Deathrisen
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"Time is our endless shoal....
the void, our dark heart."
Dark Elder Tsa'ath
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The Deathrisen are a race of monsters that once lived and died as one of the mortal races but were retched away from the clutches of death to exist as an entirely new and dreadful creature. These beings exist through the manipulation of powerful negative energies on corpses. Most Deathrisen are unique creatures with their own interests, ambitions views and on their place in the Material Plane and their goals within the every expanding multiverse.
Once they are risen they go through an intense process of change. Each of the three stages of this transformation bring about extreme adaptions to their physical state as well as permanent derangement of their souls. Their once living essences that they had while living are slowly bound and forever corrupted by powers far beyond the effects of the gods they knew in life or indeed the underworld itself.
They become twisted Undead beings that after receiving their Dark gift continue to evolve as they master the powers that their Dark gift connects them to. They are the progenies of the Undead God Hod and seek through their unholy efforts an assured place among those who have gained corporal immortality and a place within the deep void with the God of Undeath.
The Deathrisen are monsters that have been separated from the living world but through a connection to the darkest known magicks from the deep void have been unnaturally risen up. are the progenies of Hod and the extensions of Hod's will. Death is our permanent state of being while the living is seen by our kind as a lesser form of existence. Life itself and the living are often thought of as something to siphon or consume.
Undead come in many forms and are the unliving horrors and abominations of most mortal races. Due to this the near infinite variations of these walking cadavers are often identified by the nature of their resurrection rather than their race in life. Only the living descendants of the first mortals that mastered the energies within the negative plane hold the key to the processes of creating deathrisen. The first of these were ancient forms of the Hobben race called The Dark Elders and although there are few remaining strains that still exist, they are powerful and channeled extensions of the void itself.
Although many of these teachings were lost to time after the destruction of the Halls of Crynnd and the defeat of Ackryrak’kel-Ashe-takesh. Eventually the remnants of these ancient text would would fall into the hands of various scholars, Spellcasters, Alchemist and Explorers adding their own knowledge and studies in hopes of rediscovering these ancient Hobben secrets for themselves. These new schools of Necromyc study outside the compendium of Hobben study would in turn caused new forms of Deathrisen horrors to arise over the centuries.
The way to undeath is known as The Dark Gift and those who are the carriers of this dark magick through connections with the legacy of the Dark Elders remain hidden and silent. But not for very much longer. For soon, it is said to be the age of the next great awakening. The recurrence of the tendrils of the void sweeping across the Material Plane and a revival of the most vile kind.
History
those who dream of days to come and the tragedy of those who bear witness? Who whispers of things to be undone into the ears of dreamers who would lie in blissful peace to then wake hungry for that which cannot be obtained?
For the Path was of countless steps and all taken in our time. But the Great Dreamer sought the Dragryyum. It crosses fire and loam and ice and gale and travels an edge no Allym’yyn can tread. Yet the Nightmare God sought the ochre. The lessons of the Path are naught without the courage to act upon them. Between realms of sleep and dream, Phobettus found the urn.
In the realm of Void and Marr’dun, Phobettus found the red Dragryyum, the sacred ochre, sealed in an urn bound in shadow, for it is here that no thing can be created and all are cast to be destroyed. The Great Dreamer took the ochre, using it to write the lessons of the Path into his flesh. And as he wrote the shadows binding the urn reached out to him and whispered. They spoke of the truth, of the wisdoms of the unknown realms, and this pained the Nightmare God more than all he had written, more than the three hundred and forty-three wounds now burned into his frozen skin. When there was no more ochre left to write, he sought to free himself from the clinging shadows, but the chains held fast. Phobettus cried but none would hear. He fought but none resisted. He wept though none could see. And so it was the Great Dreamer fell silent and surrendered.
He surrendered the hunger which drove him to glory. He surrendered his will to rule and command. He surrendered his spirit to use the wisdoms of the unknown realms. And as Phobettus pulled free of the chains of shadow, they claimed that which he left behind. Phobettus fled the realm of Void in terror, the endless dark, to the world of dreamers and the wakeful. These aspects of the Nightmare God were not destroyed, but bound anew in a form akin to the void of its birth. And the form knew itself to be Hod, Lord of the Void Realms and the Dead, Herald of the Empty Stars and the Shifting of Ages. Hod was bound to the emptiness but was of the Void so it could not hold them. And so they sent out their Chains of Shadow to seek that which was theirs to keep.
The ochre Dragryyum burned at Phobettus’s skin and formed scabs which pained the Nightmare God. He clawed at the wounds and the scabs fell to the earth, forever casting the lessons from his mind. There they remained, for no mortal thing could touch them without fatal pain, nor could the wind nor rains alter the lessons of the Path, for they are essential to all things. And so it was that a hob'khadyynn discovered one of the Phobettyyn scabs and knew it for what it was, for this was in the days Phobettus spoke of his deeds to his creations though never openly. And so the hob took the scab upon his hook and called it Prime, the first. For never before had the presence of their god been so strongly evident.
And it was thus how Hod discovered the lost ochre, for the Void has a hand in all things of change and all that will die one day. And they sent their chains to bind the hob and claim him as kindred. Hod spoke openly to the hob, sharing the first lesson Phobettus had forsaken. And the hob saw his god’s betrayal and that there would be others who found the Primes, for there were many lessons of the Path. And so he named himself Ga’Hadth, the First Defiler, an Acolyte of Bremmen, History, for he saw that the discovery of these Primes would change the writings of time. To keep the Primes safe, Hod made the Acolyte immortal, as they held power over death itself. And this they would do for the eight to discover the remaining Primes.
And the Acolytes gathered the Primes together and constructed a mighty fortress in which to house the sacred texts and they named it Thuul, the Temple Without Time. They spread the wisdoms of the Primes and the sundering of the traitorous god, for only he had the power to use the lessons of the Path for the eternal glory of the people. These became known as the Abhorrent Wisdoms, for there were those who denied the treachery of Phobettus and clung to their fallacies. But there were those who heard the truth and sought the Acolytes. And they welcomed those who proved loyal, granting the Dark Gift to the worthy. These would become the deathrisen, the Dthoum’yyn, the warriors of Hod charged with the protection of his sacred ochre, for they could not perish without Hod’s blessing.
This was our origin. The birth of the Dthoum'yyn race. Several strains that were manifested and as time passed, their numbers grew slowly for they recruited only the worthy, living and dead alike. And these came in many forms, humanoid and beastial, spectral and infernal, each sculpted by the hands of his Acolytes according to Hod's will. The nine Acolytes were changed by their keeping of the Primes, but remained ageless as their followers slowly rot. For this they were praised and reviled, but none could stand before their might for they held the powers of Death and kept the wisdoms of the Primes in their mind. And they came to be known as the Dark Elders, for their bond to the Void was so strong they extinguished every light. And the Allym’yyn began to worry, for each day the Dthoum'yyn amassed their armies and grew closer to match the living. The Allym’yyn rallied their forces against the strongholds of the Dthoum’yyn, and so began the Great Undead War.
