Uvar Myslevian

Supreme Oligarch Uvar Myslevian was a high elven politician, and one of the five Heralds tasked with defending the High World from the Khor Agul. He hailed from the Lands Unknown as all elves did, and was a well-known scholar amongst his people. He was lonely and didn't care much for personal connections, but he fit his role better than the sum of his peers. Myslevian proved so promising that he was hand-selected to join a pilgrimage to this rumored "High World", and in a stunning turn of events was the sole individual who handled diplomatic discussions with Baltair that resulted in the foundation of Elnoran. 
Myslevian would serve as a council member up until the Dragonborn Civil War, where he would take his first foray into combat and soon after be chosen by Baltair to be one of his prestigious Heralds. During this time, something changed with Myslevian, and he suddenly began planning for an event he dubbed the Grand Design. This would begin with him leading a coup against Baltair and the other Heralds with Druig and Rhavelis on his side, and after exiling Baltair he set Rhavelis as the new king of the High World.
During Rhavelis' age, he now had all the resources necessary to start plotting the finer details of his plan. Strengthening Rivelle as a military power, planting seeds of resentment not just for other races but Rhavelis himself, and spreading his religion around to aid in his planned ascension to godhood. When Druig decided to leave the order and go to war with Rhavelis, Myslevian stepped in to stop the fighting and force the general into a corner, where he would plot away in Merdia. Myslevian had gotten so powerful that he could eliminate strips of land with a single bombardment from the skies.
A month before the Vindicated pilgrimage, two adopted brothers named Apollo and Hyacinthus Laurelsong were captured by his men and sentenced for execution. After Apollo stood against the tyrant and even defended his brother, Myslevian had him fight Caedum to prove his worth. Apollo survived, yet was converting to a drow from the affect. Myslevian brainwashed Apollo and created a new mind to inhabit his body, a devout general named Chelaufein Terrowin. Hyacinthus would act as his executioner, forcing the two into a line of servitude where they wrought many horrors.
When the yearly Vindicated pilgrimage came, Myslevian noticed differences in the cycle. Heralds were being slain, and one group in particular were far more efficient than the rest in years past; the High World Guardians. He would send spies after them, and as they monitored the party he realized that without Druig and Sabeth in the equation, there were no more threats that could pose a challenge to him during the Grand Design. So war with start between him and the Guardians, slow, methodical, and mental in strategy. When the academy of Windurstein was destroyed in a conflict between patrons, Myslevian offered a ceasefire between the two parties; to which the Guardians accepted.
Shortly after, the Guardians broke the deal and conflict resumed with even less mercy. Not only that, but the Laurelsong's lost sister Daphne was in the Guardians, and would learn the truth of where her brothers were. Myslevian would take her to Rivelle for answers, as well as keeping Erik and Dyo hostage in the Rivelle dungeons. He would later throw Daphne in Caedum's cell for her to be eaten, and go to the public to commence the Grand Design. Riots ensued in the streets, citizens and knights murdering each other in a frenzy as Rhavelis' son stormed his father's castle on Myslevian's behalf.
The Guardians and Myslevian would do battle in a contest of indomitable wills, and while the tide seemed dour for the heroes, all changed when the reunited Laurelsong siblings stormed the cathedral to take down the oligarch. On his knees and almost broken, Myslevian would take Hyacinthus hostage and make a daring escape to a teleporter outside of the building. One last standoff between he and the Guardians would prove fatal as Daphne's pet rat made a sacrificial gambit to give her the last shot she'd need to take him out. The Guardians acted on the opportunity and volleyed spears and magic at the oligarch, before the final shot propelled through his throat from the tip of Daphne's fingers. He fell atop a statue of himself below, punctured by his own horns as his reign of terror came to an end.
== History ==
=== The Lands Unknown ===
After the Scourge of the Gods, the first civilizations strayed far from the divinity that created them. The one land that still emanated the radiance and glory of the gods was a continent bathed in an ethereal white veil called the Lands Unknown. This was where all elvenkind except drow lived, though as time passed eladrin would seek refuge in the Feywild and leave common elves as the sole inhabitants. Mere stories of this realm are what's left of it after centuries, though it's influence is seen interwoven throughout all elven literature, philosophy, and Elnoran's architecture. It was a serene, quiet land that prided itself in it's isolation from the depravities of man. This didn't mean that their own beliefs were safe from bias or judgment; the nigh-immortal high elves believed that all other races, even sub-races of elves, were lesser than they were. This exclusion spread throughout most elven colonies until later generations diverged in their persecutive beliefs.
Uvar Myslevian was a peculiar person from birth. He was very quiet and reserved, seemed uninterested in the machinations of his culture and the lessons his teachers aimed to instill. Yet he would be one of the sharpest minds in the land, always listening when nobody thought he was, and finding truths about elven culture that was never told to him. He was a savant, a person who would devote his time to rigorous analysis and dissection to understand the mechanics of the world around him. He rose to power as a diplomat, and would be admired by his generation. He would gain some friends, and even a lover that he would marry. His parents cared for him in their time, and he loved them as well.
Yet Myslevian's true peculiarity reared it's head in his final year at the Lands Unknown. His gratitude towards his parents turned into a swift and silent disliking, where he actively avoided any contact with them in their final days and would later critique the way they raised him. His friends would be suddenly met with this complete avoidance from him, and even when they would see him he'd pretend like they never met and draw the separation further. And one morning, his wife awoke to see a note where he once laid. It read that he was leaving as apart of a pilgrimage for a rumored land of opportunity, and felt that their bond would no longer serve its purpose. She never even knew he was leaving on such a mission, nor did he give any hints as such. Her heart was broken, as were the hearts of many who knew him. Tossed aside as if they meant nothing to him at all.
