The oligarchs had assumed his will broken and greedily accepted. Ultimately, the necromancer agreed to their demands and offered to perform the ritual which would make the oligarchs immortal. Under their command, Uroboruuk was subjected to the most brutal and imaginative forms of torture ever conceived. Unsurprisingly, this drew the attention of the oligarchs, who craved such power for themselves.
His skin would not burn and his wounds would not bleed. However, he was not like any man they had ever met. Uroboruuk, who then had a powerful following in Arkovia, was betrayed and handed over to the Arkovian torturers.
Under decree of the Arkovian Oligarchs, all suspected practitioners of the necromantic art were to be taken to the Steps of Torment, a vile prison where doomed men were left to rot in the darkness of the depths of the earth. Uroboruuk is perhaps more legend than man and no one knows in what distant time and place he was born but his name has reappeared throughout the ages and is central to tales of the downfall of Arkovia centuries ago. Though the art itself is as ancient as man's control over magic, the Order owes its origins to just one man: Uroboruuk. They are necromancers, reapers, the embodiment of mortal desire to understand the inevitable. Doing so enables access to Death's Vigil quests and bounties as well as the ability to purchase faction equipment.įor the Order of Death's Vigil deals in that ultimate fate which binds all men. The player has the opportunity to side with them during the Allies Among the Ashes quest. The Order of Death's Vigil are one of the Factions present in the world of Grim Dawn. The Chosen, concerned only with cleansing Cairn of corruption, view the Order as a travesty that must be purged. Having faced persecution at the hands of the empire for centuries, the Order is no stranger to prejudice and controversy, but they had never met a foe as relentless as the Kymon's Chosen. Instead they embrace all of its harsh lessons, believing that through mastery of death they can become more in tune with the world itself. The Order of Death's Vigil represents the last connection to the nearly lost art of necromancy, precious knowledge passed down to its members from their grandmaster, Uroboruuk.