Haemon Xaroth

Brulggonaz, also known as Benay or as Haemon Xaroth, is the first god of fire in the Garnian Pantheon and Dread Lord of the Crimson Brand. He is the most powerful devil in existence, and one of the most powerful entities across all of the Planes. He is the captain of the Ceaseless Tide.

## History

### **Creation of Kortera (1R-1)**

Enur'el and Devryis spawned in darkness, creating each other by accident. They looked at the great void called the Devouring Dark, and sought to create a universe to withstand it. First, they created five children, called the Quintate. With Devryis's guidance, Luucaboel and Dolgovath created the Astral Sea. With Enur'el's guidance, Brulggonaz, Altumzah, and Morgull created the Material Plane and Elemental Planes. Brulggonaz created land while Altumzah created sea, and Morgull created the first lifeforms to inhabit the new world. Luucaboel and Dolgovath worked together to create light and darkness, as well as day and night. When they all looked upon their creation, they called their world Kortera.

### **A Vision from Enur'el (8R-251)**

Haemon Xaroth received a vision from his mother, Enur'el, as did his siblings Morgull and Altumzah. She told him that Devryis had disappeared, and that his essence was beginning to leak from the Astral City of Rezelos, and that the Astral Gate in Devos was allowing this darkness to leak into the Material Plane. She warned him that this Devouring Dark would consume all of existence one plane at a time if Devryis did not stop it. She told him that if things did not improve that she was considering opening Elluria's Eye for good, in the hopes that the people of Garn could find Devryis and stop the Devouring Dark.

### **The Crimson Reaping (8R-272)**

After the signing of the White-Red Treaty, the Snowblood Alliance began to impose severe restrictions on the Crimson Brand. Misri Omeri met with Haemon Xaroth and offered him a deal, but Haemon refused. Upon his rejection of her offer, the Alliance utilized the naval expertise of the Riverwatch Guard and exacted a full-scale assault on the Brand. The Brand retaliated in brutality, and began to pillage the coastal cities of the Alliance in a war known as the Crimson Reaping. Aza Naavine battled alongside her father, Thavelum Naavine, and watched him die in combat near Frimweft. The Dragon's North was captured by the Riverwatch, and became the royal vessel of House Shev. Haemon Xaroth led a decisive battle in Vall Dralla, destroying a major portion of the city in the process.

### **Dissolution of the Brand (8R-289)**

After the victory in Vall Dralla, the Crimson Brand seemed set to win the war, and the Snowblood Alliance was beginning to scramble. Then, Haemon Xaroth vanished without an explanation after secretly making a deal of his own with Misri Omeri. Xaroth, knowing that his mother Enur'el was about to open Elluria's Eye for good, told Misri that he would spare the Alliance if she agreed to give him the Lawless Lands. After this compromise, Xaroth disappeared from everyone, including all but his most loyal followers. Without his leadership, the devils of the Brand began to act in their own self-interests, and their military unity dissolved. The Brand itself scattered soon after, and now only exists in fragments.

### **The Opening (8R-302)**

After staying in hiding for several years, Elluria's Eye opened as Enur'el had told him. Garn was slow to react to the Opening, but Haemon was not. He began to organize a response from the shadows, and was able to evacuate all of his followers from the Astrevan Isles before the Devouring Dark consumed them. He placed Skazir Kasiruch in the service of Kor'ii Ma'Tigal to influence the response of the Ma'Tigal Dominion, and worked with Misri Omeri to ensure that they had refuge in Vall Dralla. Xaroth began to send bands of his followers into the corrupted regions of the Lawless Lands, seeking his long-lost father Devryis.

### **The Anterrel Expedition (8R-322)**

When House Anterrel organized the Anterrel Expedition, Xaroth directed Skazir to direct the Ma'Tigal Dominion's presence in their midst. Sa'Qek, a Chieftain of the Isles, led the Dominion's forces, but Skazir acted as a close advisor to him under the name "Ra'Ciiark." Ra'Ciiark was selected as the Speaker of the Ma'Tigal Dominion at Anterrel's Table, allowing Xaroth to stay on the pulse of the Expedition's politics.