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The corps stayed diminished for a century until Kreeg's patronage rebuilt it

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	Devils sought to take the city. Rather than wait for the assault, Elturel's paladin corps opened a portal beside their fort, the Gray Watch — now [[Nuts Deep]] — and rode ''into'' the first layer of Hell, to fight the devils back on their own ground. They won, at terrible cost: the gate closed behind them, and only a handful ever found their way back, by various means.		Devils sought to take the city. Rather than wait for the assault, Elturel's paladin corps opened a portal beside their fort, the Gray Watch — now [[Nuts Deep]] — and rode ''into'' the first layer of Hell, to fight the devils back on their own ground. They won, at terrible cost: the gate closed behind them, and only a handful ever found their way back, by various means.

	Elturel's paladin corps still bears the Hellriders' name. Today's paladins are not those who rode, but they keep the pact: '''no devil shall hold influence in Elturel.''' The portal's residue made the Gray Watch uninhabitable for long stretches; the residual energies have long since dispersed, and no infernal energy lingers at the site today — though [[Deez Nuts]] now garrison the doorstep of a former hellmouth.		Elturel's paladin corps still bears the Hellriders' name. Today's paladins are not those who rode, but they keep the pact: '''no devil shall hold influence in Elturel.''' The handful who returned rebuilt slowly, and for near a century the Hellriders remained a shadow of their former strength — until High Overseer [[Thavius Kreeg]]'s patronage restored them into the strong force whose patrols today guard the Sword Coast cities' southeastern approaches. The portal's residue made the Gray Watch uninhabitable for long stretches; the residual energies have long since dispersed, and no infernal energy lingers at the site today — though [[Deez Nuts]] now garrison the doorstep of a former hellmouth.

	The history was told to the party by Marshal [[Ulder Ravengard]] ([[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|S52]]) and a [[Dawnbringers]] Banneret ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|S53]]).		The history was told to the party by Marshal [[Ulder Ravengard]] ([[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)\|S52]]) and a [[Dawnbringers]] Banneret ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)\|S53]]).

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'''The Ride of the Hellriders''' — in '''1354 DR''', the paladins of [[Elturel]] opened a gate into Hell and rode through it.

Devils sought to take the city. Rather than wait for the assault, Elturel's paladin corps opened a portal beside their fort, the Gray Watch — now [[Nuts Deep]] — and rode ''into'' the first layer of Hell, to fight the devils back on their own ground. They won, at terrible cost: the gate closed behind them, and only a handful ever found their way back, by various means.

Elturel's paladin corps still bears the Hellriders' name. Today's paladins are not those who rode, but they keep the pact: '''no devil shall hold influence in Elturel.''' The portal's residue made the Gray Watch uninhabitable for long stretches; the residual energies have long since dispersed, and no infernal energy lingers at the site today — though [[Deez Nuts]] now garrison the doorstep of a former hellmouth.

The history was told to the party by Marshal [[Ulder Ravengard]] ([[Session 52 - Nuts Deep and the Turnip Wagon Ambush (2026-07-12)|S52]]) and a [[Dawnbringers]] Banneret ([[Session 53 - The Battle of Nuts Deep (2026-08-09)|S53]]).

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