Abaddon Falsetto

### Place of Death

The Battle at Raphael Manor (Murdered by Archibald Raphael)The Frigid Wastes of Cania (Frozen to death)

## Physical Information

### Eye Color

Yellow (Often obscured by highly reflective Spectacles)

## Abilities

### Level

13

Abaddon Falsetto, Born: Morag Gnothruck (More-agh not-rook) ***was*** a tall, armless, psychically adept Orc from Hadak Ura. He was cast out of Hadak Ura due to his love of the arts, which are illegal there. He died as a gangster for the Maloneys in Blackbog, who were traversing Hell.

## Appearances

### Debut

The Gangs of Blackbog

Morag Gnothruck had a normal childhood in the steppes of Hadak Ura. However he always held a curiosity about the artforms which where banned in his country growing up. It wouldn't be until he began his pastime of digging up old buried artefacts that he would come across various texts and curiosities pertaining to the art forms which the Hadak rejected.

It was through this reading of buried plays and literature both fiction and non-fiction, that Morag would grow more curious about the illegal arts. He would begin reading these books and acting out plays on his own in his house when nobody was around to hear him. He developed a distinct love for performing even though there was no audience.

Morag decided to learn to use the Katana as his weapon of choice as he had read of the artful means through which some katanas where made, and saw using one as a quiet act of rebellion against the state. A not so quiet act of rebellion would be the outlandish and loudly designed clothes would gradually begin to wear.

He eventually unearthed a trumpet in his excavations, which he would begin practising in a clandestine fashion as illicitly as he could manage. He did not realise that this trumpet was touched by an eldritch force long since forgotten by man, and slowly and surely a madness began to take over his mind. But with this madness however, came the ability to read minds and other similar psionic abilities.

## Expulsion from Hadak Ura

Morag's love of art would be discovered eventually, as his erratic appearance and changing personality lead enough people to believe him to be suspicious. Sure enough, his stash of all things pertaining to art was discovered and as such he was brutally beaten, briefly enslaved, and then exiled from the steppes forever. Four Bugbears carried all of this out, and as far as Morag could tell they enjoyed it. He committed their names to memory and resolved that in years to come he would come back to Hadak Ura with an army if need be, and make sure that these bugbears in particular, and if necessary everyone close to them would suffer the same fate he did. The Bugbear's names where as follows: Tuggurt, Chamrath, Balon and finally the one who tormented Morag the most and thus was most despised, Dargroth. Morag memorised every blow he took, holding the pain inside until he would unleash it at the eve of his revenge.

Morag was forced to walk without food or water out of the Steppes, Morag walked in exactly a straight line until he found refuge in the town of Blackbog in Morwyr. He passed out, outside of a mansion and was taken in and nursed back to health by the man would become his first true friend Archibald Raphael. The time walking gave Morag plenty of time to think, fueled by anger and his declining mental state he decided he needed to create a persona who was not meek, curious and studious like he, but rather resolute and willing to get revenge no matter the cost. Thus, Morag introduced himself to Archibald as Abaddon Falsetto. Abaddon being a name with distinctly evil and imposing assonance and Falsetto being the musical term for a false, artificial voice. Literally meaning that he was now the identity he chose, not the one he was born and he would stop at nothing to carry out his revenge. So when Archibald shared his plans to rule Blackbog, Abaddon shared his new plan to return to Hadak Ura and begin crossing names off of his list.

## Early Years in Blackbog

Abaddon with funding from Archibald would open his curios shop the *"Dark Sound Shop"* in Blackbog. In this shop he would sell various musical items and any strange thing he came across in his studies. While Abaddon was more set on his goal of revenge than ever before, his new found freedom to enjoy the arts allowed him to find enjoyment in procuring curiosities and selling them for a mark up. During this time he would reside in Raphael manor, teaching Archibald acting and being the best man at Archibald's wedding. When Archibald suffered and ailment of the mind he would nurse him back to health as much as he could, being well versed in such ailments. During this time he would help Archibald with his grand plan as Archibald promised to help Abaddon with his plans, once they fully came to fruition. When Yin And Archibald Raphael summoned the devil of Maladomanai K'itihn, Abaddon took an almost instant dislike of him.

Eventually Arhibald reached the stage in his plan where he had to infiltrate the Maloney and Miller gangs. In the following days after the failed Maloney heist on the Hemmet and Penrose auction house, Archibald had fled to the shadows and Abaddon had not heard from him, Abaddon did not and could not remember that Archibald had cast his own spell *Archibald's Memory Cage* on Abaddon, and got him arrested and imprisoned. Abaddon would be at times unknowingly and at others knowingly be giving information on what the Maloneys were doing to Archibald, acting as a sort of sleeper agent for him.

