//------------------------------// // Prologue: The Story - What you need to know // Story: Achieving Divinity: A New World // by The Joeker //------------------------------// Background: Previously known as Drace Reynfaire, Tyrath Kyelinth used to have a clear face with a little stubble and shoulder length blonde hair. Drace Reynfaire used to be a callous, ruthless Dragon Slayer, with no care for anyone but the Slayers. And even that was limited. Robbing, blackmailing and extorting his way to a payday while in Broken Valley village, he eventually came upon the last Dragon-Knight after ignoring Commander Rhode's orders to remain behind. Talana then gave him the powers of a Dragon-Knight, and began guiding him. He then completely changed personality and began a crusade against Damian on his 19th birthday. How he was changed is not exactly known. While on his quest to defeat Damian, Drace came into possession of the Battle Tower. He then changed his name to Tyrath Kyelinth, allegedly 'killing' Drace and cut his hair, updating his appearance to what it is today, spiky blonde hair, three scars on his right brow/eye and a bit more than a Five O'Clock Shadow. Eventually he lost his silver eyes that are the trademark of Dragon Slayers, reverting back to his arctic blue eyes. Every now and then, usually when angry, his eyes revert to a yellow, more Draconic appearance. Bio: Tyrath Kyelinth is the last known surviving Dragon-Knight in Rivellon. A very rare honour, but with what he went through, you wouldn't know that. When he was first turned into a Dragon-Knight from a Dragon Slayer, he was the last survivor of his new species, due to them being hunted to extinction. But luckily, Tyrath retained his silver eyes that identified him as a Slayer so no one could tell the difference. A Wizard known as Zandalor also became a guide for the Dragon-Knight when he was turned into a Knight as well as the voice of Talana, the last Dragon-Knight that had given her powers to Tyrath - then Drace. Her voice became a guide for him and a constant companion. He helped everyone he met on his adventures from that point on, he completed every quest, sometimes without reward. He became a nice, caring person after he became a Dragon-Knight. After helping everyone in a place known as Broken Valley, he headed to a place called Maxos' Temple to complete the trails to become a true Dragon-Knight. When he arrived, he met his fellow Slayers, the leader of which recognised he was a Dragon-Knight. Although he pleaded with her, she left to go to Aleroth, the Healer City. The three others then attacked, and Tyrath was forced to kill them. After that he completed the Trials and claimed his Battle Tower, being forced to choose between two people for each station in the Tower, the other would be killed. This was to show him the responsibilities of the Dragon-Knight. He then continued on his quest to defeat The Damned One, Damian and his army, the Black Ring. He was told he had to stop Ygerna's(Damian's lover's) Recurring execution in the afterlife to kill Damian, to break a Soul Forge, which means if one dies, the other does. Damian cast the Soul Forge the moment Ygerna was killed in real life, meaning he could never die. Bringing her back would kill Damian, working in an opposite way of sorts. Tyrath also created a Creature with help from a Necromancer. It was a thing stitched together using parts of Tyrath's defeated enemies, with no sentience of its own, only to protect the holder of the Crystal Skull, the device with ensured the Creature would remain loyal to the holder, which also allowed the holder to summon the Creature at any given time. Tyrath then set to work gathering the ingredients needed to enter and survive in the Hall of Echoes, the land of the dead, where souls go to be purged of their memories and move on to the afterlife. He went to Aleroth, seeing Commander Rhode, his old Commander. She threatened to kill him, but General Augustus had her arrested due to him not currently doing anything against the law. Tyrath then took meeting with Zandalor and Deodatus, Deodatus was the Grand Healer of Aleroth, and with the Mayor dead from Demons due to Demon attacks coming from within the Ministry, also the stand-in Mayor. Tyrath helped Zandalor and Deodatus seal the portals by protecting them from the Demons. He was given another ingredient and carried on searching for the others. But when he went back to Broken Valley, it was destroyed by Damian in response to Tyrath antagonising him. After defeating all of Damian's Black Ring Generals, the minions at their command and their Flying Fortresses(giant floating islands) and helping everyone he could along the way, Tyrath entered the Hall of Echoes, defeating multiple enemies that wanted one last shot at revenge. He defeated them and moved on, finally stopping Ygerna's execution, killing Zandalor and Lucian The Divine in a memory to free her. When she was freed, she revealed that she was the voice of Talana in his head all along, and she had tricked him and Zandalor into freeing her, bringing her back to life