But the Hobs of the age that began to raise the dead soon found that the dark arts were difficult to manage and soon the tide of undead became an scourge and a divisive wedge between the users of the Dark arts and the traditional users of Hobben Schools of Phobettyn Praxis. This rift eventually became a war that engulfed nearly every civilisation and population centre upon the mantle crust.
The war began in tragedy for the Allym’yyn, repelled by legions of Dthoum’yyn that rose after they were struck down. The passions of the war hungry ran cold upon the eternal deathrisen, for the dark god went among them and their ranks never dwindled. And so they sought ways to sever the chains of Hod. With the Primes in mind they constructed the Hobben dalamus and engram, two parts of a censer by which one can turn the alchemical forces of order and chaos to one’s will. With this they thought to disperse the chains that bound the deathrisen to this plane. But their plans were discovered by the Dark Elders, and they in turn cast a phylacteral basin to channel their power, the Dalamus of Maug’Aar’Uend, the second of the Dark Elders and the strongest in his art. And as they held the unadulterated Primes in mind, this Dalamus was stronger than any the Hobben could conceive. With the power of the Dalamus, the Dark Elders strengthened the bonds of Hod, and the Allym’yyn sought elsewhere.
One particularly well documented incident involving the necromancer known as Nagash had a massive undead army at his command but to continue his studies, Nagash required massive quantities of a mineral known as Warpstone. A substance leftover from when a race of Silverhelmed Jinn who were divided by a great schism amongst their kind causing them to go war over the very soul of the planet and it's people. Members of their number believed to have fallen from grace were referred to as referred to as "Arahat". at some point during the conflict one of these "abominations" would fall in battle and embed itself deep within the bowls of the surface crust like a living meteor. In time the it's remains would slowly begin decay melt and crystalize eventually molding itself into a large stone. However it seemed to have an adverse effect on the surrounding area poisoning any nearby fresh waters and killing plants as if the earth itself has been salted. To any living being this would be a nightmare, but for Nagash it was the perfect means of prolonging his work.
When Nagash finally found it he built a large fortess above the warpstone and dubbed it Cripple Peak, so naturally he and the surrounding Skaven clans quickly went to war over it. The battle raged on for years until Nagash was successfully assassinated, leaving the Skaven to claim Cripple Peak for themselves. Nagash's power over death was however too great and through currently unknown means he would return to Cripple Peak, getting revenge upon the Skaven, and destroying any of their clans that had settled within Cripple Peak. Nagash's revenge was in vane however, by by then the Skaven had mined most of the Warpstone leaving his power diminished. Through the combined effort of Plaugelords and Greyseers Nagash was eventually defeated but in his last moments he released a dark plague known by the Skaven as The Necromancers plague. Clan Skryre and the Warlocks of Clan Skryre played an important in the Battle For Cripple Peak and it's says that this battle may have been the first to truly turn the tides of the Undead War
This would eventually lead into the Age of Keepers named for the strident efforts made to control the undead tide and to keep it from destroying every living and sentient being. The war was ended with the defeat of the Dthoum'yyn paragons and their subsequent retreat into the shadowy underdark. But this was at a significant cost to the Hobben population during the age.
Many weapons were contrived by the Allym’yyn to fight the Dthoum’yyn and all have since been lost, for few survived to record the history of the war and its tragedies and only the Dark Elders remain from that time. The defeat of the Demi-Lich Ackryrak’kel-Ashe-takesh signaled the end, and the Dark Elders knew they did not yet have the strength to conquer the Allym’yyn. And so they culled the Dthoum’yyn, leaving but a few in their service and casting the rest to the depths of the Dalamus, for they understood they must wait and gather their strength. The Dark Elders retreated to their hidden citadels, always leaving one to guard the Temple of Thuul and the Primes and so vanished from the eyes and mind of the world above.
For an age the Dark Elders reigned in secret, securing their fortresses in shadow and keeping the wisdoms of the Primes while planning their inevitable return. And all the while Phobettus festered, for while he cast the Dragryyum from his body his mind remained fractured. And as his mind crumbled there came Regret and Terror, for these were all that remained from his journey upon the Path. To save himself from further destruction, the Great Dreamer further divided himself from these so they might no longer poison his mind. And this sundering released a Dark Cloud over the world, a plague of destruction and putrefaction.
The Dark Cloud infested the wind and rode its currents, infecting all in its wake. Those who would survive would be changed forevermore, but they would be islands among a sea of fetid corpses and putrid decay. The Dark Cloud found all of the hidden places of the world and came to the Temple of Thuul. It was the Elder Khal’Rhun’Kannon who stewarded the Temple, the youngest of the Acolytes for she was the last to discover the miracle of the Primes. She watched as the Dark Cloud fell upon her servants and turned them into hives for insects of plague, and she saw how these insects swarmed in hunger and knew they were of the Void but not of Hod. She wept as they discovered the Primes and consumed them, a thousand wings stirring a maelstrom, a hundred mandibles tearing at the ochre. And these insects that devoured the Primes were transformed by them, becoming the lessons of the Path they embodied. They became Kussts - not the Primes which Phobettus first shed, but only the scabs that remained from old wounds. Khal’Rhun’Kannon wept at the destruction wrought by the Kussts and struggled to protect the beloved Primes. She reached for her favorite of these, and in her desperation destroyed the fragile Prime. And it was in this that she understood the Prime and came to embody it as the Kussts did. In this metamorphosis she became Grimm, to walk the Path and know its truths.
Grimm Khal’Rhun’Kannon wept at the loss of the Primes, and it was then that Regret came to her. The Grimm took the hook she had once carried as an Acolyte to carry the Primes and used its point to open her abdomen. And she cried for the Kussts to come to her, for she was as one of them and had the will to command lesser creatures. They flew to her and entered the hollow within her, and she came to house and steward the Primes as she had been charged by her peers. And so Regret left her.
Grimm Khal’Rhun’Kannon allowed the Kussts to enter her, and it was then that Terror came to her. For as each Kusst entered her hollow she came to know its Prime and the power held in the ochre Dragryyum. She panicked as the insects swarmed about her, understanding the force they contained as one by one they crawled inside her. They did not bite nor scratch, but the Grimm burned as she grasped the might of the Primes within which tore at her spirit and mind. She contorted and writhed, bones broke and flesh tore as the primal force continued to be pressed into a body too small and fragile. She became awash in shock and horror but endured as the Primes flooded her overburdened mind and the Kussts made host of her hollow body. As the last Kusst entered her body, the Grimm Khal’Rhun’Kannon’s spirit collapsed, unleashing the force of the Primes in a wave that caused the earth to quake for nine days. The Kussts splintered and propagated in the blast, spreading across the land and leaving the Grimm Khal’Rhun’Kannon a ruined, empty husk. And so Terror left her.
The Temple of Thuul was leveled and the shock echoed across the realms. Those bound by Hod’s chains felt it most strongly, and the Dark Elders above all others, for they were the closest bound to Khal’Rhun’Kannon. It came as a dying scream across the Void, and the Dark Elders recoiled at its force. They fled to the Halls of Crynnd, the final sanctuary of the Dthoum'yyn, formed by the Chains of Shadow, binding all of the realms to their inevitable fate. But the Halls were in turmoil from the power unleashed and the Elders were hurled in the nine necromyk directions. They were lost to one another and our heritage lost with them.
