Volhaut Maxiroth

Volhaut's Draconic Sim

Volhaut Maxiroth is a human general who spent time as an Imperial spy and general, a Bloodless Centurion, and as a warlock/cleric under the patronage of Tiamat after being restored from a simulacrum.

While Vohlaut is clever and strategic, when under pressure in the heat of the moment, he doesn't always make the wisest choices.

## Imperial Career

Volhaut Maxiroth joined the Skollenhaug imperial forces as a soldier. He was recognized for his quick thinking in battle and strategic mind and earned he worked his way up the ranks. After a decade in the service, he was promoted to be the youngest general in the empire. While he was happy to have such a high position, he was disappointed to realize it meant he saw a lot less action. He pulled some strings, left the army, and got recruited into the Curtain under the Iron.

While Volhaut was clever, passionate, and eager, he could also be ruthless, vindictive, and hotheaded. Traits which when pointed in the right direction, were exactly what the empire wanted. He became a brutal tool that the empire used with calculated accuracy. During this time Volhaut became close with Darius Lockjaw.

When Volhaut and Elvira first met, neither realized the other was part of the mission and they tried to kill each other. It was a vicious fight, and Darius barely managed to break it up without anyone dying.

At First Elvira and Volhaut hated each other and putting them on missions together was outright dangerous. Eventually, they warmed up to each other and dated then married.

## Direlands Contact Mission

Volhaut was selected to accompany a group on a mission to the Direlands to make contact with King Azoriandas of Mozzarkastus. The group was made up of three members of The Veil and one member of The Flame (Darius). After they made contact, the members of the Veil were discussing with Azoriandas how their cultures could work together and mutually benefit while Darius made awkward conversation with the very suspicious Direlands Archmage. While they were discussing, Volhaut managed to sneak away to a ledge above Azoriandas. Seeing his opportunity, he jumped down and plunged his axe into the giant king’s head. Azoriandas had suspected treachery and had taken precautions beforehand to protect himself. Between his wards and thick skull, the strike did not immediately kill the king.

Volhaut was left vulnerable and prone in front of Azoriandas, and Darius found himself surrounded with no way out. In a final moment of sacrifice to save his friend, Darius transmuted into pure energy and cast himself into a lightning bolt spell at Azoriandas. The lightning bolt hit the King's hand, destroying it and shattering the sword it was holding. Volhaut managed to grab the broken hilt of the sword and escape while the members of The Veil got killed by Azoriandas’ guards.

Volhaut was dishonourably discharged from the order for his actions during the mission. Elvira, Volhaut's wife, was head of HR presiding over the case, and opted not to be removed from the case for being too close. This lead to the end of their relationship.

Volhaut was sent to be captain of the guard of Skivtart, a small coastal fishing town.

## Hunting the P&J Adventuring Company

Volhaut was bitter, angry and resentful. He saw everyone and everything around him as beneath him, and was looking for any excuse to win back the favour of the empire and return to his post. The town of Skivtart was quiet, the only interesting thing to happen to break up the monotony was the occasional prisoners being brought north to work on the railroad through the jungle.

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When Dain Dawn freed a group in Skivtart as a front to allow Sophie Dawn and the P&J Adventuring Company to escape, Volhaut saw this as his opportunity to regain favour. He started diverting all of his resourced towards recapturing the party. The party escaped into the hills and found the aide of Lycanthrope hunters Silas Dotch and Katrina Dotch. Volhaut caught up managed to kill Silas just as they escaped the hills and got on a boat with Captain Krauch.

Somehow, the party always seemed to be one step ahead of Volhaut. As they got further away, Volhaut started exhausting more and more extreme methods, resources, and contacts to try and keep up. He got a ranger, an airship, contacted the ring artifact Angra Mainyu, and eventually stole the artifacts necessary to summon Tiamat.

## Summoning the Evil Aspect of Tiamat

Having lost sight of his overarching goal and blinded by anger, Volhaut was obsessed with one thing: capturing the P&J adventuring company. He broke into a secret Imperial treasury and stole ancient artifacts: the chromatic dragon masks. Volhaut had reclaimed these on a previous mission and learned of their potential, never dreaming he would use them himself. By the time he had stolen the masks, the party had joined the resistance and taken part in the Pinriff Bait and Assassinate that resulted in the death of Emperor Kamash Shadeak II.