and breaking the Soul Forge between her and Damian. She then trapped Tyrath in The Plane of Hypnerotomachia. A plane of magical beasts and magic itself. Tyrath was imprisoned next to Lucian The Divine himself! Who was not dead, but imprisoned by his son, Damian, told he would watch as Rivellon burned and would not be able to do anything but watch. Being trapped for what felt like days but in the real world had only been hours, Lucian and Tyrath told each other of their exploits and they became close friends, confiding in the other. In fact, Lucian was about to tell Tyrath of his sexual exploits with an Elf when a spirit interrupted them. It offered Tyrath a deal: free him, the spirit, and he in turn would grant Tyrath an object of great power and free The Divine also. Tyrath agreed, with Lucian cautioning him to be weary. Tyrath then woke up in an alley in Aleroth. Stumbling out, he came across General Augustus again, who was the leader of the Champions of Aleroth, an organisation that were the protectors of Aleroth and all of Rivellon. Zandalor had erected a shield around Aleroth to protect it from Damian's armadas, and was not to be disturbed until the Dragon-Knight had acquired the Eye of the Patriarch. This was the item the spirit in The Plane of Hypnerotomachia had promised to give him when he was freed. The spirit revealed he was called Behrlihn, one of Damian's best Necromancers and wanted to rejoin Damian's armies and was still willing to free The Divine and give Tyrath The Eye of the Patriarch as it wouldn't make any difference anyway. Tyrath then went about finding clues to unravel the mystery of Behrlihn's tomb, and how to unlock it. It was located under the Champion's Headquarters but the undead had risen in Crow's Nest, where the entrance was. One soldier tried to run in to start the fight but a tree suddenly appeared, blasting him with lightning, killing him... Tyrath then tried to converse with the tree, as it could speak, but it spoke Elven, which was a lost language... Tyrath eventually found a book on it and learned the language, he then convinced the tree to let him pass, but it would let only him pass... Tyrath then cleared out Crow's Nest, and not only that but helped everyone who needed it in Aleroth before killing the person responsible for summoning the undead and entering the Champion's Headquarters. He then headed below, and found Commander Rhode, who had volunteered to try and find Behrlihn's tomb but was turned to stone... It was then Tyrath met someone he had met thorughout his adventure... Bellegar. A, old Wizard who spoke only in rhyme but was an incredibly powerful summoner. After Tyrath defeated his minions, he found the Tomb. Bellegar tried to convince Tyrath to not open the Tomb, but to accept Bellegar's powerful item instead, which would not be as destructive as Behrlihn's, but would get the job done. Tyrath refused, apologising to Bellegar, who teleported out angrily. Tyrath opened the tomb and Behrlihn gave him the item, but double crossed him by not freeing Lucian. He then rejoined Damian. Tyrath then returned to the surface, finding Zandalor, telling him he had the item. Zandalor was concentrating on the shield but was tiring. Tyrath told him to launch an offensive so they could drop the Eye on Damian's Citadel. He agreed and the Champion's boarded their Zeppelin's and began an assault. Tyrath took his Dragon Form and protected the Zeppelin carrying the Eye. Which was Captained by Captain Titus of the Champions. Tyrath could order a Zeppelin bombardment on enemy structures and could use the Wrath of The Patriarch to lay waste to multiple enemy structures. As the Zeppelin neared it's goal, it became damaged and had to fly straight into the Citadel. Rather than let the crew die, Tyrath ripped a hole in the Zeppelin and quickly flew the crew to another Zeppelin to take them back to Aleroth. Tyrath pushed the Zeppelin a little and it fell, crashing into the Citadel. Tyrath was drawn back to the Plane of Hypnertomachia where Ygerna's spirit with a horribly charred face was, along with Behrlihn, who was back where he began. Lucian pleaded to Ygerna to yield and if she renounced the Black Ring, she may be spared. She declined and her and Behrlihn attacked Tyrath, but they were no match for the strength of the Dragon-Knight, who easily beat them. Lucian was then freed and returned to Rivellon, greeted by a cheering crowd, and the roar of a Dragon - Tyrath. And about a few months, near a year later, is where this story begins. More info: Tyrath Kyelinth: Tyrath Kyelinth is the last known surviving Dragon-Knight. He owns the Battle Tower, which has always been owned by a Dragon-Knight, as it's previous owner was Maxos, an extremely powerful wizard who was the first Human to be given the power by real Dragons to give Humans with the Dragon Spirit the power to become Dragon-Knights. Laiken then took over the tower, a Necromaner who Tyrath killed. Born from the nasty, mean, cruel, rude and ruthless Dragon Slayer, Drace Reynfaire, Tyrath is a nice, caring, charming, gentle, gracious and