Razravkar Dominus

	Razravkar Dominus
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	Profile
Status:	Alive
Age:	116
Race:	Elf
Gender:	Male
Class:	Necromancer
Nation:	Yamato
Faction:	Grand Alliance (formerly)

Razravkar Dominus is an elven necromancer and a mercenary. He escaped from demon slavery in Yamato and is currently doing odd jobs while also seeking for items of great power. He helped the Grand Alliance repel a demon invasion in Illunii and is currently in the centre of many intewoven plots full of deception.

Biography

Early Years

Razravkar grew up in Yamato where he was a slave. He was trained in magic by a minor demon who sought to use him as a rival. Said demon probably shouldn't have taught him the invisibility spell, mentioned that it worked on demons, and then let him test it, but that demon wasn't the brightest tool in the shed anyway. Using his powers to escape from slavery, Razravkar wandered off into the civilized lands to work as a mercenary and look for items of power.

At some point he saved a girl named Lily from a life in prostitution, and they eventually got married. They lived happily for a while until Lily was murdered by the paladin Andronus, which made Razravkar cruelly avenge her death by trapping Andronus's soul into a magical sickle. The act set him on the path of becoming a ruthless mercenary.

Godslayer Era

The Point of No Return

Razravkar found his way to Alent where he spent some time studying magic and doing odd jobs for money. One day he sneaked into the residence of Edward Cullen, a mage he despised, and ended up witnessing Rain and Razoul taking Cullen hostage. Razravkar became curious of what the two warriors had in mind for Cullen, so he followed them unseen into the secret passage which led from Cullen's house into the catacombs below Alent.

In the catacombs he stumbled upon an odd scene: a field of strange, magical garlic and Drishnek, a masked, seemingly eccentric mage in yellow who was responsible for growing the garlic. Drishnek sensed Razravkar's presence and invited him to join the others for some soup eating. Razravkar accepted the offer, curious albeit wary of finding out what would happen next.

The necromancer didn't have to wait long before Drishnek revealed his true colours: the masked mage made Rain and Razoul fall under his spell with the magical garlic and revealed that he had been behind the attack on the camp of the Grand Alliance some time ago. Cullen was in fact one of Drishek's acolytes and they both belonged to the Totenkopfs, a death cult which was a mortal enemy of the Grand Alliance.

Drishnek's magic didn't effect Razravkar or at least not immediately, however, and he made the necromancer a tempting offer: if Razravkar escorted the now hypnotized Rain and Razoul of the lair, delivered Drishnek's message to his imprisoned minion Cain Highwind and then returned Cain's answer without tipping off the Alliance, Drishnek would reward Razravkar handsomely. Although the necromancer wondered why Drishnek didn't kill him and the two warriors then and there for discovering the hideout, he was still curious enough about the whole scheme and wanted the money, so he took the job.

Razravkar located Cain and got instructed where to deliver the note: a local brothel called the Garden of Earthly Delights. Once inside the brothel, the sight of prostitutes made him reminisce about his dead wife Lily until he met Zenobia, the agent he was supposed to give the letter to. When they retreated to a nearby room where Razravkar was to receive his payment, they were ambushed by Cullen who held a grudge against Razravkar who had made fun of him in front of Drishnek. Cullen swore to make the elf pay for such mockery and attacked him, but in the end the necromancer beat him and trapped his soul into the magical sickle.

The necromancer then led Rain and Razoul back to the Alliance camp but did so by disguising himself as a member of the Black Guard so that people wouldn't recognize him. However, he was ambushed by Aluette, a female inquisitor of Artemicia, who sought retribution against Razravkar killing her comrade Andronus years ago. The paldin put the still disguised Razravkar into a carriage and hurried away from Alent with her prized cargo.

However, the event had been witnessed, and soon the Black Guard was alerted about the kidnapping of one of their comrades. Captain Razoul gathered a search party and went after the kidnapper, unaware that the kidnapped Black Guard was in fact Razravkar in disguise. The group eventually located the paladin and Razravkar and attacked her, freeing Razravkar in the process. They were soon attacked by members of the Clergy of Nergal, however, and barely beat them, but the Artemician paladin slipped away in the ensuing chaos.

Once the battle was over, the group decided to head for a nearby forest to heal their wounds and hide from any other pursuers while pondering why clerics of Nergal who belonged to the Crimson Coalition could have appeared so far into Alentian territory without having been stopped by the Alentian army. Razravkar introduced himself to his new, temporary companions although he kept the details of his short servitude to Drishnek a secret.

Soon after the group was ambushed by elven rangers led by Lieutenant Sylevar who took the group captive and led them to the hidden elven city of Illunii where they would be judged for trespassing in sacred elven grounds.

Fool's Errand

More info later.

Defiler's Touch

More info later.

Aliases and Nicknames

Necromancer: What some people call him.

Appearance

Short spiky white hair, 5'6", red eyes, dark skin.