=== Pilgrimage to the High World ===
Myslevian arrived at the High World with a crew of elven diplomats and leaders, the first shores that the young elf had ever graced that weren't of his homeland. The locals murmured at their arrival, completely in awe at the luster they radiated. Shortly after, an advisor of Baltair's at the time asked the elven convoy to send forth one of their own to begin diplomatic discussions. While they first decided upon the king of their homeland, Myslevian persuaded them to volunteer him instead, believing that a fresh face could be necessary for establishing a peaceful allyship. Baltair and Myslevian would have a private dinner in what would decades later become the throne room in Arianor, and tension was already felt by both parties. However, they would have a chat that lasted hours, describing their beliefs and hopes for both of their people. Baltair would be so surprised by Myslevian's promise that he would have him as an advisor in the beginning foundations of the High World.
Elnoran was established in the Yonder Woods by Sabeth's request, which the elves gladly accepted due to how reminiscent it was of home. As it was being constructed by the giants of Dol'guldan, Myslevian aided in Baltair's formation of the kingdoms and the sanctity of the High World. He was a worthy asset, helping his lord in realizing his vision of a prosperous kingdom through more experienced eyes. Their relationship was friendly, though that time was mostly used by Myslevian to understand and dictate the character of Baltair. He believed Baltair to be something other than a man, emitting an aura that seemed older than even he was. Baltair would also describe being drawn to the High World by some other goal or purpose, which captivated Myslevian even more in aiding in the foundation of the High World. Soon, as other colonies and individuals came to the High World, a structure began to show itself true. And after all was said and done, Myslevian was chosen by Baltair to be the Hand of the King. This opportunity was immediately taken by the young elf, and he was soon lauded by his people as a defining figure in the legacy of elvenkind.
The elven authority of Elnoran would try to have their way with Myslevian's position of power, attempting to influence or persuade him into passing laws that'd propagate some of the common high-elf rhetoric consistent with them since their inception. Myslevian would refuse to give in to their coercion.
=== The Dragonborn Civil War ===
The first major conflict of the High World was the great Dragonborn Civil War, started by the religious tyrant Balthazar Bahlrinn. He believed that being descendants from the godly dragons granted them sovereignty in the High World over Baltair and the other races, and when denied by Baltair he responded with multiple attacks in the Midlands. Myslevian was unsure how to respond; he believed that responding to this with swift retaliation would be the smartest act, but he doubted if Baltair's pacifist push would allow for such a shift. He would plan with Elucitare, the magical expert in Baltair's council, in what the best course of action would be against this army of draconic liches.
Myslevian and Elucitare would partake in an unapproved espionage mission behind enemy lines, for their forces were too busy with Baltair's armies, led at the time by one General Druig. They discovered that Bahlrinn's army were harvesting dragons of their own for riding, and that in a few days they would be ready to storm the mainland and set it ablaze. Not only that, but Bahlrinn sought power from the Feywild and other plains of existence in order to take down the High World. Myslevian would accept teaching from Elucitare in this time of war, in order to be an efficient war mage. As they returned, Myslevian would see a shift in Baltair. He was angrier, and would vow to do whatever it takes to keep his utopian pure from evil. With a war-ready king, Myslevian and Elucitare would feed him the information they learned as they prepared for what would be the final conflict. Bahlrinn was caught attempting a ritual for his plans to come into fruition, as both of their armies clashed in a ferverous, violent battle. Myslevian's training would pay off as he began seeing the use of more offensive magic. As the dragons fell from the sky by the ranged magic they casted, Baltair would enter a frenzy unforeseen by all. Myslevian noted the barbarity at which he handled Bahlrinn, impaling him and throwing his body into the burning ruins of their fortress. 
Celebrations were had, particularly noteworthy of Sabeth's intervention and a brave human fighter named Agrydon. Baltair was notably absent from such celebrations, and Myslevian would join him in his crisis. The king was broken, admitting to Myslevian that for the first time in his entire life, he felt an angry core in his being. The elf offered kind, if not coldly calculated, words of sympathy. But the reassurance lead to Baltair discovering that there may have been a source, deep in the northern lands beyond Arianor he left untouched for study. There, he was struck with a horrific vision, and he rushed back to tell Myslevian what he saw; a fallen god named Valdreg, and the end times known as Eschaton.
Over the following week, Baltair would declare dragonborn banished from the High World and forced to live on an archipelago later named Ioth Thaczil. There was some backlash, but Myslevian supported his lord's decision because of the way it would mitigate risk of more casualties. This was the first major decision that his people in Elnoran commended him for. In this time, Baltair sought confirmation of his visions through the wise nuns of Elnoran.
Afterwards, Baltair gathered a few of his closest allies, and revealed to them his discoveries in the north. He founded the Heralds, granting them immortality with a brew made from the flower's of the north, and duties important to their rank. Myslevian's role stayed the same, but the civil war and realization of Eschaton shined weaknesses in Baltair's character that Myslevian took note of. He saw that the king's handling of conflict was flawed and dangerous, inherently emotional and unable such. In the back of his mind, he knew that Baltair's time would not be eternal.
Shortly after being elected as a Herald, Myslevian would don a white mask with odd black markings on it. The other Heralds and his advisors would ask why he suddenly wore a mask, to which the elf explained that he wanted to conceal his identity for undisclosed reasons.
=== Dwelling in His Studies ===
The two centuries under Baltair's rule was mainly spent researching all he could about anything at hand. Researching about Valdreg and the Khor Agul seemed to lead nowhere but two scribbles from a crazed man, so he then spent his time focusing on magic and furthering technology. Very often he would collaborate with Elucitare and the Trifectorum to find new ways to integrate magic into common society, and every week Myslevian would have to report to Baltair about any issues that arose in the High World. But these two centuries were rather drab and simple, since little conflict on the scale of the Dragonborn Civil War had been in effect. Only mild squabbles settled by local authority, nothing was getting the attention of the other Heralds. Myslevian was tasked with creating a new breed of soldier that could blend sorceries and swordsmanship together, perhaps as aid to Baltair's oversea conquests. He would work closely with Elucitare in this process, due to magic at this time still being sourced from rare gems instead of innate magic within individuals.
