Orozath

## Overview

Orozath is a prominent member of Peribit Anima, as well as a powerful mage and one of the oldest Barrens. He has a habit of thinking out loud as an old man. For some unknown reason, Orozath has unwavering loyalty to Primus.

## Appearance

As an old man when he fought Mortifarious, Orozath had a long grey beard, coming down to his mid torso, along with black hooded robes, which shadowed his eyes. He wielded a staff made from a white metal, with a jewel similar to a dragon's eye at the top. His eyes glowed a pale blue, and had many scars across his face. He appeared to be somewhere between 70 and 90 Earth years of age.

When he fought Jack Rime, he appeared to be in his twenties. He had short blonde hair, a very lean build, and wore a the same black hooded robes. His eyes still glowed pale blue, however now he was scar free. He was very tan, helping to prove that he became a Barren before inside existed.

## History

### Starting the War

Orozath was responsible for half of a two pronged assault in order to perform a test to see if Peribit Anima's goals could be realized. His target lived in the world's tallest tower, and sparked with lightning. He was to kidnap the one created from a box of Half 'n Half, an orb of pure electricity, and a Chaos Particle, in order to perform a series of tests.

To start the encounter, Orozath created an earthquake in the hopes to bring the tower down, but this plan failed. However, the earthquake did result in Mortifarious go to the bottom of the tower to see what was going on. At that moment, Orozath hurled an enormous ball of fire at Mort, which he blocked with a shield of lightning. Before Mort had time to lower his shields, Orozath caused another earthquake, and this time managed to damage the tower, resulting in the top few dozen floors to fall and knocking Mort off balance.

Mort refused to be bested by what he thought was a Human, and sent an explosion of electrical energy in all directions. Orozath was blinded by the flash, and Mort took the opportunity to fill him full of lightning. Orozath sent it back. Mortifarious staggered, and decided to switch to melee combat to deal with the mage, but a hand grabbed him from below, and then his shadow changed, and had the same glowing eyes as Orozath. Mort used the contact to release all of his electricity into Orozath, causing his heart to stop. Orozath had been slain.

It was at this time Zi Kar Manou returned from the store, only to see the tower in shambles, the nearby landscape in flames, and Mortifarious collapse from the effort of defeating his attacker.

#### Obliteration

When word got back from Res that Peribit Anima was to be destroyed, everyone but Mort and Manou left to deal with it, with the former being comatose and the latter caring for the comatose former. As soon as the group got to the base, they split up for efficiency.

Rime ended up entering the training section of the base, but was filling rooms with Deep Freeze Ice, including the people inside, until he finds a large, open, gymnasium like area where a young man, seemingly in his twenties, was giving a speech to a large audience. Unnoticed, Rime decided to find out what the speech was about. After a few minutes, he realized it was about souls and their relation to memories and magic. At this point, Rime decides to interrupt, saying that magic can also be sourced outside the soul, and originates from being called Eternals. At that comment, the speech giver announced that they haven't been proven to exist, and Rime replied by saying he was proof.

"My name is Orozath, the most powerful mage in the history of Earth, and if you're under the delusional that you are an Eternal, allow me to put you in your place."

Rime generated a block of ice above his head, which immediately vanished. The floor started shaking, and Orozath appeared behind him.

"The closest we've ever found to what Eternals are supposedly capable are Mystik and Mortifarious, which. while mighty, are still no where near the power of Eternals."

Rime froze the floor around him, but Orozath was suddenly floating. Rime was struck by a bolt of lightning and screamed in pain.

"Mortifarious did manage to kill me, but as a Barren I will always come back, and now I'm younger, stronger, more clear-headed, just all around better."

Orozath dodge a blast of cold, then countered with his own ice attack. Rime froze Orozath's ice and shattered it.

"I've lived for thousands of years, and have perfected My magic throughout that time. You can't win"

"Shut your damn mouth!" Rime roared also freezing Orozath's lips shut. Due to Orozath being unable to speak, Rime started his own monologue.

"After what you did to Mort, You're never going to see the light of day again. I'm not an Eternal, but Mort and Mystik are the sons of Eternals. You, sir, have *royally* screwed yourself over."

Rime caught Orozath's hand and snapped it off. It was Orozath's turn to scream.

"You think you're safe because you even come back after dying? What about if I don't *let* you die? The Eternal Chaos is the reason I have my powers, so I'll avenge Mortifarious for both myself and Chaos. Even if you can't die, my ice can't be melted."

As Rime froze Orozath solid, he said the simple one-liner:"I win."

The audience ran in terror, because the most powerful mage was just decimated in combat.

"Onwards to the next room I guess."