In the aftermath of the battle, some members of the White Mantle abandoned the cause, claiming to have had their eyes opened by the revelation of what the White Mantle had truly been doing. Others retreated into the jungle, from which they would spend the next two and a half centuries trying to destabilise and discredit the Krytan crown in hopes of toppling it once again so they could sweep back to power. With the mursaat absent, parts of the White Mantle would grow to become more of a political organisation for enemies of the Crown than a religious one, although the cult of the Unseen would forever remain part of its identity.
The Return of Lazarus That was, however, until recently. With the magic released by the deaths of Zhaitan and Mordremoth, those White Mantle who still believed in the Unseen saw the opportunity to reconstitute their god. We may have had no warning of this had they not seen fit to ambush and kidnap a Pact patrol. An elite Pact squad was formed to rescue them, and in doing so, the squad discovered that the area was not simply another bandit camp. Instead, there was a White Mantle fortress nearby, where magic from bloodstones and innocents sacrificed to the bloodstones LORE - The Commander’s Guide to Mursaat History | GUILDMAG ANNUAL 2016
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