When the Dark Elders were violently sent into the nine directions during the destruction of the ancient Temple Thuul, each took three manifestations of the void from their tombs within the walls of the Temple with them.
The first of these manifestations were their connection to the negative planes and the whispered voice of Hod, God of the Undead in their ears. For they had forsaken the first deity and had given themselves to the domains of eternal existences and to the void and to the endless hunger growing within them.
The second manifestation that escaped with them into the far and shadowed reaches was the secrets contained in their dark arts. For they were the first to write what would become known as the Abhorrent Wisdoms and the first to make tradition from these great hidden works.
Unfortunately however the penned copies of the Abhorrent Wisdoms had fallen already into the hands of Necromyc scholars outside the Hobben race. This meant that throughout the millennia some of these owners felt the need to change, remove or even replace information outright, likely considering preserving information already safe within the primed themselves redundant, outdated or simply ill fitting to their momentary needs. This meant that most of the original scrolls content had already been slowly being changed or lost to time without the Dark Elders even knowing. Among its text being the what would become the only remaining keys to Lichdom, and eventusl ascension to a Deminoulogus state.
The third and last manifestation that all of the Dark Elders held was the Ochreom'necrom. A single drop was the inheritance of each of them and it was as alive within them as much as they were dead they had long left within the living worlds. This material is the heavy heart of darkness itself. Each Dark Elder holds a single drop of the ochre in their wicked hearts. And that drop is the deepest and most vile of oceans within them. Their hearts are filled with those vilest oceans and it aches with terrors yet undone even as they wither and continue rotting away.
And they were the mortals to call forth the first energies ever to be pulled out of the Deep Void. These Necrom magicks remained hidden within the Dark Elders as they traveled the planet in the nine seperate directions. Each of them searching for a unique source among the various living and elemental regions of the world. There they would dig beneath the surface to feed on the life forces above them. And it was there for many centuries that they would wait and gather their strength.
It was when the Void within them found its ill repose that the greater void called out for them. And it was those of us that answered that call that would become the creatures known first as "Dthoum'yyn" and through the many centuries since that time there have been many name given to us. The most recent of these being Deathrisen.
Throughout this time the scrolls containing the Abhorrent Wisdoms would continue passing from owner to owner until it finally fell into the hands of Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor a Spellcaster seeking to prolong his own existence hoping desperately to master the Abhorrent Wisdoms for himself before his inevitable return to the void. Using his advanced skills in spellcraft he to attach the scrolls to an actual binding. The book in a leather cover made from a human face and was decorated with the bones of a demon. Framed in metal and written in various types of blood this Grimoire would be dubbed officially dubbed "Necro'nomycon: The Tome of Abhorrent Wisdom". The book was then sealed with a symbiotic lock and key enchantment making the book only usable by other Deathrisen or Necromancers specifically "chosen" by Hod in hopes that this newfound lineage of necromyc study would not end with him. Any pages added to this book would also be magically translated into a language only readable to other Deathrisen. Resulting the Deathrisen language slowly becoming a mix match of it's Hobben roots and whatever other monsters races the book came into contact with.
His legacy would pave the way for future generations of Deathrisen. It's possible that he may have even been the the last Ba'al 'Krynn left standing before the eradication of their undead strain. His spirit is rumored to have only appeared once since then, possibly speaking through the book itself. The symbiotic nature of his spell caused any false information written within the book to be magically erased shortly after being penned. Another notable side effect of the spell being that because his ultimate goal of mastering the Abhorrent Wisdoms unfinished, It caused the book to disappear the theory being that Hod himself had then been using it to bring about a golden age of Necromyc advancement by handing it from generation to generation until this ancient lineage was worthy to rise again.
the book would continue transferring from owner to owner and they would make their own additions to it often doing so without regard for its increasingly patchwork appearance, intending only to add the new findings their studies yielded. This time however the magic bindings of the book would force its owners to preserve whatever history and knowledge was written before. In hopes that if the original Abhorrent Wisdoms were to be rediscovered or expanded that knowledge would never be lost again. During The Age of Plagues, the book would fall into the hands of the Necromyc Acolytes of Bhogg'Murr a group of seafaring monsters hoping to use their combined teachings of the afterlife and the information within the tome to find the secrets to undeath, creating a new breed of Deathrisen known as the Draugr. This led to many similar studies spreading far across the Material Plane once again. At some point it would also fall into the hands of a curious Alchemist attempting to test the effects of these same dark energies on cobbled together pieces of dead flesh, resulting in the birth of what we now know as Flesh Golems.
Studies like this continued for centuries and because the book had become a mix match of various writings reaching far beyond the compendium of the Hobben knowledge. The book had become a scientific journal rather than the writings of a long forgotten faith. This however worked to the favor of Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor's ultimate goal. For in time the book went from a mere broken down collection of random discoveries and began slowly turning into a cohesive and diverse look into the ever expanding compendium of necromyc history through the eons. It's said that around this time the book had fallen into the hands of alchemist working under the reign of Atlanean royalty, seeking to use its contents to reverse engineer a secret to immortality without undeath. The results of which were also a failure that helped eventually bring about the current scourge of deathrisen centuries. Through unknown means, after the destruction of Atlantis The Book had then found itself adrift at sea and eventually washed up on the haunted shores of The Sea of the Damned.
During the Age of Strident Shifts (Our current age) while on a voyage through the Sea of the Damned the Tome would finally fall into the hands of it's current owner a draugr by the name of "Mad Jak Calavera". The book was found on the same island where the the Necromyc Acolytes of Bhogg'Murr had discovered it centuries ago. Shortly after returning to the Mortal Plane, Dark Elder Gorgas-Dat'amar-Tsa'ath had gotten into contact with Jak and informed him that another recurrence of the dead are being risen. powerful ancients from the time of the war and those even older have been called out of their repose. Hobgoblyns of this age know the lessons of their history and are allied with the new Deathrisen initiative which is being led by the Dark Elder Tsa'ath.
The Dark Elder Gorgas-Dat'amar-Tsa'ath has again begun the rights known to bring about the various Deathrisen races and is their mortal steward. He is the Elder of the Neckromyc Direction of Mnarr and has a direct connection to Hod The Kalyph of Shadow Chains is held by him and he is currently searching for the other Dark Elders that the Undead Initiative is swiftly brought about.
Hobben Kadimah brought about the Deathrisen race as an attempt to reverse the eradication of the sacred Ddromar. This motivation brought about split of Phobettus and the manifestation of the deity Hod. The Chains of Shadow from that time were extended from the Void And these chains were cast from the Negative aspects and energies and were entwined deeply into the cycles of the material planes.