## Time With the Maloneys

### The Prison and Early Adventures

Abaddon would be in a cell with a blue Tiefling named Mandex the Lawful, another telepath by chance. They would turn out to be good friends, the second good friend in Abaddon's life that he had. Imprisoned next to the Maloney's on Archibald's request, the two also ended up being sprung from the prison like the other Maloneys. This led to a series of events which led to Abaddon and Mandex joining the Maloneys, going on a myriad of strange and wonderful adventures spanning as far as the island of riash and as close as the court houses of Blackbog, where Abaddon and Mandex who had developed a sort of scam artist duo, aided the Maloneys in suing the tortle known as Mr Sykes. During the following fight with Mr Sykes, both the wizard Cornelius and Baxillus the Green, the headhunter would lose one of their limbs. Abaddon would bring them back to his shop where Cornelius was given a flute to act as a prosthesis for his leg. While Baxillus rejected the Ilithid tentacle that tried to attach to his arm, leaving his bow in the shop for Abaddon to put on the wall.

However, before all of the adventuring and gangster work, in the prison a helm of Erokan had been forcibly placed on Abaddon's head. Causing further madness and the most evil eldritch parts of his psyche to come to the center of his brain. When the helm was eventually taken off by the graveworkers of the god Velern, Abaddon's face was deeply scarred by the experience and his mind was more of a mess than ever. Through this experience Abaddon developed a distinct hatred of Erokan and a deep devotion to Velern, which he would show at every opportunity he could. As such when his friend Mandex donned the helm of Erokan in Riash, Abaddon began to drift away from him, they would often come to a head and disagree on many things. While in Riash, Abaddon secured a line of contact with King Zephyr, keeping correspondence with him by letter should Abaddon someday need his assistance.

While in Riash Abaddon would suffer the effects of accelerated aging, leaving him with only a few weeks left to live, as Orcs generally do not live that long, this metaphorical sword of Damocles hanging over Abaddon's head would fuel him to live his life the way he wanted in his twilight days.

When Abaddon returned from Riash, he and some of the others met Sir Dr. Mortimer James Crowley II PHD, as the exit to Riash led to his home in Blackbog. An intellectual discussion with the man gave many insights as to what was happening in Blackbog with the Devil Lords. Further to this Mortimer told Abaddon tales of a land he was in called Toril, Abaddon naturally inquired about the music and arts there to which Mortimer regaled him. Abaddon resigned himself to visit at some point if possible.

Abaddon would grow attached to many of the Maloneys. When Squire disappeared into Thros' plane of loneliness, Abaddon was determined but clueless how to somehow find a way to bring him back into the fray. When Cornelius was turned to crystal in the Maloney's battle to help Zephyr rise to the throne of Riash, Abaddon mourned him. Despite his increasing rift between himself and Mandex, no going by the name Ambition, when he died Abaddon was saddened despite their differences. Abaddon cared little when he would eventually hear of the loss of Baxillus and the alleged treachery of Francisco, however neither of these would wound him greatly as he had no distinct attachment to the two. Abaddon would grow ever closer to all of the surviving Maloneys throughout his tenure in the gang.

At some point while travelling with the purple-topped gang, Abaddon and his allies would end up in a tussle with feuding animated weapons during a quest given to them by Big Jack of the Bulldog Mafia. (Whom Abaddon was currying favor with in an attempt to gather their assistance for his planned retaking of Hadak'Ura as they themselves were exiles of Hadak'ura too.) After this fight, a Katana whom the party wrongfully turned on named Hinata would fall, and thus Abaddon claimed the blade for himself. The sword claimed his name was now Hinata, the Betrayed, however, Abaddon keeping in his mind his waning allegiance to Archibald Raphael and his ever growing love and respect for the Maloneys, decided to name it T*he Betrayer*. Almost prophetic, this name would indeed eventually come to fruition with his eventual betrayl of Archibald in the twilight moments of his Grand Plan.

### The Procedure and it's Fallout

After more adventuring with the Maloneys, Abaddon eventually heard word that there was a doctor somewhere in The Cut District of Blackbog who can fix absolutely any ailment. Ever since his experience with the crown of torment, Abaddon had suffered increased mental problems. Abaddon already had sever mental wounds both caused by his tragic past which he never fully came to terms with, and the eldritch powers which flung around in his brain which he could not adequately control, leading to many violent outbursts and strange behavior in his life. His experience with the crown had created an alter ego in his head, the uncontrolled psychic energy, Abaddon's most horrid and evil personality traits and the demented will and latent power of Erokan had all culminated together in a voice in Abaddon's head which referred to themselves as Mr. Marius Malignant, servant of Erokan. Abaddon would suffer blackouts and some physical issues as he got increasingly more and more sick while this entity resided in his head. Going forward, this would only serve to further Abaddon's immense hatred for Erokan. As such, when he heard about the aforementioned process to fix any physical or mental ailment, he grabbed the opportunity with both hands, two hands which he would not have for very much longer.

The process would end up being a success. However it was messy in its execution. Abaddon's errant and latent psychic power would lash out with pink and purple beams of psychic energy arcing around the underground lab in which it took place. Images of the bugbears who caused him so much pain in the past would manifest attacking the Maloneys. A psychic afterimage of Abaddon would assist in this fight, as well as a new addition to the Maloneys, the Paladin devoted to Soup, Sauderix. However, a last minute complication occurred blowing Abaddon's limbs across the floor. Arkill, attempting to use his lightening fast speed to put him back together again, along with the other Maloneys, would be somewhat successful. However, Abaddon's two arms had rotted off, leaving Abaddon both armless and completely comatose.