By this time, the capital of Baltair and the Heralds shifted from Arianor to Godhome, as Baltair established the majestic manor of Elysium at the base of his visions of Eschaton. The bodies of those slain by Bahlrinn's army were buried at the entrance to Godhome, as a way to remember the fallen and a reminder to not let this presumed Eschaton reap the same tragedy. Myslevian would also take note of how Baltair buried the bodies there so they could grow into trees and foilage, due to the radiating godly energy that basked Godhome.
Myslevian spent a good amount of his time getting to know the other Heralds as well, although it didn't yield expected results. Another aspect of his peculiarity was the way he complimented and appraised others, almost noting their efficiency in handling a situation or feeling certain emotions. It was a cold, calculated way of viewing others that lead to others not understanding him exactly. But Myslevian was deemed harmless. The elf did have notes on the Heralds whenever he interacted with them, though they weren't all too savory. He believed Sabeth to be a tormented individual with an obscene amount of power in his hands to be so mentally susceptible. He thought Legish was wise yet pacifistic in a manner that reminded him of Baltair. He had little thoughts on Druig other than him being a dumb brute serving as Baltair's lapdog in foreign lands. Myslevian did appreciate Agrydon however, believing him to be a good, pure soul.
Myslevian had souring views of Baltair as time progressed however. Baltair was a very paranoid man after the civil war, and was scared of both the anxiety and anger he felt. He became a reactionary king, with Druig leading armies trained by Agrydon in these massive battles against foreign powers that could potentially threaten his land's sanctity. Myslevian felt pity for Baltair, yet every fleeting decade he would see new cracks in the king's composure. He began to ponder replacements for the throne, and who would better lead the High World in his absence. Myslevian thought he would be the best fit, yet believed the people needed someone more charismatic to take charge. Agrydon was the top candidate in his head, yet these thoughts never progressed into deeper plans.
The biggest blow to the Heralds' morale was the demotion of Druig. He was a tormented, manic soul, yet his reasons for leaving seemed understandable to the Heralds. Even his most loyal followers could see that Baltair was not as charitable as he once was, and Myslevian began to see that these fleeting thoughts may have to bode new strategies.
=== The Usurpation of Lord Baltair ===
There wasn't a noticeable moment when Myslevian changed. Perhaps it was a side of him pent up through all of those years, the doubt of Baltair and the ego he held towards himself. To this day, those who served by his side before the usurpation couldn't tell if he cracked or was simply this cold and ruthless from the start. Was this research and knowledge he collected all in service of a meticulous plan? Nobody knows for certain. But the end result was the same, the once-meek elf scholar had newfound goals of conquest and godhood.
In his time studying with Elucitare, he learned multiple things that proved useful to him. One of these was the theory on Thought Gods and Source Gods; the theory went that the different pantheons of different religions are all functionally the same divine source, but that they gain power through mass belief and worship. The common example he and Elucitare would discuss together was the archlich Vecna, and how acolytes of his swear by his presence still being felt through communion. While the exact nature of Vecna wasn't known, it was still an interesting thought; a mere mortal could persuade others into believing their divinity, and in turn reach another plain of existence entirely. Myslevian suddenly had a plan; he was to become a god through mass belief, and one that could rule from the shadows to make the High World a utopia as desired. Where Baltair was torn apart by his own emotions, Myslevian's complete apathy and coldness would be the calculated hand needed to rule the land.
Myslevian would spend time writing a bible of a religion he called "The Way of the White". Even the most bigoted of people believed in the elves' divinity, so if Myslevian acted as a divine messenger of these sacred texts he could give his religion some credence. His text spoke of a godly elf called the Radiant One that spoke to Baltair and gave him advice on how to rule the High World, and that one day when the nation is in ruin and the people seek solace, a divine messenger of the Radiant One will raise pillars of light into the sky and begin the birth of a pure world. Myslevian was impressed by his own genius, making himself a figure of worship amongst the people would surely plant the seeds of a future ascension. And because of his mask, nobody could link him with the messenger or the god in the text as easily as they could have regardless. He would be an unknowable figure, with perceptions of him differing from person to person. The elf would also take advantage of the mage knights he and Elucitare were working on, that if he took control of Rivelle in a post Baltair kingdom he could establish a government that worshipped this text and further pushed belief in his religion.
Myslevian was also practicing a form of magic forgotten by Elucitare, known as chronurgy; the manipulation of time. In their time together, Elucitare explained that he could once master it until it took a toll on his body. So if he needed to remove Elucitare from the picture, he'd need to outsmart him in a field of magic now foreign to him. Myslevian would spend time asking individual members about how they feel about Baltair's leadership, with the majority consensus being miffed, yet still hoping he'd pull through in the end. Myslevian was disgusted by his peer's inability to see Baltair's glaring weakness, especially in Agrydon, who drew his blade and threatened Myslevian's life at the mere idea of usurping Baltair. Myslevian did manage to find an heir however; a young member of the Trifectorum named Rhavelis. From what Myslevian knew, Rhavelis came from a bloodline of royal human kings from Arianor long before it was integrated into the High World. He was the runt of his litter, and so was sent to Godhome to aid in magistry research as opposed to taking the throne. Myslevian had found the perfect person to usurp the throne, and the young Rhavelis agreed to the puppet master's offer if it meant that the elf takes over Rivelle after the usurpation. He told Rhavelis to continue work as normal, and that he'd arrive with the cavalry needed when the time arose. Rhavelis trusted Myslevian's every word and intention.
The day before he departed for his voyage, Myslevian was apart of a council meeting where Baltair addressed his declining leadership skills over the last few decades. He apologized, promised to do better, and thanked everyone for their support of him at his weakest. He was forgiven by the Heralds and Trifectorum, with Rhavelis now feeling conflicted in his deal with Myslevian. But Myslevian felt no sympathy, and that night mass copied his bibles and placed them all into his Bag of Holding. He also stole a crystal orb Elucitare had for future plans. That night, he stopped wearing the blue and black robes he wore previously, now donning pure white robes befitting his new status. In the morning, he fled for "diplomatic meetings" with foreign lands. In reality, he was searching for Druig.