downright courteous person. He is always willing to give a hand to help those in need, even if they don't pay him, which is rare for a Dragon seeing as they're known for being greedy gold-hoarders. Tyrath loves a good joke and is laid-back, always trying to see the light in a dark situation, although he doesn't always succeed. He has never really known love, nor has ever had a lover. He enjoys the finer things in life but is not really bothered if he can't get them. When provoked, Tyrath is an incredibly dangerous opponent. His strength rivals that of a God so they say, and he is a very powerful Wizard, although preferring to get up close and personal with his Greatsword, he is not to be messed with at a distance either. He is a very good Archer as well and can hit a fly at 220 yards, his improved Dragon Sight also assists him but he was a very good archer before he was a Dragon-Knight after being trained by the Dragon Slayers since he was 3 months old in every discipline. Tyrath has a unique ability in that is blood acts as a regenerative substance, meaning he can heal any wound, sometimes without scarring, although he does have multiple scars littered throughout his body, the most prominent over his right eye. He has a small birthmark shaped like a crescent moon on his right upper shoulder and a sun on his left lower, that's actually on his back. Shapes like this are common in Rivellon, having two is not unheard of, but is uncommon. He has no family, not anymore. Drace Reynfaire: Drace Reynfaire is Tyrath's evil counterpart, and who he used to be before he became a Dragon-Knight. Something within him when he was turned made him realise that Drace should die, and Tyrath should live in his place. The twin personality, and polar opposite of Tyrath, Drace is smug, arrogant, evil and a person you don't really want to be around, let alone know. A Dragon Slayer to the core, Drace can be counted among the Elite Warriors, and has the skills and abilities to back it up. Self proclaimed as Tyrath's better half, he is immensely powerful as he taps into the power within him without reserve, caring not for its corrupting qualities. With the added abilities of Tyrath and his Dragon-Knight powers at his side, Drace is a near immortal being of power, and even wants to join Damian and his armies in exchange for power and prestige. Drace cares not for anyone but himself and other great warriors like him, and anyone else is nobody and just a liability to him and his cause, whatever it may be. Whenever he can, Drace tries to take the reigns from Tyrath for control of their shared body and mind. Drace has Tyrath's power and abilities, and a few of his own, but all without Tyrath's reserve or morals, leading to a dangerous combination that will surely see any in his way slaughtered. Drace is a very shrewd tactician and prefers to leave the battlefield strewn with enemy corpses than to sneak around. Drace is also very selfish, often taking from others to get whatever he wants from them, extorting and bullying his way to get what he wants from those who deny him it. Drace was very much in love with Commander Rhode and admired her as a great warrior and a kindred spirit. Tyrath proclaims Drace is dead, and that he killed him, but many aren't so sure... Talana: Talana was the last Dragon Knight before rousing the slumbering dragon blood in Drace. After her encounter with Commander Rhode, she meets Drace, while dying from her wounds. She imparts her power to Drace in a dream, thus revealing the true threat and turning Drace into a Dragon Knight. Talana then died from her wounds. Commander Rhode: Commander Rhode was the leading Commander of the Dragon Slayers. She personally supervised Drace Reynfaire's Slayer training and saw him graduate Slayer Academy. During his initiation, the last Dragon-Knight was spotted and without completing the Trials, so he was still at a disadvantage if facing a Dragon. They went to Broken Valley where she conversed with Lieutenant Louis of the New Order, a group of Holy Knights, dedicated to protecting all of Rivellon. After Drace found where the Dragon was hiding, Rhode sent him into a tomb beneath the Chapel in the Villiage, which turned out to be the Tomb of Lord Arben, a once famous Dragon Slayer, who gave Drace his sword. When Drace emerged, he informed Rhode, who told him to remain behind while she, Marius, Gene and Gunther hunted the last Dragon. When Drace protested, she told him to wait as he would have his chance. When she left, Drace drank for a while in the tavern before running after them. She was then outside the Maxos Temple, and Tyrath then ran into her, at first she didn't recognise he had changed, but once she did, she gave him Lord Arben's sword back and told him to die with dignity. She left Marius, Gene and Gunther to kill Tyrath, telling them to douse the blade in Tyrath's blood when they were done. When Tyrath survived, he later made his way to Aleroth, meeting Commander Rhode, who was angry at his survival. Tyrath calmly tried to explain to her the situation, still wisecracking but she refused