The latent psychic energy however needed somewhere to go. And since the soul jar which the doctor was using exploded during the process, the entity of true evil known as Mr Marius Malignant would end up flying into a warforged which the doctor had been working on. The being would instantly kill the doctor, claiming it as an act of revenge for Abaddon's arms, despite not caring about Abaddon in the slightest. He would go off to meet Archibald Raphael to assist him in his plans, being very intimately aware of them due to residing in Abaddon's head. Eventually, when Abaddon would come out of his coma, he would have very little motivation to help Archibald any longer, due in part to Malignant taking his violent drive and his mind being significantly clearer. While Malignant would help Archibald with his plans, Abaddon would be in a coma, meaning once Archibald found out about this fact, he decided to join the Maloney's on one last journey, during which he would find a way using both Mr. Marius Malignant, and the devil K'itihn to fake his death. Further fast tracking his plans. Abaddon taking this procedure however was off script, sewing some doubt in the mind of Archibald as to the commitment of Abaddon to his schemes.

### Meeting Odassi

As such, once Archibald had faked his death, Abaddon's role as a mole and a sleeper agent would be taken up by K'itihn. While comatose, Abaddon would occasionally be fed Sauderix's soup. After a few days, when Abaddon awoke in the blackjack, he was completely dejected about the loss of his arms, as he still felt the pain where his arms once stood. Not fond of alcohol in the slightest, Abaddon decided to make an exception and went to drown his sorrows anywhere except the Blackjack. It was then, in a half drunken state, he would see an Armless performing dancer and sorcerer named Odassi, this very sight gave him hope and Abaddon began talking to the Air Genasi. The two would become very close friends and Odassi would teach Abaddon the ways of using mage hand as a substitute for arms. During this period, Abaddon would learn he had increased psychic power due to his ability to think clearer. He however attributed this also to his missing arms, claiming it was similar to how a blind person has increasing hearing abilities. Abaddon would become a student to Odassi, and Odassi would teach Abaddon a spell of his own creation, *Mage Arm.* However, Abaddon vowed never to use this until he never had to stain those arms with the blood which was inevitably going to spill due to his mission and his actions. Odassi regaled Abaddon with stories which involved individuals he had never heard of before, but also two which he indeed had, Mortimer Crowley and Mr Sykes/ Evidently there was more to Odassi than met the eye. Before deciding to return and help the Maloney's after hearing they dispatched with one of the devil lords of Blackbog, Abaddon would decided to get new clothes, white clothes to substitute his original flamboyant colors, which where already substituted by a black suit he kept after going to court, claiming the color suited him. The new white get up symbolized his new mental purity, with it came a somewhat more compassionate personality and of course it honored his Air Genasi Master too. After a few days, Abaddon parted ways with Odassi, to join the fray of the Purple Toppers once more, not once considering his place in Archibald's grand plan. Subconsciously, Abaddon had already chosen a side.

### Return to the Maloneys

Abaddon met the Maloneys on the way back to the Blackjack, they were accosted by a gang of Bugbears led by one of the bugbears on Abaddon's list: Chamrath. In a rage he would suspend all of these weak Bugbears with his new found empowered telekinesis and fire his Katana *The Betrayer* into their leader, pinning him onto a nearby wall. After a brutal interrogation Abaddon found out one of the other Bugbears on his list planned to march on Blackbog to kill Abaddon once and for all as he heard word of what his plans where. Abaddon was pleased with this information as he now wouldn't have to search for him to end Tuggurt's life. Abaddon disposed of Chamrath in a bloody manner, kicking the katana's hilt over and over again until Chamrath was opened in a manner which Abaddon would later describe as "like opening a can with the incorrect tool and brute force" but used his telekinisis to suspend the blood in the air. He dispelled the blood around him in now particular pattern but used some of the blood to create a straight red line through Chamrath's name on his list. One offending Bugbear disposed of, 3 to go.

Evidently despite being armless, Abaddon's improved telekinetic powers as well as Odassi teaching him Mage Hand allowed him to now wield his blade through levitating it in the air beside him.

Abaddon had some knowledge of what was going on as during his coma he saw visions of some of the events which occurred, one of his visions was of the lord of Bedlam which the Maloneys had yet to find the identity of. Once he disclosed this, Ambition attempted to dive into his head and find out the identity, but was brutally repelled. The gang had no idea at the time, including Abaddon, but this was a result of the spell *Archibald's Memory Cage.*

During this time Abaddon would have to reluctantly work with the devil whom he loathed, K'itihn. Multiple times during their shared tenure in the Maloneys, Abaddon would attempt to undermine the devil and outline how suspicious he was. Despite genuinely not remembering him due to Archibald's spell, Abaddon had an evident latent hatred and perhaps a subconscious feeling he represented something Abaddon was not comfortable with, the impending doom of the new friends he has made in his adventures in Blackbog.

