Malzhaalohn Uak Bbohta the Affable Invigilator of Justice, Provincial Magistrate

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Chapter 14

**Background story loosely inspired by "clan of the cave bear"**

Background:
Was a slave, saved the chief's son, and was Damned for it. Intense sense of
pride in being able to survive on his own without the clan. First impulse
was an "if I'm damned, I'm going to take the world with me" drive. Lead to
the path down towards evil. As his education progressed, this underlying
dark urge in him became more attuned to the injustice of what happened..and
he began to focus more on Justice.

Personality:
Inside:Has deeply surpressed suspicion that he is a latent homosexual.
Deep, burning rage at his own damnation. Intense pride in his own strength
and self-sufficiency. Everyone he meets is a pawn in his own designs.
Definately a "superiority complex".

Outside: Cheery. Strikingly effeminate at times. Very friendly. Lies often
and freely to anyone he does not respect, especially to keep up the facade of
a cheery, friendly person. Has a tendancy to whistle cheery tunes to
himself, especially during something particularly Nefarious....such as being
elbow deep in entrails and dead bodies.

Why Tribunal?
He was damned by an unjust world. He is going to bring justice to that world
whether they like it or not, and the more they squirm the better.

Ok...but why Tribunal and not empire then?
Basically...ego. He can talk his way into Tribunal, and use it as a tool to
his purposes. But to join the Empire, he has to swear away his soul, life,
and heart to other mortals, almost all of whom he has nothing but contempt
for. While he will lie often and freely, his background lends him to have a
strong belief in the strength of a "true oath". And he will not turn himself
into a slave again.

He thinks he will get inducted on that?
No. He doesn't. He doesn't expect whoever the provost is to understand the
benefit he will be to the Spire. So it's simple. He will only show his
cheery side, and will make up stuff he knows the Provost wants to hear.

Last name: Uak Bbohta.
Roughly translates as "Slave who was Damned." It was a title given to him
at the time of his damnation and shunning, but he has grown to love it, as
it serves as a constant reminder to himself of the Injustice latent in the
world, and he has taken that epithet meant as a curse to be his very name.

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Chapter 13

Malzhaalohn was born in a small clan in a large jungle.While he was a baby,
a stronger clan destroyed his own clan, and as was custom between clans, took
all of the children as slaves.

Because of his youth, he was raised in the Women's hut, and some of his
earliest cloudy memories were of how his Mothers would fall all over
themselves for a certain man and his son, the Chief and the Chief's son.
This automatic regard, especially for the chief's son, ingrained itself in
him, and although he was too young to understand...he fell in love with the
chief's son.

Although he himself was too young to understand or even know this, his eyes
followed the Chief's son, and it was obvious to everyone else. And the
chief's son grew to hate him. But he was a slave, and unless the Slave
betrayed his status, the Chief's son could do nothing.

When Malzh was still young, not yet ten years old, his new clan came under
attack. The Chief was slain quickly, and the chief's son was about to be, but
Malzh grabbed a sword and threw it to the Son, who used it well and saved the
whole clan, and became chief. And he saw his chance.

You see, it was technically against the law for a slave to touch a weapon,
and even though he only touched it to give it to the Chief's son to save his
life...he had broken the law.

This was the first taste that Malzhaalohn had of the difference between law
and Justice. The now Chief ordered the clan's shaman to proclaim Malzhaalohn
Damned.

In his primitive society, such a proclamation was known to be a combination
of social shunning, and a true damnation of the soul. Noone who was damned
lived long in the jungle without the aid of the clan.

But something hardened within Malzh. What it was was a combination of things.
Partly his scorned and spurned love, much of it was his sense of a grand
injustice done to him...but he decided he would NOT die, but live.

It is also possible that the madness of burning anger that he fell into also
helped, but he did survive, he made it out of the Jungle, and the very fact
that he has lived is a source of great pride for him.

In his culture, there were three kinds of Recognized madness. Those who
create their own worlds within their own heads...the "Simpleton". Those who
lose all connection between right and wrong...the "Mad". And the most
feared...those of the Mad who have had the strength to crawl back to
rationality...and then consciously choose evil....the "Diabolical".

At first, and for some time, Malz slipped to the border of becoming one of
the Mad. The only clear though that burned in his mind was "If I am damned,
let the whole WORLD be damned!"

It was in this mindset that he krept into the Clan at night and cut throats
and poisoned and smothered until he was surrounded by nothing but death. As
he stood there, covered in the blood of those he had loved, he felt and
understood the Emptiness of being one of the Mad.