to listen, threatening violent action. General Augustus of the Champions broke it up and had Commander Rhode locked in chains for her threats against Tyrath, who had done nothing but exist. When Tyrath was imprisoned with Lucian, Rhode was sent to find Behrlihn but was turned to stone by Bellegar at the Antediluvian Vault under the Champion Academy. If her petrification is undone by Bellegar afterwards, or if she is even alive, is unknown. Lucian The Divine: Lucian was a simple man in the beginning, however he was eventually blessed with incredible powers and status as a Demigod. A fallen Angel was sacrificed at an Altar, and her power then fractured and spread to a few people, Lucian was one of them, however, the others were all killed before their powers could be realised. Lucian fought against the Black Ring and their attempts at Summoning the Chaos demon. His most Prominent victory was against the Leader of the Black Ring, the Demon of Lies. However, after he beat the Demon he noticed the summoning had been successful and the Demon of Chaos had infected the young baby that was placed upon the Altar. Lucian knew he had to kill the child to save the world, but he could not bring himself to harm the small newborn so he adopted the child and named him Damian. After his Victory against the Black Ring and the Demon of Lies he became the exalted leader of Humanity and was praised as a God. Damian grew up at his father's side showing no signs of Chaos infection or evil thoughts. The Black Ring, however, found out about Damian and sent Ygerna to Damian to teach him about his powers. Lucian discovered Ygerna and her teachings and ordered her execution. It was Lucian himself who stood before Ygerna as the executor, he tried to make Ygerna forsake the Black Ring and see what she did to Damian was wrong, but Ygerna would not listen; in the end Lucian struck, but unfortunately Damian walked in and cast a Soul Forge just as Ygerna's life ended. Outraged, Damian attacked his Father, but was forced to flee. Years later, Damian returned as the leader of the Black Ring and once again attacked his Father, but Lucian proved too much for the young man and he was rendered unconscious. Zandalor told that Damian was too far to be turned, but Lucian could not kill him. In the end he and Zandalor, with a heavy heart, sent Damian into another dimension and hoped he would never return. Damian, however, did return with the help of one of his Father's own Paladins and began his War against Rivellon. Lucian in the end stood as the victor and Damian was forced to retreat again, but in the hour of his victory a Dragon-Knight, charmed by Damian's power, stabbed The Divine in the back and he fell over dead. This however, was an illusion by Damian who had somehow managed to trap his Father in a Crystal prison and promised him he would see Rivellon burn and not be able to do anything to save it but watch. Lucian remained imprisoned for years as the world mourned the loss of their God. It was not long until he had new company however, as Tyrath was imprisoned in a crystal next to him and he explained everything to the Dragon-Knight about Ygerna and Damian and they developed a bond. The Dragon-Knight managed to flee the crystal prison with help from the spectre of Behrlihn and promised if the Dragon helped him he would free Lucian as well. Lucian saw the Dragon-Knight and Behrlihn return quite a few times, teleported in by Bellegar who tried to trap the latter once again. In the end the Dragon Knight returned, but not by Bellegar's hand but Ygerna, now burned by the Destruction of the Black Ring's Citadel; he pleaded with her to surrender but once again she ignored him and attacked the Dragon Knight. The Dragon was victorious and with Ygerna's second death, Lucian was freed. Zandalor: He was the last of his kind, the Keeper of The Source; Keeper of its memory. He threw his lifetime to preserve Rivellon, but he feared that his private affairs did more to harm it. Zandalor was the Sorcerer who trained the White Witch Icara and her sister, the Conduit Leandra. He was in a relationship with both of them, but finally chose Icara. This is the reason why Leandra cut the Soul Forge between Icara and fled, and was corrupted by the Void. He tried to keep Leandra from entering the First Garden to open the Godbox and free the Void Dragon. But Leandra and her Death Knights ambushed him and he was about to die. A brother and sister team of Source Hunters met Zandalor in the Source Temple of the Dark Forest. His amulet was made of the last Star Stone that enabled them to enter the last zone in the End of Time; The First Garden. The Hunters confronted the Void Dragon in this place. Also, by the power of the activated Star Stone, Zandalor recovered his health. Not much else is known about after that time until later. The next mention of him was when he played the role of a guide and mentor to the main protagonist which was Lucian the Divine. After Lucian arose to Demigodhood Zandalor became Lucian's main advisor. It was he who first felt the dark teachings of Ygerna taking