Ragabash Buckle

Ragabash is a renowned scholar, mage, artificer, and curator of artifacts. He is most notoriously known for forming The Bloodless Centurions and warring on and off with his sister, Avlon Buckle.

## The Buckles

Ava Buckle found herself pregnant with twins and desperate to escape her old life. In her attempts to do so, she was cursed, and to buy time to figure out how to rid herself of the curse before giving birth, she sought refuge in the Eternal Archives. However, the curse consumed her, and she gave birth to the living dead: lichborn. She named them Avlon and Ragabash, then died.

Lichborn are powerful undead who form a phylactery with the first item they touch, created as a lich from the moment they are born. Both Avlon and Ragabash formed connections with books.

Due to the nature of the Eternal Archives, Avlon and Ragabash remained as helpless babies for many years without experiencing the passage of time. It wasn't until they were discovered by a curious librarian that they were brought back to the material plane, where it became apparent just how much their time in the archives had affected them. They had a peculiar, alien-like appearance and were incredibly intuitive, able to learn and master new skills with ease.

## Studies

Ragabash became a renowned wizard, attending the best wizardry school in the material plane at the age of 8 and becoming the most powerful mage there by his third year. After completing his studies, he returned to the Eternal Archives to delve deeper into its magic and create the Lectern Links and Adventure Tomes, which allowed easier access to the archives from the material plane.

## Military Academies

Ragabash's thirst for power and control led him to establish four military academies within the archives and recruit proficient warlords and mercenaries from the material plane to teach and learn there. This desire for control ultimately led to an attack on one of the academies and its destruction, causing Ragabash to realize the limits of his power within the archives.

## Ragabash and the Howling Pages

While most saw the dangers of the Howling Pages as something to avoid, Ragabash saw its potential as a place to establish a new academy hidden from others. There, he encountered An'Callister and Shanvis, a skilled magic smith and a warrior who had made their home in the storm. The couple became Ragabash's friends and mentors, teaching him the art of magic item creation. An'Callister created Ragabash his personal artifact, The Scythe of Ragabash.

Ragabash introduced An’Callister to his sister Avlon, and she was impressed by his talent with magic and artificery. She taught him the secrets of Chronomancy, adding him to her growing ranks of Time Lords. With Chronomancy, his skills and techniques expanded exponentially. An’Callister used his new talents to re-forge Ragabash’s scythe as his new phylactery. He did the same for Avlon, creating her The Bucklestaff, a double-ended sword-staff to act as her new phylactery.

With An'Callister's guidance, Ragabash developed the first pair of Buckleboots, which could protect the wearer from all physical damage. He presented them to Shanvis, who became the first Bloodless Centurion. Ragabash created 99 more pairs of boots for his top warriors, all connected to the magic of the first pair of boots. He used the Buckleboots to create a hidden library and academy within the Howling Pages, where he founded The Bloodless Centurions.

## Other

Ragabash was listed by The Serpent of the Deep as one of the ancient ones who has equipped and trained mortals to ascend to a level of power to compare to celestials, along with Asbenterriloth, Avlon, Sollus, and The Celestials of Imbalance.

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Ragabash uses a specific delivery company, they delivered him the twin dragon hearts - a rare mutation where 2 hearts are grown in one dragon - to be used in the display cases. The company has information where the other dragon hearts would be sent to, meaning the display cases can be tracked.