Avarokh

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## The story

Avarokh was a harsh, but fair and honest ruler. He never gave mercy even to his closest henchmen if they broke the law. But he also did not allow the innocent to be punished for selfish gain. Avarokh valued equality in everything, and even went to war with all his soldiers, because he believed that he should be exposed to the same risk that he exposes his soldiers to, besides, the presence of the Lord himself strengthens the morale of the allies. Of course, he did not walk in the first row for security reasons, because any tsar is the highest target for enemy troops.

Lord Avarokh Smin ruled the kingdom of Nekinomoh. It was a small state, but everyone lived there quietly and comfortably. Each resident got a piece of bread. Avarokh possessed high magical knowledge and used it to improve the quality of life of the population, the economic and social structure of society, strengthen his power as a sovereign, architecture, as well as as a defense and attack in military operations.

One day, Lord Smin had to come to a meeting with the King of the Epitaph, Mondur. He jumped on a ship and sailed across the vast ocean. For 3 days his ship sailed on the water, but suddenly a terrifying storm began. The waves rose to the very top of the mast and covered the entire ship. Avarokh tried to escape, but then a hurricane hit and he was knocked out by a blow to the head from the mast.

Waking up in his wrecked ship, Lord Smin realized that he was not at all in the ocean on which he had originally sailed. A messenger of God appeared to him and said: you are in the sea, but it is not simple. This is a magical sea, and no one should get here. As soon as you step on the shore, you will immediately die.

— But how? Why?

The Messenger of God disappeared without answering him. Avarokh sat on the boat for a long time and he did not want to go anywhere at all, but the waves themselves drove the ship to the shore.

Why did this happen to me? How will my people be without me? Avarokh was indignant. After 8 days, the shore was already visible. This put more and more pressure on the monarch of the Smin family. Finally, he swam very close to the end of the way.

And the end of the voyage marked the end of his life. He did not want to die and did not go ashore, but the food supplies were running out. I'm going to die anyway, Avarokh thought. But if I go ashore, at least I won't die like a beggar from hunger.

Then, reluctantly, he got up from the boat, which tilted slightly from his weight and slowly began to bring his foot to the ground. After thinking for the last time, he completely leaned his leg against the dry land. It immediately began to rot and decompose, and then from the leg the damage began to go and spread further through the body. Lord Avarokh stood with one foot on the shore, the other on the stem of the ship. Half of the monarch's body, which was on the ground, was already dead, and the other, standing on the boat, was still alive. This brought incredible pain to Lord Smin, but he did not dare to stand with two feet on the shore, he did not want to die too much. So he stood for a whole day, languishing in pain.

But suddenly the two halves of his body began to mix, transferring their properties to each other. Avarokh became alive and dead at the same time. He couldn't stand it anymore and jumped down to the ground. Shutting his rotten eyes, he was already expecting death, but nothing happened. Lord Smin looked around in surprise. Immediately he realized that the state he was in was neither life nor death. This is something third between them.

It is unclear how Avarokh survived, maybe it was luck, or maybe his magic classes at one time played a role. He just went off into the distance, looking for some settlements. The first thing he came across was a cemetery. Ehh, Avarokh thought, I have something in common with these dead people. He revived all the corpses with his magic. At first he tried to communicate with them, until he realized with horror that they were just zombies without a soul and they moved thanks to dark magic.

In any case, Lord Smin tried to help people, and although they were afraid of him, they were grateful for his help, which consisted in: healing the terminally ill, conducting some rituals. But dark magic corrupted people, and Avarokh did not escape it either. Such frequent use of necromancy and dark forces could not go unnoticed and the Devil himself offered to serve him. Lord Smin was no longer able to refuse.

So the Dark Lord Avarokh was born.

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