place and warned Lucian, leading to her capture and execution. When the war with the Black Ring started, Zandalor pleaded with Lucian that Damian had gone too far and had to be put down, Lucian however, like before, couldn't bring himself to kill Damian and left Damian behind in Nemesis, much to Zandalor's dismay. When Damian returned and started a new war, Zandalor fought alongside the armies of Rivellon. However, when news of Lucian's death reached his ears, Zandalor was greatly saddened, nonetheless, many years later when a Dragon-Knight was cornered by Slayers, Zandalor teleported in and defended the Knight allowing it to escape. This made the Slayers declare Zandalor as a traitor and Dragon sympathizer, causing him to fall into dishonour and hiding. He first appeared to Tyrath in Broken Valley after he met the last Dragon-Knight, Talana. Who transfered her powers to Drace, making him a Dragon-Knight. He spoke of the powers and responsibility given to him by Talana. Later, he appeared a few times at Sentinel Island to explain a few things about the Tower. He was met once again in Aleroth, where he needed Tyrath's help closing rifts and aided him to obtain the shield needed to journey into the Hall of Echoes to free Ygerna to kill Damian. Deodatus: Deodatus is the Grand Healer of Aleroth, a powerful wizard and a good friend of Zandalor and Augustus. He is also known as the town eccentric. Deodatus was first encountered by Tyrath within the Aleroth Ministry in the Great Market district during the assault on Aleroth. He, along with Zandalor, then aided Tyrath to seal the Demonic Portals within the Ministry. After Tyrath's imprisonment, he and the rest of Aleroth's mages aid Zandalor in creating and maintaining the barrier which holds the Black Ring forces at bay. After the invasion, Tyrath and Deosatus became good friends and Tyrath sent him funds to repair Crow's Nest after the undead attack because the Aristocrats wouldn't give a single gold coin to help. Damian The Damned One: Damian was a baby that was taken by the Demon of Lies to be the vessel of the Chaos Demon. When Lucian The Divine stopped the Demon of Lies and was about to kill the baby, in order to stop the Chaos Demon, but couldn't bring himself to strike the helpless babe. He took Damian under his wing and raised him as his son. The Black Ring sent the Dark Sorceress Ygerna to teach Damian about the powers hidden away in his soul and she started to tutor him to awake his dormant Demon and the two fell in love. Alas, Lucian found out about Ygerna and was about to execute her. Damian walked in as the blade fell and cast a Soul Forging spell on Ygerna, just as the blade hit, reversing the nature of the spell. Damian, in a fury took control of the Black Ring and attacked Rivellon and met Lucian in the Temple of The Divine and attacked. Lucian, however, had prepared a trap for his son, a rift gate. Damian stormed the Temple, springing the trap, with Lucian stepping into the rift as well to ensure only when he or one of his Paladin's willed it, then it would open again. Lucian and Damian battled across the Dimension of Nemesis only to see Lucian as the victor, however once again he could not bring himself to hurt Damian and therefore left. Damian spend the next many years in Nemesis trying to find a way back to Rivellon, with the help of the native species there, who like Lucian, had adopted him and were teaching him their ways. Damian with his lust for power, however used an imp to steal a stone protecting Nemesis from Demons and therefore brought forth the race's doom. Damian met a Paladin who had been trapped in the dimension and tricked them into believing that he was a Death Knight. Using the helmet of a Death Knight to hide his true identity, he tricked the Demon Overlord Samuel to Soul Forge him to the Paladin, forcing them to help him. They fought their way though Nemesis and in the end the Paladin freed Damian from the Nemesis. In return, Damian spared the Paladin's life and broke the Soul Forge between the pair. Damian returned to Rivellon and took control of the Black Ring once again, thus starting a new war against Rivellon. In the war, a Dragon-Knight stabbed Lucian the Divine and rumours of his death spread across the Earthrealm. This however, was an illusion created by Damian and instead of killing his Father he had him trapped in a crystal prison to observe while Damian's Black Ring was ready once again to scorch everything Lucian held dear and leave only ash. Damian once again begun his invasion of Rivellon, where he is first seen at the fore of his Armada. The last time he was seen is where greeted the now-revived Ygerna and assaulted the Orobas Fjord port. Ygerna revealed to Tyrath and Lucian that Damian was not in his Palace when it was destroyed, but elsewhere, working to unlock his full Demonic powers. Ygerna: Ygerna was a Dark Sorceress of the Black Ring and a Follower of Chaos, she was the main reason for Damian’s Corruption and the object of his love. She was killed by Tyrath outside of Aleroth, blown up along with Damian's Citadel. She