Mazyralyx

**Mazyralyx** is one name given to the dracolich said to guard or reside in the Lair of the Keeper by the northeastern shores of the Demon Wastes.

## History

Mazyralyx is said to be a *runescribed* dracolich that guards the Lair of the Keeper, the Khyber dragonshards which supposedly hold the souls of those slain by Khyber's fang weapons, the surrounding Dolurrh manifest zone, and the chasm into the depths of Khyber.

It is rumored that the dracolich may have been created by Katashka the Gatekeeper during the Age of Demons. Other sources say, if the creature truly exists, that it was a dragon guardian over the Lair of the Keeper infused with the power of Khyber.

## Appearance & Personality

The dracolich in the Lair of the Keeper claims to be a true avatar of The Keeper, the Sovereign of Death and Decay of the Dark Six.

As a dracolich, presumably Mazyralyx looks like a skeletal or semi-skeletal draconic corpse with glowing pinpoints for eyes in its eye sockets.

## Abilities

The dracolich in the Lair of the Keeper is an ancient, and powerful undead dragon that bound its spirit to a phylactery through a dark ritual which included deliberately poisoning its body and possessing its own corpse. As a dracolich it is capable of transferring its spirit into any nearby reptilian or draconic corpse, and controlling the undead.

## Notes

As a self-styled manifestation of the Keeper, Mazyralyx's actions during the Age of Demons were presumably reflective of the dark aspect of the Sovereign archetype known as the master of the hoard.

Katashka the Gatekeeper and deals he struck with dragons such as Mazyralyx during the Age of Demons are one possible source of inspiration for various myths of the The Keeper, the Sovereign of Death and Decay of the Dark Six.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 ***Eberron Campaign Guide***.
James Wyatt and Keith Baker (2009). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-5099-4.
2. ↑ "**Eternal Evil: The Lords of Dust**" (November 2005) by Keith Baker. *Dragon Magazine* issue 337.
3. ↑ Keith Baker (04/18/2005). Dragonshards - The Role of Dragons. Wizards of the Coast. Archived from the original on 10/28/2017. Retrieved on 02/11/2019.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 ***Dragons of Eberron***.
Keith Baker, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Nicolas Logue, and Amber Scott (2007). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 0-7869-4154-5.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 ***Draconomicon: The Book of Dragons***, *p. 146-149*.
Andy Collins, James Wyatt, Skip Williams (2003). Wizards of the Coast. ISBN 288.
6. ↑ Keith Baker (01/03/2017). Eberron Flashback: The Lords of Dust. Archived from the original on 08/11/2017. Retrieved on 2/10/2019. “You’ve already made clear the differences between the Sovereign Host and the Overlords, but would you consider the Dark Six as a whole to be enemies of the Overlords as well?

I’m going to rewrite my original answer to this question, because I think it was unclear. First of all, a defending element of is that their existence cannot be conclusively proven. They are said to be omnipresent and to influence their spheres wherever events occur. The Dols are present anytime blades are drawn. And yet they cannot physically manifest. In this, they are concretely different from Overlords, who influence a limited area (even if potentially a very large one) and can physically manifest. An  Overlord can be bound, and an  Overlord cannot. So in some ways it’s a meaningless question, because the Dark Six don’t manifest, so HOW WOULD YOU KNOW? With that said, I’d argue that EVERYONE is against the Overlords. If I’m a medusa priestess of the Shadow, I’m not going to look at Bel Shalor and say “I dunno, I kind of like the cut of his jib.” Among other things, most cultures that revere the Dark Six look at their positive elements. You could say that Tul Oreshka and the Fury have some overlap, but Tul Oreshka is PURE MADNESS, while the Fury can reflect the positive aspects of passion and emotion.

WITH THAT SAID: Canon sources suggest that many of the myths associated with are drawn from the actions of dragons in the First Age, who may have somehow ascended to become the; this is the foundation of Thir and the Church of the Wyrm Ascendant. By these principles, Dol Dorn, Dol Arrah and Dol Azur were all martial dragons, and Dol Azur was flayed after betraying the others – suggesting that he, at least, was working with the enemy. The dragon who became the Keeper may have had an alliance with Katashka. The MYTH of the Shadow may have been inspired by Bel Shalor – even though the Shadow that is worshipped in Droaam ISN’T Bel Shalor.”
7. ↑ Keith Baker (01/01/2019). The Dark Six: The Keeper. Retrieved on 2/11/2019. “What makes The Keeper and Katashka: the Gatekeeper definitely different beings and sources of power to the dragons?

Katashka the Gatekeeper is one of the Overlords of the First Age, an archfiend embodying the fears of death and undeath. There’s certainly some overlap, and one of the common theories is that the inspiration for the Keeper was a of the First Age who bargained with Katashka and became the first dracolich—and that this entity could be the inhabitant of the Lair of the Keeper in the Demon Wastes. But there are critical differences between the two. Again, Katashka is a fiend who embodies our fears of death and undeath. If freed from his bonds, Katashka would create a blighted realm in which undead prey upon the living. Katashka is in essence a predator who strikes indiscriminately, spreading the influence of the dead across his domain. He is a source of necromantic power, certainly, but he’s an immortal fiend—not something a dragon could aspire to become.

By contrast, the Keeper is the embodiment of greed… it just happens that one of the things he covets is souls, and he uses death and disease as a way to acquire them. The Thir archetype tied to the Keeper is the Master of the Hoard; dragons who emulate the Keeper “treat life and death as simple negotiations and collect actual souls.” As a general rule, Katashka isn’t interested in bargaining or acquiring PARTICULAR souls; he’s all-consuming. The Keeper is a connoisseur who relishes his hoard and who’s always interested in a bargain. And of course, dragons believe that it’s possible for an exceptional Master of the Hoard to BECOME the new Keeper.”