And here is where his inner strength allowed him to claw his way back to
rationality, he understood that this direct kind of revenge was shallow. It
was Injustice in the world that had allowed what happened to him. And it was
Injustice that still existed.

And he knew, Justice is never very comfortable, especially to peoples who
live firmly with Injustice.

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Chapter 12

As Malzh reached the lands of the cities, he was pulled to the one he felt
ruled in the most orderly way, and he respected the force that the Sultan had
built up to guard his city. It was not long before he passed by the
graveyard, where the smell of the recently dead reminded him of his own night
of slaughter...and he was attracted to it. And once he began to understand
what this guild promissed...eternal life!...He was sold, heart and soul.

So he began to study. And the history of his guild is brimming over with
those as convinced as he is himself about their own superiority...except very
few of them were smart about it. This Malzh saw right away. Show yourself
as superior...or show that you believe you are superior...and the only thing
you are going to gather is friction and legions who will work against you.
Truelly, you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.

It was at this time, that he decided he would pretend to be a friend to all.
This way, he knew he could hand pick his own chosen pawns that he would use
to achieve his own goals. This is also the time when he decided that the
Spire would be the best tool for his own goals...over that of the Empire. As
the Empire required too much in the way of swearing your soul and life to the
whims of fools.

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Chapter 3

Malzhaalohn has recently found, much to his own surprise actually, that
nomatter how powerful he is now, personally and politically. No matter
how large and nefarious some of his plans are, he still derives large
amounts of pleasure from small cruelties.

For instance...making Magistrates think they are in trouble when they
are not, and then laughing at (with?) them when they realize the
game. Or making magistrates decide amoungst themselves who is better
at something, making it clear that if they do not decide he will not
be happy.

Even smaller things...slaying small dogs...making Paladins watch as
he smears eviscerated hearts and brains over his body...convincing
lightwalking conjurers to aid him in gathering clothes.

Finding out that he can take pleasure in these things, has lifted
alot of stress from him.

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Chapter 11

The first Magistrate he spoke to, was a stupid giant...and a paladin at that.
The questions he asked about the law and situations of enforcement were
assinine and a child could have answered them. So, Malzh approached him with
nothing but sweet friendship. And this worked.

The second he spoke to, was a Provincial, Salsipuedes. Not so much of a moron,
but he only wanted to know if Malzh would be a presence. No questions just
show up. So he did this.

But GODS...is this the kind of Magistrate they are hiring? He is going to be
surrounded by morons and Simpletons ...and this isn't actually a bad thing,
for his purposes. For the more his fellow magistrates mess up, the more Malzh
can act as a smoothing influence...gathering alliances.

The third he spoke to, was an Elf Provincial, Elisdin. Malzh knew right away
that the mindless sweetness that he used with Salsipuedes and Zachaury would
not work with this one. He knew elves were uppity. So instead of being only
sweet, he made sure he argued with the Elf, he made sure that he disagreed
on at least one point. Oh, not in a way that would cause hate, but to show
the Elf that he could think for himself. And this also worked.

Finally, he was speaking to the Provost. For the Provost, Malzh became the
son of a chieftain who wanted peace and order for his own studies.
and then, the Provost threw him something for which he was not prepared.

The Provost demanded an oath to the Spire. Hrm. Malzh believed in the true
binding power of Oaths. So he carefully worded his oath, to allow him the
widest possible course of actions in the future.

His oath was to always act in a way that benefitted the Spire. And it was
enough. He was in.....Now...he must learn, he must grow. But first, he
must take advantage of his time in the quiet city of the Empress....

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Chapter 10

Malzh has grown to love his craft. Every bit of it. And while there is a
bit of bald desire to live forever in his goal to reach the pinnacle of his
guild, there is also no small genuine desire to learn all of the intricacies
of his art, and to become a True master of his craft.

This, combined with his studies that has led him to believe that many of his
guild who have ultimately failed, failed for similar reasons. Many of them
just wanted eternity, but were not willing, or able, to learn what was
first necessary.

How did they expect to survive the move to Undeath, if they did not fully
understand all that a Mortal could know? How did they expect to survive
becoming linked forever to the Negative material plane, if they did not
explore all of the available links to that plane before hand?

It is this belief and understanding, that drives him to spend hours in
study, revelling in each tiny insight. Especially in the spells that touch
directly upon undeath or upon direct Negative power.