Stages of Deathrisen resurrection
Though there are many undead out there, not all have risen to the rank of deathrisen, infact statistically speaking it's likely that a very small percentage of them survive past their first week of resurrection let alone the month years or even decades it takes to evolve to their final states. Those that do will often seek to increase their number by sheer necessity of needing large amounts of assistants willing to work with undead openly, something that for the most part seems to go against the very nature of being a living being who isn't a devout follower of Hod to begin with. For this reason Deathrisen of the modern era will often seek to assist the newly risen undead in their ascension. They commonly distinguish these stages of ascenscion by both the physical emotion and mental stages to the newly risen undead's evolution. With the most common, least intelligent but easily most single mindedly bloodthirsty Zombies. The slightly more evolved and methodical but still quite feral Ghouls. Fully thinking and feeling Deathfiends will either stop evolving and give into the rot, or will ascend and become Deathrisen. The following is a comprehensive breakdown of these events in succession.
Rotrending of the Zombie
The newly risen is a horror unto even themselves. Tormented and lost unless guided by the one who raised them up. The Rotrend is torn apart from within with memories of a life just lived but without the living consciousness to tame the evil filling up where once there was life and the understanding of the coils of mortality. They are slowly rent from their former existences. And it leaves them inside a mindless and horrible deviation of will. Some that knew them in life will mistake this as grief. But it would be at their extreme peril to try to help their lost and departed. For the living are no more akin to the Zombies now than a priest is akin to a prowler.
The Shadow Chains of the Ghoul
The shadows within the Ghouls begin to form its own corrupted core and twisting gravities. Their form develops new affects during its evolution as a Ghast. The process of their rotting slows and only continues at an almost imperceptibly slow rate. Their skin usually starts to turn deep and lacquered tones of greys. The skin hardens upon their flesh which first rigours, dries and petrifies into lengths of unnatural and twisted chords of tissues across the body. The crawling creatures and larvae that once fed upon their flesh typically (but don't always) fall away from the changing body and rarely return since there is little left that could be used to sustain them on the well evolved Ghoul.
The ghoul starts to gain evolved undead senses and begins to see the world anew. The dim light within the sockets of the eyes start to become more defined and darkly brighter. Memories of their former life are almost totally lost by the Ghoul. Only nightmare images of what they were before being retched away form the tenuous cycles of living realms. Cycles that the Ghouls now find irrevocably fixated on. Constantly hungering to destroy and consume them.
As a Zombie within the state of Rotrending, their mind was a tourtured blend of blatant and mindless thrashing. But the evolving Ghoul finds that their thoughts begin to take on a form of reason. The once mindless obsessions begin turning into a more semblant ration of focus. Minds that begin taking on a more adapted and lurid cognisance. When enough time passes, and they find more to consume and as they begin to become more evolved they begin to hear the whisper from beyond their protracted suffering. It is not heard well enough to be any use to them yet, but the time will come when the voice will bring them closer to the source. Closer to the beginning of every horrible ending.
The Deathfiend Blessing
It is at this stage that they are transformed into a Deathfiend, Undead that have survived and have found their own way to settle into the experience of undeath. With the abilities they learned during life they can now start to improve upon during undeath. The last of the major changes that the undead will go through culminate within a process called "The Blessing". In many ways, it is the true beginning for the creature as it is the awakening of undead self awareness and is only granted to those who were able to make it through the first two stages of zombie and Ghoul and have learned to thrive inside their new horrific reality. And, for their ability to survive and for their service to the void they gain the first formal gift from Hod. The shade within them now is now deeply bound by the chains of shadow and are restored with a new un-living sentience. This state can be considered in some regards as the emergence of undead consciousness.
Deathfiends don't just regain the abilities of speech and other social abilities that they knew while alive, but new languages and abilities can be learned to assist their dark aspirations. Their former lives are remembered, but it is with an imperfect and cruel recounting. These memories are now a distorted and often emotionally charged versions of what actually transpired while they lived. It is often the conquest of those that gain this Undead reasoning and memory that they would make it a personal quest to right perceived wrongs that may or may not have happened to them. It is common that the deathfiend would find an constant obsession to exact extreme revenges on upon individuals related to their hazy pasts. Total eradication of entire families to settle scores that they may imagine or are true are sometime the first real and feverish endeavor for newly realised deathfiends.
The many changes gone about the creature as it finds victims and sources to consume will find the deathfiend a new and horribly unrecognisable being. A being that until now had only rudimentary abilities to speak or complete complicated tasks. But with their newly established and coldly settled undead consciousness, the possibilities for more complex and interrelated connections to the world at large become possible. The realisations of logic and calculative reasoning within the cults and cultures for the Undead are made possible. As they develop this new consciousness and as they become aware of their link to Hod, they can again pursue new knowledges and talents. To again lurk among the hidden centres of undead learning. To actively seek to interpret the Three triangles of connection to Dark energies of the void. To make best use of the possibilities and promises of immortality.
For all undead creatures, becoming a deathfiend is the end of a protracted painful process that sees them nearly fully realised again but within a new identity. But it also marks the beginning. For it is the first form of the higher ranking echelons of undead societies. For although they do not live in the open, groups of undead have been known to inhabit spaces together. And history shows the the existence of the great halls of Crynnd and the sprawling underground lairs known as the Koptyc Crypts under the black sands of the Skeleton Dunes are proof that undead cities once existed. These were the centres of dark power while they were in use. found their own collaborative efforts during those ancient times. They were the pinicles of collective Undead power. And there are numerous hidden caches of these old societies hidden under layers of ages and dust. But ages change. And Hod stirs.
But still there is the spectre of a slow decay that haunts them. Although their flesh has become almost entirely resistant to the degradation a that dead material goes through they are not totally immune from times slow deterioration of their physical bodies. And when their bodies are slowly worn away from them the magicks that sustain their efforts of movement and whatever else the physical body provides them. Because of this they begin to pursue the arts that will keep their slow disintegrations at bay. What will be required to cease this process will be through the void and increase their connection to the shadow chains leading to it. The whispers that were heard but still not understood when they were deathfiends are now more frequent and clear. It is the sound caused by those that have studied the dark arts of Hod. And it is delivered to them by a very real and evil thrumming bug that is often harboured within their very skulls. It is the decision of the deathfiend to either stay dormant or accept their slow decay or for those ambitious to follow the dead reckoning of the whisper and find their place among the new legion of undead masses about to rise. To be lead into the higher forms of unliving. To be found within the newly forming and second Undead Army. To fight in the war that will see the realisation of the new Age of Undeath which looms just ahead of us.
Deathrisen Ascension
"Rise, creation, follow my command,
Rise and be my undead hand."
