Anteus

Anteus, the Necromancer

Anteus, was the main foe of the Primal Seven for the beginning of their journey, first thwarting attacks of his on Posttown from a nearby Crypt of old warriors, there they discovered, that the dead reanimated all carry different Glyphs added to the subject. Though they could not find Anteus there as he had seemingly moved on.

The parties next interaction with some of Anteus' leftovers, was when they were sent to Stonehill Mine and it seemed to be under the influence of Hades according to the owners. It turned out to be the work of two bandits and their traps that were spreading Hallucinogenic Gases on workers in the mine. They would then let Bulettes take them to be experiments for Anteus, the party accidentally brought the creatures to them by defeating the bandits. After a difficult encounter with the undead bulettes, made from the corpses of Anteus' experiments almagimated into these two forms. The party found a letter signed B, left by Anteus using the alias Bravo, or an allusion to the Number 13 the anniversary of his grandfathers seath and his revenge.

The next interaction with the dead, though it's link to Anteus isn't clear at this time how it may relate. Where two deathly riders took down another seemingly dead man riding away carrying a mask, later identified as the Mask of Varyas. The inscriptions may hold some clue to Orestes, Anteus' grandfather.

In Artemis Sentry the party were then sent to investigate an Island called Hecate's Crag an abandoned village around a Lighthouse, it was a truly forsaken place. Filled with spirits of the dead. This place notably informed the party from a diary of two children called Anteus and Bravo. Their grandfatehr Orestes died on this Island and was much beloved by them. The party fought many shadows within this place that killed Adrasteia. After investigating the lighthouse the party found the remains of an old man incredibly well preserved despite its age. They found 4 spirits beneath two of which were dancing together the third listening to music, and the third kept to the waves. Further investigation, found that they were the mother, father, grandfather and brother of Anteus. All seemingly killed in a necromancy experiment gone wrong thus cursing the whole island and claiming all of it's inhabitants. This seems to be the birthplace of Anteus, the Necromancer, clearly contacted by some other higher creature, Anteus left the Island soon after.

The party heard nothing from the Necromancer for some time, as he prepared for his revenge, infiltrating the Palace in Artemis Cove, and plotting his assassination of the King, but not before making him suffer, by torturing him with nightmares each night as he was stopped from sleeping before the anniversary of his Grandfathers death. As it was the King who had ordered his grandfather exiled for being too popular and a threat to his inheritance of the Crown, where he later died forgotten by most. Anteus managed to trick the party into beleiving he was a servant of the Palace, called Lenile, that he'd killed when he'd entered the palace. Due to this deception, Anteus' managed to inact the first stage of his revenge slaying the King ritualisticly to release the dead in the city attacking it and turning the citizens into part of the army. He then attepmpted to kill the Queen to finish the ritual. But fortunately the party aided by Neleous and Rigani, they managed to slay Anteus stopping whatever plans he had, though clearly some part of the ritual had already begun. When he died his staff changed into some kind of figure, said something about a Mother. Then warned the party that "soon their time would come" before disappearing. It's then that then party noticed Anteus' Golden blood being absorbed into the ritual. His blonde hair and blue eyes returning showing his Royal Lineage.

### Appearance

Anteus was clad in ragged black robes, plae skin withered pale skin, with longer drawn back white hair. His eyes so pale they look almost completely white, he carries a staff a long solid black rod that seemed to be made of some kind of metal. This staff seemed to change in form during the fight between a staff, scythe and daggers. He seems to always have a dark energy swirling around him, and a dark mist trailing behind him hiding some kind of secrets.