Myslevian would be at sea for a few months, traveling to foreign lands and giving out bibles. Word of the Radiant One would hopefully spread with these seeds planted. When he wasn't giving out scriptures, he was following the trail of carnage left behind by Druig and his newfound Eternal Legion. He eventually met his old acquaintance, and was immediately met with hostility. Yet with his newfound time powers, Myslevian killed the attackers and asked Druig to talk. Still racked with spite over Baltair's decision, he agreed to Myslevian's terms and would sail back to the High World with him. Myslevian would also tell Druig about the different weaknesses and strategies he was hoping to take advantage of.
After many days at sea, Myslevian arrived ashore in Godhome. As Druig and the Eternal Legion marched up to Elysium, Myslevian called forth the mage knights he and Elucitare were training to aid him. Druig did battle with Agrydon, and while the warrior was now empowered with the Phoenix Grace, the Eternal Legion overwhelmed him in his fight with the general. Myslevian and his knights teleported into Elysium through a secret teleportation circle he installed, and his chronurgy powers managed to barely outdo Elucitare in combat. When Legish attempted to help, Myslevian played a sound that could incapacitate giants due to it being at a frequency only they could hear. When Sabeth entered Elysium, Myslevian used the orb to bargain with the tormented soul in order for him to leave. And Baltair easily fell in combat when against both Druig and Agrydon. After many centuries in power, Baltair was no longer the king, and Rhavelis now sat on the throne.
As initially promised, Myslevian was granted control of Rivelle was it's new ruler, and Druig was given back his position as lead general of Rhavelis' armies. Baltair was locked in a casket, poisoned, and cast into what was known as the Tides of Loss. Baltair would not only die from the poison, starvation, and suffocation, but the Tides of Loss was a sea known for slowly wiping the memories of the sailors that travel there. Baltair was dead, and a new era with Rhavelis as the king was established.
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=== Age of Rhavelis ===
With the new capital of the High World being located in Arianor, Myslevian knew that Rhavelis' sibling needed to be removed from his throne and relocated. The ruler of Arianor was now a squire to his runt brother, Rhavelis proudly gloating his power in the halls of Castle Arianor. As Druig began regaining his bearings in his position, Myslevian began his control over Rivelle. Elucitare was nowhere to be seen, but Myslevian didn't believe he would be of much worry. The Rivellian Concord was founded, with the goal being to raise a new generation of devout worshippers in the Radiant One who would serve as crushingly loyal soldiers in his army. Myslevian also wanted to focus on having complete control of everything that happened in the High World, with surveillance and artillery utilizing the most complex arcanic devices he and Elucitare could create at the time. With the ability to teleport across the High World with little effort, and unleash a bombardment of light beams to wipe out an army, Myslevian was nigh impossible to slay. The construction of an academy meant to educate and train future soldiers named Windurstein was also built. The sole survivor of the Trifectorum, Caedum, survived and would spend his time as a personal advisor to Rhavelis in Castle Arianor.
Legish and the giants sulked in Dol'guldan after the death of Agrydon, with Myslevian proposing a deal; they could make their yearly hunt for food and supplies, but the moment any of them set foot outside of the mountains for any other time would be met with swift death from above. The giants were essentially held hostage by the ruthless Rivelle. Merdia seemed to be an independent land in Agrydon's absence as well, but Myslevian had no care for them. He needed to focus on Rivelle, and then the Midlands.
The first big step Myslevian wanted to take was taking a stance on bigotry; the stance being massively supportive of discrimination. The idea came to mind when Myslevian discovered Rhavelis' own sentiments regarding other races, perhaps born out of a deep jealousy he held of his superiors. Myslevian decided to act upon this, and twisted his own religious text to convince the people that races that weren't human or elven were impurities cursed onto this holy land. This would lead to the elves of Elnoran further isolating with an impenetrable barrier around their city, and almost all of the dwarves retreating to the mountain forge of Bravnir to hide from the outside world. This move helped Myslevian greatly, since the dwarves of Bravnir would craft impeccable steel that outrivaled the greatest creations Rivelle or Arianor could make. With the dwarves isolated in the mountains where Legish resided, any moment of resistance could be met with a precise beam strike. All was in it's rightful place.
The second step was to build the seeds of resentment against Rhavelis so that when the inevitable coup happened, he would have enough substantial evidence to use in his favor. To begin, Myslevian would manufacture a situation in which Rhavelis would fall in love with a member of his bloodline. When the two of them would talk, Rhavelis would talk about how the men in his family seemed to have an infatuation with their own, wedding their cousins, sisters, sometimes mothers. Myslevian knew that if Rhavelis were to wed a queen, he would have to create a scenario in which the two met completely unaware of their blood ties and fell for the other. So at the night of a royal banquet, Rhavelis met his cousin Gilda by Myslevian's arrangement, and the two would be wed not even two years later. 
Myslevian would poison Rhavelis over the next few centuries as well, a minor dosage that would add up over the years to slowly weaken his mental and physical wellbeing. The physical changes didn't become apparent until Rhavelis conceived his second child, Faolan. By then, his skin was paler and his mind began showing signs of fatigue, so whereas his first daughter Illura carried his natural tone, Faolan carried the sickly pale complexion. And with the children of Rhavelis having an extended lifespan due to their father taking the Golden Dew, Myslevian could potentially use one of the children to aid him in the Grand Design.
The lord of Rivelle had to do multiple things to win the favors of politicians over the centuries. At first, the new rule of Rhavelis was painted as solace from Baltair's declining leadership, and so Myslevian wouldn't want to immediately fight against a recently elected Rhavelis. But as Rhavelis' sickness grew from the poison he would sneak into his drinks, Myslevian would start focusing on separating Rivelle from Arianor as a kind of unspoken resentment of Rhavelis' order. He would pull funding from orphanages in Arianor, so that the children would have to live off the streets and lead to a rise in Arianor's urchin crisis. A lot of the unsavory legislations and rulings Myslevian did push had the blame shifted over to Rhavelis, with the public slowly turning in Myslevian's favor. Behind the scenes, Myslevian would have to use urchin children as leverage to gain the favor of other politicians, and years later it would grow into a side business that proved profitable for Rivelle's connections. 
