Kromus Selenus

The Skeleton Illusionist

> *"My name is Kensen. Jarl Kensen."* -Kromus, tricking the Roigerdam town guards.
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## Summary

**Kromus Selenus** is an undead Illusionist, searching for his past. Kromus is extremely intelligent, using his superior intellect and cunning to trick opponents on the battlefield with his illusions. He is a methodical individual with a knack for detective work and investigation. His most notable foe is the Vampire Sterben Von Ziegler, whom he is currently tracking.

## Battle for Limestown

*"TIRRIUS! ...I'm sorry..." -* Kromus, immediately before killing Tirrus in their final confrontation.

### The Beginning

Kromus Selenus first met Tirrius Warren when the paladin was arresting a friend of his named Akhenaten. When Kromus attempted to reason with Tirrius, Tirrius promptly arrested him as well.

Kromus and Akhenaten escaped promptly afterwards, with Tirrius attempting to make chase. Eventually, they escaped and hid for the night. Later, they found their friend Lypell had taken refuge in the church, where the town's priestess was using his demonic blood for rituals. Kromus and the party engaged in a massive battle against the priestess and Raxx, in which they were victorious. Kromus chose to investigate the church and catch up with his friends later. Putting his detective skills to good use, the shrewd skeleton discovered multiple notes of correspondence between the priestess and various other witches, pointing to a cult-like connection. Furthermore, when the body of the priestess seemed to vanish, pointing to evidence of some kind of death-feigning magic.

After slipping out of Limestown in the night, Kromus followed his friends and eventually met up with them and a goblin mafioso named Grit. Kromus and the gang agreed to take a job from Grit, and successfully completed this job by killing the goblin leader Krûn-kol.

Meanwhile, Tirrius made plans to take the leadership of Limestown, starting with arresting the mayor for inaction and idleness in a time of crisis. He then locked up potential threats to the security of the town.

After Krun-Kol's death, Grit launched his endgame to stop Tirrius and save his estranged son Kai. He sent Kromus, Victor Dorne, Gorbo and Spoons to stop Tirrius from executing the former mayor.

### The Battle

In the following battle, Kromus was severely wounded by one of Tirrius' hired mercenaries, but he was saved by Rechebaine. He dealt the final blow to the Paladin, and claimed that Tirrius had violated his oath.

> Kromus: *"YOU CALL THIS BRAVERY? ATTACKING A PERSON WHO LAYS DOWN THEIR WEAPON?"*
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> Tirrius: *"YOU ARE NOT A PERSON! YOU ARE AN ABOMINATION! I SWEAR THAT I WILL HAVE MY REVENGE, MY GOD WILL SAVE ME!"*
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The players *believe* that his God proceeded to forsake him while Kromus and his friends watch on grimly, thus ending the Battle of Limestown in the *apparent* favour of the Heroes. However, considering Kromus is technically considered a lich, this may explain away some confusion. Tirrius' ghost was later discovered and redeemed by the actions of Tar'Djin Ful'Korne, although that is a different story.

## Kromus and Lothric

*"Rest in Peace, my friend. May Pyrus watch over you, always."* -Kromus, saying goodbye to his closest friend.

Kromus met Lothric Eagle-Eye in the depths of Grit's Den, where they both were tasked with the job of killing Krûn-Kol. Lothric was a wanderer, burdened with the annoyance of being a wanted dwarf and having a filthy beard. Kromus' earliest memories were in a bar about three days before, and everyone else he met before Lothric were either dumber than him or enemies. Therefore, Lothric became a close friend to him over the time they spent hunting Krûn-Kol. The two bonded, and were powerful allies. Lothric's cynical attitude kept Kromus' wild theories to a minimum, making them good investigation partners. Furthermore, Lothric also introduced Kromus to firearms, to which the skeleton sleuth took great interest in, eventually learning how to use one himself. In the fight against Krûn-Kol, however, things did not go according to plan. Multiple goblins flanked Lothric, and not wanting to be thought a coward in front of his new allies, he held his ground. The gunslinger was cut down by goblin blades, and bled out on the temple floor. After the fight was over, Kromus carried the dwarven gunslinger's body to the altar of Pyrus, whose temple they were in, and gave him a warrior's funeral. A sunbeam shone down from a crack in the ceiling upon the body as it burned. Pyrus would watch over Lothric, they could count on it.

Afterwards, Kromus would never truly get over Lothric's death. While he had only known him for a few days, Kromus was only a few days old to begin with. He would sometimes talk to the sky afterwards, as if his friend were still with him.

## Resurrection

The first thing Kromus remembers was waking up in a sealed coffin, in a graveyard, nearby Limestown. He discovered that he was a skeleton, which greatly confused him. Inside his coffin he found a badly burned spellbook, containing some basic illusion spells and belonging to a certain "Kromus Selenus". It was then that Kromus took his name, burst out of his coffin, fashioned a coat from some rags, and carried himself to the nearby town of Limestown for a pint or two to mull things over. He suspects that he was a powerful illusion wizard in his previous life, explaining why he only feels that he is 're-learning' certain spells. Despite Kromus' best detective work, he has not been able to figure out who he was, and how he died.

## Nocturne's Vow

Kromus is now a member of Nocturne's Vow, Marcus' team of vampire-hunters. He is currently tracking Sterben von Ziegler.