Nexxvanis

“Plots within plots, but all roads lead down the dragon’s gullet.”
-Nexxvanis
== History ==
No one has ever heard of or met Lord Vanis, the mysterious mastermind behind Nelgeroth's cult and Sceledrus Kane's rebellion. He and his underlings communicate his wishes by letter. By piecing together his letters, it is clear that Vanis has a large number of enthralled followers amongst the humans and the elves. He seems aligned with and presumably lives amongst the monsters that were driven to Ziril Zimkel, and is trying to secretly assemble a great army in Stormhold under the noses of the human leaders. So far, he has been pushed back by Sid Blackwood and his knights, operating out of Harkenhill, and therefore resorted to guile and subterfuge. 
Lord Vanis is the alias of Nexxvanis, a great wyrm red dragon and sister of Nethrazi. He lives in a fortress in Ziril Zimkel, operating a laboratory in which dragons are dismembered and their parts grafted together, or to humanoids. 
== Personality ==
"Time is a strange thing to those who spend it as currency."
-Lord Vanis
Secretive, domineering, unforgiving. He did not feel the need to share why he wanted to slaughter and dominate the humanoid races. Unlike his sister - whose death he did not mourn - he preferred to fight in human form, only taking his true shape when he felt genuinely threatened. His malevolence extended to all life. Even other dragons - including his kin - were chopped up, their limbs grafted to humanoids as part of his twisted research. 
Nexxvanis' breath weapon was composed of a black flame which lingered to burn his victims after the initial cone. When he was slain by the Steel Jackals, a storm of black flame engulfed the skies above Ziril Zimkel. 
== Plots ==
Through Nelgeroth, Vanis wanted the cultists to summon a demon into Stormhold, but had grown angry with Nelgeroth's repeated failures. Nelgeroth also carried out research involving the crafting of draconic body parts onto humanoids. 
Through Sceledrus Kane, Vanis wanted to build a fortress to house an army he was smuggling into Stormhold.
Through Lady Alderstar, Vanis is siphoning money and goods from Stormhold to give to the goblinoid races. 
== Siege of Khrokadrel ==
During the war against the dwarves, Nexxvanis remained in his lair in Ziril Zimkel, where he operated a foul laboratory, stitching together humanoids and dragons. He built an abomination of cobbled together draconic parts, which venerated him as its father, as well as a draconic humanoid mage, and a draconic humanoid warrior. 
Nexxvanis was killed by the Steel Jackals. He fought them first in human form, wielding a fiery sword, then again in his true draconic form. Though all of the Steel Jackals survived, all of their companion creatures were slain either by Nexxvanis or his followers, prompting both Johannes Forrawyn and Skree to sever their ties with the human kingdoms, out of grief. 
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