I'Llazar

## I'Llazar the Risen

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**I'Llazar** *The Risen*, also referred to simply as **Llazar**, and formerly known as **S'naraxx** *the Crafter*, is a Scion of Amoth and antagonist of The Afterparty in The Psion's Night. He is a self-professed "shade" to The Araumynauts in their various incarnations, having been tasked by Him to prevent their machinations. S'naraxx's body and apparent life was destroyed with his Nautiloid by Jorgen Von Rhelk and Vivian Estrella at the cost of Jorgen's life. Yet S'naraxx was reborn under the power of Amoth, renamed I'Llazar by The Prophet Him. Although now lacking any physical form, I'Llazar's mind remains intact, if untethered, and his psionic powers have only increased in potency.

# Biography

## S'naraxx

### The First Araumynauts

Before his death and rebirth, S'naraxx was the primary antagonist against the first generation of Araumynauts (The Underparty). As Llazar would later describe it to Vivian:

> "*all the years that I undid everything you did, and you undid all of mine.*"
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While the specifics of the Araumynauts and S'naraxx's clashes are as of yet unclear, it is obvious that they were numerous and costly for both sides. The final battle between the Araumynauts and S'naraxx occurred when the Underparty's number had been reduced to just Vivian and Jorgen. It was here that the duo managed to destroy S'naraxx's Nautiloid. Amidst the combat Jorgen sacrificed himself to finally bring down S'naraxx with the ship--an act resulting in both of their deaths.

### Rebirth as I'Llazar

While S'naraxx's body was destroyed by Jorgen and he evidentially died, his existence did not end. The remnants of S'naraxx's psionic echo, tethered by the power of Amoth, was apparently reborn back into consciousness by The Prophet Him. He gave S'naraxx a new name, befitting his new station: I'Llazar. Although lacking a body, I'Llazar's liberated psionic essence seems to have taken back upon the former's task. He is able to usethe psionic gifts of Amoth to dominate the minds of others and utilize their bodies in leu of his own. Now that a new generation of Araumynauts had gathered, so came their nemesis to unravel their plans.

## The Ashen Skies

### Possession of Great Gark

I'Llazar first struck after the negotiations in the Court of Great Gark. Taking possession of Gark's body, he proclaimed the end of The Afterparty's journey and unleased psionic magics to strike them down. However, with the help of Aubrolf Glasser, The Alabaster Malcium, The Afterparty managed to exorcise Llazar from Gark's body with a potion. Although dispelled, Llazar's essence was unharmed and promised to return to challenge them again.

### Ruin of Tuer-Chern

Throughout The Afterparty's search for The Volamtar, I'Llazar continued to hound their steps. He first reappears in Tuer-Chern and possesses the body of Kurtulmak, punishing The Horned Sorcerer for plotting against Amoth. Lazar proceeds to attack the Afterparty, who were hiding nearby, via bombardment from his Dreadnauught Flagship, The Devout. This nearly destroys the city, but the Afterparty manages to escape. I'Llazar pursues by possessing the bodies of Illithid Deacons; claiming to have known of their impending presence via prophecy from Him, I'Llazar casually remarks that the Afterparty merely delays the inevitable as each of his vessels are destroyed.

### Razing of Nahkter

Even as The Afterparty fled Tuer-Chern, a chase was afoot. From The Devout, I'Llazar began to follow their movements. Lazar was able to posses one of the Shadewalker Deacons risen from the corpses Raz had collected in Tuer-Chern and attack The Afterparty again. Although quickly dispelled, he managed to psychically delve into Telltale's mind to uncover the party's plans.

Soon after The Devout was spotted traveling over the Great Salt Plain in pursuit, where it was fired upon by the Big Gun of The Profane. Evidentially this did little to slow it, and it arrived over Fey in Verdiea the next day. Inhabiting Kurtulmak's body, I'Llazar surprised The Afterparty in Gark's throne room. Taunting, he prepared to finish them off before being interrupted by Hruugek. Yet this only served to amuse Llazar, who had been hoping the Bugbear God would finally reveal himself. The two did battle as The Afterparty once again escaped, but Llazar triumphed over the Hunter Lord and razed Fey in Verdiea under another blazing bombardment from The Devout.

