Creed Clan

=Myth Behind the Creed Clan= As told by Sarobin "This myth is just that, a myth. There are many things about it that are unbelievable, impossible, improbable. However, this myth was a powerful one back during the days of the Arathi tribe, and did make my ancestors greatly feared. So although it is in reality, a myth, there is much truth in it about the essence of the Creed family.

Back during the days when humans were still made up of tribes, one such tribe remained isolated up in the hills in Tirisfal Glades. It was unnamed, violent tribe. Though it usually remained to itself, it had vicious backlashes against anyone who stepped too close to it. They were considered worse than barbarians to the elves, they were considered monsters for their inhumane treatment of any outsider captured, whether it be man, woman, or child. As humans became more civilized thanks to the high elves and formed a new culture surrounding Arcane and Light, this one tribe still remained in place. For awhile, it seemed to have no interest in magic or a more advanced way of living.

Human and elven parents told their children horror bedtime stories of this tribe of the woods. Stories that they would be whisked away, killed, and never seen again if they strayed too far from home. However, the most horrific story was of how they were named the Creeds.

It was said, there was once a small, new town in the Glades called Creed, named after a Church-inspired settlement. Its purpose was to have a base for missionaries and travel along the lands to any towns that hadn't been informed of the new Church yet. There, both holy men and women, and other crafters and their families resided. They heard rumor of this tribe living not far off, and their missionaries, led by a man called Victor Albright, ventured to the woods towards the tribe.

Victor Albright was an archbishop of the church, and was advancing the study of shadowmancy, particularly of the mind. Not many outside of the church knew about his study of shadowmancy, but inside, it was said that new priests and priestesses were secretly being taught abilities such as Mind Control, shadow words, and what-not, and Victor was one of the major supporters of such teachings.

When the tribe saw Victor and his holy men approach, they quickly reacted very violently. A small battle broke out, and during the process, one of the tribal women was killed. Victor was captured, and all the holy men killed there. About a month later, the tribe advanced onto the town of Creed in the middle of the night. What was reported back to the church was bizarre. The only survivors, children and women, reported to the messenger that the attack came in the night. All the men were slain and hung around the town, from posts, doorways, anything. The women were beaten and had their genitalia badly burned by torches, to the point of no healing. The children had it the worse. Every child was not only also burned at the genitalia, but also had their limbs cut off. The town of Creed was not only a massacre, but a massacre that left not everyone dead, but completely incapable of spreading future generations. When asked how the tribe managed to accomplish all this, everyone reported a euphoric sense of no self control, as if all were mentally forced to withstand this attack without any struggle.

And so, the tribe was called Creed.

Now, because of the attacks on Lordaeron and its church, I have been unable to find proof of any town that was called Creed, or information about this man called Victor Albright. However, what is true is that the Creeds today, which do exist, whether they be the tribemen in the Glade, or the remnants of the Stratholme branch, all are born with an inherent gift to mental shadowmancy, and this psychomancy is the core to their survival. What is also true, is that most Creeds have committed acts as greivous as those afore mentioned on that town."