Evolution for the undead is not the same process as it is inside living cycles. The stages beyond the horrific Rotrending are divergent casts of the same race if one wishes to see it such. After a Deathrisen reaches its final stage, they may take on one of may forms based on the composition of their dark conception. While many are raised through traidional means through dark ancient Hobben Magicks resulting in the traditional Corpser Varieties of Deathrisen or Crowler Wights, their secrets have been long thought to spread throughout history and various cultures leading to many various forms of attempts at replicating these Necromyc Magicks. These may be including but not limited to crudely melding cadavers together through alchemical means or even formless shadowy specters waiting to possess any unfortunate moral who crosses their path. While some attempts have been more successful than others, it's clear that attempts by other schools of magic and fanatics of Hod to bring back a new wave of Deathrisen have been relatively successful given that the number of Deathrisen variants discovered seems to only increase with time. the following is a list of those currently documented:
Wight
The first known undead risen by the Dark Elders were known as "Crowler Wights". These creatures are significantly mutated through horrible aspects of their undying hatred and the unholy effects of negative magicks. Twisted and marred, a Wights body is horrible and deadly. Their limbs and fingers often lengthen into sharp jagged extensions. Their mandibles sometimes split and grow out from their heads forming the most distinct and feared weapon of the Wight (Sometimes referred to as "Rasps"). Since Wights are deeply effected by extreme emotionally charged objectives they are usually fast and frenzied creatures that are too unpredictable to control as a group. They are clever hunters and can steady themselves for years at a time to exact a revenge or to cause the greatest damage to a group that they are set against.
There are no longer Wights that are still among the wide regions of this world. None that are still animated......... not yet that is.
Corpser (Ba'al 'Krynn)
During the Great Undead War there was a tear within the conduits between the multi-plannar realms. In some cases, Void magicks were enhanced by the powers of planes that included Anomyyl (Abysm) and Illith (The unknown) to assist raising the dead. The undead that were cerated using the powers from these sources were unlike anything seen before and have not been seen since. It is written that mounds of the dead from the previous mortal wars were the first places where these beings were seen being created. The manner of these undead types were extreme and would often not be easily commanded by their creators. It is rumored that the existence of Corpsers are what caused the Undead War to begin. For the nature of these beings were partly influenced through Abysmal and Illithic energies and could not easily be controlled through traditional methods. The Ba'ale'Kryn would turn on their own ranks and evolved quickly into higher powerful and forms that with a quickened form of sentience would take charge of the more common versions of undeath and plot them against whom they wished.
The scourge of this new type of undead and their Ascended forms caused the Hobben race to cease their focus on material dominances on the planet. This shift in Hobben focus is what started the Great Undead War and what ultimately eradicated the Corpser strain. However, the war with the undead significantly weakened Hobben numbers by the end of the era but their efforts to overcome the magicks from multiple planes made them the keepers of Necromyc magicks and the experts on undeath power. Hobs to this day call their weapons "Korpsers" as an echo to this part of their deep history. Much is unknown about the original Corpsers, but based on what we know of Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor it's likely their designated names were likley the undead real which their legion reigned and an operating number among their ranks in order to identify themselves.
There are no longer Corpsers that are still among the wide regions of this world. None that are still animated......... not yet that is.
Known Corpsers:
Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor
- Known as: The Last Sage of the First Undead Scourge
- Creator of: The ancient Deathrisen compendium
- Original race: Some form of fiendish Outsider
- Risen by: most likely Dark Elder Dthame'Dtholl'Nineveh
- Status: Slain during the Undead War
- Lore: The first deathrisen to actually use and expand upon the knowledge within the Temple of Thuul after it's destruction. He is believed to be the soul reason the deathrisen survived into the current era by ensuring the survival of their ancient history.
Revenants
Deathrisen that have been risen and transitioned well into the state of undeath neither slow nor awkward these form of undead are the most common amongst the Material Plane. They can understand the languages they knew in life and are generally resurrected and kept alive through sheer force of negative energy rage and willpower. This generally means they're usually born with one purpose in mind, vengeance. Sometimes however they're resurrected by actual necromancers who will give the revenant with a task of their own. They are usually known to travel great distances, even between the many Planes of reality itself to finish their unholy quests. They're particularly famous for their deathly banshee-like wails that have been known to frighten or stun even some of the most feared mortal fighters. These undead beings aren't quite as horrifically mutated deformed or changed from their original risen state like the original Wight strains of Deathrisen but do not mistake these beings as any closer to their living selves than their counterparts. Very rarely so Revenants survive the resurrection process without almost entirely losing themselves and who they once were in life for their quest for revenge. Many a mortal have made the mistake of approaching a Revenant in hopes that it was their long lost loved one returned from the dead only to be swiftly and tragically slain by their now bloodthirsty and hate filled husk.
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- Creator of:
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- Status: Active
- Unit: The Lost
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Skeletons
Deathrisen who have either stayed within the state of accelerated Rot for an extended amount of time or were resurrected centuries after their death. In either of these cases the physical effects are the same. Skeletons have the same abilities that an undead within the Deathrisen stage would. Skeletons have none to very little flesh left on their form and notwithstanding their personal affect, being a walking skeleton is their most notable characteristic.
Known Skeletons:
Draugr
"Burn, bright accursed light, upon tales of ill deeds, long past."
"Ye come seekin' adventure and salty ol' pirates, aye? Sure ye come to the proper place. But keep a weather eye open, mates, for unmoored souls may drift on stranger tides than those men know of, and be overthrown by winds that would not even stir a hair.
Perhaps ye heard of these cursed shores?... Ye've heard of this place, hidden beyond the veil of reality? Ye see we’re not really in the Material Plane now. Not any more than we’re in every other place. The Material Plane is just beyond the horizon of this seemingly endless foggy. We're off the edge of the map, and here there be monsters.
They say only those chosen by the god of undeath can become "immortal" by means of these dark waters. If he takes care to shed blood within it's depths, should he die in battle and be given a burial at sea, he'll come back as something else…
No fear of evil curses, says you? Properly warned, says I. For it be too late to alter course, and there be lost plunderous souls lurking upon these misty waters, waiting' to board. And the faint whispers of long forgotten crewmen can be heard but never truly seen out of the corner of your vision.
These will be the last 'friendly' words ye'll hear. Ye may not survive to pass this way again… For even the light of the stars do not reach their waters. For the Sea of the Damned - or Te'Bhogg'O'Dthoum as the Hobben call it - is a space between spaces, a dark reflection of the seas you know.
Ye see for every action there's an equal but opposite reaction, and a uniformly moving object will continue to move uniformly unless acted upon by some force - but if ye get very particular about very small-scale events... ye'll find that mechanical description of reality is only mostly correct. In tiny extents of space or time there's an element of indecisiveness, postponement of definition, and you can catch truth as loose as an underdone egg. In the Material Plane this isn't a big factor because the odds are pretty consistent from place to place. But here they're not consistent. They're polarized here.
They say a group of Water Goblins, Syrens, Deep Ones, Bullywog and Kappa were said to be the first ones to discover these waters. They say when they left Port the first time they were nothing but a peaceful group of traveling monks, sages, scholars, and explorers seeking to unify the aquatic direction of magicks in the Material Plane.
But then... they came here.
The only true spot of land they discovered was an island where it's said a drop of blood would grow trees throughout the viney maze-like jungle covered in face-like fungal growths. Often whispering in different languages. one even supposedly expressing opinion on "the recent regicide". However at that point, unless someone had killed one of the Monarchs while they were away… it would had to have been talking about the murder of one of the viking monarchs from centuries ago.