was then killed a final time The Plane of Hypnertomachia. Young and beautiful, it would have required a keen mind to spot the looming darkness in her cat-like eyes. Like a twilight messenger, she came to a young Damian to herald the conception of the Demon that grew within his soul. She awakened his wrath and his greed; his lust and his love, but their rapture was not to endure. Unmasked as a Black Ring envoy, Ygerna was arrested and executed by Damian's father, Lucian. It was then that Damian cast the Soul Forge, as he beheld for the last time the face that would launch a thousand Demons and burn the cities of Rivellon. Ygerna was executed when Damian fell to Chaos and took control of the Black Ring. Damian's main goal was to resurrect her so she could be by his side when he launched his invasion of Rivellon. Tyrath was tricked by Ygerna who took Talana's guise to resurrect her and thus gave Damian immortality. Lord Lovis: Lord Lovis was the occupant of Broken Valley's Citadel Tower, as it's his tower. He was a former Dragon Knight and when he died Maxos ripped his soul from his body storing it in a bottle in Maxos' Temple. Even after 1000 years he still roamed the halls of his Tower hoping to find someone who could get his soul back so that he could pass away to The Halls of Echoes. He was punished by Maxos because he was too distracted by women and wine to protect the Valley he was stationed in. Tyrath found out from Ghosts that he was very cruel and tortured many people. At first the students admired him because of his noble goals but later he became very feared amongst them when they found out his true personality. Tyrath freed him as he felt pity on the poor soul and let him go to the Hall of Echoes. He also used magic to free the Ghosts of the students that still roamed the halls of Maxos' Temple. Amdusias: Amdusias was a Dragon that resided in the Maxos Temple, in the Blood Altar room. Lord Lovis stated that he is his archrival, and asked Tyrath to obtain his Soul Stone in a quest. In his Dragon Form, he was invulnerable to all damage. He was fierce rival of Lovis because only one of them could become a Dragon-Knight. Lovis proved to be the best so he won the competition. Then he was a ghost bound to the Citadel in Broken Valley and his Soul was found in the possession of Amdusias. It is interesting to note that Amdusias loathed his master, Maxos and was infuriated when the Tyrath found out this silly yet wicked jibe directed towards the failed whelp of a Dragon-Knight. The idea of Tyrath succeeding the Maxos Temple trials and his ears being constantly besieged by the name of his Master he despised to the very end was intolerable. Tyrath constantly taunted Amdusias by mentioning Maxos, even when he went to the Hall of Echoes and faced off against him one last time, he taunted. When he met a dying man in Aleroth and he gave him a potion to ease his passing, Tyrath told the man to seek out Amdusias and tell him 'Maxos!'. The man agreed. Maxos: Maxos was the greatest wizard that lived in Rivellon. He once ruled the Battle Tower on Sentinel Island, then he disappeared without a trace. The Tower later was conquered by Laiken, a powerful Necromancer whose dark reign brought only bad to Sentinel Island. There was a coffin near the Battle Tower. Near it a letter was found by Tyrath that says: "Bury me in the shadow of the tower. Let me lie forever among the bones of the ancient ones that preceded me." The document is simply singed M. It might have been Maxos... But is it...? When the Maxos Temple was under his control it was used as a test for the Initiates of the Dragon Knights. It had multiple rooms filled with traps, tricks and challenging puzzles. The Temple was ruled by Amdusias, Lord Lovis' rival. Maxos made a spell that revealed the Hall of Echoes, which was found in his chamber by Tyrath. There was a shrine dedicated to Maxos in Aleroth, hidden beneath Lanilor Lane, which the Dragon-Knight visited. He paid his respects to the Wizard, his forebear. Bellegar: Although you wouldn't tell from looking at him, Bellegar is probably one of the finest mages and best minds in Rivellon. However, being a psychotic prankster with rhyming prowess, he has a reputation of being dubious and much feared. His antics, while sometimes humorous, are also cruel. Here are a list of his (known) pranks: He Soul Forged a man named Casper with a White Chicken. He cursed three people, Furley, Nightwinkle and Namdar to have a never-ending nightmare. He sent Tyrath, and many others, high into the air with a far drop below them. Only Tyrath survived. He placed the minds of two people, Jackal and Clyde in a man called Eugene. He was responsible for sending Jimmy Dean, Jack Bolton, Laura and Arthur Gremory on a fake but dangerous treasure hunt. He resurrected Brave Sir Robin's brother-in-law fifty-six times. Bellegar was aware of Tyrath searching for clues to how to release the infamous Chaos Mage, Behrlihn from his captivity. He laid a considerable amount of tricks and ploys in Aleroth to confuse and delay Tyrath. Each time the Dragon