At this point in time, Myslevian was completely detached from reality around him. He was an illusive, self-absorbed, unfeeling tyrant that focused entirely on his own machinations and nothing else. It seemed as if he was believing his own tales about himself, though it could have been a tactic employed so his ascension could bear more credence. Myslevian couldn't even have sexual relations with normal people anymore. At a certain point, he would task his changeling spies with transforming into himself so he could have sex with them. He stopped doing this by the time Faolan was born, but the depths of Myslevian's narcissism extended into self-lust as well.
Myslevian's only hesitation on enacting the Grand Design early was the possibility of Elucitare and Sabeth attempting to stop him. He had spent centuries planning, and didn't want a few miscalculations and oversights spell the end of him. At this point, murmurs of a warrior creed that had taken up Baltair's fight known as the Vindicated began to spread, but they soon proved to be nothing more than hapless adventurers. Myslevian loathed the idea of the Vindicated however, and as the Vindicated pilgrimages to the High World began he would stoke up the embers of propaganda against them. Soon, Vindicated were known by the public as pests that sought to rape and pillage the lands they ventured into, and that they were to be hunted down.
=== War with Druig and the Laurelsong Brothers ===
As the Grand Design seemed closer, Myslevian would begin to plant the seeds of the upcoming coup. Faolan would prove himself to be a selfish individual that hated the way his father raised him, in part due to Myslevian's centuries long poisoning of his mind and body. Myslevian would even ask Druig if he would like to partake in another coup when the time came, but Druig refused. His mind was decaying and he had become far more irrational, but he too saw the manipulation of Myslevian and the poor leadership of Rhavelis. He would leave on a mission against outer factions for a year, only it was a front.
A year after he left the High World, he returned with an even larger Legion at his disposal. After overtaking Merdia, he would march into the Midlands where Myslevian would unleash a barrage of light that tore through the middle of the Midlands and sent Druig retreating. Myslevian warned Druig to end his petty war, but Druig would simply rule over Merdia and slowly plan his eventual overtaking of the High World. The strip decimated by Myslevian became known as the War Strip, and within it the two factions would squabble in mindless battles. Myslevian would infiltrate some of Druig's operations in Merdia as well, mainly trying to move imports from the port over to the Midlands as a way to starve both the farmers and Druig's men. At a certain point, Myslevian kept Druig around not for any strategic manner, but because he found it funny to lead on such a poor excuse for a warlord and see him fail to live up to his name.
At this time, Myslevian also gained a new ally in the form of House T'sarran, a royal house of drow assassins that were unparalleled to in their time. Myslevian had some key assassins in this legion, but with House T'sarran he now had dozens of highly skilled spies at his beck and call. As an unfortunate twist of fate, Caedum was starting to become infected with the aspect of Valdreg's essence he captured from Godhome. Instead of curing Caedum, Myslevian was curious to see how far Caedum could grow with this new malformation. He locked Caedum deep underneath a chapel in Rivelle, and would feed him prisoners he didn't find interesting enough to execute publicly. He would also find a professor in Windurstein named Alastair Culver, an elf so unremarkable that Myslevian wished to use him as his eyes. He would implant a seed into his brain without his knowledge, allowing Myslevian to possess his body and see through his eyes whenever he wished. Culver would find out later on, but couldn't do anything to stop it.
Years later, Myslevian would be alerted that a goliath and elf were captured in the War Strip, having been seen trying to steal food from a Rivelle camp. As they were primed for execution, the elf would make a bold move and blast Myslevian with a spell in defense of his goliath brother. Myslevian would be so impressed by the elf's defiance that he invited the two of them to a special occassion. The elf was named Apollo Laurelsong, and his adopted goliath brother was named Hyacinthus. 
Myslevian would put Apollo in Caedum's cell, wanting to see how long Apollo could last with the mutated creature before his will gave out. By now, Caedum's body was rotted and broken, with tendrils of black slime and chunks of flesh now bursting from him. Mentally, Caedum was no greater than a starved dog. Apollo did hold his own however, lasting the full duration that Myslevian established for the encounter. But Apollo was infected with Caedum's essence, slowly turning him into a drow-esque figure. Myslevian put Apollo to sleep so he could work on curing the infection, but he had a better idea. He wiped Apollo's memory, and created new memories of an entirely different person that Myslevian made up. This would create the perfect soldier, one completely devoted to him and prejudiced against his own partial drow nature. Apollo was dead, and in his body was a new identity; Chelaufein Terrowin. Terrowin would wear a mask covering the parts untouched by his drow conversion, and would be promoted to the lead commander of the Rivellian Concord. Myslevian wasn't through with tormenting the Laurelsong brothers however; he would place Hyacinthus in executioner armor that was bound to his will. Hyacinthus couldn't do anything the Concord didn't want, for they all had control over his body. He was forced to watch and act in an iron prison of the oligarch's making.
=== The Guardians Arrive ===
Two months later, the Vindicated pilgrimage occurred as normal. Myslevian wouldn't pay any mind to the Vindicated until a group had managed to thwart his operations in the Merdian port. Out of curiosity, he would send a T'sarran spy to watch over and monitor the actions of the group. They would name themselves the High World Guardians, which Myslevian found highly amusing. But he began to wonder if they were more than they seemed after they killed Druig and freed Merdia from the Eternal Legion's grip. He was beginning to see the worth in the party; they weren't the best fighters and had casualties in their ranks, but they showed promise of growth and success. And now, they were beginning to catch onto his scent.
After a wanderer known as the Strider appeared and defeated the Guardians, Myslevian sent Callimar T'sarran to Fort Talon to join the party was a spy. The oligarch had no faith in the spoiled pretty boy, so he had his prior spy keep tabs on the group. He also sent a spy to monitor the Strider, though he didn't learn of much. He seemed to be wandering to different parts of the High World, and taking out any obstacles in his path. The last place Myslevian tracked him at was the Yonder Woods, close to Sabeth's territory. But he lost interest with the figure. The Guardians were his focus.
