Syrook

**Syrook** was a Black Dragon, Alman Quaron's master, and Thrud's ally.

## Appearance

### Human Form

Syrook's human form was a man of exquisite beauty, about 1.92 meters (7') tall with such delicate features and long silky raven-black hair that it would have been easy to mistake him for a woman if not for his deep voice. He wore a loose white shirt over pitch-black pants that made him look even taller.

### Black Dragon Form

The Dragon was covered in pitch-black scales, about 25 meters (82 feet) tall. A 12 meters (40 feet) long tail came out from the small of his back and every flap of his membranous wings produced strong gales.

## Equipment

Syrook wielded a pair of Adamant gloves called Sunder that were able to boost his strength, extend their fingers, and be joined into edged weapons.

## Background

Syrook colludes with Thrud Griffon to start a rebellion in the Nestrar Region by posing as a god. He turns ex-Ranger Alman Quaron into his harbinger to pose as a human ruler. Thanks to Thrud supporting Quaron's political coup and her subjects in the neighboring regions assuring that they will quickly join the uprising, they quickly take over several cities including Phresca and Zeska. The Dragon loots the armories and treasuries of the cities in exchange for rejuvenating the noble conspirators. In exchange, he sends half of the gold and one of each kind of artifact to the Mad Queen for her to glean the secrets of Royal Forgemastery and recreate them with true magic before her war with the Griffon Kingdom begins.

Lith is sent by the Royals to retake Zeska. He issues a challenge to a duel to Quaron or he retakes Zeska by force. Syrook orders Quaron to fight Lith fairly to maintain his image as the people's hero, with the intention of ambushing Lith if Quaron dies, eliminating all witnesses, and reinforcing the people's belief in their "god." Quaron answers Lith's challenge at dawn, but is quickly overpowered. Syrook intervenes and revives Quaron.

Lith summons Tiamat for backup (though in reality is fighting as himself while Solus poses as Lith inside the Scalewalker armor). Meanwhile, Syrook uses his Nether Gate bloodline ability to reanimate the corpses within Zeska as an undead army, armed with the stolen equipment from the treasuries. Lith summons his Demons in response, the unexpected revival of Captain Erwald Locrias' wandering soul allowing Solus to team up and kill Quaron. The backlash from Quaron's death gives Lith an opening to kill Syrook.

Thrud later loots Syrook's lair and takes his handmaidens as nannies for Valeron II. Syrook was only interested in partners that could help him to strengthen his bloodline and always left his failed experiments with their mothers.

## Quotes

* *"I didn't give you those powers as a gift nor because I think of us as equals. I just put you on a different leash compared to those buffoons but a leash nonetheless...I can't bear the stench of your race nor the thought of wasting precious time to take care of bipedal cattle instead of using it to increase my powers...Touch what's mine again and you'll discover that the difference between a leash and a noose is paper thin!"* (Syrook to Quaron, Chapter 1651)
* *"I'm the descendant of one of the six gods of magic, not a pathetic animal that crawls in the mud!"* (Syrook to Lith, Chapter 1655)

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 1650: Credit and Responsibility (Part 2)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 1654: Players and Pawns (Part 4)
3. ↑ Chapter 1661: Void Flames (Part 1)
4. ↑ Chapter 1651: Players and Pawns (Part 1)
5. ↑ Chapter 1663: Soul Feather (Part 1)
6. ↑ Chapter 1666: Opening Moves (Part 2)