Baevis (The Necromancer)

Baevis during the attack on Schpengal.

Baevis is the main antagonist of Louin's first campaign. Little is known about him other than that of his necromancy powers and his name. However, it is known that he was raised in the same monastery as Ander and Varis. His goals haven't yet been revealed, but it seems his intentions are that of pure evil.

## During Louin's Campaign

### The Massacres

The campaign kicked off with a big bang when Baevis unleashed a zombie horde upon the town of Schpengal. While attempting to remain hooded and hidden within the horde, he was still spotted by Pipi Pupu Ma'an and Ganymede when trying to make his escape. It is still unknown as to why he slaughtered this town specifically. It was the attack on Schpengal that brought the party together, and they vowed to find out why this bloody assault occurred.

Quickly moving through the night, it seems Baevis also managed to attack the neighboring town, Whimsolm, the night after the attack on Schpengal. This wasn't quite as bloody of a battle though, as there were a decent amount of survivors. It is unknown why he would attack Whimsolm as well, or even if he was the one who did it.

### The Goblin Encampment

After fighting their way through the goblin encampment outside of Daglan, The Schpengal Survivors stumbled upon a childlike beholder in the dungeon below. The battle was tiresome, but eventually the beholder was rendered unconscious. Grif was left petrified in stone after the battle, and Torea was killed... The Survivors were left in shock after the intense fight and loss of their friend.

Appearing as an unmasked, mild-mannered elf in the low light of the dungeon, Baevis offered to help the Survivors and resurrect their friend. Pipi Pupu considered momentarily, but rethought after coming to the realization that this was the same person he saw during the Schpengal Massacre. Realizing Torea could never be the same, Pipi Pupu leaped and punched the powerful necromancer in a blind rage, but, while it made him stumble, did not change Baevis' disposition.

The Survivors quickly learned the level of power they were dealing with when he merely stood up afterwords and commanded them to help search for something. After sifting through a pile of loot, Pipi Pupu Ma'an found the crown that the necromancer was looking for. While walking over to hand it off, Pipi understood that giving him this crown would grant him more power, so, using all his might with the Gauntlets of Ogre Power, he crushed the helmet in his hands. Raulf saw this as an open opportunity to attack, and dashed forward. Baevis saw this and magically suspended him in his place with his fist unmoving, but Raulf, in dire rage, broke out of the magical bonds and landed the first true blow.

While his expression didn't change, this made Baevis enraged, and he began to send his zombie minions into the cave, most notably, his powerful zombie ogre. The ogre began tearing the dungeon apart with the Survivors still inside, however, they did manage to climb out while there was still an exit. It is still unknown how Baevis survived, or where he went immediately after.

### The Raid on Tombal

After the Survivors had spent the night before at Oldgar's cabin, Ganymede and Pipi Pupu Ma'an split from the other two to get supplies for their journey ahead. Varis was relaxing in the cabin while Raulf had gone outside to hunt. Something eerie caught Raulf's attention though. He saw the Kobold bandits they had killed the night before walking up to him. Meanwhile, in the cabin, Varis and Oldgar heard a knock on the door. After some light chatter, Varis knew he was speaking with Baevis, and opened up the door. After a little more conversation, they engaged in battle. Raulf joined them, fighting multiple zombies. After scuffling with the three for some amount of time, Baevis had seen enough and levitated into the darkness, leaving his minions behind. The three realized this could also be the beginning of another massacre and left quickly. Raulf, pushing himself beyond his limitations, transformed into a winter wolf and carried Varis back to town while Oldgar stayed behind to fend off the zombies fighting his yeti friend.

While all this was happening, Ganymede, Dent, and Pipi Pupu had just begun to exit the town to return to Oldgar's cabin, but they were caught off-guard by a sight in the woods. Between the trees they saw roughly two dozen zombies standing in formation, unmoving. They found that nothing they did would break the zombies position, and Ganymede told Pipi Pupu to go and warn the town. The frog ran into town with his machine friend and did all they could to get attention. He warned the people of the zombie attack, but held confidence that the villagers could win with their knowledge. Then Pipi Pupu ran back into the woods and when he reached Ganymede, they stood directly in front of the horde, waiting for the right moment to attack. Suddenly, the horde began to run forward and screech, signifying the battle had begun. During the fight, the two Survivors intentionally lost their ground by moving into the village to try and protect who they could. The hordes turned out to be much more than they had originally thought, but they were well matched with the villagers.

When the Survivors had thought the fight was finished, a massive zombified Ogre had appeared at the edge of the town. The Ogre was powerful, and the two Survivors questioned if they could truly beat it. Then, out of snow and fog came their friend Varis, riding a mighty winter wolf into the battle. The party was whole again, and with their combined power they would smite the beast as one force. When the monster had died, they saw that Paddywhack and her griffin had finished off the last of the zombies. The town was safe, and the Survivors celebrated their victory with a drink.

It is unknown where Baevis was during the end of the raid.

## Stats

Strength: unknown

Dexterity: unknown

Constitution: unknown

Intelligence: unknown

Wisdom: unknown

Charisma: unknown