After his spy died, Myslevian wouldn't have anyone to keep tabs of what happened in the Guardians' ranks. Two days later, and Callimar would die from a conflict with Sabeth, which Myslevian found out of due to his life signal going out. The Guardians were lost to him, so he spent the next week getting other matters ready. He killed the head of House T'sarran due to him being an incompetent suck up, and soon the house became one with the Concord. He even subjected the assassins with dozens of women to breed with, for them to give birth to a plethora of new assassins Myslevian could use in his ranks.
Suddenly, almost a week after the Guardians went missing, they suddenly reappeared. A trail of destruction lead Myslevian right to Hamartia, where his soldiers reported that Sabeth had been viciously murdered by the Guardians, and that they took no issue with civilian casualties in the process. Myslevian was absolutely delighted. Not only did the Guardians incriminate themselves with their brashness, but they had also killed his two biggest obstacles in enacting the Grand Design. Now, he could start working on the finer details before execution was near.
=== Conflict with the Guardians ===
To begin, Myslevian would enter Fort Talon with a legion of soldiers, led by Terrowin and Hyacinthus. He would eat and dine with Cian Breatnach, a former member of the Guardians that ruled Merdia alongside other freedom fighters. He gave Cian a deal; publicly disavow the Guardians and sever all ties with them, and Merdia will be safe under the Concord's watch. Cian would refuse, so Myslevian had Hyacinthus slice off the arm of Cian's ruling partner Arya. There, Cian gave in to the deal, and had surrendered Merdia's independence to Rivelle.
Myslevian would have T'sarran assassins spread out posters of the Guardians throughout the High World, besmirching their good name. He wouldn't catch word of their whereabouts until they traveled to the War Strip, where a spy was sent to keep tabs on them. Eventually, the Guardians would be tracked to Jull, where a woman reported to authorities about their stay at her inn. Rivelle soldiers attempted to arrest them, but were stopped by a Vindicated group of Monster Hunters. But the Guardians were subdued by an unlikely ally; a dragonborn warlord named Laihan. After defeating them, he would drag them all to the Rivelle town of Hilderin, where they were all arrested and primed for execution when the time came. A dwarven monk named Erik Pearson would unknowingly sell his body to Rivelle, wearing the same brace that restricted poor Hyacinthus. Erik was tasked with monitoring the museum as they worked on transferring an arcanic brinestone, a special arcane gem that could be used in highly powerful explosives. The Guardians would momentarily break out to rescue a girl they found named Ellie from Myslevian's underground trafficking ring, but they were defeated yet again by Terrowin and his soldiers. The Guardians were now on the cart for Forsaj, where they would be executed for their crimes.
In the three days it took for them to arrive, their equipment was inspected and Myslevian learned several things about them. He read through Erik's journal and learned that he once had a master and a wife. He inspected Dyokyros' dagger and saw engravings reminiscent of the dark deity Vecna, not only confirming his existence and his alignment with one of the party members, but further confirmed that the Grand Design was going to work. And he also learned that the halfling girl traveling with the party was the Laurelsong sister Hyacinthus talked to him about. The threads of fate were alligning, and Myslevian knew he could pull the strings on the party for his amusement. The equipment would all get stolen by the monster hunting Vindicated after inspection, but Myslevian had everything he needed to know.
In Forsaj, he had private counsel with Erik, where he had him murder a woman to test his willpower. He promised Erik that if he executed the Guardians on stage, he would reward the dwarf with freedom. But not only did the Festival of Death get interrupted by the monster hunters, but a massive wyvern named Scourge wrought ruin upon Forsaj. Myslevian and his men fled, with Forsaj now partially scorched down by flame. He didn't mind however, for he was more interested in testing the Guardians and seeing how they worked around his machinations. He would also begin asking Terrowin to work on Project Grisgol, an operation that created constructs made from magical cloth, metal, and sacrificed souls. In the time between Forsaj and their next meeting with Rivelle, the Guardians found and killed the second spy sent after them. In that time, he sent a spy to assassinate the mayor of an Arianor-alligned town called Gromwell, and had him stationed there to pick off the cabinet one by one over the following days.
The Guardians would be seen again in Gromwell, investigating the murder and uncovering Rivelle's scheming. However, Myslevian spoke to a member of Gromwell's cabinet named Winston Oderon II. He gave him an offer; lead the Guardians to their death in the form of a new inn, and he'd be rewarded a seat as a high ranking Rivelle politician. Winston agreed simply so he could escape Myslevian's wrath, as well as plot his own agenda. The second night of the investigation, the assassin was found and told Dyokyros to meet Myslevian in a tavern with nobody else accompanying him, before he took his own life. Dyokyros and Myslevian met, though Myslevian was in Culver's body, and he revealed that he found Dyo's sister Zia and was holding her hostage in the city. He gave the satyr three addresses to choose from, a five minute countdown, and sent him on his way to rescue his sister before she died from a bomb. But Daphne and Laihan would approach Myslevian, breaking the rules of the deal. Myslevian would warn Daphne to not do anything or else her brothers would be hurt, and he made sure to blame Laihan for what was about to happen. Myslevian set off all three bombs in the city, killing Zia and almost killing a Guardian named Gully. He disappeared from Gromwell, only appearing as a mocking illusion to Dyo to taunt him over his failure.
The Guardians would go to Luxuria, a small religious town taken over by the Concord to promote the Way of the White, and kill the priest enacting Rivelle's rule. They would succeed in resurrecting Zia, though she would awake in a few days time. Myslevian didn't care much for Luxuria's loss either, but would gather intel from a spy that the Guardians would start heading to Windurstein in few days time. He would order Terrowin and Hyacinthus be stationed in Windurstein, and would later find out about Gully's home, a village of tabaxi and dragonborn located on the mainland. He would also force Winston to paint the bombings as a terrorist act done by dragonborn radicalists, to further drive up bigoted sentiments. Three days before the Guardians arrived, another Guardian named Eve Linfree infiltrated Windurstein to destroy the Eye and Hand of Vecna. While she managed to hide the eye somewhere on her person, she was held captive for a future bargain with the party. Myslevian would also realize that an odd pendant he saw in the Guardians' equipment may have been the Soul of Agrydon, which could bode useful in the upcoming coup.
