Nelmirax

> *"You ask me how many years I have lived, and I cannot answer. Tell me, drow, how many breaths have you taken?" - Nelmirax, to Zen*
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Nelmirax is a ancient blue dragon, powerful sorcerer, and talented inventor. He created both Phytos and the Nether Bomb. He was trapped in the Time Prison constructed by Vedar for an unknown amount of time before Arispiria inadvertently released him.

## Biography

### Battle of Levi Fortress

At some point after the creation of Phytos, but before being trapped in the Time Prison, he assisted Phytos in defending Levi Fortress from assault by a demon lord.

### The Time Prison

It is unknown by what means Nelmirax and Phytos were originally trapped within the Time Prison, but he later claimed it was the doing of Vedar, with the aid of Nelmirax's father Nothos. Eventually Phytos escaped, and while shapeshifted as a cat, Pythos discovered and lured Jayris, Hollo, and Arispiria to the prison.

The three disabled part of the prison, allowing Nelmirax to directly communicate with them. He befriended the three, and asked them to retrieve the scrolls that allowed them to enter unharmed, and sent Phytos to keep an eye on them. He began constructing a laboratory within his prison.

Only Jayris and Hollo came back with the scrolls, but by then he had constructed an array of magic wands. He gifted a wand of firebolt to Jayris. Using the scrolls, he disabled the remainder of the prison, but was injured after Vedar's Red Guard appeared within the prison and attacked him. During the escape, he threw a wand of teleportation to Jayris, and teleported away. It is unknown what happened to the other creatures in the prison.

### The Rising Son

After escaping the Time Prison, Nelmirax began researching the current state of the world. He took the alias 'Kulaan' to stay undiscovered, and made his way to the region of Van Canto, which was on the edge of Vedar's influence. There, he used his sorcery to work his way into the court of Keston Castle. He attempted to make a deal with a nearby Lich to kill the duke, but the deal did not go according to plan, leaving the duke and both his children dead. Nelmirax was outraged, and killed several of the Lich's goblins. Nelmirax, in dragon form, attempted to kill the Lich himself as the Lich escaped on an airship, but retreated after being spotted by an Elossian military airship.

Many weeks passed, but eventually Phytos, Hollo, and Jayris made their way to Van Canto. Zen, Armin, and Jorah had joined them. Phytos presented Nelmirax with some schematics they had found in Aran, as well as several bags of celestial steel they had stolen during Hollo's Trial of the Righteous. A noble lady of a nearby region arrived to question Nelmirax and oversee the rightful exchange of power. Nelmirax tasked Jayris, Hollo, Zen, and a dragonborn mercenary named Ollie with finding the duke's heir. They discovered the heir and thwarted a plot by the noble lady to kill him and install herself as the new ruler of Van Canto. They brought the young lord to Nelmirax, and he began grooming the boy for leadership. He appointed several advisors to educate the boy, and appointed Ollie as his personal guard.

No longer needing to personally see to ruling the region himself, Nelmirax returned to his research. While experimenting with time scrolls (unknowingly aided by Arispiria) Nelmirax accidentally teleported Zen, Armin, and Jorah to the city of Segen. Eventually he realized this could be used to bypass Segen's anti-teleportation ward.

An elf named Odo had been investigating the blue dragon sighting, as well as the now abandoned goblin cave, and eventually concluded Nelmirax was involved. Odo confronted him about this, but after some discussion, Odo decided to join Nelmirax.

Nelmirax had found a useful device shown within the Aran Island schematics. He sent Phytos, Jayris, Hollo, and Odo to the island to retrieve a functional version of the device. This device could absorb nearby spells and store them. He began constructing more of them, and with the celestial steel, eventually created the Nether Bomb. He sent a delegation to the north to meet with the noble lady who attempted to overthrow him, and a delegation to meet with The Flame. Both delegations were to present an orb that would view Segen when activated. When both delegations had arrived and activated their orbs, Nelmirax used the time scrolls to teleport the Nether Bomb directly into the heart of Segen, destroying the entire city.

## Known Abilities

Kulaan is a talented sorcerer and inventor. He is capable of casting from several schools of magic, including fire evocation, force prisons, teleportation, and alteration. He created the Summer Mimics, and the Nether Bomb. He has shown talent to reverse-engineering and replicating technology he encounters. As a dragon, he possesses incredible strength and a potent electric breath attack. He fought a goblin airship in flight without taking significant damage. He nearly detroyed the ship and killed many of the goblins operating it.