Role

Chapter 6

- A Trib necromancer (basically themed on the stereotypical memetic necro
who guild sits and then rolls the dice and hopes for the best) fails the
becoming. He thought he had prepared himself for the eventuality, but when
the river Phlegethon comes to sweep him away into eternal damnation he
tries to run for it. By some strange confluence of events (I'm going with
the Hallows Eve being the reason in my head but leaving it open ended) he
manages to overcome and eject the soul of some poor necromancer student in
the guild, and the Phlegethon takes that soul instead and leaves him in his
now very newbie and diminished state.

- This event fundamentally changes our poor(?) villain. He is consumed by a
constant existential dread about the thought of the Phlegethon, hearing it
in both the waking world and his dreams, going so far as to personify it
(this is a coping mechanism to make him believe he can fight it). He is
resolved that he cannot suffer that fate, so hatches himself a somewhat
more ambitious plan than the last one.

- He dares not pursue necromancy again. Having failed the becoming once and
not even being in his natural body any longer, he feels the chance of a
successful becoming is less small and more basically impossible (whether
he's right or not, that's his assumption). More to the point, he's
generally a realist and knows that even most forms of undead are just
stopgap measures, and they too will eventually be going off to hell the
hard way.

- His plan is to study diabolism (AP, not conjurer for the following
reason) and attempt to bind as many souls' loyalty to him and ensure they
end up going to the same circle too. He hopes that with an army of his own,
he might be able to beat the system and overcome (or join) the denizens of
the seventh circle when his time finally comes. How is he going to do that?
Become Emperor of course! Who else has so many souls slavishly loyal to
them?

- He's also concerned about the state of his own soul. His new body became
somewhat burned and disfigured upon him acquiring it due to his exposure to
the Phlegethon, and he's hoping that he'll be able to assess any damage as
his studies progress in the AP guild. Not understanding how he is bound to
this new body is a constant state of worry for him, along with the rest!

- False backstory: aspiring Diabolist from the dread lands of Corte. Much
left up to implication as part of his plan to make himself seem more
intimidating than he actually is.

- Its safe to say in his passed life he was kind of lazy and unmotivated.
In this one, he will be extremely driven and have little patience with
those he perceives to be slacking, since he now knows the stakes.

- If not obvious, he thinks a lot of himself and is very selfish, even for
a drow.