I. The Vanishing (Y79–Y90)

The Compassionate Mutiny When Commander Narcis disbanded the army in Y79, Lieutenant Phobus Rapture (Paladin of Vengeance) took the order differently. He did not seek peace. He sought a new war. Phobus believed that the static villages were "bait" and that wagons were "coffins." He took the most traumatized, hyper-vigilant, and lethal soldiers of the battalion—about 800 men and women—and marched them into the deepest, darkest sector of the Wilds: The Gloom-Thicket.

The Doctrine of the Bolt-Hole (Y82) Early on, Phobus realized that nomadic caravans were vulnerable to Dragon fire and Fiendish ambush. He ordered the burning of their wagons.

• The Great Dig: Instead of building walls up, they dug down. Utilizing the engineering knowledge of the Astral Army, they began constructing "Bolt-Holes"—camouflaged, subterranean bunkers reinforced with ironwood and abjuration magic.

• The Shift: They stopped being "Cavalry" and became "Insurgents." They learned to move through the canopy and the root systems, leaving no tracks.

II. The War of Whispers (Y90–Y120)

The Hunting Years While the other Clans fought over territory, Clan Rapture fought a secret war of extermination against the Fiendish Remnants.

• The Culling: They mapped the spawning pits of the Spined Devils. They tracked the migration patterns of the Hezrou. They didn't fight defensive battles; they conducted Preemptive Strikes.

• The Cost: This era was brutal. The original Aasimar founders began to die off, not from age, but from attrition. To survive, they began recruiting/adopting only the fiercest orphans from the static villages, training them from childhood to be silent killers.

III. The Caspian Ignorance (Y122)

The Political Disconnect When Caspian Silversky began his war against the Brigand Barons, Clan Rapture ignored him completely.

• The Stance: To the Rapture Council, "Brigand Barons" were a mortal nuisance, beneath the notice of the Vengeance Oath. They watched Caspian’s crusade from the tree lines, invisible. They could have ended the Barons in a week, but they let Caspian do it so they wouldn't compromise their positions against the real enemy (the Fiends).

• The Friction: This created a long-standing tension. Marshall County views Clan Rapture as "Unhelpful Ghosts," while Rapture views the County as "Soft Targets."

IV. The Era of the Excavation (Y130–Y160)

The Old World Tech As the Clan dug deeper Bolt-Holes, they began to find things. The Demesne was the graveyard of the Eastern Front, but below that, it was the graveyard of older eras.

• The Integration: They began incorporating scavenged tech into their gear. While Solace relies on divine magic and Bastion relies on steel, Rapture began using Magitech—scavenged pistons, arcane sensors, and preserved weaponry from the pre-reboot eras. This is the era where Božena's mother (Mara) likely began the tradition of specialized "Excavators."

V. The Modern Era (Y160–Y182)

The Shadow Council With the death of the last original founders, the Clan shifted to a pure Meritocracy.

• The Code Names: Leaders abandoned their birth names for "Callsigns" based on apex predators (The Owl, The Bear, The Wolf). This protects their families from magical retribution by intelligent Devils.

• The Current Crisis: In Y182, the Clan's scouts have noticed a shift. The Fiends are organizing. The "Feral" nature of the Wilds is changing. Something is commanding the monsters. The Clan is on high alert, unaware that this is the precursor to the Orlock Invasion.

🐉 The Dragon Tradition: "The Trophy of Silence"

Clan Rapture views Dragons not as mounts, but as the Ultimate Prey.

• The Test: To lead a Squad, you do not just subdue a dragon; you must hunt one.

• The Method: The candidate must track a Chromatic Dragon to its lair, infiltrate it without waking the beast, and steal a single scale from its underbelly. If they wake the dragon, they die. If they kill the dragon, they fail (waste of a resource).

• The Mounts: They do not ride Dragons (too big, too loud). They ride Drakes—smaller, wingless draconic hybrids that can move silently through the underbrush. However, the High Marshal (The Bear) is rumored to have a Shadow Dragon bound by a specialized magical collar found in a dig site.