Argent

For other versions of this character, see Argent (disambiguation).

Argent is a hero-deity demon lord of the pits. He was a sorcerer who even initially was associated with artifice.

## Biography

Argent was created fairly recently, only ascending to the rank of hero deity within the last few decades. He was one of the first warforged created by Sith, the prototype one would say, blessed with intellect through Sith's power.

Argent was prone to damage, and quickly fell to insanity. This insanity served as inspiration for a number of his attempts at science.

Early on in his career, he became infected with Orium Weredragon lycanthropy, something he took as a source of pride. This didn't have the best effect on his already questionable mental state and pushed him to study the arcane material known as orium, an incredibly rare material native to Vafheim.

Argent built up a cult which initially functioned as his research assistants, although later after his departure from the material plane they became much darker in nature. Not wanting to trust them with important secrets relating to his research that he wanted the recognition for himself, he explained orium to them as "special hot rocks that make people ill". The cult now uses these "sacred hot rocks" to execute those they deem to be heretics.

It is rumoured that Argent eventually found a method of refining orium, turning it into a magical form of steel. This method is said to have been taught to Argent's most promising apprentice at the time.

Argent's research was not only limited to orium; he also worked on improving upon his own design to make additional types of warforged. In this, he was aided directly by Sith in her forge at Mount Vulcan. His input was used to refine their form, as well as create minds that functioned on more than just Sith's power. Aside from Sith's creation forge, later deified as Vitruvius, the other known way of creating a warforged is through the "Argent Formula", a magical ritual that imbued a warforged shell with true life. While not capable of mass producing warforged, it does allow people besides Sith to make them.

As Argent was achieving the status of hero-deity, he made contact with Mazedan, learning as much as possible from him. Kamal took special interest in Argent, and when Argent was murdered by a cabal of wizards sent by the Manian Empire to put him down for personally working with Mazedan, Kamal resurrected him as a demon. This warped Argent's mind further, opening it up to not only the esoteric, but to the power of flesh as well. This awoke a new interest in Argent: the formation of life and alteration of the imperfect forms of others. Argent's nature as a hero-deity soon allowed him to become a demon lord in his own right, merely allied to Kamal instead of serving under her, and Argent isolated himself in his layer of the pits to experiment. That layer is said to be inhabited by the twisted results of his experiments. Around this time, Argent created an artefact known as the Wailing Configuration, a puzzle cube that is said to take whoever opens it to his realm.

## Powers and Abilities

Argent was a master of sorcery, through which he was able to alter the laws of reality around him. His main power though was knowledge and inventiveness. While he got involved in some questionable fields, Argent is a genius of the highest degree, and has developed a number of methods beyond mere spells to achieve his goals.

Argent has all the general powers of a hero-deity, making him far beyond what most can even imagine. This includes the ability to use epic magic.

As he is a demon lord, Argent not only has the immense standard abilities that rank grants, but also has unique gifts as well.