Crowheights

200 years ago, in a desolate moor, a newly minted necromancer of elvish descent was looking for a place to put down roots and begin a lifetime of nefarious plans.  Dan’i-el Elfmahn eventually happened upon a small village nestled below an imposing 200 foot bluff.  He immediately laid claim to the area and built a small castle above the village and named himself the ruler of the newly-minted Crowheights.  Unbeknownst to him, Crowheights was located at a very narrow spot in the multiverse.  Crowheights was unusually close to other worlds.  While creatures did not often make the transition,  ideas, songs, and myths transferred between the two universes freely.

After the castle was finished, Dan’i-el immediately began raising undead and assembling undead minions.  His ego grew as the assembled masses of zombies swelled.  He renamed himself Grand Duke Eldar Legolas Rary Ontheshelf Nicholas Drizz’t - Elrond for short.  He had no idea where that awesome idea came from.  As GD Elrond became more and more powerful, other practitioners for the necromantic arts sought him out.  He always greeted all of his guests the same way, “Welcome to the dead man’s party!” while his zombies shambled around Castle Crowheights.

One of GD Elrond’s most dastardly plans was to subjugate the village below the castle with a dire summoned undead named Mar’ee.  For 30 years on-end Mar’ee terrorized the villagers every night.  As expected, the villagers were beat down and had no hope.

Eventually his renown grew and he attracted romantic interest for evil-inclined and power hungry women.  In the course of time, Car-inn, a powerful human female warlock of the Arch-Devil Them’Anajur became GD Elrond’s consort.  From the beginning the relationship was more of a competition and battle than a true marriage.  Even so, they begat a son: the half-elf boy with no name.  He grew up scared and never lived up to his parents’ expectations.  At one point GD Elrond scornfully spat, “this mongrel is of less use than a bright shadow.”  From then on that was his name.

As these things go, GD Elrond grasped at more and more power and he mapped out a plan to become a lich.  On the night of the ritual to acquire everlasting un-life, Car-inn was livid.  She asked her patron to send a minion to stop the ceremony.  Them’Anajur sent his favored killing creature, TheOleBallAndChain.  Car-inn promised TheOleBallAndChain dozens of souls from the village to devour in exchange for taking care of GD Elrond.

The OleBallAndChain took off. GD had all of his plans and life ended by The OleBallAndChain.  The OleBallAndChain took off to the village to begin terrorizing the residents.  Unfortunately for The OleBallAndChain, they had been getting Mar’eed for the last 30 years and had no fear left to give.  The OleBallAndChain could not get any satisfaction from the village so killed the undead beast, thereby divorcing the villagers from being Mar’eed any longer.   The OleBallAndChain then went back to Car-inn to exact payment from her, as there were not dozens of souls from him to devour.  He began feasting on her while she fruitlessly wailed, “This is not what I ordered, I want to talk to Them’Anajur.”  And thus Car-inn was destroyed.

Thereafter, only Bright Shadow was the only living creature in the castle.  The zombies still kept the castle running and the enchantments kept Bright Shadow fed.  He did not take to his parents’ interests.  He had spent his entire lift skulking around the castle and avoiding everyone.  He never really matured and is essentially a 45 year old half-elf teenager.

Them’Anajur had a daughter, a succubus, named Eileen Layla Sharona Amanda (ELSA for short) that took interest in Crowheights and soon started visiting Bright Shadow.  She was also a “teen ager”.  However, she thought of Crowheights as a get away and had no interest in Bright Shadow as a victim.  Some sample conversation:

From Bright Shadow

“Come on Elsa, you know what I mean. . . “

“Elsa, you got me on my knees, I’m beggin darling please. . .”

“When are you gonna give me some time Elsa. . . “

“Elsa, they should have made you a genteman’s wife. . . .”

From Elsa

“Let it go, let it go, turn away and slam the door.”

Basically, Bright Shadow was in the “friend zone” of a Succubus.  Which as a teenage boy, was pretty devastating for him.

This state of affairs continued for a few months before the Cold Meat Cadre showed up looking for GD Elrond to help with some “freaky stuff”.  Instead that got Bright Shadow who left Crowheights with some growing up to do after 45 years of life.