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The witchdoctors that reside deep in the jungles of Sanctuary are known mostly for how little is actually known about them. The general image held of them by the more "civilized" populations is that they utilize primitive magicks to wake the dead and call curses and plagues upon their foes. One of the premiere stories that accompanies tales of witchdoctors is that of the "plague of toads", a horde of angry amphibians summoned to drown whole villages in a wave of pestilent croaking.
The fact that witchdoctors utilize such a spell is true, however the details of the spell itself are somewhat inaccurate. The first of these innacruacies is the name of the spell itself: the "plague of toads", while certainly summoning plenty of toads, is also capable of summoning the occasional frog, as well.
The second inaccuracy is that the horde of amphibians summoned by the spell is entirely "mindless", as one might think of such things. In as much the same way that the toads are sometimes frogs instead, so too should it be noted that, on occasion, some of these creatures are a little brighter than their peers.
One such creature was a frog who called himself Binkopheles, Lord of Fear. Among his amphibian colleagues this self entitling was generally viewed with an air of skepticism and humor, but, being simple amphibians, they generally didn't think about it too much--not when there were bugs to eat and croaking to be done. Binkopheles--or "Binkles", as he was referred to by his lexically-challenged brethren--considered believed himself to be more than a mere frog; indeed, more than even a mere mortal. Binkopheles came to realize, through his martial prowess and ability to sow fear on the battlefield, that he must actually be a great demon.
You see, when a witchdoctor casts a Plague of Toads, the creatures summoned are not actually materialized from thin air. Rather, each and every toad and frog is previously hand-selected by the witchdoctor to serve in his "army", and they even sign little contracts, insofar as a toad can "sign" anything. Binkles was no exception, and was in fact a veteran of dozens of summonings--a "highly decorated" veteran, in his mind. He had wreaked havoc across countless battlefields, basking in his enemies' terrified cries of "eek, a frog!" and "nooo I don't need any more warts!". Surely, he thought, his name must known far and wide, uttered with a sense of foreboding and whispered by parents to their unruly children at night.
Binkopheles was eventually "honorably" discharged from his service, but let it be known that his reign of froggy terror has not yet ceased, and that no one in Sanctuary is yet safe from the Lord of Fear.
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The witchdoctors that reside deep in the jungles of Sanctuary are known mostly for how little is actually known about them. The general image held of them by the more "civilized" populations is that they utilize primitive magicks to wake the dead and call curses and plagues upon their foes. One of the premiere stories that accompanies tales of witchdoctors is that of the "plague of toads", a horde of angry amphibians summoned to drown whole villages in a wave of pestilent croaking.
The fact that witchdoctors utilize such a spell is true, however the details of the spell itself are somewhat inaccurate. The first of these innacruacies is the name of the spell itself: the "plague of toads", while certainly summoning plenty of toads, is also capable of summoning the occasional frog, as well.
The second inaccuracy is that the horde of amphibians summoned by the spell is entirely "mindless", as one might think of such things. In as much the same way that the toads are sometimes frogs instead, so too should it be noted that, on occasion, some of these creatures are a little brighter than their peers.
One such creature was a frog who called himself Binkopheles, Lord of Fear. Among his amphibian colleagues this self entitling was generally viewed with an air of skepticism and humor, but, being simple amphibians, they generally didn't think about it too much--not when there were bugs to eat and croaking to be done. Binkopheles--or "Binkles", as he was referred to by his lexically-challenged brethren--considered believed himself to be more than a mere frog; indeed, more than even a mere mortal. Binkopheles came to realize, through his martial prowess and ability to sow fear on the battlefield, that he must actually be a great demon.
You see, when a witchdoctor casts a Plague of Toads, the creatures summoned are not actually materialized from thin air. Rather, each and every toad and frog is previously hand-selected by the witchdoctor to serve in his "army", and they even sign little contracts, insofar as a toad can "sign" anything. Binkles was no exception, and was in fact a veteran of dozens of summonings--a "highly decorated" veteran, in his mind. He had wreaked havoc across countless battlefields, basking in his enemies' terrified cries of "eek, a frog!" and "nooo I don't need any more warts!". Surely, he thought, his name must known far and wide, uttered with a sense of foreboding and whispered by parents to their unruly children at night.
Binkopheles was eventually "honorably" discharged from his service, but let it be known that his reign of froggy terror has not yet ceased, and that no one in Sanctuary is yet safe from the Lord of Fear.