Zandalfor Baskrada

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Lord **Zandalfor Baskrada**, the **Obsardis King** is the **main antagonist** of Imperialism of Illagers. A notable member of the Baskrada Tribe, he is the founder and ruler of the  Obsardis Kingdom

## Appearance

Zandalfor is an Illager with dark grey eyes. He dons an unique **netherite chestplate** and **netherite helmet** (though in some cases he wears a gold crown with a dark grey gem). From the waist down, he wears a dark blue stripped jeans with metal kneecaps and metal boots.

## Personality

Zandalfor is an ambitious illager hidden beneath his benevolent persona, being remorseless to those who dare block his path. Despite so, he puts great care for his people. as all his ambitions are driven to regain the ancient glory of the Illagers during Herobrine's rule.

## Biography

### Background

During his lifetime, Zandalfor fell in love and married with Ursa of the Vokreda Tribe.

At some point, Zandalfor unified the Illagers of the Obsardis region into one kingdom named the Obsardis Kingdom, and made a truce for the Obsardis Illagers to change their morals. He later made an alliance with Vardoclya Kingdom and had a good relationship with the king, Fredrick, though this was all just a trick to get information of the beacon.

With Ursa, Zandalfor had a son named Bengar, who grew as a fierce warrior and was conscripted into the military once he came of age.

Later, Zandalfor embarked in a journey to find the first, "prime" artifact, the Orb of Dominance. After exploring a dark cave, he found the Orb and brought it back to his castle, later embedding it into his netherite staff.

### Banquet Incident

Prior to the events of the episode, Zandalfor sent an invitation to the Vardoclya Royal Family for a dinner banquet in the Obsardis Castle.

During the banquet, Zandalfor revealed his plans to Fredrick and Xena to their shock, before Kaios Destroda and Denise Lassida broke into the room and quickly apprehended Fredrick and Xena as Zandalfor smirked. He watched on as Atlas Vokreda killed Fredrick, however after seeing Xena was quickly rescued by an invisible figure, Zandalfor slammed his fist on the table out of anger and ordered his generals to chase after them.

### Fall of Vardoclya Kingdom

Some time after the banquet incident, Zandalfor devised a masterplan for the Obsardis Kingdom invasion, sending out many battalions to conquer several areas simultaneously, one of which being led by Gladia Naeuda.

### Coven Village Raid

Zandalfor himself personally led his own battalion composed of cavalries and footsoldiers, marching through the Valdez Savanna to take over the Coven Village. During the raid, Zandalfor took down several golems off-screen before directly facing Maya Valdez.

At first, he intimidated her into giving Arcane to him, to Maya's stoic defiance. Unsatisfied, Zandalfor teleported at Maya, destroying her barrier at one strike and quickly overwhelmed the Coven Mistress. After throwing her a distance away, Zandalfor charged his laser blast and unleashed it at her, but she narrowly escaped with a Teleportation Pearl, much to Zandalfor's dismay. He then teleported out to claim his victory on the razed village.

## Skills and Abilities

Zandalfor is an extremely skilled warlord, favoring polearms as his main arsenal. While not the most impressive in physical strength he compensates it with his wits, speed, and agility.

With access of the Orb's unfathomable powers, Zandalfor is easily the strongest non-cosmic character in the series. With the Orb, he can teleport himself or his troops, create blasts strong enough to break magic barriers, and fire a laser beam that explodes on impact. It can also absorb the powers of other artifacts.

Upon absorbing the Beacon's powers, Zandalfor's speed, durability, and strength increased significantly, as well as able to heal himself at will.

## Trivia

* Originally, Zandalfor was named Auobyss Arch-Illager II and as the name suggest, he was the second wielder of the Orb. He also had a very different backstory and was originally intended to be the apocalyptic antagonist in the series.
	+ All of these was later changed since the series' plot can no longer fit in the Minecraft Dungeons lore.
	+ His original name is derived from the antagonist from *Monkart*.
* Zandalfor is inspired by the Illager King from *Annoying Villagers* and the Arch-Illager.
* Zandalfor's current name is taken from Albert Zandalfor aka Wither Marrowkai, Baryonyx's OC in *Just a Fallacy*, a PvZ-based RPG (now dead).
* While referred as "Pillager King" or "Illager King" in some video titles, these aliases aren't canon in-universe.