### Battle Against the Lord of Havoc

Abaddon would rally with what remained of the Maloneys including the returning Gwylas Suuder, a new addition in Timotheus the Aasimar Cleric of Aattenen and the surprise addition of Mr Sykes who had made his peace with the offending Maloneys so he could take down the devil lords of Blackbog. In the Armory of the Blackjack Abaddon would be briefed on the location and fate of all of the Maloneys and their allies, with the rest of the gang Abaddon would attempt to rally who they could to march on the Devil Lord of Havoc in the theater of Blackbog.

The gang would fight the lord of Havoc, but not before the party and Abaddon found a wounded Odassi on death's door, as if to taunt Mr Sykes and Abaddon. The two led the charge on to the stage, yet there was no apparent violent force there until Timotheus revealed the nefarious forces at play in the theater. Odassi, barely able to stand could do little to help the fight. During this battle however Ambition would fall at the hands of a Finger of Death from the Lord of Havoc, turning into a zombie who then began to attack Mr Sykes. Mr Sykes seeing his chance to enact revenge on Ambition for the lawsuit, tore the zombified version of Abaddon's former friend to shreds.

With little time to mourn, Abaddon and Sykes mulled over what to do with the helmet of Erokan, Abaddon wished to preserve it in the Blackjack as a memory of their fallen comrade, Sykes wished to destroy it due to what it represented. The Helmet may indeed have been snatched both by loot hungry Baron G and Timotheus but Abaddon's heightened perception due to his telepathy managed to barely keep it out of their hands. Even if Timotheus could make a perhaps legendary weapon from the metal of the helmet, and Baron G benefit from the defenses against necrotic powers it provided, in Abaddon's eyes this helmet was better off left to gather dust. This view was forged through his own negative experiences with the helm as well as his respect for his now long gone friend Mandex, which prevailed over his distaste for the recently deceased and contemptible version of his fallen friend, Ambition.

In the scuffle, the Helmet fell down to the feet of Moretti the badger, whom finally revealed herself to be a changeling. Abaddon had long been wise to Moretti's secret but out of respect for her and Mandex he never divulged. Although he would later challenge her on why she didn't save Ambition, ultimately Abaddon would not complain, in his eyes his friend was long dead, Moretti joining their ranks proper represented more of a moral purity than anything Ambition stood for. Thus Abaddon viewed this as a net positive, despite deep rooted melancholy at the loss of Mandex, he had long come to terms with the fact Mandex was no more, further to this, he saw that this would all mean he himself would never have to raise his blade against his former friend. All in all, Abaddon embraced the new permanent member of the Maloneys perhaps an even more pure version of his former friend, Abaddon thus had little to complain about, especially when he saw her impressive abilities of assassination which she thankfully used on the devilish enemies of the Maloneys.

### Donning the Purple Colors

The Blackjack was raided while the Maloneys were out fighting the Lord of Havoc. The Millers, with new devilish forms, attacked to capitalise on the absence of many of the Maloneys. Abaddon joined his fellow gang members in ridding the pub of the Millers as well as the devilish entities inside. Tony Maloney gathered everyone to say that they would charge on the Miller's base of operations the next day, everyone was to wear their purple colors. This was Abaddon's chance to express his love of the Maloneys, as they had been the only group of people to truly accept him into their ranks.

Abaddon donned his purple colors and joined everyone in the assault of the Miller's pub. It was however eerily empty bar the bodies strung along the floors. There were hints here which led the Maloneys on a series of investigations throughout Blackbog, through which, Abaddon kept his Maloney uniform on, in fact he would not wear something else until he died, twice. These investigations would eventually lead to a place which Abaddon was all to familiar with despite the fact he currently could not remember it due to a spell cast on him. Raphael Manor.

## The Battle of Raphael Manor

Entering the dining hall of Raphael Manor, all was revealed to Abaddon as he saw the lord of Bedlam standing in front of the fireplace, his boss, his blood brother and his lifelong friend Archibald Raphael, and thus Archibald dispelled the memory cage, Abaddon now remembered everything. The most wounding of which was that he remembered his role as a sleeper agent and as a mole for Archibald in the gang. The gang which truly accepted him, the gang which he felt at home with, the gang with many who he would consider comrades, he had betrayed them all even before he met them, and he was never any the wiser until now. He was disgusted with himself, because truly he did know at times what he was doing, he just denied it to himself, not only had he lied to everyone he loves but he lied indeed to himself. In this moment, negative thoughts postulating as to whether Hadak'Ura were correct, maybe he was always wrong, maybe he truly was the single most wretched scum in a world filled with many worthy of that title.