Personality and Traits

Arrogant and cold. Extremely intelligent. He has shown signs of kindness to people he bonds and even respects some people who he shares some views with, but his life as a mercenary has affected his view of the world and makes him look at things from a more cynical point of view.

Powers and Abilities

Razravkar forged a magical sickle from the soul of the paladin Andronus. It is an intelligent and malevolent weapon, which upon striking a foe will rip out its soul and transfer energy to the wielder. It is loyal to Razravkar and Razravkar alone, and can lash out telepathically at unwanted wielders.

He can also see through the disguises of minor demons due to his demon blood.

Because he is a necromancer, he can use the following spells and abilities:

Spells:

Divination: Razravkar may call up the spirits of the dead to give advice/use prophetic abilities/see their loved ones, etc. He can summon specific spirits with this ability. He can also divine the future to an extent from entrails of a freshly killed person or animal. People are more accurate.
Illusion: Razravkar can use illusions to alter his appearance for extended periods of time, turn invisible (though not inaudible), and project sounds and images (aka minor image). He can also use the Mind Trick on the weak-minded. These abilities are far less likely to work on his fellow mages.

Combat:

As Razravkar is a necromancer, his spells draw mostly on the powers of death. All the spells can be protected against, and they wear out the caster quickly.

Low-level:

Shadow manipulation: Kill people with cold shadows, deflect attacks, minor telekinesis-like abilities. The source of his illusion abilities. Dispellable by competent light mages.
Command Undead: He can command a limited number of undead. Powerful undead may resist this effect.
Bone-shattering curse: Shatter target's bones, causing them to richochet through body. Extremely painful.
Spell of decay: Target's flesh decays rapidly, causing excruciating pain and loss of body functions.

Mid-Level:

Summon Shade: Summons an undead shade on a moment's notice. Shades may be summoned out of combat with a longer ritual which takes time to cast, costing less energy. They may be bound to corpses to raise them as undead or ordered to try to possess the living. Drain is inversely proportional to time. Easier to summon into corpses.

High-Level:

Anathemic Sundering: Severs the target's links between mind, body, and soul causing instant death if it succeeeds, although there are ways to dispel it. This spell is not to be used lightly, as anyone who knows anything about magic abhors it and it requires part of the caster's soul as payment. While the soul grows back over time, it is still extremely painful for the caster.

This ability calls on the power of the Watcher in Darkness. If used too often it may weaken the creature's prison,which could result in releasing the eldritch abomination upon the land.
Travel: Razravkar may tear open a gate to the underworld to use to travel through. Entering and exiting the underworld broadcasts a signal to nearby dark magic users. He is also not protected from the dangers of the underworld unless he convinces a shade to help him willingly--and even this does not protect him from direct assault. He may bring along others if needed.

Weaknesses:

Razravkar is not a warrior. His fighting ability consists of stabbing helpless or unaware people with his sickle after a spell bombardment. He would be absolutely useless with any other weapon. He is doubly vulnerable to light magic as he is both demon-blooded and a wielder of dark magic. He projects a dark aura visible to other necromancers and undead in both the Land of the Living and the Land of the Dead.

Relationships

Andronus

Andronus was a knight in the Clergy of Artemicia who raped Razravkar's wife Lily. Razravkar reacted with uncontrollable rage and killed Andronus, forcing his soul into a sickle. Since then Andronus's spirit has remained in the sickle in its seemingly eternal prison, a punishment devised by Razravkar for Andronus taking away the only person he had ever loved.

Crowe Lley

Despite knowing that the shady and promiscous councillor was bad business, Razravkar couldn't help but be intrigued by Crowe's jovial and amoral personality. He found himself liking some of Crowe's views and relaxed attitude, and Crowe returned the feeling. However, he also knew Crowe was a powerful mage who should not be underestimated even though Crowe's actions seemed to prove otherwise. Razravkar nevertheless took Crowe's advice--especially the bit about not trusting anyone's motives, including friends--to heart.

Deidra Finian

Despite having a rough start, Razravkar and the fellow necromancer Deidra Finian seemed to bond during their adventures together. Razravkar was unsure of what to feel about Deidra, at first seeing her as an enemy but then coming to understand her plight a little. This trust shattered when Deidra kidnapped Persephone Barca and seemingly tried to murder her in an eldritch ritual, which forced Razravkar and her companions to finish her off. Razravkar later learned that Deidra's intentions, albeit shady, had been noble in the end and that he had caused the death of a person who had understood him perhaps better than any of his other companions. Razravkar regretted killing Deidra, but his short conversation with Deidra gave him some solace when the fallen necromancer forgave him and sacrificed her essence to save him and the others from the trap laid by Persephone and her demonic associates.

Lily

Razravkar saved Lily from a life in prostitution and married her. They lived happily for a time until Lily was murdered by Andronus, which made Razravkar cruelly avenge her death.