This is why he believes his time in such a quiet city as Seantryn, at least
while he is still young, is a blessing, as it gives him time to study, and
grow towards the True Mastery that he desires.

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Chapter 9

His plan is beginning to work. Already he has befriended four invokers, in
the hope that at least one of them survives to the point of usefulness later.

Also, having read many of the exploits of the great Istendil, Malzh has grown
convinced in the importance and usefullness of a bard. He was very lucky.
At times when few are awake in Thera, he has found a bard who has been
tricked into thinking that she is Malzh's friend.

Recently Malzh has been pushing that trust and friendship, Pushing this bard
even to the point of dieing a few times in Udgaard while after mere trinkets.
He had to push, because he had to know how far he could trust this Bard to
follow commands, once the time for Commands has come. And Malzh is
Pleasantly surprised at the suppleness of the Bard's ability to look past
Malzh's dark side, and remain a friend.

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Chapter 8

Malzhaalohn saw that the Outlanders had the Scales. He noticed that only
Tyke was defending, and that Zachaury the paladin was about.

So Malzh convinced Zachaury to go with him to strike the Huntress, because
only good would come of it. If the Scales were returned, it was Malzh's
idea and impetus. If Zachaury fell...well, then Malzh had gotten Zachaury
back for asking such stupid questions during the interview to get into
the Spire.

That was when a golden opportunity showed itself. The Empirial blade
Konzmonde, and the empirial shadow Zhacur were there to retrieve their own
Codex.

So, Malzh talked them into letting Malzh join them, in effect, convincing
them to retrieve the Scales for the Tribunal. With nothing offered in
payment.

Malzh did not waste this opportunity, He spoke with the Blade, asking him
how his Lord Grurk would feel if he found out that Konzmonde retrieved the
scales for the Spire.....

Malzh then, in return for his continued silence, told the blade that in the
future, he might be required to be an ally behind the scenes.

After some long talk. Konzmonde refused blatantly. So, Malzh will speak
with the Shadow. Konzmonde is under the belief that the Lord Grurk is
Forgiving, and will see that it was the Shadow who technically joined
Malzh to their group.

So...although Zhacur is not about to be spoken to, Malzh will send him
a scroll, and convince Zhacur to join Malzh in blaming what happened
on Konzmonde. For that stupid giant will learn, one way or another...
sooner or later....what it is to stand against Malzhaalohn.

He is convinced that Zhacur will play by this story, for if
he does not, then the truth will come out that it was indeed
him who broke the law of his own sect.

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Chapter 7

For most of his youth so far, Malzh has not even thought about religion.
Mainly because he was damned...and that pretty much answered that, in the
belief system that he grew up in. And then, the situation with the Empirials
happened.

At first, he was going to claim to follow the Lord Grurk in the note just to
lend extra credence to his argument. But the more he thought about it...the
more thoughts of the Lord of Justice filled his mind.

And so he studied. Histories of the Gods, of Lord Grurk in particular. Of how
the Gods have interacted with those of his own guild. And he has come to the
decision that he wishes indeed to seek out the Lord of Justice.

Malzh may lie freely to others, but he never lies to himself. And he knows
there is more than one reason that has led to his decision. He is not quite
sure in what quantities these motivations hold...but he knows they exist.

One, is that while he read of the Lords of light, especially of Shokai,
scares him deep down to the core. And he knows that the only protection
possible from such a terrible God, is to become a tool for an Evil god to
use. A useful tool.

Another, is that being known as a follower of a God tends to advance the
respect that you get from strangers, a fact that Malzh can use.

Another, is the fact that Grurk in particular is a Lord of the Empire, and
being known as his follower might lend weight to furthor attempts to
"politik" with empirials.

But, and realizing this was indeed a shock to Malzh, Malzh had never thought
that there might be a God who might like to see him succeed in bringing
Justice to the Entire world. This was a pleasant surprise, that lends him a
genuine desire to get to know and follow the God that is the Lord over what
is Malzh's own quest in life. And this is the main reason he will seek out
the Lord Grurk.

He will begin to seek out his new Lord, in a place that reminds him of his
home, and of the occurances in his own past that have started him on this
road. He will begin to seek out his Lord from a place imbued with
Unholiness, in the Swamp of Ysigrath, as it has a bit of the Feel of his home
Jungle.

He also plans on killing all of the K'sra, embalming their various parts, and
stacking them in that place. Oh...not for any reason. Just that the sight
and smell of stacked bodies is pleasing to him, and he thinks it will be fun,
no deeper than that.