As Archibald attempted to convince everyone to join him, he ushered Abaddon to his side, Abaddon joined him without a word, he was too busy thinking. Abaddon was horrified as he saw Archibald brutally beat Mikey Maloney to death. The only gang Archibald had left alone was the Bulldog Mafia in respect to Abaddon and his ambitions yet here he was killing one of Abaddon's comrades. Once the Maloney's were dead set that Archibald was wrong and that they would show him that through force, Abaddon attempted to throw his hat into the ring by beseeching the gang to convince Archibald he was wrong. This never had to turn into a battle, besides if it did, who did Abaddon join. The team of Mr Malignant, Archibald Raphael, K'itihn and Yin Teralin seemed insurmountable to him. Further to this despite him truly despising Malignant and K'itihn, he truly loved Yin and Archibald, the only step forward for Abaddon was Diplomacy.

However, Diplomacy was never an option, voices and fists and blades were all raised alike and the bloody battle broke out in earnest once Baron G. rolled the dice of the divine and the other devil lord of Blackbog arrived thus as the 12 sided die rolled a 13. Mandrake the Mad arrived and suddenly there were 3 sides to this battle. As the battle truly erupted Abaddon had to pick a side. But in truth his decision had been made a long time ago. He ran to Moretti with his blade *The Betrayer* raised and lowered it down unto Moretti to carry out the blades namesake. Not with the blade itself, but the blunt side of it, where though that he gained the touch he needed to cast the spell *Death Ward,* unto Moretti, protecting her from harm. Abaddon's sword nomencalture was indeed prophetic, he had betrayed his lifelong friends for his new found comrades. After all, Archibald had not truly trusted him, otherwise why had he cast the memory cage upon Abaddon.

The battle raged and with it many fell, Abaddon tried to keep everyone alive more than harm his opposition, even forgoing the chance to kill Marius Malignant whom was everything he was, everything he had turned away from, the true evil which at one point resided within him. Indeed once Arkill Valac struck down the evil construct, Abaddon in a brief moment of cowardice ducked, he did not want any more nefarious powers in his head if ever it could be avoided. And with that Marius Malignant and therefore the worst parts of Abaddon's psyche where no more.

During the fight, a crown of torment was forcibly placed of Gwylas' head, Abaddon felt vicarious pain for this due to his hatred of the helm and everything it represented. Abaddon resigned himself to help Gwylas remove the helm no matter what happened if he could manage to assist.

However, Abaddon too would soon follow in being no more, as, in his frail attempts to keep his friends alive, Archibald would punish his childhood friend first by enfeebling Abaddon's mind, something which Abaddon cherished more than anything, causing Abaddon's mental state to revert to that of an imbecile, completely impairing Abaddon's ability to communicate, cast spells, think or indeed use his telekinesis, thus his ability to use anything was also impaired. This was a fate worse than death, but Archibald decided to levy death upon him too, by performing a coup de grace upon a downed Abaddon, driving the Raphael family heirloom into his heart, killing him instantly.

Thus ended the life of Abaddon Falsetto, known to very few now as the name of his birth Morag Gnothruck, however this is not how his story ends. Archibald too was killed by a sneak blow through his neck from Mandrake the Mad. The only to truly survive the Battle of Raphael Manor was Mandrake and K'itihn on a technicality, however the devil still plunged down to the blood pits of the 9th, Nessus regardless.

## Time in Hell

### Arrival in Hell

Abaddon opened his eyes and he was travelling on the river Styx with the Maloneys. They would find Blackbog thrown to hell, the dispondant Maloneys would all end up finding refuge in the Blackjack. During these early days in hell Abaddon would quite literally be useless and nothing but a burden. Eventually, Timotheus who normally did not get on with Abaddon, out of impatience and annoyance would cure him of his ailments, endebting Abaddon for the rest of his life in hell to the cleric.

Abaddon maintained the Maloney colors, in fact he was arguably in a better position than he was in life as he no longer was dying of old age. So he was able to go on many adventures with his friends who he had chosen to stay with over the Raphael's whom he lived with for many years. For him this found family was worth more than a life for him. Regardless, everyone wanted to get out of hell by finding their souls. If that is what they wanted, he would join them, besides, if he did get back up to the surface he may as well carry out his ambitions of retaking Hadak'Ura. Besides, despite his betrayal, Archibald never rescinded his aid he sent to the outskirts of Blackbog for Abaddon in life, so hopefully that would all remain there for Abaddon to reclaim when he returned to life.

Thus, Abaddon joined the Malonys for one final adventure, causing Havoc throughout hell, nobody would die on his watch, while there were many close calls, he decided that his life should be spent keeping his friends alive. After all, how many had he lost now? The only one with a fate that he was unsure of was Odassi, everyone else was dead or perhaps worse in the case of Squire. Thus he felt duty bound to keep all those who wore the color purple alive and well to the end. So with this resolution, Abaddon joined the gang on a rampage throughout the 7th.

Connecting with an individual named Bootleg, a smuggler who could get them out of hell, the gang came to terms with the fact that they needed to get one soul coin each, a soul coin being the currency used in Hell. This would be the price of their salvation. So the gang set off on more misadventures, getting scammed out of their soul coins by eager devils at almost every possible juncture.

