Aylen Nagaar

**Aylen Nagaar** is a Devourer Lich, the Maker of all Liches, the First Lich, and Inxialot Nagaar's mother/master. Aylen was the first to become a Lich after the fall of the Odi race and the one who spread the secret to achieve Lichhood in the magical community. All the Liches on Mogar are her indirect creation. Her children aren't born as Liches because reaching such a state requires a mana crystal, but they are still born as hybrids whose mana cores can freely turn into a blood core and back, making it easy to split. She is also known as the Cat Lady, having indirectly spawned most of the feline magical bloodlines on Mogar.

## Appearance

Aylen looks to be in her early 40's, about 1.60 meters (5'3") tall with seven streaks of different colors almost entirely covering her light brown hair. Her dark brown eyes brim with white light. She is able to take her human form thanks to a strict routine that keeps both her body and mind from decaying.

## Phylactery

Aylen never goes on an important mission without her phylactery as bringing it along is the only way to keep a simple dimensional spell from halving her strength but, at the same time, the phylactery is her only weak point - if anything happens to the white crystal holding half of Aylen's life force and mana core, the Lich would die. She keeps her phylactery shielded inside a Davross necklace, though gravity magic doesn't need to destroy the protection to crack the crystal.

## Abilities

*See also: White Core Abilities*

Aylen is able to use Mirror Magic as a Lich, though her regeneration is only able to keep up with the damage it inflicts on her body when her phylactery is close by. However, despite knowing about Domination and even having seven streaks in her hair she has no clue about how it works. Even after millennia, Aylen has still failed to find a way to tap into such godlike power.

Unlike normal Liches who can only mimic the physical abilities of the living beings they feed upon, the Devourer Lich can also imitate all of their bloodline abilities. She carries around part of the life force from the strongest creatures she had fought in the past in the form of crystallized blood.

## Equipment

Aylen wields a golden Davross staff named Lighthouse and has a pocket dimension. She can shapeshift the staff into a spear that absorbs extra life force and converts it into mass and destructive power the same way her body does.

## Background

Millennia ago when Aylen was a young apprentice, she met Vareen the Plaguespreader in the original city of Urgamakka, back when he was already a powerful Eldritch as one of the city's founders. However, the failed experiments and mages dying of old age led Vareen to abandon the project until he completely forgot about it. Urgamakka eventually fell. Later on, Aylen had to turn herself into a Lich in order to survive long enough to achieve the white core.

Aylen cracked the remnants of Odi technology after the Guardians wiped them out and discovered the method to turn any living being into a Lich. Then, she spread such knowledge with the rest of Mogar, hence why the other Liches consider her a hero. Unlike most Liches, Aylen knows that the prolonged isolation and the lack of physiological needs cause any living being to sooner or later delve into madness. To keep it from happening, she adopted pets that would keep her company while also using their needs to replace those she no longer had. Living above a powerful mana geyser and being surrounded by the powerful aura of a white cored Awakened turned her pets into magical beasts first and then into Emperor Beasts. As a result, she indirectly spawned most of the feline magical bloodlines on Mogar, earning her the Cat Lady moniker. She uses her pets as assistants for her experiments and helpers when she goes "shopping" for magical resources, granting her an entire army of highly intelligent Emperor Beasts that received her teachings. Not only do they keep her completely sane, but they also share with her any knowledge they acquire. Thanks to them, there's no telling how many magical breakthroughs she can achieve.

Aylen along with all other Guardians and white cores are summoned to witness Lith's world tribulation in the Lost City of Kolga and Scarlett's final tribulation against Xedros in the Eclipsed Lands.

When Vareen attacks the fake city of Urgamakka that is hosting the Council test, the Yggdrasill contacts Salaark, who asks Aylen to fill in for Sinmara and deal with the Eldritch in exchange for a pardon to keep her pets out of the international list of most wanted creatures. Aylen confronts and kills Vareen using Mirror Magic and Silverwing's spells. Afterwards, Aylen publicly berates Inxialot for endangering the apprentices and for the fact that the fake city resembles her secret lab. Sinmara later reveals she sent Aylen to reveal all of the latter's trump cards and expose the properties of her equipment.

Aylen brings her Emperor Beast pets to raid an undiscovered crystal and metal mine in the Desert when she is confronted by Sinmara, accompanied by Xenagrosh and Lith. Lith joins the fray, summoning his Origin Demons to counter Aylen's golem army. Her golems' battle with Lith's Demons grants her insights on how to improve them, and she escapes.

## Quotes

* *"It's not cowardice avoiding an opponent you can't beat...It's wisdom."* (Aylen to Vareen, Chapter 1529)
* *"I consider recurring enemies just like I consider jokes. Once you hear them for the second time, they are not so funny anymore."* (Aylen to Vareen, Chapter 1530)
* *"Let's save us both a pointless squabble and come to an agreement. I take the goods and you won't have to add another of my footprints to your feathery ass. Deal?...Come on. We've done this dance countless times. What's the point in getting humiliated for the umpteenth time?"...Oh, crap."* (Aylen to Sinmara, Chapter 1607)
* *"My fur baby!"* (Aylen after Sinmara wounds one of her pets, Chapter 1608)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 1612: Origin Demons (Part 2)
2. ↑ Chapter 1596: Waves and Ripples (Part 2)
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 1606: Odd Friends (Part 2)
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Chapter 1529: Mirror Magic (Part 1)
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Chapter 1607: Food Chain (Part 1)
6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Chapter 1609: Shadows and Crystals (Part 1)
7. ↑ Chapter 1252: Demons’ Horde (Part 2)
8. ↑ Chapter 1412: Golden Dragon (Part 2)
9. ↑ Chapter 1530: Mirror Magic (Part 2)
10. ↑ Chapter 1613: Chaos and Flames (Part 1)