Eventually, the Guardians would arrive at Windurstein as expected. Terrowin would make a brash attempt at bargaining with the Guardians, forking over the Soul of Agrydon for Eve's life. But Terrowin wouldn't hold true to his word and attempt to execute the party then and there, until Eve somehow broke free and destroyed all of the Rivelle forces in the room. As it turned out, Eve was alligned with Valdreg and was allowing her to possess his body. The Guardians got the Soul of Agrydon back, but now a greater conflict was ensuing; Valdreg in Eve's body was battling with Vecna in Dyokyros' body, also battling with an old ally of the Guardians named Heinrich Thorton possessed by his own patron, the Angel of Bone. The three-way battle between gods left Windurstein completely destroyed, and Myslevian furious. 
After the battle ended, he arrived to the site of the battle and called for a truce between Myslevian and the Guardians. The Guardians accepted his offer, and the two parties went their separate ways. Thankfully this meant that Myslevian could continue the Grand Design with little worry for conflict, but he knew the Guardians better than to trust their word. 
=== Peace No More ===
The night of the truce, Myslevian ordered Terrowin to burn down the Slick Raven, a Vindicated hideaway that the Guardians used to stay at. When Terrowin returned, he was severely beaten by the oligarch, berated and humiliated in front of his peers. Myslevian would give Terrowin less important tasks after his failure at Windurstein, and his faith in him was utterly gone. But in his anger, he realized that maybe it was time for him to start pushing the public image of the prince before the Grand Design was underway.
In the meantime, he would begin putting out fliers stating that the Guardians and Rivelle were now at peace and allies after their disputes. Myslevian knew that this would make the Guardians' pre-existing allies turn on them, and put the Guardians in a spot they never wanted to be seen in. He would also discover that Arya of Merdia had escaped Fort Talon, so he had Cian beaten and tortured in a cell for information. He wouldn't yield, so Myslevian decided that Cian would be executed the day of the Grand Design. Myslevian's plans were going well, except he caught wind of a mole in his ranks feeding information to a Vindicated scholar. As expected, the mole was executed for his treason.
As the Guardians did their Rivelle-affiliated business in Davenport, Myslevian was hoping to bolster support for Faolan by having him battle in a public arena at the Arianor festival in Corriar. As he was setting the event up, he was given a letter written by the revived Zia, who was now apart of the Guardians. It appears that Zia was still a blind follower of Rivelle, for she didn't see her captors and didn't recall them to be Rivelle. She warned Myslevian of the Guardians' plans to assassinate politicians and free orphans in Arwen. The oligarch wasn't worried, but knew he had to plan around this intrusion. The Guardians appeared at the Arianor festival, where Erik volunteered himself to battle Faolan in the arena. Thankfully, Myslevian was in Culver's body to witness the fight, and telepathically persuaded Erik to hold back as to not spell doom for the Guardians. Erik reluctantly agreed to spare Faolan, but did attempt to sway the crowd to his side to minimal avail. Before the Guardians left, Myslevian spoke to Zia and thanked her for her letter.
A day later, the Guardians arrived in Arwen to enact their plan. However, Myslevian had relocated almost every child in the orphanage to an abandoned manor down the street rigged with explosives. As Daphne opened the door to the manor, the building exploded and killed every child they were hoping to save. The explosion was the sign that the truce was off, as the Guardians enacted their plan of bombing the politician's tower. Myslevian possessed Culver once more to take down Daphne in a nearby tower she was isolated in, but Hyacinthus killed Culver to save Daphne. There, Daphne discovered that her eldest brother was an enslaved executioner to Rivelle. As the night unfolded, Arwen was taken over by the flames and chaos of the Guardians' actions. Winston was horrifically burned, the princess missing, and Zia killed by the flames of the tower. While Arwen was meant to be a major blow to Rivelle, it also spelled doom for the Guardians as well. With everything happening so quickly, Myslevian knew that the Grand Design was going to happen within the week, after centuries of planning.
Within the next few days, Myslevian acted diligently in keeping true to his promise. From Arwen, he tasked a spy with finding the Guardians and tracking their every move. He tasked a team of soldiers to find Gully's home and burn it to the ground, and asked another to find the princess and return her to Arianor. He sent several hunting squads out into the Midlands to find the Guardians, employing scrying eyes to scour the landscape. Myslevian would drive up the anti-Vindicated propaganda once more, this time in preparation for a new element he believed would aid in the Grand Design. The oligarch viciously abused Hyacinthus after Arwen, yet despite his anger he was also impressed with Hyacinthus' fervor in that moment. Eventually, his spy reported the location of the Vindicated that his mole was leaking information to, a man named Percy. Myslevian ordered a squad of soldiers to execute the scholar and take back any research he had on Project Grisgol. They cut out the man's tongue and hung him outside of his house, while also beheading the horses pulling the Guardians' cart. Myslevian was also going to be attending a play in Thespia, but his spy alerted him that the Guardians were on their way to the small theater town. In order to counteract this, he doubled security and would show up late backstage so the Guardians wouldn't be able to predict where he was. He also had the lead halfling actress murdered the day before the show, so that Daphne could naturally fit that role given her performer background. After Arwen, Myslevian also recalled that a new member of the Guardians, a tiefling spy named Vignette, was reported to have some closeness with the princess. It was only natural to assume that the princess could be endangered as a way to bargain with her and hurt her emotionally. Myslevian was excited about the night, because the Grand Design was going to happen the following morning. 