At some point while exploring this island they came across some kind of ancient Hobben tome that told them where they were and how to get home. But by the time they had figured it all out- they'd found that their magicks were much stronger out here. And even though Necromyc magicks had seemingly begun dryin' up in the Material Plane for thousands of years, they'd tracked down it's old footprints in each of their cultures, found their bones ... and studied 'em. Eventually this resulted in what we know today as the Necromyc direction of Bhogg'Murr.
The Draugr are the long-term effects of these explorations into the Te'Bhogg'O'Dthoum. Those of us who aren't above listening to those teachings - especially those of us who live on the sea - know some it's secrets. I know more, maybe, than anyone … The truth lies before you. For in this place, dead men will always have tales to tell."
-Spoken by Mad Jak on a quest to find Maug'Aarr'Uend's lost knowledge of phylactery just before start of The Age of Strident Shifts
Known Draugr:
- Known as:
- Creator of:
- Original Race: Tiefling
- Risen by: Possibly the spirit of Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor speaking through the Deathrisen Tomes
- Status: Active
- Unit: The Grey Ghost
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- Creator of:
- Original Race Dwarf
- Risen by:
- Status: Active
- Unit: Orion's Belt
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Flesh Golems
Purpose built, these hulking undead creatures are usually a significantly valuable possession to the individual(s) who arranged to have the Golem raised. Flesh Golems are the singularly raised animated creature constructed out of the pieces of two or more dead (usually bipedal) creatures. The rationale to create these creatures are too many to list but it is often to find Golems acting as strong-arm servants of the creator since they are known to have higher that average strength potentials (which the Golem is largely unaware of). It is frequent to hear of Flesh Golems becoming uncontrollable and killing their charges by accident or through a "deathrage" that are frequent in the early stages of undeath. After they find themselves alone they leave the place of their creation and continue somewhat aimlessly to travel the planet alone or to eventually join other forms of undead where they might find their own way into the deeper pathways into the Undead Ascensions.
Known Flesh Golems:
- Known as:
- Creator of:
- Original Race: Various Pieces
- Risen by: An unnamed Alchemist
- Status:
- Unit: the Sith Empire
- Lore:
The Morrikynn
The Morrikynn are the descendants of an adept and culturally sophistocated race of blood fervent monsters that went extinct during the acts that began and have since become known as the Khyber Rebellion. This particular race adapts so well into their Deathrisen state that their appearance is ALMOST mistakable for that of a particularly gruesome or monstrous living being. Do not be fooled however, these beast are just as deadly, possibly even moreso than the other deathrisen strains. They're highly intelligent and are often known to well connected to regional politicians and leaders making it very easy for them to bend entire countryside's to their whim via intimidation tactics alone. The leader of the their race was known as Morryn and it was he who found a connection to the Void and it was he who found the remains of his race and rose them into an undying existance. Because of part that he has played in the resurrection of the group the group have been called Morrikynn since that time.
Known Morrikynn:
- Known as:
- Creator of:
- Original Race: Human
- Risen by:
- Status: Active
- Unit: The Lost
- Lore:
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- Unit: The Lost
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Wraiths
Commonly refered to as Ghost, Specters, and Clothshades. The dead become more powerful as time goes by. What was once just an unquiet lingering presence to your grandfather could be a full-fledged wraith to your grandchildren. After the Acolytes of Bhogg'Murr finished their work, their studies eventually fell into the hands of powerful necromancers who had learned to bend these presences and train them in certain directions like you would a vine. Similar to a farmer turning a seed to grow a tree, these necromancer could "plant" these lingering wills to one day grow a wraith. Wraiths could easily be considered a Deathrisen without a body as they too are simply what happens when a restless dead spirit comes into prolonged contact with a negative energy. However unlike the other deathrisen they are not just categorized as Undead but could also be considered Outsiders given their direct connection to the Ethereal Plane and their ability to phase between it and the Material Plane at seemingly free will.
Known Wraiths:
- Known as:
- Creator of:
- Original Race: Human
- Risen by:
- Status: Active
- Unit: The Lost
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- Status: Active
- Unit: The Lost
Plague Maidens (Lurea'ag)
During the latter half of the Undead War the Necromancer known only as Nagash the Mighty reigned supreme within his fortress called Cripple Peak built on the foundations of a massive Warpstone Meteor. He and the nearby Skaven clans quickly went to war over it. The battle raged on for years until Nagash was assassinated, leaving the Skaven to claim Cripple Peak. Nagash's knowledge of undeath was however too great and he would return half a century later to destroy any clans that had settled within. However by this time the Skaven had already mined most of the Warpstone, greatly diminishing his power; and with their combined efforts the skaven were able to defeat Nagash. However in his last moments he released a dark plague which the Skaven dubbed The Necromancers plague.
Skaven legends say that when plague ravages a region, a spirit will sometimes walk its lands. These deathrisen are believed to be the long-term effects of Nagash's final act of revenge upon the living. first of these creatures were known as Lurea'ag or “Ladies of the Hollow” but they’re more commonly known today as plague maidens these are some of the most insidious deathrisen a traveler may have the misfortune to come across. These deathrisen would walk the from town to town resembling deathly pale women and dressed in a peasants gown and covered in a hooded shroud.
These villages already fearing the spread of this plague would often deny them entry and they would then pass on to the next nearby town. Except every so often there is always one kind stranger whom she manages to convince to give her a ride into the town. That night, they would roam the village leaving corpse-strewn streets with rats and bugs scurrying about all around in their wake. However, as their plague wreaked havoc on the town, in recompense for their actions the Plague Maiden remembers the kind strangers house and allows them to survive the plague.
Whether this was through being saved by virtue of their act of kindness or just so that someone would live to tell the tale is unknown. They delight in the slow suffering of mortal beings. So it's likely this is less an act of mercy and more of a professional courtesy. No one knows whether this spirit brings the pox with them or if they're merely drawn to it like a moth to a light. The Elder plague maidens were once the keepers and Oracles of what was once known as the Dolman Alters. Before being hunted down and killed these elders Maidens referred to as “Mothers” would pass on their teachings to younger plague maiden “daughters” as they rise from death and return to the void, repeating this cycle in symbiosis with the recurrence of plagues among the living.
As the name suggests, these wraiths take the appearance of females, though exactly why this is remains a mystery. Technically speaking given the transformative nature of deathrisen ascension there is nothing to suggest they couldn't just as easily been male spirits before dying and being risen as Plague Maidens. Regardless of their creation, they’re feminine prowess evolved over time; the moor of death's seductive call beyond the graveyard’s gate and their song is the hearts darkest desire. Some speculate they, arise from the powerful emotional charge associated with circumstances of death, such as the painful emotions of a death preceded by long suffered illness. It’s believed they survive by feeding off the hopes and fears of the living.
They were commonly known to have fewer overt weaknesses compared to other wraiths such as being bound by some form of unfinished business or some duty bound ties to the material planes; but they are still vulnerable to the same strikes from a cold iron blade just the same as any other incorporeal being. They have the ability to summon waves plague-ridden insects and rats that seek out their foes. This does however mean close quarters combat would run the risk of being swarmed by these plague-ridden vermin. They undoubtedly pose a great danger to the immune system, so a well prepared fighter should take heed to always bring the proper tools and take precautionary measures to prevent catching or spreading the contagious illnesses they carry should you find themselves in an encounter with one.