Abaddon secured a soul coin once he was confronted by a ghost from his past; Balon, the yet unaccounted for Bugbear from the four who tormented him. This was confirmation enough that Balon was dead, yet Abaddon decided to slice the apparition's head off regardless, gaining a soul coin.

He would be greeted again by Balon once the Bugbear's corpse was shot out of a Pink Worm which the gang killed in an attempt to rescue Mr Sykes who had been swallowed whole by the creature. Being greeted by this corpse Abaddon was reminded of all of the pain he faced and lost his normally pragmatic composure and buried a dagger multiple times into Balon's corpse's neck until he was satisfied. Using the residue on his dagger he struck Balon's name off the list. 2 down, 2 to go.

Eventually finding their way back to the hellish Blackbog, the gang found themselves in a deficit of soul coins due to a myriad of unforeseen circumstances. One of them of note being the gang getting scammed by torturer Grekan, which led to a legal dispute between himself and Abaddon. Yet Abaddon backed down due to the smug nature of Grekan, leading Abaddon to believe the headless lawyer of the 7th which Grekan held over the parties head would rule unfavourbly to the Purple Toppers, due to the absence of a written contract. Abaddon did not realize at the time this was indeed Mandex the Lawful, although it is questionable as to wheter their conenction would be relevant in a court of devilish law. Yet, they ventured to the chamber of Erokan, where, on a bridge leading to the main chamber, Arkill and Abaddon worked in tandem to force many hellish beings to plummet to their death in the lava. On a high from this jolly cooperation with his trusted ally, Abaddon's mood only served to plummet when he saw the floating head of Ambition in a mechanical vat of some description in the final room of the chamber of Erokan.

Abaddon was cold to Ambition, yet he set aside his distaste as Ambition offered them help with their soul coin problem. All they had to do was capture Mother Mathriss, now Countess Mathriss and place a crown of torment on them. The gang did this and thus only had to now find their souls, as they had plenty of soul coins to pay off Bootleg. The party parted ways with Ambition, yet as per the contract, a duty was held over his head that he had to help the party where possible to get out.

### Baalzebul and Moloch

Searching in many avenues for their souls, the Maloneys found a source to find a individual named the Flayer of Fiends. The gang found this individual, little did they foresee that this indeed would be the overbearing grandmother of Timotheus, much to Abaddon's amusement. She gave them a choice, take the heart of someone in true emotional turmoil or get the mucus of the slug lord himself.

A debate raged on for hours as the gang could not decide what to do. However after much deliberation they decided to kill either Tony or Pyeodah, this was no easy task and the vote to do so only won by one vote. Abaddon was in a position where he questioned his own morals, in the end his rationale was for the salvation of all of his friends and indeed himself he would have to help take the life of one of these friends. A horribly dark reality, but a much more realistic goal than facing a demigod.

When faced with Tony who was asleep by the fireplace of the Blackjack, and a weak Pyeodah. Gwylas explained the situation to Pyeodah, much to the chagrin of the others who voted otherwise, Pyeodah's resolve to be killed in place of anyone else broke Abaddon's pragmatism and changed his vote, he was only being selfish, he just couldn't admit it. In his eyes no true Maloney could take the life of another in the gang. The vote thus was in a deadlock. Only for Sauderix, the Maloney Chef to come out from the Armory to make an impassioned speech, he had not voted yet, thus his vote was to face the slug lord. Abaddon cheered and charged with his comrades to the house of the slug lord.

In the house of the slug lord, the Duke of the 7th lay asleep. After convincing them to let him pass Abaddon telekineticly swabbed as much of the Slug Lord's mucous as possible, but just shy of getting the required amount the Slug Lord awoke. The gang then all fled for their lives, most got out relatively unscathed, the fact Abaddon's nose was greatly impaired from the Crown of torment meant he perhaps did not have to suffer as much of the stench as his counterparts. Arkill Valac however got shortchanged in comparison, half of his body was claimed by the Slug Lord. The Maloneys retreated to the Chamber of Erokan, there hey rendezvoused with an unimpressed Ambition as well as newly geared up Tony, Pyeodah and Mr Sykes. Here they would all make a final stand which culminated in a battle on the same bridge Abaddon and Arkill did their previous stunt, where they were faced with Moloch, Viceroy of the 7th.

The battle was ruthless, Abaddon, Morretti, Gwylas and Mr Sykes in particular all nearly lost their lives. They were saved by a divine intervention coordinated by Timotheus, however he was Timotheus no longer. Abaddon, along with everyone else forgot what they once called their comrade in arms, now he was The Worldbreaker, named after the legendary weapon he now wielded. If not for him making Moloch hurt from fire for the first time in his life, then Abaddon would have likely lost his life. It was evident that Abaddon's lease on life was running out.

After the fight, there was an emotional dispute between the gang as to why they were travelling with each other to begin with. The underlying mistrust came bubbling to the surface, however for the most part they came to terms with it all. Abaddon reinforced that in the Maloneys was the only place he belonged. His new found pride in the gang was maligned even by Tony who had lost some hope, however Abaddon would die on this hill, for in reality he had nothing of worth left bar his loyalty.

