Nelgeroth

"Dogma is like tough meat. It is best well-chewed. Faith, hate, vengeance and truth; these are our tenets. Embrace them."
-Nelgeroth
== History ==
The depraved wizard Nelgeroth was unfamous even before his fall to undeath, as the Kingdom of Stormhold had a bounty picture of him as a human, and summoned adventurers from around the land to hunt him and him down. Nelgeroth led a cult known as the Burning Head, which worshipped the evil deities of the human pantheon and venerated the undead specifically. Nelgeroth's human followers were imbued with the power to self-immolate both at command and upon the moment of their death; in addition, the wizard was served by numerous undead, goblinoids, trolls, and lesser spellcasters, particularly evil priests. 
Nelgeroth served a mysterious master named Lord Vanis, who communicated with him by letter. His final task involved in some manner bringing a demon into the world. 
By the time he was finally cornered, the undead and monstrous Nelgeroth no longer resembled his human self. Though he was surrounded by undead minions, he nearly single-handedly killed the entire Stormhold Adventurer's Guild, but was finally cornered and slain by the paladin Raynald. When he died, his body turned to dust. 
== Follower of the Tenebrous Legion ==
After the death of the dragon Nethrazi, Johannes Forrawyn would offer her blood at Nelgeroth's altar in order to unwittingly revive him. It came to light that Nelgeroth was a servant of the Dark Lady, the head of the Tenebrous Legion, a society of enslaved demon worshippers determined to scour the world of life. He had pretended to serve the dragons, and was found out by Nethrazi, who ordered his killing. 
Forrawyn and Nelgeroth would join forces and travel to Bloodfall Labyrinth to free the Dark Lady, putting them in opposition to every faction in Löthur. Nonetheless, the two despised one another. 
== Personality ==
Whatever Nelgeroth's original human motivations were, they were long ago subsumed into the cruel, calculating wickedness of an undead mage. He was dispassionate and contemptuous, and likely had little free will by the time of his demise. 
The resurrected Nelgeroth was detached and fatalistic, but possessed a slight sense of irony. His comments to Johannes Forrawyn suggested that he thought mortal humanoids were simultaneously quick to violence but lacking in true resolve. 
Category:Lands of Löthur
Category:Mages
Category:Undead
Category:Chaotic Evil
Category:Burning Head
Category:Lich