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- Status: Active
- Unit: The Lost
The Undead Countenance
Undead are some of the most abhorable of creatures among nearly every living culture that exists on the planet. It is our job to ensure that we represent the best affect and image for the race and the theme. The goals for look can vary widely dependant on the type and style of Deathrisen sub-type that you choose to represent.
Racial Identifiers
1. Garb
Deathrisen Cowl
"The robe of flesh wears thin, but this cowl is my shadow's persistent face."
The primary garb item encouraged to be worn for all Deathrisen is the construction and use of a hooded cowl or robe. Types and styles of this item will be as varied as there are different individual Deathrisen representatives.
The entire look of your garb should make you instantly recognizable as an undead form from across the field of battle. This can include the use of black and grey tones as is typical for the theme. This can be achieved using a number of style choices and techniques.
2. Grey Skin
"Then I looked and saw a pale horse. Its rider's name was Death"
The flesh of the Deathrisen race moves through unnatural means and does not have the color of the living. Coloring the skin to show our undead complexion is an easy way to show that you are beyond the confines of mortal needs like oxygen, blood or nourishment. We are sustained by the void. Emptiness is the creator. Grey skin is ours.
3. "Our Fetid Face"
The face is of the Deathrisen combatant in to be obviously undead as is particular to their selected sub-variation of the race.
Titles
Deathknight
The original Death Knights were created by the Dark Elders as commanding officers of their undead legions. These Death Knights were created by taking the bodies of slain Knights and resurrecting them as deathrisen. Unlike modern death knights however, these ghoulish fiends were risen from the ground as battle hardened warriors; they were insidious beings who still possessed their naturally superior intellect and tremendous tactical prowess on the battlefield in life. They often favored the use of terror tactics and would have Liches reanimate the corpses of recently fallen enemy soldiers to serve them as mindless undead minions against their own brethren. These horrific acts of psychological warfare were commonplace among their number. Eventually the Death Knights were however destroyed during the events of the Undead War.
In the years since the Temple of Thuul's destruction, the world has seen the rise of many new deathrisen horrors beyond those seen in the Undead War. These unrelenting crusaders of the damned eagerly await the Dark Elder's command to unleash their fury on the Material Plane once again. Just as the dead grow more powerful in the afterlife so too has the power and fury of the deathrisen grown. Because of this, the Age of Strident Shifts has seen Hod no longer need to pull from the limited pantheons of slain knights immortalized through legend, but rather existing deathrisen champions. These tireless death knights are considerably stronger, faster, and more agile than the average Deathrisen; and these new varieties have possibly bred a lineages of champions even more powerful than the original Death Knights. However, both generations are equally destructive and terrifying to engage in the field of battle.
Although a number of Death Knights are very likely out there already, Hod himself has not yet seen fit to write their name into the Deathrisen compendiums however, and has seemingly left it up to his armies to discover who among them has been chosen to continue this ancient lineage
Lich
Deathrisen who have dedicated their existence to the preservation of undead knowledge and survival. The only way to truly destroy a Lich is to destroy their Phylactery. Through years of studying the ancient tomes of the dead and drinking from the Chalice of Hod himself these deathrisen Scholars and archeologist keep their life force going by feeding shadows to their phylactral basin. These Deathrisen Spellcasters have become something far more powerful than the average deathrisen book keeper something not seen since the Age of Keepers. These Deathrisen have ascended to a state in which being slain by normal means will not cause their soul to return to the void. Not only doesn't it stop the process of Deathrisen's inevitable permanent decay, this state of Deathrisen ascension causes the soul to return to a Phylactery. The Body will then disappear into a cloud of bone dust and ash, but will slowly recover next to their Phylactery restored to their previous condition as if no fight had taken place.
In the days of old, it used to be that any monster or human could become a Lich through resurrection by The Dark Elders. But after the intervention of Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor that means of ascension has become nigh impossible. In the new Era it appears that only those who have already gone through the process of Deathrisen ascension are the only beings Hod will allow access to this ancient lineage. Due to this Elder Tsa'ath thought it necessary that the ancient tomes be copied and spread out so that Hod himself could choose new Liches of his own. The Original Tome remained on the hands of the Draugr who had discovered the fist it within the undead realm of the Sea of the Damned. the others were spread out across the remaining 8 undead realms currently in search of their rightful owners. Thus far only one other owner has been found. One more copy may have been recently been discovered but it's authenticity remains to be seen.
If you have heard the whisper of the Dark Elders, it's possible you too may have been chosen. However this is just the beginning of your quest. Liches are not born, they are made. Becoming a Lich is not a path for those seeking glory on the battlefield. Liches are Deathrisen scholars, here to preserve the history of our kind and expand our ever growing culture. The title of Lich does not grant you kingly rights Deathrisen. The Liches are our honored sages who will see to it that our history is never again that forgotten. For it is believed the spirits of the dead can only truly die when their legacy remains unspoken or unseen.
Known Liches:
- Known as: The Lich King of Blackfish Bay, Dreadlord of The Black Tempest Armada, Captain of the Grey Ghost, Pirate Lord of the Dead.
- Creator of:
- Original Race: Tiefling
- Deathrisen Class: Draugr
- Risen By: Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor
- Status: Active/In Search of Successor
- Lore:
- Known as: The Lich Lord of Alchemy
- Creator of:
- Original Race: Atlantean
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- Risen By:
- Status: Active/In search of successor
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Demilich
A Demi-Lich is an extremely rare varient of Deathrisen that has used powerful magic to exterminate the need for a phylactery or corporeal form. It is believed that in the new age if a Lich succeeds to pass his knowledge and memory onto a worthy successor and he has found his ways into the Deathrisen tomes will be given the choice to stop feeding his Phylactery souls. If this path is chosen the body will wither away leaving only a skull. However this is not the end, as it is the prospect of all would be Liches to eventually ascend to the Demi-Lich state. A Demi-Lich is a being who no longer has no need for a phylactery. It is said that as long as they are remembered within the great teachings Hod their spirit will live on eternal. Sometimes arriving to impart wisdom or even aid in Battle amongst the Deathrisen legions. No new Demi-Liches have been risen since the passing of Ackyrak'kel-Ash'etakesh, but just as this new generation of liches regrew from humble beginnings so too shall the next generation of Demi-Lich.
Known Demi-Liches:
Uuliik-Hothoom
- Known as: "The Floating Helm of Hattershoul" and "Collector of Thallos"
- Creator of:
- Original race: Unknown.
- Risen by: Dark Elder Khuur'Kresh
- Status:
- Lore: One of the first fervent, obsessive non Hobben followers of Hod.