Getting some of the mucus off of the slain minion of the 7th, there was no enough to sate the Flayer of Fiends. As such they fulfilled their side of the bargain and were told where their souls where, spread between Cania and Nessus. The 8th and the 9th.

### Cania

The gang all had to travel to Cania and pretend to be Bootleg's thralls, Abaddon had little issue in this, being a seasoned actor.

Once they arrived in the 8th they were given special Fimbulwinter coats which protected them from the magical cold of Cania. Tired and exhausted Abaddon was running out of energy to fight, but he was determined to see this all out until the end. Well after some travelling and fighting he was indeed greeted with an end. In a circular area surrounded by dolmens which protected the gang from a strong frigid storm, Abaddon, using his mage hand and invoking the name of Odassi for courage, tore an ominous sword out of the ground. Upon examining the blade, it became apparent the sword was emblazoned with the phrase "your end" in infernal. This was about to be the second prophetic name of a sword in Abaddon's life.

The sword revealed statues of the gang all dead in various grizzly manners. Abaddon was frozen with icicles going through his body, missing his legs. Abaddon, dismayed by the idea of losing more limbs was deeply disturbed. Upon solving the riddle posed by the sword, dolmens and the statues, the gang moved onward to The Spire, which would bring them to the gates of Nessus. However they happened upon a battle between two dragons frozen in time. One of these dragons would turn out to not quite be as frozen as they though, indeed it was Arkill's draconic ancestor: Valacthrimathrazar.

The ensuing fight would prove fatal, as in a cruel twist of fate, the Maloneys of Rysn raised from the dead by the dragon would tear Abaddon's coat open, in his final moments being able to fight he attempted to keep the others alive, he was a success in that regard. He refused Baron G's offer to give him his coat as he did not want to accidentally endanger anyone else. With that Abaddon shared his final words. He thanked everyone for the journey, for their kindness, for letting him find somewhere to belong. He expressed his apologies he couldn't bring them to the end. A failure to the very end Abaddon begged all of his friends to make it out of hell for him, with one final goodbye Abaddon would turn to ice, resembling the statue he saw when holding the blade entitled "your end". Before his passing however he levitated his iconic spectacles onto Baron G and telepathically transferred his life story and life work unto him. Abaddon had no reason to believe Baron G would carry anything out, other than being his friend and a fellow freedom fighter, however Abaddon would never force his friend to believe or do anything. It was one final gambit to make sure Abaddon could get his revenge from beyond the grave, and that his life would not be a total failure, even if it meant it took his friends to get there. With this Abaddon was fully committed to ice, and his sword *The Betrayer* clattered to the ground, a sword which represented his commitment to the Maloneys and his renouncement of the Raphael family and all things devilish. Tony placed his very own Top Hat on Abaddon's head, an extreme honor for the recently passed Orc. The gang had a brief moment of mourning while Baron G. created a monument to Meriala (Abaddon was a firm worshiper of Velern but considering Baron G's religious belief this was meant out of respect) and then they went on, carrying the permanently frozen body of Abaddon with them through the gates of Nessus. They would go on to escape hell, while Worldbreaker carried Abaddon's frozen corpse out with them, they would defeat Master Miller and then all go their separate ways.

## Legacy

Abaddon's death was not the end of his story. Baron G would wear his spectacles as well as use the Earth of Nessus to paint his face in a sort of war pain, as an homage to Abaddon's severe facial scaring.

Archibald Raphael would meet the party in Nessus and one of the reasons he would fight alongside the Malonys in their final battle would be revenge for his fallen friend Abaddon, who he held no ill will to, as he admired his conviction. Archibald would comment in disgust that the spectacles did not suit Baron G. Archibald would die due to this decision to fight, joining his old friend and his wife in non-existence.

Arkill to this day wields *The Betrayer* as the head of the Maloney gang.

Baron G and Moretti would come together and meet Tuggurt's army which he had prepared to find and kill Abaddon. Their revolution would last many bloody years, but honoring their fallen friend, they succeed in the end. The only Bugbear left unaccounted for from Abaddon's list is Dargroth, his location and fate remains unknown to this day. Some who knew of him say they hear him in every strange noise they hear, and see him in every formless shadow they see peeking around the corner.

Baron G. would hold Abaddon's spectacles along with many other memorabilia he kept from his adventuring days in his house.

Moretti would rise to the throne of Hadak'Ura, this was in her own interest but Abaddon and her had discussed this previously, starting the order of Raphael in the process.

Abaddon's frozen corpse lays in the corner of the Blackjack pub to this very day. Arkill is often quizzed about the sculpture, to which he only ever replies with true stories, nobody ever believes them, who could blame them. Sometimes fact is indeed stranger than fiction. Abaddon as such remains a figure of local speculation and mystery in Blackbog, with his place ironically being forever in the Blackjack, the only place he could call home, right beside the fireplace where other Maloney artefacts reside, one of which being Tony's hat, which stays on the never-melting icey head of Abaddon. Further irony to this situation can be seen with the fact Abaddon fought for art for most of his life and in the end he became a work of art himself.