Volhaut managed to find and capture Dar'saava, who had been isolated from the rest of the group. Volhaut commandeered an Imperial burrowing vehicle and took the ranger, two imperial soldiers, and Angra Mainyu with him. After making a deal Angra, he put the ring on before leaving, giving them full control of him until it was removed.

When they encountered the party, Volhaut controlled by Angra tackled Katrina, cut off Volhaut's finger, then Volhaut put the ring on Katrina, which tne took control of her. During the fight that ensued, The ranger, Phil, and Jed were killed. Volhaut put the chromatic dragon masks on himself, Dar'saava, the ranger, Phil and Jed, then took blood from all five of them to complete the ritual to summon the evil aspect of Tiamat.

The ritual summons the evil draconic aspect of Tiamat to the material plane, and banishes the good aspect of Tiamat - who goes by Tammy - from the material plane. The evil aspect of Tiamat immediately consumed Volhaut and left to take over the Empire.

## Simulacrum of Bloodless Centurion

The Imperial secret service creates Simulacrums of all their high ranking agents, often without their knowledge. If an agent goes missing or dies, they send their simulacrum to find or replace themselves. Sometimes they will send a simulacrum simply because they don't have enough agents available.

After Tiamat took over the Empire, some of the secret service escaped The Castle, a near impenetrable fort that contained all of the Sims. All of the Sims were woken up and joined the new forming splinter faction of the empire. The Volhaut Sim learned of his own death, the loss of his weapon, his interactions with Angra Mainyu - and most importantly how his obsessive behavior led to his downfall. Feeling rather directionless, Volhaut decided to track down his weapon.

He worked with the imperial artificers to find a way to track the pommel. They learned it was deep in the underdark, and equipped Volhaut accordingly - he was given a repulsive shield and darkvision goggles. One last item he requested was something to make him immune to the magic of rings. What he doesn’t know is that the magic to block the ring feeds off of the finger, if he tries to block a ring that is too powerful, his finger would just disintegrate.

While trying to track down the pommel, Volhaut was captured by Targree Varbin, a paladin of Tammy and a Bloodless Centurion. They brought Volhaut to Tammy, the good aspect of Tiamat. Tammy explained to Volhaut who she was, what he had done when he summoned Tiamat, the true consequences of his actions, and what the pommel was truly capable of. She offered to restore him to a more permeant state than a simulacrum and become his patron if he would be willing to help undo the damage he caused. Volhaut saw the potential in having direction in his life again beyond undoing the mistakes he made, and he accepted. Once he had accepted, Targree retired and passed their buckleboots on to Volhaut, establishing him as a Bloodless Centurion. Targree introduced him to Ragabash in one of the training acadamies in the Eternal Archives, where he would return occasionally to train and learn the ways of the Centurions.

Tiamat has been attacking the Direlands, which had lead King Azoriandas to start tracking down his pommel to reforge his sword. If he successfully does so, Tammy believes he will easily be able to defeat Tiamat, and by extension, her. She urged Volhaut to return to his search for the pommel and spend less time training as a centurion, so he redoubled his efforts and headed into the underdark.

## Echo Pocket

He encountered and killed a bounty hunter, looting a bounty coin that showed the familiar faces of the P&J Adventuring Company, now The Wanderers of The Expanse. Using Tammy's magic to track the pommel, he managed to find The Echo Pocket. Upon finally arriving in Stumfenstone, he was greeted by Tarjaxis. Tarjaxis managed to injure him, but he still made it into the city. Injured, he stumbled in to face terrified gnomes. Guards arrived and tried to restrain him, but he fought back and started killing them. They quickly called backup and locked him in Menace manor.

During The Battle of Salton, the prisoners of Menace Manor are freed and Volhaut fights alongside the gnomes and The Wanderers of the Expanse, saving the life of Thulwar Ironfoot. Volhaut saw the Orge Littlefoot wielding the Pommel, but made no moves to take it from him. After the battle, the gnomes thank him for his help during the battle and let him stay free in the city.