Zargothrax

Zargothrax was an evil wizard hell-bent on the destruction of the entire McFife bloodline, after Prince Dundax destroyed his home to build the city of Dundee.Full Gloryhammer timeline
He met his end "twice", once in 993 AD in the Terrorvortex dimension at the hands of Angus McFife XIII,"The Fires of Ancient Cosmic Destiny" from Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex and again in Universe-38B in 1042 at the hands of the Starlords."Maleficus Geminus (Colossus Matrix 38b - Ultimate Invocation Of The Binary Thaumaturge)" from Return to the Kingdom of Fife"Maleficus Geminus (Colossus Matrix 38b - Ultimate Invocation Of The Binary Thaumaturge)" lore blurb from Return to the Kingdom of Fife
== Biography ==
=== Early life ===
Zargothrax was not always evil; he was born to a humble family of peasants in 31 BD and learnt the basket weaving trade in Auchtermuchty."Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy" from Return to the Kingdom of Fife"Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy" lore blurb from Return to the Kingdom of Fife
In 0 AD, however, the young Prince Dundax removed Zargothrax's home to make way for a palace, as part of his building of the city of Dundee. Furious, Zargothrax swore to get his revenge. In 2 AD, after extensive research, Zargothrax came across the Forbidden Scrolls of Anstruther,"Anstruther's Dark Prophecy" from Tales from the Kingdom of Fife read from them, and signed a demonic pact with Kor-Virliath, an Elder God of the 18th Hell Dimension, for immense power in exchange for an unspecified service.
In 624 AD, more than six hundred years after the signing of the pact, Zargothrax discovered the art of cloning; he creates multiple clones of himself, among them Alpha-1, and sealed them in cryogenic stasis in the event he should perish and his vengeance go unfulfilled. In 865 AD, Zargothrax discovered the Knife of Evil in the swamps of Paisley, and began corrupting unicorns with its immense power.
=== Tales from the Kingdom of Fife ===
In 992 AD, gathered sufficient forces, Zargothrax launched a sudden assault on the city of Dundee, overwhelming its defenders and quickly taking it over. He had Princess Iona McDougall captured and frozen in a prison of ice, and forced Prince Angus McFife I to flee. Zargothrax personally rode into the captured city atop an undead unicorn of war and proclaimed himself its dark master."Unicorn Invasion of Dundee" from Tales from the Kingdom of Fife
However, he did not anticipate McFife I declaring an oath of vengeance, and failed to take measures to stop the Prince. When Angus returned with sudden swiftness, Zargothrax could not stand against him or the Hammer of Glory, and fell into a pool of liquid ice and was frozen "in a cage of eternal frost"."The Epic Rage of Furious Thunder" from Tales from the Kingdom of Fife In 993 AD, his prison was removed to the fortress of Crail where he was guarded by the Templar Knights of Crail.
=== Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards ===
In 1827 AD, Zargothrax's crystalline corpse was moved to a new fortress located on Triton, a moon of Neptune. The Space Knights of Crail keep their guard.
In 1992 AD, a cult of Chaos wizards have learned of Zargothrax's location and launched a sudden attack. The Space Knights are defeated and the fortress is lost, and the evil wizard rises from his prison of frost."Infernus Ad Astra" lore blurb from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards"Rise of the Chaos Wizards" from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards Zargothrax immediately seeks out Dreadlord Myrkanos Barbax for "ancient secrets"; the Goblin King provides him with a magic crystal and says that it would unlock the Chaos portal to hell beneath Dundee."Universe of Fire" from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards"Goblin King of the Darkstorm Galaxy" from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards Zargothrax later interrogated a unicorn for the truth of "the ancient crystal galaxy", and ordered it to lead him to "the ultimate fortress"."Questlords of Inverness, Ride to the Galactic Fortress" from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards
At an unspecified point in time, Zargothrax summoned a demonic army. This army he ordered to go to Mars to distract the Galactic Empire of Fife while he ventured to Earth in secret."Heroes (Of Dundee" lore blurb from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards"Apocalypse 1992" from Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards
In the ancient Dwarven caverns beneath Dundee, Zargothrax placed the crystal key into the altar, summoning an unbreakable spell of protection, and began reciting a dread incantation, ancient runes of power glowing about the portal as it began to awaken. Only Ralathor, hidden in the shadows, witnessed this, and understood that if it was completed, the entire galaxy was doomed to fall beneath Kor-Virliath. He fled Earth to Mars and informed The Hootsman and Prince Angus McFife XIII of the danger. The Hootsman immediately returned to Earth "faster than a laser bullet" and self-destructed, interrupting the summoning ritual by obliterating the entire planet.
Cursing the Hootsman for unraveling a thousand years of evil plotting, Zargothrax, unscathed by the Transnova explosion, channeled his last shards of power and plunged through the emergent wormhole in the wake of Earth's destruction, arriving in the Terrorvortex."Into the Terrorvortex of Kor-Virliath" lore blurb from Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
=== Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex ===
In 10 BD, Zargothrax emerges from the wormhole, and immediately begins slaughtering peasants indiscriminately. Among them is the Terrorvortex Zargothrax, twenty one years old, and ten year old Dundax.
For nine hundred eighty years, Zargothrax wrought his reign of terror. Nonetheless, Dundee was founded.
In 990 AD, Zargothrax used the Knife of Evil to corrupt the Terrorvortex's Ser Proletius and transformed the Knights of Crail into Deathknights.
