Irena Komnenos

Rectress Sonen Mok with the Rondure of Mephistopheles

Irena Komnenos, or Sonen Mok, is a Tiefling walock who was a member of the Heroes of Cantus and the Semper Clan before her decent into darkness and lichdom as the Rectress Sonen Mok.

Irena was a warlock and priestess of Galawain, god of the hunt. At first caring and well-meaning, her curiosity, her habit of keeping bad company, and her knack for getting herself into incredibly dangerous situations led her to seek any sort of power, no matter how dangerous or costly.

Irena woke up missing two years of memories, connected to a powerful source she did not understand. She had become a warlock of Galbador.

She joined a group of adventurers in the undead-infested city of Qalos. She aided them in slaying a white dragon that had taken to terrorizing the only road to Qalos, the hide of which she used to form her signature cape.

She left and journeyed to the town of Hergin where she met and joined The Heroes of Cantus. She stayed with them until they became The Semper Clan.

While in the Korkad Wasteland, Irena found the Rondure of Mephistopheles. She attuned to it and paid the price, and it quickly became her key power source. As she used it, over time it began to change her. She became frail, her hair turned white, her skin turned red, her horns grew long and dark, her eyes turned orange, and her feet turned to hooves.

Irena and The Semper Clan tracked down and destroyed Galbador in his home in the Ancient Echo Caverns. After his defeat, Irena began her descent into darkness.

## Sonen Mok

Galbador's influence had spread far, and he had many warlocks. Some of those who followed him retreated to the depths, holding on the dying fragments of a past power. Irena started tracking down all the remaining followers of Galbador, extracting the remains his power for herself, then disposing of them. Once she thought she was the only remaining acolyte, she was distraught. The power had corrupted her, and she began to blame her former party members for killing Galbador, claiming they had robbed her of achieving her full potential of godhood.

Irena knew she needed more help if she was going to go after her former friends. She spent some time researching in The Eternal Archives and reviewing adventure notes. While studying, she learned about her powers. She first decided track down and kill Grimslaak to steal back the The Page of Keeping the party had traded him years before. Irena had one step left before going after the party: lichdom.

Durigg had gotten suspicious after discovering Grimslaak dead and confronted Irena just as she was beginning the process of becoming a lich. Unable to stop her, he stole the Page of Keeping and left. Galbador's influence and the fiendish powers she had obtained before attempting this process clashed with the process, and they caused some side effects. The fiendish powers moved from the rondure into Irena herself, causing her to take on a more fiendish appearance, complete with hooves, large horns, white hair, and red skin. Galbador's influence left her as a blooded lich, with a body and cold blood like a vampire. Now in her new lich form, Irena Konenos took a new name: The Rectress Sonen Mok.

## The Severed Clan

Sonen's plans with The Page of Keeping had been ruined, but she had become more powerful than she had even hoped with her transformation. The rondure was also empty. She felt the vacuum of power within the artifact, and it guided her in creating a dark ritual that would consume the souls of an entire continent and channel them into the rondure. When it came time to perform the ritual, she hired a gang of rogue mercenaries to protect her, lead by Jimbo Gravedigger.

Durigg arrived just on time to stop Sonen. He distracted her and sacrificed himself to cast a spell powerful enough to hold her in place for 24 hours. Sonen ripped his head off while he was casting the spell, but he continued to play and completed casting the spell.

> *Mountainsong continued to play dreadsong for 17 seconds after Sonen ripped his head off, saving more lives in that moment than Polluck the Savior did in her entire life.*
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Stonegullet lead the charge against Sonen in what would later be known as The Severed Clan. With him was the remains of Semper Clan, and whatever allies they could muster up, including Aearon Caladring and The Wizards of Great Renown. During the fighting Stonegullet gave up The Undeity to Jimbo Gravedigger in order to save the life of Aearon Caladring, earning him the moniker "the Wise" (given somewhat ironically - Stonegullet was not known to be very wise, Aearon was very happy to be alive, and no one had ever called Stonegullet wise before).

The Wizards of Great Renown managed to isolate the ritual Sonen had cast and destroy its very existence. This got the attention of Avlon, who then made them Time Lords.