The beginning

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The Demons all gathered around as their leader began talking.
"It will come to pass that a stone will fall from the sky and scatter across the world. And when these stones are brought together we will be able to go to the surface and make it our own once again!" Gutteral and infernal yells and cheers could be heard all around.

The alignment was a hundred years away the demon leader knew it would take some time so he sent out some scouts to start his plan in motion....

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And it had come to pass that the minions had planted the seeds to gather the material to make weapons of power by the most skilled smiths in the lands. Their creations had no equal made their way into the hands of kings and powerful people.

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As it came to be, the weapons forged and given, slowly fell into the hands of those under control of the demon lord. The components gathered began to attract attention of the proper forces to prevent such activities from  coming forth.
    An alliance was formed between powerful good dragons and they kept up with the happenings of the realm and set in motion their own plan to stop the demon lord. They started assembling the best characters into a group to handle the threat.
    The group formed accepted the name 'Band of the Hand' by the dragons. They agreed to keep the group exclusive and secret.
    It came to pass that they arrived at the spot that the demon lord chose to enter the world. The fight broke the ritual and became intense as both sides started to lose companians. As the fight continued one of the evil clerics grabbed one of the keys and made his escape.
    With the fight nearly done, and good guys victorious, they began gathering the keys finishing off the rest of the foes the group begins formulating a plan so that this never again becomes an option the the demon lord.

    They split up the spoils and the keys, and went to their appropriate sections of the world, hoping that they willl never have to form again to save the world in such a manner.

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The demon lord was angered that he had to wait another 100 years before another attempt could be made for him to enter the world, he took some years for torture and failures to make him feel better and to promote new demons to carry out his plans successfully.
As the Band of the Hand advanced in years, the accepted new members into the group and began to thrawrt various dangers in the land, but as they did this, their being secret has become whispers of a mysterious group of do-gooders.
The veteran members of the band began succumbing to age and their previous exploits were becoming lost to the years of lore, their replacement began to hear of an upcoming threat of demon invasions throughout the lands.
As the years got closer the the hundred year window, the attacks came more frequent and closer to where the veteran members lived.
Pretty soon the only ones who knew of the imminent threat of the gate were the dragons and one member, the son of a former original Band of the Hand member.
He put out the call to arms and spun the tale to his commrades. They prepared for the day that would no doubt come to pass.

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