Marnard of the Final Empire

"No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."
-Marnard Ningel 
== History ==
Born to an aristocratic family in a faraway country, he was forced to flee at a young age, and join a travelling band. He was eventually forced to leave them as well, and ran a tavern for a while. He has a hatred of tieflings and drow. He wears the death mask of the First Lord, and is slowly succumbing to its influence. 
Marnard Ningel would become one of the adventuring companions of future Twin-Emperor Silvius, and fight in the rebellion against Nim Lawfey. By the end of the rebellion, Ningel was utterly consumed by the will of the death mask, and retreated into parts unknown. 
== Personality ==
Marnard Ningel was a contradictory, ever-shifting figure who drifted in accordance with his moods. Utterly amoral, he lived aesthetically, performing acts of careless cruelty and selfishness with an oblivious sense of consequences. His personally would slowly become eroded by the mask he wore, until he ultimately lost his sense of ego, becoming one with the First Lord. 
A kaleidoscope of a psyche: Highly intelligent and adaptable, contemplative, articulate and highly intuitive, impractical, over-complicates everything, fatalistic, morbid, self-contradictory, and makes unnecessary sacrifices. 
As a result of the First Lord's influence, Ningel hates the old ones, though he cannot account for why this is the case. 
== War of the Philosopher-Kings ==
The man once known as Marnard Ningel, little more then a shard of the First Lord's malice, had disappeared long before the start of the war. He would resurface as an enemy of the Twin-Emperors, swaying malcontents and deserters to his cause, forming an almost cult-like following. Ningel would preserve his followers from the great plague, and settle them around the abandoned dome. The guards from Ragnarok would prevent his entry, but the changeling would patiently wait, knowing that a time would come for him to claim the throne. 
== After the War ==
A period of time after the war, members of the Black Rose would grow weary of the vicious war between Ragnarok, Shangare, and the Deep Ones. Some of them would seek out Marnard Ningel and his cult, formally initiating him into their ranks. Whispers would spread about a tantalizing possibility - restoring order by re-founding the Final Empire, with the Black Rose as a vanguard and Marnard Ningel as the Lord-Emperor. Category:Changelings
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