The Seven Shards

The sigil of The Seven Shards, depicting the heads of fallen kings that have been slain at the deathknights hands.

## Membership

### Members

Kal-Var The Swordbreaker, Kul-Ang The Shieldsplitter, Ark-Tor The Bonebreaker, Eld-Han The Soulshearer, Hok-Mog The Bloodspiller, Bar-Log The Childeater, Val-Zar The Woebringer

### Enemies

Twisted Fate, The Chaos Hounds, The Guardian Council

The Seven Shards are a group of seven Deathknights forged by the great necromancer Lord Drakkus. Following Drakkus' banishment, The Shards took up residence in his northern fortress of Uga-Thul, awaiting his return. Over time, many of the shards souls have fallen into the hands of other individuals, resulting in the Shards becoming their obedient servants. Over the centuries many of the Shards have been slain, their souls returning to their creator.

## History

Considered the ultimate weapon of Lord Drakkus, the Shards were made from seven of his greatest foes souls, turned into Drakkus' undead servants in a petty act of mockery. During Drakkus' reign as Greatjarl of The Northwylds, the Shards were his most effective tool in subduing the populace. So long as Drakkus himself continued to exist, his Shards could never truly die.

When Drakkus was banished to Dorchadasdelve, his Shards were left without guidance and remained in a deep sleep amongst the catacombs of Uga-Thul. Over time, legends of their presence began to form and brave adventurers sought the Shards for their legendary power. During the following decades, many of The Shards bodies were removed from their resting places, their souls taken and bound to wielders, forcing The Shards to serve as undead weapons.

During Obstinath's attempted takeover of Forestsedge, he employed the necromancer Lord Duron, hoping the undead mage would be able to assist Lennox Sanguine in his war against The Guardian Council. In payment, Obstinath gifted Duron a fragment of Drakkus' skeletal form, which awoke the remaining Shards and sent them on a quest to gather all of the pieces of Drakkus to restore him to unlife.

## Members

The Seven Shards were all famed and well known warriors, each one having achieved great deeds in life and terrible ones in death. Their names were as follows:

### Kal-Var The Sword Breaker

A former knight templar of The Holy City, the warrior who would come to be known as Kal-Var was a devout and zealous man, who loved his faith and his city. Following a skirmish with Drakkus' undead warriors, the knight was taken alive after felling many of Drakkus' champions singlehandedly. Seeing potential in the warrior, Drakkus stole his soul and forged the knight into an undead monstrosity, christening him Kal-Var The Swordbreaker in honor of his accomplishments.

Kal-Var would eventually become trapped in a magical lantern, only to be freed decades later by the vampire Vladimir Farkas Dashkovari. Vladimir would go on to return Kal-Var's soul and memory to him, and the duo became close friends and allies, Kal-Var choosing to continue serving Vladimir in his quest to liberate the fell nation of Barthum.

### Kul-Ang The Shieldsplitter

   A goliath king from The Crown Mountains during his life, Kul-Ang was well known for his ferocious strength and tactical acumen. The goliath kings people settled a former sky giants temple at the northern edge of The Crown Mountains, a fortress of immense size and incredible defensive powers. Hoping to forge an empire for his people, the king would soon see his people killed and fortress overtaken at the hands of Drakkus' hordes. As Drakkus claimed the fortress and christened it Uga-Thul, the king himself was also claimed in death, and christened Kul-Ang The Shieldsplitter.

Kul-Ang's body fell into the possession of Bellina High-Hill, and was used in an attempt to defeat Twisted Fate, though the adventurers managed to destroy the Deathknight and banish it back to Drakkus.

### Ark-Tor The Bonebreaker

   One of two great elven princes, the man who would become Ark-Tor was a jovial and lively warrior, who would regularly drink to the sun came up with his more sour brother. Both young elves sought a life of adventure, and aimed to explore the entirety of Veiltouria. Setting north, their travels eventually took them into the foothills of The Crown Mountains, where they clashed with the undead sentries of Lord Drakkus. Eventually succumbing to their wounds, Drakkus used their natural potential and forged them into mighty warriors.

Ark-Tor and Eld-Han fell into the service of Lord Duron, who in turn gifted them to Jaq Haelstrom, the disgraced Guardian. Both undead brothers battled the Chaos Hounds, with Ark-Tor's defeat coming at the hands of Phylodendron of Stonemane during a battle at Greenhill in Saschia.

### Eld-Han The Soulshearer

    One of two great elven princes, the man who would become Eld-Han was a cold and calculated fighter, who was often found guarding his more lively brother during their nights out in the greater cities. Both young elves sought a life of adventure, and aimed to explore the entirety of Veiltouria. Setting north, their travels eventually took them into the foothills of The Crown Mountains, where they clashed with the undead sentries of Lord Drakkus. Eventually succumbing to their wounds, Drakkus used their natural potential and forged them into mighty warriors.

Ark-Tor and Eld-Han fell into the service of Lord Duron, who in turn gifted them to Jaq Haelstrom, the disgraced Guardian. Following Ark-Tor's defeat, Eld-Han was slain during the Siege of Staghelm.

### Hok-Mog The Bloodspiller

A simple farmer from The Highlands, the individual who would grow into Hok-Mog was a family man, with a dozen children and a loving wife. During Drakkus' initial conquest of the many Greatforts of the Northwylds, the farmer and his famil were set upon by a pack of undead wolves. Despite his best efforts, the farmers family was slaughtered and his body broken. Despite his injuries, he fought on, and his burning hatred caught Drakkus' eye. Ressurecting the man as Hok-Mog The Bloodspiller, Drakkus used the Deathknight as his scorched earth solution.

Hok-Mog came to be in the possession of Edward The Eighth, who in turn gifted him to Akromos Mordai to use in his battle against Twisted Fate. Hok-Mog nearly slew Shanks before he himself was destroyed by Jaeger Flamefeather.

### Bar-Log The Childeater

    Bar-Log was the first of Drakkus' Deathknights and his only willing member. Formerly Drakkus' apprentice, Bar-Log offered his soul as tribute so Drakkus could complete his ritual to form the Shards. Emerging as an immensely powerful necromancer and warrior, Bar-Log would become the herald of Drakkus' undead empire.

The only Shard to maintain his autonomy, Bar-Log walks The Northwylds in secret, searching for the many shattered pieces of Drakkus' mortal form in the hopes of returning his master to Terra Aletheia and triggering another age of undead rule.

### Val-Zar The Woebringer

Most powerful of all the Seven Shards, Val-Zar was formed from the soul of an elderly halfling king, who had ridden from Forestsedge to the furthest reaches of the Northwylds to aid his northern king in overthrowing the undead tyrant. Engaging Drakkus directly, the halfling wounded Drakkus, more so than any other, and as a result earned the necromancer's eternal enmity. Driving Drakkus from the field, the halfling's heart gave out following the battle, and Drakkus' fell agents swooped in and stole his corpse.

Siphoning much of his own life force into the cadaver, Drakkus formed Val-Zar The Woebringer, his greatest creation and mightiest of The Shards. Drakkus then dispatched Val-Zar to the far northern wastes to prepare a second army as a contingency should the main force fail. Following Drakkus' death, Val-Zar has not been since, still waiting in the far north with the many thousands he has brought to serve his master upon his return.