Asorin

## History

Many great and noble tales of heroics and bravery could be traced back to the legendary Age of Heroes, but not Asorin Dunnel's. No, a creature of such infamy would have never rose to power during that chaotic time with threats and challenges around every corner. It was in fact the peace and quiet that let Asorin search deep into the mysteries of the arcane, and as it was with many such scholars the more knowledge he gathered the more he began to fear the day when death would come knocking and take it all away. The time of peace hadn't only affected mortals, some deities finding this lull to be positively dreadful, and the first undead herself finding the lack of undeath spreading nigh intolerable. So it was she took a chance, placed her bet on the then mortal Asorin and just happened to hand him the knowledge he sought with no other price asked than a single kiss upon her lips to be his first death and entry into lichdom.

With death no longer holding sway over him and a vast amount of arcane knowledge at his beck and call Asorin did what any grateful person would do to the one who gifted them so, he paid Urgathoa back. First, ten fold, a simple ten corpses made and raised for her to show appreciation for his own rise to lichdom. Then a hundred, a thousand, tens and hundreds thousand more. By the time the world caught on to the destruction Asorin was bringing he had already begun marching an ever growing tide of undead across the land until Urgathoa herself requested he cease. For she desired, more, and turning who was left into essentially breeding stock to create endless more undead appealed to the goddess, so Asorin did just that. Of course there was the odd rebellion or uprising here or there but none ever even got so far as to require his immediate attention let alone intervention. Peace had effectively returned to the land... and Asorin, grew bored.

Before he had a goal, a drive, to defeat death itself. Now that he had succeeded, with magics from all across the planes at his fingertips, the Heavens themselves barred shut lest they invite the attention of the undead next, his days became increasingly long and his means to distract himself increasing eccentric. Sometimes he chose to disguise himself and live among the mortals, others he would open gateways to other planes and see what would answer his call to conflict. But one day he had a grand idea indeed, something that he figured his goddess could appreciate given She could likewise find boredom in an unchanging world.

With a precision only one such as he could manage Asorin moved forced, manipulated events, placed items and creatures just so, all in an attempt to fabricate another uprising by the mortals. He was not disappointed, in fact even a little proud given he'd seeded stories from the Age of Heroes to get this plot going. Watching with both interest and the occasional intervention the lich raised this force, refined it, finding a group much like the adventures of old forming with the sole mission to rid the world of... him. Where once the idea of death was terrifying Asorin found himself more excited than he had been in centuries at the idea of something threatening him. It is the damnedest shame that he can't remember those last few moments, his phylactery destroyed, artifacts of power more ancient them even he rending his immortal form apart, all the while he laughed and cheered at the grand battle that set his soul alight with delight. Then...

Asorin woke up in a strange world. Clad in flesh once more though to his surprise it held a sliver of his prior immortality to it, and surrounded by mortals calling this the Eternal Blockade. Quite, the interesting change, and one he suspected Urgathoa may have had a hand in. A sort of reward for entertaining a goddess. This he'd have to ask later, for now the prior lich was out to learn, the grow, maybe even start the undead empire back up for old time's sake.

## Appearance

Standing just at six feet in height and sporting a head of striking platinum blonde hair, Asorin was granted a body that didn't look half bad in his opinion. Had he been able to recall much of his prior mortal life he would even recognize it as his old body, though with a few additions in the form of the arcane tattoos he sported later in life. Should one be able to see those markings in full and have the required arcane knowledge they would quite clearly reveal Asorin's affinity with the school of necromancy. Often clad in a purple shirt and black pants, a matching fur-trimmed coat over his shoulders, he by no means gives the impression of being a knowledgeable practitioner of the arcane and may be at times mistaken for a bard. Something Asorin finds amusing enough not to correct.

## Personality

With death having no hold over him, the knowledge that he had the amused eye of his goddess and with the faint memories of a great many things that he would need to work to restore in his mind, Asorin is usually in a rather good mood. Cheerful, playful, to those he finds attractive even quite flirty. As far as he's concerned this 'life' was given to him to enjoy and he is doing just that. When required or, most recently, when he realized that he'd need a lot of money for the amount of scrolls he wished to purchase, Asorin can become quite focused on a subject and spend days coming up with theory and counter theory before deciding on a course of action.

## Loves

Knowledge. His first and foremost love is knowledge as it was when he was a lich and is still now that he is not. Other than that, the simple pleasures of a mortal have been adding an endless amount of entertainment to his life. Probably helps that the Eternal Blockade is practically a paradise compared to the world he grew up in.

## Fears

Gnomes. Not because they are a threat to himself, but because he views them as a blight upon arcana. A festering wound that, if left be, will damage the flow of magic in the planes. They must be stopped. They must be destroyed.

## Hobbies

Contrary to what most may expect when first meeting him, Asorin chooses to relax with the more calming pastimes of reading for study and enjoyment. At the moment he does not have the foundation or resources to move into research and creation even though they were prime ways for him to pass his time back in the day. Much to the expectation of most who know him, getting to properly test out this before unknown school of 'blue' magic has been quite the treat to the wizard.

## Family

None. Any he did have were long gone even in his homeland.

## Friends

Friends are few and far between in this land. But currently...

\*Astraea: Met this elven hottie in the blue light district and what do you know? They have some things in common.

## Enemies

None at the moment. Asorin is well aware that if he gets back to his old ways then any number of 'good' aligned and 'holier than thou' types are going to be after him. Occupation hazard is all it is.

## Aspirations

At the moment, having retained the agelessness of his prior form Asorin is left with the same hunger for knowledge that he had in his previous life. Knowledge of the arcane, much like in his previous life, isn't cheap, so first and foremost Asorin is plotting on getting a business venture or two up and running. After he has successfully created a way to fund his scroll and enchanted objects habit? Only time will tell.