### Absence and Return

The Afterparty once again fled from I'Llazar's attack, racing towards Jotunheim. Although The Devout gave chase, The Afterpart successfully made it to the safety of the mountains. There a throng of Giants utilized the magical defenses of Jotunheim to cast back The Devout as it attempted to follow The Afterparty. By this point The Storm of Chernoggar had grown so severe that The Devout was unable to descend through it and I'Llazar was abated.

Once The Cimmerian Blade unleased oblivion against Chernoggar and The Storm was dispelled, I'Llazar's fleet quickly returned. This time his pursuit of The Afterparty seemed much more lazy, and Llazar professed that his work in Chernoggar was complete: Amoth's power had taken hold and The Rapture was upon them. As The Party defiantly pushed on towards The Volamtar, I'Llazar began to prepare for their pre-ordained climactic battle.

### The Rapture of Chernoggar

As the Devout arrived over the mountains that sheltered The Volamtar and The Afterparty, I'Llazar unleashed a torrent of psychic energy, ripping up the mountains to reach them. He exposed The Afterparty as they had nearly reached their destination. I'Llazar brought all of his power to bear in attempt to overwhelm The Afterparty's minds, but his assault was blunted by the Psychic Bulwark that The Afterparty had formed. Realizing his attempts would not prevent them from reaching The Volamtar, I'Llazar unleashed his trump card. Using the possessed body of Hruugek he launched a blistering physical attack, wounding much of The Afterparty. However, they were able to just as quickly regroup, with Raz connecting into and activating Volamtar. As the weapon systems came online Vivian was able to fire a point blank explosion of flame through the focusing lens straight into Hruugek, blasting him away.

I'Llazar was undeterred at the defeat of his current vessel, instead returning to the body of one of the Deacons onboard The Devout. The newly christened Daybreak was able to fly out of the ruined mountains through the very hole I'Llazar had bored, but The Devout again gave chase. Around Chernoggar, the rapture that I'Llazar had so proudly proclaimed was coming to fruition. From the huge tower he had lain in Tuer-Chern, Amoth began to assimilate the whole dominion. The Afterparty began to make their escape onboard Daybreak to avoid being caught within the rapture. I'Llazar resolved not to make it easy for them, bringing The Devout around to block their path. Channeling his powers through the dreadnaught, he caught Daybreak in a telekinetic snare.

The Devout fired volleys of destructive bombardment at Daybreak but found it a wily opponent. Blarg managed to bungie jump down and kill the Deacon possessed by I'Llazar, who was orchestrating the snare. This weakened it, but I'Llazar quickly possessed another Deacon within the ship to continue restricting them. In the meantime, however, The Afterparty maneuvered Daybreak around The Devout to find a weakpoint in its armor created by the Big Gun's earlier anti-aircraft fire. Kinsley was able to eldritch blast through Daybreak's foci into the crack, critically damaging The Devout. Kin rapidly followed up by using shred reality on the crippled vessel, pulling it out of space in an instant with all of I'Llazar's Deacons onboard. The snare nullified, Daybreak was able to escape Chernoggar and the rapture.

# Trivia

* The name I'Llazar is a corruption of the name Llazar, which is an alternate form of the name Lazarus. In early drafts Lazarus was I'Llazar's name.
* I'Llazar has become notorious for calling the Afterparty "profligates" (particularly to announce his presence). The word is typically an insult calling someone immoral, although Llazar almost uses it as a term of deranged endearment. The association of "profligates" being those that do not follow a religion's moral precepts is the origin of Llazar's use of the term, viewing the Afterparty as dissolute for rejecting the word of Amoth.