Knight managed to solve one of his schemes. Bellegar frantically tried to bind the Draconic rebel, each time in futile, much to Behrlihn's amusement. When the Tyrath finally broke open the seal to the Chaos Mage's prison vault. Bellegar fought and lost again. Tyrath was later presented a choice either to deceive Behrlihn and side with Bellegar instead, or to further ridicule the prankster and reward the eager Chaos Mage his long-awaited freedom. Tyrath freed Behrlihn but later killed him anyway, telling Bellegar it was his plan all along. Bellegar and Tyrath became friends after this. Sassan: Sassan was Laiken's lover, and was killed during a ritual he performed that required "the blood of a loved one." An abomination was made of her body when it was reanimated by Necromancy. Sassan helped Tyrath break into the Battle Tower and take it over. With the help of Tyrath, her soul became her mortal body again and she thanked him for it, feeling as though she owed him her life. When it was taken over, she stayed to serve Tyrath, whom she refers to as 'Lord Dragon'. Afterwards she was located on the balcony of Tyrath's bedroom at the Battle Tower. She helped him by giving him information about his Tower and the people in it. She also served as a merchant, and is the person Tyrath needed to speak after completing the Tower's Platform requests to have them upgraded. He named her Stewardess of the Tower. Jonelath: Jonelath is a Necromancer who serves Tyrath in his Battle Tower. He finds pleasure in torture, and making creatures out of body parts. A skilled necromancer, Jonelath specialises in physical resistance to make his creatures more impervious to blades and axes. Jonelath is arrogant and bloodthirsty, with many slices on his face marking his experience. He is a member of the Black Ring and serves Damian. He doesn't have any trace of mercy inside him, hoping for the return of Ba'al and the destruction of the world in the name of the Black Ring. His attitude has been improving lately, the more time he spends around Tyrath. After Tyrath beat the Black Ring forces at Aleroth, Jonelath renounced the Black Ring, seeing that Tyraht was more powerful, and grateful for his services, than Damian. Captain Hermosa: Hermosa is Tyrath's Skill Trainer at his Battle Tower. Her speciality is physical training and she works Tyrath hard, although he could easily beat her in a fight he always holds back, practising his balance, dexterity and agility rather than his strength. Hermosa's father was a great weaponsmith who forged Myrthos, The Sword of Power. Her sister was a Black Ring General named Kali. Wesson & Ginny: Wesson is Tyrath's Enchanter, his speciality is Armour, which Tyrath decided was more important than weapons, even though the other Enchanter, Radcliffe won in a smithing contest, it was to forge a sword, not armour. Tyrath already had powerful swords and really needed armour enchanted more than anything. His wife, Ginny, or Gina as Tyrath calls her, helps Sassan around the Battle Tower with her stewarding duties. Grimm: Grimm is a mortician who sells limbs to Tyrath for his Creature and helps Jonelath to maintain Creature as much as possible. Tyrath amusingly referred to him, for lack of a better term, a 'Limb-Peddler'. Barbatos: Barbatos is a highly skilled Alchemist who was temperamental when Tyrath met him on Sentinel Island, being rude and finding that talking to Tyrath was a waste of time. However, when Tyrath picked him as his Alchemist Barbatos' attitude changed, referring to him as Master and being happy to speak to Tyrath though he remained quite disinterested towards others, such as calling the Runners amateurs if they become injured. His attitude toward others began changing the longer he spent around Tyrath. Tom, Dick and Harry(left to right): Tom, Dick and Harry are Tyrath's Runners. They go to find materials for him, but they can find other things if asked. Tom finds ores, Dick finds gems and Harry finds herbs. Hermaphroditus: Hermaphroditus is Tyrath's Illusionist and can be used to magically alter his appearance in any way. Tyrath has only used him twice, never to be mentioned again... Hermaphroditus also decorates the Battle Tower in banners and other things sometimes. Kirill & Salome:     Kirill is Tyrath's musician and possibly the best musician in Rivellon, maybe the entire world. Salome is Tyrath's dancer, and although flirty, Tyrath tends not to respond to flirts, he just smiles and makes a joke. Erlking: Erlking is a goblin who was present for Laiken and Razakel's Soul Forge. Laiken cut out his vocal cords so that Erlking could not tell anyone the name of the Demon he was forged with. Erlking now serves Tyrath as his Magical Adviser, picking out spells for him to try out. Island: Island, for lack of a better name, is the spirit and body of Sentinel Island. She appeared as soon as Tyrath entered Sentinel Island and gave Tyrath the objective to choose four people out of eight to serve him, the other four will be killed. She lived in perfect symbiosis with Maxos's magic until he left and Laiken took over the