Elero Kway

Elero Kway was the 24th High Archmage of Awbor. He was an Ogre Mage, and suffered extreme prejudice for much of his life. Despite this adversity, he became a hugely influential Archmage, and was the creator of the Epic Dimension Lock around Zingherra. He is currently missing and is presumed dead.

## Backstory

### Early Years

Elero was the runt of of a tribe of ogres living in the Awborian Badlands. His high intelligence and magical aptitude caused his tribesmen to bully and despise him. In 683 AP, he was abandoned by his tribe and found severely injured by a group of adventurers. They nursed him back to health, and soon a strong bond of friendship grew between Elero and the party. He was invited to join them, and became their wizard. Elero was an abjurer, using his magic to protect his friends from harm. The party enjoyed many years of fun and excitement, rising up to epic levels.

During these years, Elero's party became close friends with the inhabitants of the Royal Castle of Zingherra, as they were working in close partnership with the Awborian Government. It was during this time that they saved a baby halfling, Heather, and brought her to the castle for safety.

### Boccob's Librarium

In 699 AP, during their last adventure, the party faced an evil group who planned on finding the magical location called *Boccob's Librarium.* Whoever successfully found the location would be granted knowledge to reshape the world to their desires. The two parties raced each other across the world in search of the Librarium, finally finding it in a huge dungeon complex in a jungle. As the parties fought each other and the terrifying traps of the Tomb, Elero's teammates slowly fell one by one. Eventually, Elero was the only person to enter *Boccob's Librarium*.

The death of all of his friends had a huge impact on Elero, who had always done his best to protect them. Inside the Librarium, Elero resolved to use the knowledge gained to contribute to the protection of Awbor, so that his party members deaths would not be in vain. He used his boon to develop an epic spell, called the Epic Dimension Lock. This spell, when cast, would create a permanent 5 mile radius protection against all dimensional travel, including summons, teleport, astral, ethereal, and shadow. Elero Kway returned to Zingherra, where the stories of his successes could no longer be ignored. The Houses and the arcane community acknowledged the importance of the Elero's Dimension Lock, and named him High Archmage, thus giving him all the funds and personnel he needed to cast the spell.

### High Archmage

In 702 AP, he placed the epic dimension lock around Zingherra, creating in a single action the most heavily magically fortified city on the continent. As a result of these actions and the knowledge he possessed, Elero became the most respected abjuration specialists of the century.

In the ensuing years, Elero created the Epic Counter Magic Circle, his second most famous magical artefact. Carved into the highest room of his tower, this powerful rune circle allowed him to detect any powerful magic being cast within the confines of the city, and to counter it if needed. The existence of this circle has attracted controversy over the years, lead by casters objecting to the surveillance and privacy issues of this artefact. Nevertheless, the benefit of the circle were apparent every time Zingherra's safety was threatened by magical effects. Multiple threats were outright nullified by Elero's circle, and other threats were severely weakened by the lack of magical support, allowing the city's best fighters to deal with the issue.

In 714, Elero Kway was researching a way to locate and counter the threat of Kyuss, who had just recently broken out of his prison. It was at this time that he met the Hindenburg Ground Crew, who were uncovering a coup that was threatening Zingherra. Elero supplied valuable assistance, and protected the majority of the city while the Crew fought Zandykuil the Forlorn. The Epic Counter Magic Circle was destroyed by the Twelve Assassins during the coup.

Elero provided the protection for the Council of Awbor, and was in charge of the magical protections of Caldor when Kyuss launches his assault to obtain the Well of Tears. A large proportion of the awborian army would have been slaughtered by the more powerful monsters if not for Elero's efforts.

### Elero's Disappearance

Elero Kway disappeared in the spring of 735, leaving no trace or indication of where he went. An insidious, subtle magic negates all attempts at discerning Elero's fate, and all attempts at resurrecting him or contacting his soul have also failed. Elero Kway currently remains the last High Archmage of Awbor.

## Abilities

Elero is an Ogre Mage, granting him imposing physical abilities before even considering his impressive magical abilities.

As an Ogre Mage, his body constantly regenerates and resists magic. He is able to fly, change his form, or turn invisible at will, as well as cast a small number of native spell effects.

As a wizard, he has full levels in Master Specialist (abjuration) and Archmage, granting him impressive flexibility and the capacity to resist and counter many types of magic. He has the abilities to cast epic spells. He might be slightly lacking in damaging spells, but his experience and knowledge is more than enough to make up for it.