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Chapter 6

Damn Althrsis. Literally. Malzhaalohn has spent more than a small amount of
time cursing his name to any demons listening, in the hopes that his soul is
forever tormented.

Malzhaalohn had hoped that Althrsis would remain Provost long enough for
Malzhaalohn to gain notariety and standing the the Spire, so that he would be
in place to perhaps gain the position himself, as there are many things he
would change.

But no. Althrsis left the Spire. And Zachaury got the post. At first, this
was only a minor irratation to Malzhaalohn, but two things have conspired to
turn this into something more.

At first, Malz's dislike of Zachaury did not go beyond the normal disdain for
all other beings, perhaps with a bit of a believe that he was particularly
stupid.Now...there is a more severe and personal distaste.

Two criminal villagers entered Galadon. One Malz could touch, and Acaga, who
he could not. Malz notified the Provost, and Elisdin.

He then proceeded to lock the one he could touch in a room, and lured him to
sleep, and played all sorts of fun upon his body...

But, for two reasons, he asked the others to leave the locked villager for
himself. First, His God has instructed him to hunt alone, and in any
situation possible, he will attempt this, even while on duty. Secondly, the
other two needed to take care of Acaga.

But no. The Provost and Elisdin cowered in the Spire from Acaga, but when
Malz had to rest shortly before finishing off the other, they rushed out to
kill the one Malzh had all but finished...despite being asked not to.

And what do they do then? Back to the Spire, while Acaga rampaged about
Galadon, manacled.

Normally, this personal severe dislike of the Provost would not matter, Malzh
would just wait him out. But he is beginning to feel the press of time.He
nolonger is confident that his mortal life will be long enough to wait out a
new Provost's reign.

Perhaps he will maneuver this stupid Provost into doing some of the things
Malzhaalohn would have done?

First, would be to root out those Magistrates on the Empire's
payroll...Malzhaalohn has his own plans for the Empire, and others in the
Spire making their own dealings will just not do.

Second, It is assinine to not only require Magistrates to do the Leader's job
of deciding who is worthy of a position in the Spire....but to let
Magistrates interview applicants without any teaching or certification?
Madness!

Malzhaalohn knows first hand, from his own recommendations, that few regular
magistrates have a clue in the nine hells on how to conduct a proper
questioning to find the worth of an applicant.

This "two recommendation" thing has to cease. It is a sign of a lazy leader,
and a weak leader who relies on weak underlings for his opinions.

He will have to feel out how suggestable this new Provost is.

At least Malzhaalohn has an outlet for his burning dissapointment in this
Provost. His studies progress apace, and he has begun to hunt in earnest when
he can. A task he finds quite enjoyable.

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Chapter 5

After much work to gain the "trust" of many in the Empire, the Emperor and
the Dreadlord came to Malzhaalohn in supplication (at least in Malzhaalohn's;role + eyes).

It seems that the Dreadlord is himself seeking the Elixir that Malzhaalohn
has spent time researching the history of, and asked for the benefit of his
knowledge on the subject.

First, In order to not arouse any suspision, Malzh demanded aid in return.
Aid in achieving his last two circles of growth in his own guild...as if Malz
did not have enough agents outside of the Empire to do so without their
aid....*snort*

Then, he indeed shared much of what he knew of the History of those who
saught the Elixir. But nothing that the Dreadlord could not easily have
found out himself.

It seems the Dreadlord was having trouble finding beings with both the
knowledge to brew the Elixir, and the willingness to share such knowledge.

So Malzh shared with him the names of beings who most likely had that
knowledge. The being in Arboria, the Being in the Pyramid, the Genius of the
art of Potions Kteng, and also alluded that the Master Necromancer in the
Tower of Magic knew of a being.

And here is where his misinformation began.....with truths.

He shared that indeed, those with the knowledge of the Elixir must be willing
to share such knowledge with you, which is truth....but he also shared that
those who have succeeded in the past, have convinced those with the knowledge
to share that knowledge....by offering something that the being wanted.

And this, Malzh believes...with lead the Dreadlord astray. For what single
gift can a mortal offer to a being of such power? Would not the idea of
"purchasing" something as wonderous as the Elixir from one of these beings
anger that being?