Ta'ak-Glimdelisur (Rrantazx)
- Known as: "The Hidden False Daemon"
- Creator of:
- Original race: Aamyyra
- Risen by: Dark Elder Maug'Arr'Uend
- Status:
- Lore:
Ackyrak'kel-Ash'etakesh
- Known as: The Beyllym of Black Sands
- Creator of: The Alkathbann-Ack'hemm (The Skeleton Dunes)
- Original race: Dinn
- Risen by: Dark Elder Errtz'ii'Emmnant
- Status: Defeated
- Lore: First transcended from phelacteral to the Demi state 17 centuries before the Crux regions at the edge of the black desert were formed and the mortal wars known as the Crux Rebellion sent the survivors into his lair. The reliance on his mortal remains was made unnecessary after strong and devout attempts into deeper connections to the void. He attained a Deminoulogus status within the his lair, The Khoptyc Crypts located under the Skeleton Dunes. He then sought out two powerful relics. and acquired what would eventually be known as "The Hands of Etakesh". His expanded existence is Chronicled from the years of his second rising in 153.563 b.p.y. This chronicle is established well before the Undead War and was written by the disembodied Hand of Tsulluun itself. Remaining transcripts were later transcribed from the walls within the Halls of Crynnd but the Chronicle copies are savagely sought out and the public copies are largely incomplete.
The 9 Dark Elders
The Carriers of the Eldritch germ
1. Ga'Hadth
- Necromyc Direction:
- Known as: the First Defiler
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2. Maug'Aarr'Uend
- Necromyc Direction: Humanity
- Known as: "The Covent Diplomat of Temple Thull", "Usher of the West Passage" and the "Furth of the Foundary."
- Creator of: the first Phylacteral Basins
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3. Errtz'ii'Dthou'Jhetta
- Necromyc Direction:
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4. Gorgas'Dat'amarr'Tsa'ath
- Necromyc Direction: Monsterdom
- Known as:
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5. Ghoul-Dthok'yyll
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6. Eimnon'ock (Oath to the Void)
- Necromyc Direction:
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7. Khuur'Kresh
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8. Khal'Rhun'Kannon
- Necromyc Direction:
- Known as: "the Thresh of Lepers" and "Marshal of The Great Hobben Cloud" during the Age of Plagues.
- Creator of:
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- Lore: She moves among legend upon layers of writhing pupae. She counts and accounts for every Hobben Kusst. Known as the Thresh of Lepers, Her lessons lie within; "Dark Parable of the Acolytes Hook- The Fallacy of the Absolute"
9. Dthame'Dtholl'Nineveh"
- Necromyc Direction: Illith Etherealand Astral Plane
- Known as:
- Creator of:
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The 9 Necromyc Directions
- 1. The Excandescent Star- Commonly referred to as the study if The Astral Plane. much of the study of this Necromyc Direction has been lost to time and many studies are being done by scholar and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age.
- 2. Huum'ann- Commonly referred to as the study of Humanity. This necromyc direction belongs to Dark Elder Maug'Aarr'Uend. much of the study of this Necromyc Direction has been lost to time and many studies are being done by scholar and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age
- 3. Koremantle- Commonly referred to as the study of the Underdark. Not much is known about this necromyc direction other than that it's said to be where the remaining Cowler Wights fled during the final days of the Undead War. Much of the study of this Necromyc Direction has been lost to time and many studies are being done by scholars and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age
- 4. Mnarr - Commonly referred to as the study if monsterdom. This necromyc direction belongs to Dark Elder Gorgas'Dat'amarr'Tsa'ath. much of the study of this Necromyc Direction has been lost to time and many studies are being done by scholar and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age
- 5. Anomyyl - Commonly referred to as the study of Abysm. This necromyc direction was historically documented as being synonymous with the 9000 Layers of Hexya themselves spawning the Ba'al 'Krynn strain of undeath and inevitably bringing about the Undead War. Although Abyssal magic was used to preserve the few remaining documents from these eras, the eradication of its strain caused much of it's knowledge to be lost to time. Studies are however being done by scholar and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age
- 6. Bhogg - Commonly referred to as the study of seas and swamps, this strain is one of the few fully rediscovered directions of Necromyc study. While much of the origins surrounding it's birth remains a mystery even to it's most notable practicioners, the history of it's rediscovery and reinvention during The Age of Plagues is highly documented, and widely considered the start of the first major resurgence of undead in the current age
- 7. Dakar'Dthamar - commonly referred to in history as the study of the "Dark Tower". much of the study of this Necromyc Direction has been lost to time and many studies are being done by scholar and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age.
- 8. Nyth'dranor- commonly referred to in history as the study of plagues. This Necromyc Direction belongs to Dark Elder Khal'Rhun'Kannon and The Lurea'ag are seemingly directly tied to it. however much of it's study has been lost to time after the fall of the mighty Necromancer Nagash at the hands of the Skaven clans. Ongoing research is being done by scholars and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age.
- 9. Illith (Ethereal Plane) - Also known as the study of The Ethereal Plane commonly referred to as "The Veil" or "The Unknown". This necromyc direction belongs to Dark Elder Dthame'Dtholl'Nineveh and much of the study of this Necromyc Direction has been lost to time and many studies are being done by scholar and archeologist alike to bring it back to the current age
The 9 Undead Realms
Hod is the Ruler of The Void and claiming the realms of:
- 1. Aabaadd - although it's name is present through out the deathrisen's history. no information is known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's grounds. Will you be the Deathrisen who rediscovers it's secrets?
- 2. The Halls of La'abydenn - although it's name is present through out the deathrisen's history. no information is known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's grounds.
- 3. Gamnallon/The Death Gates - although it's name is present through out the deathrisen's history. no information is known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's grounds. Will you be the Deathrisen who rediscovers it's secrets?
- 4. Tenetour-ulomn - although it's name is present through out the deathrisen's history. no information is known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's grounds. Will you be the Deathrisen who rediscovers it's secrets?
- 5. The 9 thousand levels of Hexya - Commonly referred to as Hell. This plane of punishment is the home to many known demons and devils thought the many pantheons of the Material Plane and beyond. Abyssal field of study within this realm birthed the Ba'al 'Krynn strain of undeath. No further studies have been found since the passing of Dakar'keth'ull'kymn'hep'dthom'nyn'keth'kor near the end of the Undead War.
- 6. Te'Bhogg'O'Dthoum - Commonly referred to as the Sea of the Damned. This place is believed to be a sort of purgatory-like realm where time seems to have no actual meaning. Ghostly ships are believed to roam these waters but wether or not they're actual ghost or mere lingering shadows of other travelers passing throughout the centuries is uncertain. The necromyc direction of Bhogg'Murr spawned from here, and any sailor said to shed blood within it's waters and be given burial at sea will be risen as one of the many Draugr that now roam the seas of the Material Plane.
- 7. Dakar'Domyyn - commonly referred to as the Dark Dominion very little us known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's shadowy grounds. Will you be the Deathrisen who rediscovers it's secrets?
- 8. Csephalanx-neyth - although it's name is present through out the deathrisen's history. no information is known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's grounds. Will you be the Deathrisen who rediscovers it's secrets?
- 9. Khal'Thuul - although it's name is present through out the deathrisen's history. no information is known about this place in the current era. Archeological studies are still being made to discover which strain of undeath was birthed from this place and which Necromyc Direction is most powerful within it's grounds. Will you be the Deathrisen who rediscovers it's secrets?
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