Role

Chapter 1

The hour approaches where my life's work will either come to fruition or
fail. Should I not emerge from the ritual I feel it fitting to leave behind
some record by which to be remembered.

My earliest memories are ones of warmth and love, bouncing on my grandfathers
knee as he spun stories to melt the heart and invigorate the spirits of our
inns patrons. His stories taught me about the world beyond Seantryn and his
way with the guests sparked my entrepreneurial spirits.Alas, humans live
such short lives. Watching him wither and age... as those who once called
him friend disappeared... That opened my eyes to the true nature of people
and the curse of time.

In the last year his mind also faltered, unable to recall his own name,
unable to feed himself, truly time is the greatest of enemies. When I came
of age, I set out to learn the art of necromancy, that I could cheat father
time. I moved to Galadon and began to do odd jobs to build up my fortunes.
While I was arranging deals I came upon a Lich,known as Gaspare. After
several negotiation sessions he convinced me that my newly acquired fortune
would pay great dividends if invested in his Empire. I did not know it then
but that decision changed my life.

Spending time within the Empire I learned the amusement of politics. I was
able to out politick Ctethras to earn the seat of Dreadlord, a sometimes
nerve wracking affair. A tribunal, Sachi, was spreading around hundreds of
gold to campaign against me and rumors were that Ctethras planned to expel me
from the Empire. But with a little patience and good information I turned
Sachi to my side as well as the Emperor. After that I put down my protection
business to focus fully on building the Black.

Not long after ascending, I began to be visited by a dark presence with a
ravenous voice.A voice that hungered for gold and the souls of priests and
outlanders. I struck a bargain with this power, I would feed it's desires in
return for knowledge of transitioning to unlife. A wise bargain it turned
out to be as the power turned out to be Emnon, the Mummy lord, who had been
trapped beneath the tree for ages untold. He would become my master and push
me to the limits of both my magic and wit.