Solomon Lerifflyr

Solomon Lerifflyr is the founder and leader of the Hallowed.

## Lore

Solomon Lerifflyr was born in a human town in the North of **(Divine World name)**, and was bullied by humans constantly from a young age, leading to his growing hatred towards them. He was followed one night by the usual group of people that would beat him up when he discovered that he was a necromancer, an apostle of death. When the bullies tried to approach Solomon, they suddenly started to become gaunt and began to wither away, until they lay on the floor dead. At first Solomon was confused and scared, wondering why he hadn't been effected by whatever had killed them, and why he felt more alive than ever before. It was then that he realized it was he who had killed the three older boys. The thought of having killed another, at first, terrified him. However, he slowly began to grow excited as he realized that no one could ever hurt him again.

He went to Kiel, an old man who lived in the town library, to show him his new discovery. Kiel had been there for him more than his parents had, and so he trusted him with the secret he was about to share. When he told Kiel of his new power, Kiel looked mildly surprised, as if he had known about it long before Solomon had. Kiel showed Solomon the cover of an old tome; it read The *Scholar of Death.* Solomon gazed at it with awe. Kiel noticed the look on the boys face and insisted that he must learn to control his power, and that he could no longer let his emotions control him. Solomon hurriedly said that he wouldn't but Kiel made him promise that he would train everyday with him, so that he wouldn't hurt people.

A day later the three boys had been discovered dead, but no one suspected Solomon of killing them, as they found no trace as to how they died. Each evening Solomon would meet Kiel in the library after it was closed, and trained to control his powers. After several years of practice, Solomon grew more curious of what he could do. He began to sneak into the library when Kiel wasn't there in order to read and study the book, from which he absorbed all of its contents, such as resurrection of the dead. From then on, Solomon would bring in the body of a small bird each night, in order to try and revive it. After months of failure, he became frustrated with himself. He would become snappy, and Kiel soon realized that something was wrong with the boy. When he witnessed Solomon killing and finally resurrecting a bird, he confronted him. Kiel admonished Solomon of his actions, but Solomon, unwilling to let such a success go, proceeded to drain the life from his mentor. Boasting over the withering man, Solomon decided to spare him out of the small spark of compassion still left in his heart. With that, Solomon fled, amassing a coalition of wizards willing to rebel against their human oppressors. Thus, the Hallowed were formed.

It was around this time that he first met Kasuna, another necromancer. Their common interests brought them very close. Not long after, she became his second in command. Being just as cold and unforgiving as Solomon, they married. Not for love of each other, but for their unwavering love of power.

Over the years the rebellion grew to an army, then a continental force, camps scattered across the land were no longer enough; Solomon wanted a city. Under his orders, thousands of Hallowed advanced on his old home town. They slaughtered the humans, and publicly executed every wizard who would not side with them. By the time the sun was setting, the town streets were stained red with blood, and hundreds upon thousands of innocents had died. Solomon searched the town for Kiel so he could kill the old man with his own hands, but found no trace of him. Unknown to him, Kiel had moved away many years before to a small village named Astraea.

After the slaughter was finally finished, the Hallowed started to build up the city, replacing the church in the center with a large gothic castle. Over the course of just a year, it was transformed from a small farming town to a giant metropolis teeming with Hallowed. Solomon gave the city the name Nythrak, and declared himself the Emperor. After a while, Solomon and Kasuna decided that the humans were akin to toxic vermin, and that they should be completely eradicated, everywhere. From that time on, Hallowed forces were sent out to attack and slaughter human cities. Even wizard cities, which had begun to arise in the last decade, were to be eradicated if they had humans within their walls.

Years passed since the beginning of the war, and the two rulers of the hallowed decided they would combine their powers in an attempt to make someone even stronger than themselves to rule after them. And so, they had a child, a girl who they named Eris. From a very young age, it was clear she was a powerful necromancer like the both of them. They raised her to be Empress of the hallowed, and instilled into her a hatred of humans and all those who opposed the Hallowed. However, as she grew older and learnt of the slaughters the Hallowed had conducted, that her parents had ordered, she was horrified. One day, when she couldn't stand to stare her father in the eyes anymore, she ran away from Nythrak and never returned. Solomon sent out countless soldiers after her, but they all returned without success.

He killed every soldier who failed him.