around crystals of power called <quote>Vordak gems</quote>, and when they are destroyed they revert back to this crystal state. They possess strong psychic powers and often act as lieutenants in Darklord armies to control Drakkarim regiments.</p>
+<p>Vordaks were the first undead to be summoned and controlled during Vashna<ch.apos/>s early experiments in the laboratories of Helgedad. Their skeletal bodies were formed around crystals of power called <quote>Vordak gems</quote>, and when they are destroyed they revert back to this crystal state. They possess strong psychic powers and often act as lieutenants in Darkland armies to control Drakkarim regiments.</p>
<h4>Zlanbeast/Kraan</h4>
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