place. She has such great powers that only the Dragons that came later could understand and use it so the Island became a synonym to the Dragons. She now lives in perfect symbiosis with Tyrath's ever growing magic instead. Ba'al: Ba'al was a Demon Overlord in the Black Ring and one of the Damned One's mightiest minions. It was he who lead the Invasion of the Valley of Shrines that led to Lord Lovis' downfall and the Valley's renaming to Broken Valley. Ba'al was sent in search of the Hall of Echoes Sigil at the Broken Valley Mine, and was met by Tyrath. Tyrath dismembered the Demon's mighty claws before climbing on his back, stabbing Ba'al down his spine and then lopping his head off. He then took the Sigil he needed to enter the Hall of Echoes. General Stone: A General of the Black Ring, Stone was said to be a very deadly opponent. He was found in the Orobas Fjords, with a portal to his Fortress. After dealing with Xanlosch and his Creature, Isabelle, Tyrath used the nearby teleporter to enter the Fortress' headquarters and confront Stone. Tyrath and Stone had a skirmish. When Tyrath got the upper hand, Stone ran and entered another teleporter, which lead to the Fortress arena. Tyrath had to contend with several creatures, including a Troll, Demon, Goblin Beholder, Ghosts, and Imps, before he killed Stone, ripping his head off and mounting it on a spike in the centre of the Arena as a warning to the other Generals. Research notes written by Stone were found in the Fortress's Greenery, discussing his use of a magical fountain to create items of out of plant ingridients. Xanlosch: Xanlosch was a powerful Necromancer with a creature named Isabelle. Xanlosch was located at the centre of Stone's Flying Fortress in the Orobas Fjords. He was creepily fascinaitoned with his Creature and dead bodies, limbs and the like. Tyrath summoned a powerful fireball which destroyed Xanlosch and Isabelle in a single hit. A book dictated by Xanlosch, Creature Training Notes, was found on the ground near a chest in the fortress's inner passage by Tyrath. Commander/General Rayhun: Rayhun was a Black Ring Commander and disciple of Damian. He resided in Broken Valley after it had been attacked, where the Broken Valley Village used to be. Rayhun's Headquarters were a botanical hideout where he mistook Tyrath for a strange and new plant and wanted to distill fluids from him. A true lover of plants, his perverse interest in Botany and Necromancy was explained in a Plant-juice-stained Correspondence, which Tyrath found. Ironically, Tyrath used Creation Magic to make vines grow inside Rayhun, eventually the vines burst from every orifice in his body, eventually becoming one with the rest of the greenery in the Fortress. Damian promoted him just before he died to General. General Geshniz: Geshniz was the Black Ring General and disciple of Damian that ruled the Fortress near Maxos' Temple in Broken Valley after the region is attacked by the Damned One. She can was found in her Headquarters, and was in possession of the Potion of Wisdom. Tyrath looted the Fortress and killed Geshniz, using a spell to explode her heart. She was in contact with Rayhun, as they were both Botany enthusiasts. General Keara & Commander Velanir:     Keara was a Black Ring General and servant of Damian who resided at her Flying Fortress' Headquarters in the Orobas Fjords. When her husband Velanir was killed by a Demon, she attempted to resurrect him and failed. Eventually she went mad and reanimated his skeleton, who she continued to have a relationship with. In the words of Velanir's ghost: "She has persuaded herself I really am that mute heap of bones: she talks to it, caresses it and I don't want to know what else." Tyrath reunited her with Velanir, but Velanir left her and she attacked Tyrath, who broke her neck in a single swift move before she could even swing her sword. General Raze: Raze is a General in the Black Ring and in charge of his Flying Fortress in the Orobas Fjords. The entrance is on an outcropping on a cliff facing Champion Harbour. His fortress is surrounded by lava, but when Tyrath met him, he complained that it was much too cold for him. Raze was working on machinery that could bring somebody back to life from the brink of death. It seemed to work for the most part, as he used it multiple times during Tyrath's fight, or so Creature claims. Tyrath used the Skill, Battle Rage when storming there Fortress, but lost control during the fight and entered a blackout. He awoke to the dead bodies of Black Ring, dismembered. General Kali: Kali was the sister of Captain Hermosa, Tyrath's personal trainer. She was a Black Ring General who was in charge of her own Flying Fortress that took the place of the Rivertown Gorge south of the Orobas Fjords. A ruthless leader, she killed her own father to obtain Myrthos, The Sword of Power. A letter from Damian congratulates her for acquiring it. Tyrath tore her head off and gave it to Hermosa as proof of her death. Hermosa had Jonelath preserve her sisters head and she mounted it in the Trainer Arena where she trains every day.