Malzhaalohn deeply hopes so. Of course, he knows that his desire to see the
Dreadlord anger one of these beings and be destroyed for it...might be a bit
much to expect, but any little bit of obstacle in the Dreadlord's path is
worth the effort, as long as the Dreadlord thinks Malzhaalohn is nice,
friendly, simple, and working for him.

Malzhaalohn also asked for Teranoth's age, and upon hearing of his relative
youth...Malzhaalohn attempted to urge him to haste, trying to convince him
that he must not wait too much longer...hoping that Teranoth would not have
had the time yet in his life to master the required studies of their Art to
be successful in the pinnacle of the Art.

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Chapter 4

The visions still burn in his head. Watching over and over in his sleep the
scenes that his Lord has shown him, of the Elf reaching the pinnacle of the
art. Seeing him in his final Glory. Hearing the words of his Lord to seek
that being out when he is ready.

How he burns to be ready....but he is not, and he knows it. He lies to
just about everyone, but he can not afford to lie to himself.

He knows, that he does not yet know even the minimum of his craft to attempt
the glory that is the Elixir. He is becoming increasingly torn...between
the increasing weight of years that he feels and the drive to finish his
studies...and all of his machinations and duties that he will wish intact
should he succeed in the Becomming.

This has the effect of making him take a bit more pleasure in the cruelty
that he can find in the every-day.

As a stress reliever, more than anything else.

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Chapter 2

Malzh has come to loathe Zachaury. First, it was distate, then when
he was made Provost over him, it moved to hatred. Then when he was
removed for gross incompetance, and left the Spire like a spoiled
child, Malzh was glad to add a measure of Gleeful loathing.

So why did he allow him back into his Spire?

At first, the plan was to have Zachaury spy on the Fortress for him.
If he agreed to that, he was useful.

So he told Zachaury that he would not ask him to do anything that
would get him cast from the light, for what good does a fallen
paladin do for the Spire....

But now Malzhaalohn is not so sure. Zachaury may have his uses in
a fight, but dealing with him may be beyond what Malzhaalohn can
bear.

Unless Zach begins to become an effective spy (something that Malzh
somewhat doubts), Malzh will begin to think of ways to maneuver
him into doing something that will get him cast from the Light

That is, of course, if agreeing to spy for a necromancer on the
Fortress isn't enough for that already, once a Lord of the Light
finds out.

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Chapter 1

Salsipuedes let his own pride outweigh the good of the Spire. And even more
importantly, got in the way of Malzhaalohn's life, by starting a stupid war
with the Village. Shortly there-after, he is removed from the Spire and
takes his own life, proving that he was slipping.

Many times after Salsipuedes' death, Malzhaalohn has to deal with roving
bands of bloodthirsty morons breaking into the spire and taking the Scales.
Why? Because a dead man was a moron. So Malzhaalohn set out to put a stop to
it.

So Malzh did what he does. He sweet talked the Village leader. After a time,
Malzh talked the Village leader's demands down from insane things such as
"the Spire removing all magi" to a simple scroll sent to the populace that
explained why the Spire is above most political maneuverings.

Malzh got Androkin to send out the scroll, from "an anonymous member of the
Spire".So, the leader of the Village stopped all of the raids.

What Malzh did not expect, was how much this utterly pissed off the Justiciar
Destripador, and this was added sweetness to the deal.

For Destripador was not mad that the war ended. He was mad that he himself
did not get around to ending it first. He immediately declared the end of
the war "invalid" and asked for the one responsible for the scroll to step
forward. Well, Of course Malzh did not. If Destripador really wanted to know
who it was, he would have been smart enough ot "order" instead of "ask". But
he was not. Smart enough that is.

Destripador then sent scrolls that said that he was "assuming" the duties and
rights of the Provost in the absence of the Provost, and declared that *HE*
ended the war.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

In these scrolls, he revealed his true designs. He wished the place of the
Provost. He was not mad that the War ended, he was mad that He could not use
the ending of the war to improve his position within the Spire.And he made
a blatant grab for the Provost's power, ignoring the rules within the Spire
that it is only the Lords of the Spire that give the power of the Provost to
someone.

Oh, and it gets better.The Vindicator dislikes Destripador's grab for
power, and they send scrolls to each other ...and the whole Spire...outlining
how they, and not the other, deserve the duties of the Provost.

This is better than Malzhaalohn could have wished. Not only did he stop the
Scales from being taken, but he revealed Destripador for the grasping fool
that he was, and got to watch the show of Destripador and Klendalstak argue
like morons in public. Entertainment that will last Malzhaalohn a long, long
time.

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