Volkalis

One of the apprentices of Arkadius Secondsight. Volkalis was able to take possession of the Ark-Tower and used it to form a powerful cabal called the Eye of the Tower during the Clash of the Cabals.

## Timeline

392PE: Apprenticed to Arkadius Secondsight in Armakania.

384PE: Learned how to harness the Hearthwold in the Ark-Tower. Volakalis was then assigned to oversee it by the master.

371PE: Arkadius died and the struggle for supremacy betweeen his apprentices began. At the very start of the Clash of the Cabals Volkalis took control of the Ark-Tower and stayed aloof from the initial strikes. He gathered his few followers and designed the concept of control that would form his cabal the Eye of the Tower.

370PE: After the first clash concluded, the cabals of Cold Comfort and Ebsix's Circle were decimated and Hollow Truth fell upon the remnants and scattered or destroyed them. Volkanis was encouraged to strike but held back instead he investigated the Ark-Tower further and learned more of its secret defences and powers.

368PE: Hollow Truth fractured into multiple warring cabals through internal strife. Several non-mage assassins were used in a series of killings. This resulted in the nation being ripped apart again in civil war. Many 'normal' people abandoned the city for outlying towns and the protection of other cabals such as Cold Comfort, the Dragon's Eye and the Crystal Scepter. Volkanis realised this was his moment. He struck without warning or hesitation, unleashing the Ark-Tower's weaponry on the city of Tor Armakan. He released the Star Guardians and used them to take control of the city. Most rival cabals that had not already fled the city went into into hiding or were wiped out.

In the aftermath of his complete victory Volkanis revealed his new soulcrafted magic. He could place a brand of an eye on his followers to ensure their loyalty. All those sworn to him now were called the Eye of the Tower due to the brands they wore upon their foreheads. These brands were placed by Volkalis himself and were in the shape of an eye. If the person were considered suspect Volkalis could look through the brand to see what they were doing. Also if he used a command word the eye would start to close. Initially, this would cut off the branded wizard's senses and then their ability to use magic and finally, if the eye closed, it would incapacitate them completely allowing them to be summarily executed. Volkanis was left currently as the undisputed ruler of Armakania.

367-365PE: Also Volkalis had turned Armakania into his personal kingdom and used the Star Guardians, the Ark-Tower with its magical forces and his enslaved cabal the Eye of the Tower to rule as a tyrant and dictator. He then began to extend his control and wrecked havoc on surrounding settlements and even impacted on other city-states such as Tor Honarik and the area known as the elven and dwarvern settlements around Golden Lake. This resulted in 365PE with a group of cabals meeting and formally uniting against Volkanis and the Eye of the Tower.

365-364PE: The united cabals turn on Armakania and fight against the Eye of the Tower and Volkanis. Volkanis won the initial battles unleashing powers that his opponents could not even comprehend. However, in 364PE a small group of heroes that included a templar from the Tor Celer, dwarves and elves from Golden Lake and wizards from the united cabals broke the ritual used to control the magical eye brands. This then allowed Volkanis' own erstwhile allies and apprentices to turn on him. This they did en mass. he was thrown out of the Ark-Tower and left to face the wrath of the united cabals alone.

364PE: It is unclear how Volkanis evenutally met his end. Many claimed Glacial hunted him down personally, others suggested it was the band of heroes who broke the Eye that eventually toppled him, but the story most often repeated is that he attempted to use one of the magical weapons he had taken from the Ark-Tower in a desperate bid for ultimate victory and it destroyed him in the process.