Nazlaieqk the Reclaimer

Nazlaieqk the Reclaimer was an Araian kyasid warlock, and ally of Mikhalinn during the close of the Second Era. A controversial figure not well liked even by his own people, he championed his dark crusade against the eastern lands of men through sheer willpower, brutality and force of religious charisma.

## **Biography**

Nazlaieqk made a reputation for himself within the Blood Moon tribe by proving himself the very worst of a bad lot. In
the Pits of Birthing, he was the last one standing amongst him litter. Upon his
victory, he proceeded to lap up some of the blood of his slain brethren, for
which he was castigated fiercely by the tribe’s warlocks - cannibalism of any kind is great taboo amongst the wolf-fey. Soon after his
decisive yet transgressive supremacy was proven, he was initiated into the
ranks of the Blood Moon’s priestly caste. In coming years, his fanaticism and
zealous commission to the cause of annihilation became legendary. Many of the
priesthood were impressed by his formidability in combat (due to his unusually
broad shoulders and muscle bulk), but he insisted upon cleaning his wounds by
licking them and developed a disturbing fixation upon fire, which they forbade
that he pursue.

Once he had achieved young adulthood,
Nazlaieqk came under the impression that he was a god in flesh and that he had
been chosen as an exarch of Oblivion upon the earthly plane. In his religious
mania, he lured a number of his tribe’s younglings into the Moon Temple and
cruelly put them to death, gathering their blood in the communal font for his
consumption. As he was enraptured and half-way through drinking his ceremonial
liquor, the tribe’s head priest discovered him and, once again horrified at his
anthropophagic transgression against his own kin, attacked him on sight with
lethal force. Nazlaieqk who was unarmed broke the priest’s neck and completed
his ritual consecration by washing the temple walls and altars with blood.

His ceremony having been completed, he
emerged from the front entrance of the Moon Temple bathed in red and bearing
the body of the high priest in his arms, whereupon he called the notice of the
whole tribe by lighting an enormous pyre and tossing the corpse upon it. While
his tribesmen recoiled in horror at the presence of hated flames within their
community, Nazlaieqk declared that they need not fear, for a new black dawn was
imminent and that the final cleansing of the world was to be carried out under
his leadership. Although terrified of the roaring tongues which threatened to
catch light to their dwellings an beloved trees, none dared defy him and the
majority were won over as he stoked their resentment towards the world of men.
The Blood Moon tribe now had their new religious and military leader.

Nazlaieqk would over the next years go
on to rally numerous other kyasid tribes to his dark cause, preparing to make
total war upon the human settlements of Arktorah and eventually the city-state
of Tolnor. His radicalisation of the wolf fey continued throughout this time,
and he came to wield powerful sorceries through the frequent ritual sacrifice
and exsanguination of tribal children. Although he longed to see the masses
burn, he reigned in his pyromania so as to avoid alienating his followers, and
stored up his fury so that it might be unleashed upon the humans in the coming religious
purge.