In 993 AD, Dunkeld was the last free city to fall before Zargothrax. During the closing moments of the siege, Zargothrax ran into Angus McFife XIII once more. Effortlessly defeating him, the evil wizard laughingly told Angus his Hammer was powerless in the Terrorvortex and ordered him to "kneel before your god"."The Siege of Dunkeld (In Hoots We Trust)" from Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex Angus fled, leaving Zargothrax to begin his preparations for ascending to actual godhood."Battle of Eternity" lore blurb from Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
Inside the citadel of Dundee, Zargothrax prepared for the upcoming solar conjuration. According to "ancient scrolls of colossal power", by channeling the Knife of Evil with an arcane incantation, he would become "an immortal god of the multiverse".
When the Forces of Justice arrived to finally engage him, Zargothrax was already beginning his transformation into a god. Nothing could stop him. But then the Hootsman reemerged, having been merged into the fabric of the Terrorvortex's reality and becoming its true god; together, both Angus McFife and the Hootsman overwhelmed Zargothrax, killing the evil sorcerer at last.
But Zargothrax had two final hurrahs up his sleeve. He first impaled Angus through with the Knife of Evil before expiring, ensuring the hero would either live to become a servant of the Hellgods or die in an effort to stop it. Then, a deadman's switch was triggered, sending an interdimensional signal to reawaken one of his many clones and continue his evil goals.
=== Return to the Kingdom of Fife ===
The interdimensional signal caused timelines to fracture, and a second universe split off from the Prime one in 1022 AD as a result. Zargothrax Clone Alpha-1 was awakened by the signal. Immediately wasting no time, Alpha-1 went on a rampage, slaughtering Crail knights and Dundee's valiant defenders with abandon, arriving into the city's Marketgait in its center. There, before the mighty citadel of Dundee, Alpha-1 summoned a fifty megaton nuclear bomb from 1961 AD, initiated its countdown, and obliterated the city in a colossal explosion."Holy Flaming Hammer of Unholy Cosmic Frost" from Return to the Kingdom of Fife"Holy Flaming Hammer of Unholy Cosmic Frost" music video by Napalm Records
For the next twenty years, Alpha-1, having survived the blast unscathed, roamed the wastelands of Fife, now blanketed in nuclear winter, searching for a means of freeing his progenitor still locked inside the fortress of Crail."Imperium Dundaxia" from Return to the Kingdom of Fife"Imperium Dundax" lore blurb from Return to the Kingdom of Fife
In 1042 AD, Alpha-1 locates the citadel containing the Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem in Strathclyde, and leaves behind a taunting message to the young Angus McFife II for his failure."Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem" from Return to the Kingdom of Fife"Vorpal Laserblaster of Pittenweem" lore blurb from Return to the Kingdom of Fife Riding to Crail, Alpha-1 first used the Laserblaster to blow a hole into the fortress's gates, then to melt the ice encasing Zargothrax himself.
Zargothrax, finally free at last, nearly ten centuries earlier than in the Prime time, announced that his grand plan will now be completed: "the chronological imperative shall be eradicated." When Angus and his allied robotic forces arrived to do battle, Alpha-1 proclaimed their electronic souls will serve his progenitor; the mighty Robot Prince of Auchtertool attempted to personally deal with Zargothrax but was slain swiftly by the Knife of Evil still on the evil wizard's person.
With Angus remaining, Ser Proletius and the Hootsman presumably killed or otherwise locked in combat with Alpha-1's goblonic allies, the Double Wizard proceeded to advance upon the Prince and kill him with their weapons, fulfilling Zargothrax's secondary objective, revenge upon the House of Fife. Angus raised his Hammer high; Zargothrax made threaten with knife of evil to die; Alpha-1 shoots death with the dark laserblaster: when, unexpectedly, the Starlords appeared.
The Starlords swiftly destroyed both Zargothraxes and eliminated every single combatant, good or evil, in Crail, declaring that for mankind's foolishness in meddling with their Relics the entire split-timeline would be erased, with only Prince Angus spared.
==Trivia ==
*This article was created by Ben Turk in 2013, the only text on it when the page was created was "Zargothrax is a big smelly wizard and nobody likes him."Special:Contributions/PQleyR
*You can make his Terrorvortex outfit yourself! Chris Bowes revealed the components of the outfit in this Reddit comment.
*The name Zargothrax originated from a friend of Chris Bowes. This friend had a Night Elf Hunter in World of Warcraft that was nammed Zylothrax, which served as the bases of the name and was modified to become Zargothrax.hyperchriz's comment on r/Gloryhammer | Gloryhammer Character Name Origins
== Gallery ==
File:Zargothrax.jpg|Zargothrax Prime in 992 A.D.
File:Zargothrax Space.png|Zargothrax Prime in 1992 A.D.
File:Evil Wizard Zargothrax.jpg|Zargothrax in the Terrorvortex Universe, 993 A.D.
File:ZargothraxClone.jpg|Zargothrax Clone Alpha-1 in 1042-38B
File:Zargothrax spaceship.png|Zargothrax with a spaceship (t-shirt design)
File:Zargothrax on an undead unicorn.png|Zargothrax on an undead unicorn (t-shirt design)
File:Angus XIII zargothrax duel.png|Zargothrax dueling Angus (t-shirt design)
File:Zargothrax on a unicorn.png|Zargothrax on a unicorn (t-shirt design) 
File:Zargothrax earth.png|Zargothrax threatening Earth (t-shirt design)
File:Zargothrax.png|Zargothrax during Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex
File:Zargothrax KotCFoA.png|Zargothrax as seen in the Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy music video
File:Zargothrax Alpha 1 KotCFoA.png|Zarogthrax Alpha-1 as seen the Keeper of the Celestial Flame of Abernethy music video.
== References ==
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