Insanial

Soulcrafter who was active in the Wars of Broken Gold. He was able to summon an Entropic Reaver.

## Appearance

Insanial was a man of medium build with thick dark eyebrows and very red full lips and cheeks. He had thinning jet black hair which never showed a hint of grey in his life time.

## Reputation

Insanial was known as a dangerous soulcrafter especially due to his involvement with the Vile Seige and his use of demonic assistants. However he was also able to work within a military command structure and showed some loyalty to the loyalist forces of Emperor Kolar. It was believed he was a friend/servant to the dark lady Obscura.

## History

1313PE: To break the Vile Seige of Hunger Hill the Imperial commander Krathe Stoneshoulder was eventually driven to break all accepted codes of war. He decided to use Insanial and a Quorum of Death Priests. Insanial (With the permission and instruction of Krathe) sacrificed the mother of the child hidden within the fortress. The child was the heir to the rival Emperor. Insanial used her soul to summon an Entropic Reaver from the Abyss. The Reaver went in to kill the boy, but found him defended by the djinn of the tower. The reaver however freshly empowered by the blood of a mother slew the djinn and broke the circle of priestesses. The reaver had followed the bloodline of the mother to find the son, but found the young child's great great uncle standing in its way. A life for a life has ever been a law in the tomes of Death and politics mattered nothing to the creature. So it fed its scythe on the older man and departed, the young child still alive and he was secretly taken from the city even as it fell.

The city was sacked and some of it was even razed in a break down of military discline and unleashing of abysal power. Insanial had felt the departure of his summoned reaver and the quorum of Death Priests and he were able to follow the escaped victims. This was how the dark lady discovered the young prince had been taken to the Vormach.

1316PE: The Emperor demanded the church give up the Dovisa heir, but his demands were not even responded to. In response the Emperor intensified his opposition to the Church of Celer called the Blinding of Auria. Insanial played a key role in these events often being alongside the military forces to counter the clerics of Celer. He was present at the taking and looting of the Cathedral of Celer in Tor Honarik. Stories differed about these events but all claim Insanial was present in the battle and agree that unholy undead and/or demonic forces were involved. The djinn of the Cathedral were overcome and killed and this must have involved magic users of significant power.

Later that year Insanial assisted with the Seige of Tor Celer. The city was very hard to take. It was a large and powerful imperial city and full of clerics. The siege lasted too long and the Emperor pushed for it to be brought to an end quickly so it not become another Vile Seige lasting years and years. So again First Lance Krathe was given command and the Sarrifs attached to the besieging army were put under the command of Insanial. Even the Red Wraiths were called to the siege.

When the city's defenses were finally broken it was with a hammer blow fall. Insanial's role was significant alongside Knight Stalkers, the Red Wraiths and their lich leaders the Grim Feast. The battle involved huge amounts of magic being used by both sides as well as thousands of blades in the more mundane fighting. Once again Insanial was successsful which may well have led to the Emperor seeing the use of powers like his as an the most reliable force he had available.

1318PE: THe Emperor attempted to repeat what had been done at the Vile Siege and the siege of Tor Celer at the Vormach. The force assembled included all of the forces he had used before. Krathe Stoneshoulder, the Grim Feast and their Red Wraiths and of course Insanial. This force were nicknamed the Blasphamy by the church and the people of Auria.

The Blasphamy with its impressive and deadly magical allies moved to break Ironhold. To begin the assault Insanial and his myterious acolytes conmpleted a ritual well beyond range of the walls. It is uncertain what he used to fuel the ritual but as a result a thousand undead warriors rose under his command. This was not all. Obscura had sent one of her personal bodyguards a wight to the Blasphemy to escort and assist Insanial and Krathe. She was able to, through sacrifices, breed new wights. Insanial and Obscura's acolytes then exercised control over the raised undead and the assault began. Unsurprisingly Insanial also summoned his Entropic Reaver.

The details of this incredibly complex battle or series of battles were covered in detail in the Dancing of Djinn. For this record it sufficed to say that Ironhold was eventually broken at great loss to both sides and that once beyond Obscura used a great tomb to raise Skeletal Abominations with which to assult the holy valley. Realising that now Ironhold had been broken the Vormach was sure to be destroyed the Cardinal invoked some of the greatest wielding of direct divine power ever seen on behalf of the Avatar of Knowledge.

As a result the Imperial loyalists or Red forces were utterly wasted. Krathe himself was killed, the Grim Feast were destroyed along with most of their wraiths. Insanial was imprisoned and his Entropic Reaver was banished. This attack was a huge gamble, it was seen as horrific and a undisputable defeat for Emperor Kolar and spelling the end to his reign.