Alkalan, Darkheart King

Alkalan is an incredibly powerful and influential Locus warrior who once served the Ur as an Ur-Knight, and who now leads the last surviving Locus champions. They wield the first darkblade, originally wielded by Hadar, the Prophet after their communion with the elder being of the same name.

## Alkalan

### titles

King of KingsDarkheart KingProphet-killerGod-killerStar ConquererHeir of CrepsisWorldender

## Notable Possesions

* Hadar's Darkblade
* The Crown of Crepsis
* Wings of the Virbird

## Biography

Alkalan began their life as one of the first Locus to be born of the Spawning Pits in Hadar. These Locus were all bestowed with the task of gathering sacrifices for Hadar, to bring glory to the Locus empire. They began their journey as a hunter, tracking down rare and powerful beasts alone, slaying them and repurposing their gifts as tools of their own. In this phase, Alkalan slew the mighty Virbird and grafted their wings onto their body. Virbirds possess the ability to travel at super light speeds, and so Alkalan now possessed this same trait. With this power, they could travel the Far Realms with ease, and were able to return to Hadar frequently, making regular sacrifices, gaining great renown and power through their Darkheart. It was around this time that Alkalan met Hadar the Prophet, the first locus to commune with Hadar. They wielded an incredibly powerful darkblade, one that could slay any beast with a single blow. Alkalan knew the value of the blade, and challenged Hadar to a duel over it. Alkalan knew that if Hadar could strike them a single time, they would be no more. Using the extreme mobility of their wings, Alkalan was able to outmaneuver Hadar and land several powerful blows on their back. After a long fight, Alkalan eventually bested Hadar, removing their darkheart with their claws and devouring it. This was seen as heretical, but since Alkalan had inherited Hadar's darkblade, none would challenge their word.

### Conquest of the Locus Empire

With their new weapon in hand, Alkalan set out to forge an empire for the Locus, gathering a great following to their cause, including such names as Chalcut, Tenebris, and Yulak. Alkalan conquered entire worlds, enslaving or consuming the souls of their inhabitants. It was around this time that a second pilgrimage to Hadar was made, this time by Chalcut. They took with them samples of millions of different organisms as sacrifices, including a great variety microorganisms. In return, Chalcut was given the Blade of Sorrow and a darkheart, assets that became invaluable to Alkalan's conquest. Chalcut's sword could wipe out an entire civilization in a matter of days, greatly enlarging Alkalan's trove of souls and hastening the expansion of their empire. Soon, Alkalan would make their own pilgrimage to Hadar, and it would be the most magnificent ever to occur in the past or in the future. Using the combined psionic powers of several thousand Locus psykers, Alkalan brought with them four hundred and fifty-five of their conquered worlds to Hadar, sacrificing them all for a darkheart of unparalleled power. Hadar also gave them a new psionic form, one capable of imposing itself on the material plane, one that could have moves the entire empire, thousands of star systems, with not but a thought. Alkalan had become the most powerful being in the universe, save for the primordials and their vassals.

### The War with Dendar

As Alkalan and the Locus prospered, they relied heavily on a tithe of souls from their subjects. Many of the people subjugated by the empire sought a way to fight back, so they sought the help of the cult of Dendar, a powerful organization hailing from the floating city of Crepsis. Their leader, known as the Nightcaller had grown envious of the power of the darkhearts, and saw this as an opportunity to that end. The clerics of Crepsis used their magic to summon a group of powerful aspects of Dendar, and used them to take control of the mind of Chalcut, Blade of Extinction. They forced Chalcut to use the Blade of Sorrow to slay another Locus, imposing its curse on their entire species, save those who had communed with Hadar, which was now a sizable number. They then sent Dendar itself to swallow Yulak so they could use their knowledge of the darkhearts to figure out a way to remove them and harness their power for themselves. Yulak predicted this attack in a vision, and the Locus made a plan to disguise Alkalan as Yulak and have them swallowed instead. Once this had happened, Dendar returned to the city of Crepsis and burst forth from the serpent, destroying their material form with a single blow from their darkblade. Alkalan tore through the streets of the city alone, slaying hundreds of warlocks of Dendar and eventually reaching the Nightcaller's temple. They had long since fled, but had left behind a great store of magical artifacts. Alkalan shared these among their allies, taking the Crown of Crepsis -- a powerful psionic focus -- for themself.

### The Prime Mover's Influence

Chalcut's curse killed millions of Locus before it was eventually dispelled. Despite this setback, the empire continued with its warring, conquering the civilizations of the Yith, destroying the great sphere of Yuggith, and making many great sacrifices to Hadar. One such sacrifice was made by a Locus called Araksis, who was given a darkheart and a darkblade in return. After conquering the planet of Yuggith, Araksis used much of its material to construct a massive battle fleet for the empire, allowing them to conquest even further and still be able to make regular visits to Hadar. As they travelled further, they began to hear more and more about a people of great power called the Larvomancers. On several of their newly conquered planets, these beings were seen as gods. Under the advisement of Yulak, Alkalan led the Locus towards their homeland, a place called the Hall of Tablets.

## Power

Alkalan's actions speak for them. In one great battle with the Soul-Siphoner of Hipraxes, Alkalan used a planet as an improvised weapon. Though they were outranked temporarily by Araksis, this was not because of individual power but due to the unbalanced soul tithes, and Araksis' domination over Locus fleets.

No being alive, save for the Primordials or perhaps Intention Capital could stand a chance in single combat with the darkheart king. An Ur-knight may stand a chance, but the battle would likely result in the destruction of most of the inhabited universe.