Alorn, the Forsaken

Alorn, the Forsaken is the physical embodiment of Insanity. Developing the sphere of Terror during his struggle with Axial after his power overshadowed his own body, he was freed from his tether to a single master after countless millennia of servitude and bindings. After gaining the sphere of corruption, he adopted the title "The Corrupter", and formed his headquarters in the slums. (Which had previously been split into its own island.)

## History

### **Cove Era:**

Implications suggest that Alorn was the second voice extending into and prying at Maddalena's mind as Kayastor breached it, with the intent of confusing or inflicting mental pain upon the Goddess. The two voices quarreled, until Kayastor was forced from Maddalena's mind by an overpowering force, seemingly retaining more sway over the sphere of Insanity than even the God himself. For a lengthy period of time, he silently began biding his time, awaiting the resurrection which he longed to occur for innumerable centuries. Despite this, Alorn consciously anticipated a feeble minded master to take control of his sphere.

Eventually, this did happen. The Lightning God bearing the name of Axial claimed the sphere of Insanity after a brief interval of combat with Kayastor. And such, Alorn attempted to exert all possible energy into liberating himself from his former recesses, his power influencing all of Axial's spheres and coursing his body with absurd quantities of humming energy expanded into overtaking Axial's conscience and physical body; His flesh and skin had peeled away, revealing a supercharged, ambient figure streaming and coursing with electrical bolts and power. During a desperate struggle to maintain control over his form, Axial fought with Alorn, attempting to tear away the entity and presence wrenching at his body and mind, attempting to fully dominate the Lightning God. Ultimately, Alorn was pulled from Axial's body, forming a body of his own using the exuberant energy sources radiating from Axial.

After unsuccessfully attempting to claim Axial's life (The bond between them offering some sort of protection to Axial), Alorn immediately formulated a scheme to dominate the realm of Myth. Encountering the enigmatic Kinacha and traversing an arduous distance through the chambers of the Museum, despite the Museum having a sheer advantage as the monstrosities along with Kinacha himself nearly slaughtered Alorn like a fly, his influence of insanity and terror the only obstacles preventing Kinacha from fully murdering him, bringing him to near-death experiences a multitude of occasions despite this. His willpower and twisted mind proved to be a challenge for Kinacha to breach. When he was involuntarily flung by a barrage of green energy from the Museum of Monstrosities, he instantly carried out his plan, first moving to execute his first objective: To behead and/or incarcerate Muran, who bore the sphere of Sun, essential to Alorn's plot of gaining the rumored Astral Ascension. The plan would also involve killing Axial in order to gain the second and third required spheres.

Completing his prioritized mission in relatively short time and gaining the spheres of Heat and Sun, Alorn proceeded to initiate the corruption of the Sun, and the lands of Myth, specifically the Quarterlands, where Death already lead a massive, astronomical force of undead with stupendous force, provoking Alorn to attack Death with his own corrupted army. As the armies collided, Alorn interrupted Axial's ceremony to dispose of his taken spheres. Stealing the two Astral spheres retained by Axial maliciously, Alorn revived the Starweaver to assist his army, as well as purloining the ritual tome utilized to free the Ancient of Fire, Kibora, from its chamber deep below Myth's levels, as discovered by Embrax, the Fire Elemental.

Of course, Alorn was heavily outmatched. Death's forces sported thicker, higher quality armor, better training, and overall more numbers and preparation due to both the fact that Traxis had helped prepare Death's earlier, and the fact that Death had been raising his army for years. Alorn's army was slowly but surely being defeated as Death's army picked off troops one by one, bringing down the corruption gradually until Alorn and the revived Tol finally faced off against Death and the Traxian elites, including Legath. The two ended up retreating for a very short period of time, leaving the army to battle against Death and his forces until word was sent to Aldis' Inner Circle, whose members arrived at the time when Alorn and Tol returned.

Uxol was used as bait and a trap for Death, the trap set by Forlat the Magnificent. Death was now the one heavily outmatched, with a teleportation block as well as several Gods who had a stark natural advantage over the Reaper, such as Harot and Jarod. Jarod and his clerics arrived alongside Lorea's battered army, from the previous engagement, and with a glorious whoop of a victory call, knowing the battle had been won, the armies rushed the undead, now with sheer quantities and qualities after the corruption army's decimation at the hands of Death.

Despite the arrival of Kinacha, who contributed to the carnage and again utterly mangled Alorn, and Legath's advantage with having Astalia as a prisoner, the Inner Circle prevailed and destroyed Death as the Elites escaped with Legath, and the knowledge that Death would return once more in a brief time. Death was ultimately destroyed, and Alorn emerged victorious as he approached Aldis within his throne room. Demanding authority over the Slums in atonement for his deeds, instead Aldis execrated the embodiment of Insanity, erasing the sphere entirely from existence from all of eternity, with a final bid of a farewell.