A grave was made for Abaddon in Velern's graveyard in Blackbog, even though his body remains in the Blackjack.

## Relationships

### Archibald Raphael and Yin Teralin

While Abaddon spent many of his years with them, and would have always called them true friends. he would eventually drift apart from them as it became apparent he was being used. Even though Archibald viewed him as a true friend, it was also true that Archibald saw Abaddon as unpredictable and thus attempted to mitigate the risk the orc posed to his plan. When Archibald woke up in hell he found he had nothing but respect for Abaddon. He would end up losing his life fighting Master Miller due to this respect.

While Archibald and Yin were wounded by Abaddon's betrayal of their cause, Archibald came to terms with it very quickly. Ultimately the times they had together were good, and the three of them were all responsible for how they all ended up. Ironically their friendship is what led all three of them to be killed, twice each. Their shared friendships were indeed a tragedy and ill-fated from the beginning.

Archibald had found and reached out to Abaddon when he was at rock bottom and Abaddon never forgot this.

### Mandex The Lawful/Ambition

Abaddon and Mandex became close very quickly. Where Archibald was Abaddon's first true friend, Mandex was his second. They would have many parallels throughout the time they knew each other. The two were an inseparable duo until Mandex donned the Helm of Erokan.

Abaddon despised Ambition, he resembled Mandex's worst moment in Abaddon's eyes, they day he forsook Abaddon's advice and their friendship for power, an act which also only undermined Zephyr, whom Abaddon had also grown close with. Abaddon had decided that one day he would either kill Ambition or prefarbly try to bring Mandex back to what he was as the two's various plan and ambitions so to speak led to frequent clashes in personality. Meeting Ambition in hell was unpleasant for Abaddon, as even in death he was playing with power beyond his comprehension and had learned nothing.

All of this however did little to undermine the friendship Abaddon had and in a sense still held for Mandex. Abaddon being imprisoned very negatively affected his mood, however bonding and coming up with con man schemes with Mandex softened the blow, as such he saved Abaddon from what felt like rock bottom.

### Odassi

Odassi felt like a messiah to Abaddon. He found him when Abaddon was at his lowest. Now the third person who reached out to him when he was at rock bottom. Odassi became Abaddon's master, teacher and close friend. His cheery optimism and flamboyant nature despite his situation gave Abaddon hope. And this hope fueled Abaddon in the twilight days of his life, if not for Odassi it is likely Abaddon may have stayed on the side of Archibald. Abaddon held regret in his heart as he died that he could not have any last words for Odassi.

### K'itihn

Abaddon and K'itihn had nothing but mutual hatred for each other. While K'itihn enjoyed Abaddon's betrayal that is about the only amusement the two got out of each other.

### Mr Sykes

Despite a rocky start to their friendship, Abaddon and Mr Sykes would grow to be close friends, fueled by the fact they were both fighting for what they believed in, while both being on the verge of dying of old age. Abaddon did not live to see Mr Sykes die, but if he did he would not have mourned, for he would have felt Mr Sykes lived his life to the fullest, something which Abaddon indeed envied about Mr Sykes.

### Zephyr

While at first believing King Zephyr to be a liar due to a misunderstanding, thus dubbing the satyr "The Liar King", the two would grow to be good friends. Especially when Abaddon realized he wasn't quite lying about his station of being a king. After helping to establish him on the throne of Riash, Abaddon would keep in regular contact with Zephyr through letters. Zephyr promised to send some troops to Abaddon to help his planned revolution of Hadak'Ura.

### Arkill Valac

While initially highly distrustful of Arkill initially, Abaddon would come to revere him in time. Abaddon would himself enjoying Arkill's company exponentially more as Abaddon's conviction to the Maloney gang strengthened.

### Gwylas Suuder

While initially the two would be quite cold to each other, and also they would be quite distrustful of each other at different points in time. The two would end up being close comrades in arms by the end. Abaddon had a lot of empathy for Gwylas while he had the crown of torment on him. Abaddon would be satisfied with his own sacrifice if he knew that Gwylas, who along with Arkill represented the strong roots of the Maloneys, which Abaddon had come to greatly respect.

### Squire

Abaddon was greatly disturbed by the loss of Squire, considering him one of the strongest warriors amongst them. If Squire was vulnerable, then it did not bode well on the chances of the other Maloneys. Abaddon did research looking into getting Squire back from Thros' plane of loneliness but nothing of use ever popped up. This was not a friendship, but a respect from Abaddon borne from Squire's abilities and the dire situation which the Maloneys were in.

### Sauderix

Abaddon greatly respect Sauderix. The man helped Abaddon through his procedure despite only just meeting, and helped nurse him back to health with his soup thereafter. Abaddon saw Sauderix as a selfless hero and wished other could be like him, so when Sauderix made an impassioned speech about charging on the slug lord, Abaddon was quick to follow as he saw Sauderix as a moral paragon.