The night of the play, Winston was murdered by Erik and the Guardians were in conflict with the security prior to Myslevian arriving backstage. He ordered Gully, disguised as a stagehand, to bring Daphne to the back when she was done with her final scene. When he and Daphne met face to face, he asked Daphne to come with them back to Rivelle so she could meet Apollo and have all the answers she ever needed. She agreed, and they went to a carriage behind the opera house to prepare their escape. While in the carriage, Terrowin revealed himself to be the remnants of Apollo Laurelsong, and that this entire night was a ruse to get Daphne to Rivelle. But before the carriage teleported away, Erik and Dyokyros grabbed onto the carriage. In Rivelle, Erik and Dyokyros both got stabbed unconscious by Rivelle soldiers, sent to the dungeons to be tortured for information. Daphne went to her quarters to sleep for the night. Myslevian would also reclaim the Soul of Agrydon from Erik's equipment.
In the morning, Myslevian explained everything to Daphne; the Grand Design, what happened to Apollo Laurelsong, and why it's all happening now. As she returned to her bedroom, Myslevian was almost giddy for the first time in centuries. His ascension to godhood was nigh.
=== The Grand Design ===
Myslevian organized a dinner with all that remained of his political cabinet, and as he went to invite Daphne to this special occasion, he noticed the key to his room was missing. At the dinner, he stopped time to throw knives at all of the sitting politicians and kill them. When time resumed, he asked if Daphne knows where the key is and if she went into his room. As she attempted to lie her way out of the situation, he began torturing Hyacinthus and threatened to kill Daphne, spouting a torrent of horrible, sick threats in a fit of loose rage. After he calmed down, he teleported Daphne to Caedum's cell and locked her in, leaving her to die. At this time, Faolan was going to use a special teleporter inside of a tower behind Myslevian's cathedral to infiltrate Arianor and take the castle over from within. Not only that, but with Illura back home Faolan connected the two with an enchanted brace that meant if he got hurt, she did as well.
The remaining Guardians, alongside a cleric named Aethwulf, infiltrated Rivelle with a crew of Vindicated on their side, but this easy entryway was apart of Myslevian's greater plan. For a few minutes after they arrived, he made a grand speech before the people of Rivelle and Arianor. He declared himself a hero of the people, the one sacrificing his safety for the truth, as he urged the people to fight for their freedom against Arianor and the Vindicated. Pillars of light erupted from Rivelle, Elnoran, and Merdia, the latter two having the mechanisms installed into the cities by double agents he planted into their ranks. He told the people that the Vindicated have infiltrated society and are everywhere, even in Rivelle right now, causing riots. Buildings exploded to frame the Vindicated, as the civilians began killing each other in fear of the other being a Vindicated agent. Myslevian's speech and declaration of war had lead to riots in the streets, with soldiers even murdering citizens to add more casualties. As was the case with the assassination of his political board, Myslevian wanted a new, clean slate to carry unto this new age under Faolan's rule.
As the bloodshed ensued, Hyacinthus broke out Erik and Dyokyros to reunite with the other Guardians. In Merdia, Arya arrived with Legish to destroy Fort Talon and save Cian. Arya and some of her soldiers would arrive in Rivelle using a teleportation circle, just as the Guardians finally reunited in the heat of the chaos. Daphne and Hyacinthus would face off against Terrowin in the chapel above Caedum, to liberate his mind and return him back to Apollo. But the Guardians would march into Myslevian's cathedral, ready for the final battle.
The oligarch was waiting for them, declaring his ascension nigh as he locked the doors and battled the Guardians in a ravenous final confrontation. He was untouchable, using spells to negate damage and using his mastery of the arcane arts to humble and nullify the likes of Erik and others. With almost half of the Guardians defeated, Daphne and her two brothers entered the battle, Apollo back from the dead. The tide of battle shifted, as Myslevian was beginning to get overwhelmed by the combined might of the brothers and Erik. His staff was shattered, mask broken, and Soul of Agrydon picked from his body. And to make matters worse, it began raining; the same memento when Druig, Sabeth, and Agrydon died. Fate was telling Myslevian that his reign of terror was over.
But Myslevian refused to lose so easily, as he grabbed Hyacinthus and teleported away. He made Hyacinthus unable to harm him, as the two made a run for the teleporter outside the cathedral. A standoff happened between Myslevian and the Guardians, with Myslevian holding a knife to the goliath's throat if the others made any moves. As they prepared to strike, he stopped time and subdued most of the Guardians, the main opponent before him being Daphne Laurelsong. But it was juxtaposed by the sound of Arya and Rafe breaking into the cathedral with their surviving Vindicated. Myslevian was cornered. As it rained upon them all, he professed his divinity, his immortality, his right to rule. But Daphne's weak, old mouse Kalishnakov would start hobbling towards him in an odd act of defiance. Myslevian kicked the mouse away, killing him. Yet in his dying breath, he sacrificed his body for Daphne to perform one last powerful spell to kill Myslevian.
The two waited and stared at each other, waiting for the perfect opportunity to kill the other. But out of nowhere, Apollo appeared beside Daphne and shot a spell that went through Myslevian. Only it was a projection of Apollo, as he ran up behind Myslevian to stab through his arm. Aethwulf banished Hyacinthus to safety, as the Guardians all unleashed their firepower on the oligarch. Yet amidst the spells and spears, it was Daphne's final burst of Kalishnakov's magic that finished Myslevian. As the golden blast seared it's way through his throat, he gasped and grabbed at his throat as his cloak soaked itself in his own blood. He fell countless stories down, landing atop the horns of a statue of himself. 
Myslevian was a calculating, apathetic, unfeeling tyrant that manipulated his way till the very end. Yet in an ironic twist of fate, it was his sadism in toying with the Guardians that costed him. His love of cruelty a direct juxtaposition to his self-proclaimed unfeeling of emotion, his meticulous planning not constructed well enough for him to consider beings as low as Vindicated to spell his undoing. He underestimated the High World Guardians, never saw their worth as anything more than stepping stones in his own tale of history. But it seems as if the legacy of Uvar Myslevian is one steeped in blood, malice, and terror, undone by the nature of his own being.