Akerathon Necrull

First Pharaoh of Akerathon

First Emperor of Akerathon

First Pharaoh of Akerathon

The Best Necromancer there ever was

Lord of the Undead

Lord and Shield of the Sands

The Great

The Builder

House Necrull

Nathamal (Ancestor)

Avadan IV Necrull (Son)

Aroparn Necrull (Descendant)

Ankou Necrull (Descendant)

Absalom (Descendant)

Akerathon (Future Self)

> "*"The choice is yours, Sophia. Freedom or death.
> If you keep the Desert of Nimun and say it's yours, I will listen. Although you must remember that I lead the region closest to your Isle. Keep us as slaves and an army of dead will come to you, your own sons among them.
> Or, you can free us.
> Choose, Sophia. Quickly.
> Or else, I fear my undead will choose for you."*"
> ― Akerathon Necrull to Sophia
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Akerathon Necrull is the last Lord and Shield of the Sands that Atalar had in its twilight years. He is the descendant of the God of Death, Nathamal. A powerful necromancer, he was the founder of the Empire of Akerathon, a Primordial Human, the inventor of necromancy as it will be known on Sipherion and the builder of both the Great Pyramid and the Lighthouse of Kemet.

 Biography

Akerathon Necrull is born in -65 as the son of Maragon Necrull. He lived in the desert of Nimun and grew to be proud of his possessions and despised how Atalar was in controll of the desert. At 6, without much effort, he raised fourty undead soldiers attempting to do magic, and was thus already thought to be without doubt the most powerful Necromancer there ever was in House Necrull. He proved this by training in necromancy and beating everyone else in it. He was also curious of the history of his lands, a trait the one who raised him, Seneb, developped to its maximum. At 15, he was sent to Morn Lemiark to be raised in the art of ruling, as was custom for the heirs of the Terinar. There, he learnt how to rule and was happy to see that Morn did not have much respect for Atalar either. Coming home, he also ressurected soldiers from the War of Seven and learnt about Ayin, the Nihilites, the Daevas and Zenith. During a tour of his lands, the young heir paid a visit to House Zurich to ensure loyalty. He also went as far as the Daeva Steppes to meet with House Sha, and hear about their story, noticing similarity between the Rotten Tower and the Throne of Flesh. He then upgraded the Daeva Marches, turning them into truly protective walls.

It was he who asked Seneb to poison his father. With Maragon dead, Akerathon took the leads of the Desert and started the construction of a pyramid achieved in two years, with help from both undead and his willing people. He then killed the envoy Sophia had sent to recall him of ensuring of his loyalty, and when Sophia came herself, he proclamed his country independent, although he accepted to leave its eastern part to Atalar, under condition that Morn would get it, ensuring a powerful ally in the region. He served as the main base during the Atalari Revolution.

After this, he mainly focused on stabilising his rule, and made the Rotten Tower as a secondary house as the Lighthouse of Kemet, fully reorganising it. He then decided that every person that had helped in the constructions of the Pyramid and Lighthouse would now be part of nobility, ensuring their loyalty. He also took several concubines and had many children, including his heir, Avadan IV, and inserted part of his soul in the Scepter of Death, the ancestral artifact of his family. In 123, aged of 188 and surviving thanks to influence of death magic, he contracted with Baliaroch that as long as the demons had "death" with them, he would live, gifting them his Scepter of Death, and as such, ensuring it would be kept in a safe place. At 365, as Kespeth had stolen the Scepter for his own experiments, Akerathon died. Or so it seemed, for Akerathon creating his phylactery made him the first Lich and empowered him even more.

## Personnality

Akerathon is cunning and clever. Like many in his family, he is sadistic and sarcastic, often using dark humour. he has respect for necromancers and is confident in the abilities of his people. He is also extremely prideful and his pride is so great that it made him refuse to serve anyone. It is stated many times that Akerathon cherished his desert above everything else and his desire to secede was mostly a desire to see his kingdom at its pinnacle. He was also knowledgeable in history and was one of the few that knew of the War of Seven and Pre-Human Sipherion. Looking down on Memphis Necrull, he considered him a weak ruler, and despised comparisons to him, whether or not they were thought to be positive. He wasn't against negotiating with the Horn of Tiama and the Sahar Region in the objective of annexing them to his rule, although he respected their decision to be independent. He however considered the Middle-East to be part of his empire and acted in a both protective and condescendant way towards the Kasmodan Empire.

A master of negociation and threats, Akerathon was among the few who could compete with Sophia, even beating her at negociation when he proclaimed Kemet to be independent. Knowing and trusting Seneb since his childhood, he was fond of him and was known to have cried at his death. He also liked Morn Lemiark, and was happy not to be the only one despising Sophia. He was as such a fierce supporter of the Atalari Revolution and helped in it, growing to care for some members. He was however not very present in the lives of his children, at least at the beginning.

## Powers and Abilities

Akerathon is a necromancer and so has powers related to death and necromancy.

* **Fertility:** As Akerathon is human, he was still fertile and had children.
* **Death** **Magic:** Akerathon is skilled in magic, especially death magic, to the point of being considered the best necromancer of all times. His feats encompassed awakening legions of dead from a very young age to channeling necromancy to live longer and read the past, and even separating a part of his soul, thus creating the first phylactery, all of this without the help of the Scepter of Death. Akerathon actually had some Reapers confusing him with Khelzor, before fully mastering his skills, and is thought to have outranked him in necromancy mastery by his death in 300. After accumulating death magic since his death, and feeding on the Scepter of Death, he is now considered the closest death being to Maveth and the most formidable death magician of all times, no matter the species. He is considered as the first necromancer of mankind.
* **Upper Intellect:** Akerathon is extremely intelligent and clever.
* **Immortality:** Akerathon, as a Lich, is immortal as long as his phylactery isn't broken. Akerathon has ensured immortality as the Scepter of Death cannot be broken by anyone other than a Primordial.

## Facts and Trivia

* Akerathon is a combination of Aker, an egyptian god of earth, death and horizon and Akenathon, a pharaoh of Egypt who wanted to create a monarchy.
	+ Ironically, I had no idea at the time of Akerathon's creation that it was similar to Akenathon's name, it's later that I learned how much the two names were alike.
* Akerathon, as the first ruler of a powerful desert nation associated with death and necromancy serving as a Fantasy Counterpart of Egypt, can be considered as a counterpart of Settra. Ironically, as the most powerful necromancer and first Lich, he can also be considered a counterpart of Nagash.
* Like his descendant, Ankou, he bears the Scepter of Death which is an extremely powerful artifact made by the Guardians.
* Akerathon Necrull is my favorite character from the Former Universe on par with Eris Aaito, Kespeth Montauk, Kasia Thasrion, Sophia Atalar and Orianne Casteras.