Jalangkung

Jalangkung is a central character in the Middle Kingdom novel.
He is the court necromancer in the court of King Racun IV and the power behind the throne.
He stages a coup against the king and turns him into a liche.
He burns down the palace of Jenan.
He is eventually slain by Roztov in a mighty magical battle in Rakasuul.
From the Middle Kingdom:
The common people of Ju did not talk about Jalangkung if they could help it. The old ones remembered a time when necromancy had been outlawed in Ju, but now here was a king’s consul who openly consulted with and invoked the dead. He was a bogeyman to frighten children with. For those that did talk about him, it was thought that he was a half-draelk, a half breed child of a human and one of the pale skinned cave people that lived under Mount Binang. No other such union had ever been known of, as the draelk were a very shy and secretive race who never ventured to the surface. Others said that he was preserved by his magic and was over a thousand years old. Jalangkung's skin was white like milk. The people of Ju were paler skinned than those on the southern parts of Yaja, but they still tanned in the sun like anyone else, and most had light brown skin. Jalangkung was as pale as the moon, and his eyes were as black as coal. Such an appearance only added to the speculation of his origins.
Methods
He used corpseroot on Prince Sial
He used pickling Barrels on the Shining Ones
He raised a squad of vampires called the Hounds of Jalangkung
Category:Characters
Category:Central Characters
Category:The Middle Kingdom
Category:People of Ju
Category:People of Yaja
Category:Wizards
Category:Necromancers