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<blockquote data-quote="HeavenShallBurn" data-source="post: 3697713" data-attributes="member: 39593">I've used a Villian based on myths about the First Emperor of Chin.Background:&nbsp; Basically the first Emperor of Chin (so sue me I use the old spelling <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> ) Qin Shi Huangdi was a tyrant of incredible proportion.&nbsp; His reign saw so many atrocities and deaths that in what I've heard attributed to rural myth he took on the trappings of a dark and malevolent spirit/minor deity.&nbsp; That to this day rural people of the region do not like all the digging and work around his tomb because of the myth that he could stir if he was disturbed.So I took these ideas and emphasized them, in a fantasy context.&nbsp; An ancient god-king of a forgotten empire of times long past who rested in a tomb under a mountain.&nbsp; Which of course was completely forbidden because if his tomb was disturbed this terrible figure might wake up and once again march forth to reconquer his empire.&nbsp; Of course the obligatory ambitious nobles from a decadent city-state looking for a tool to unseat their own sorcerer-king started poking round the site and it was wakey wakey time for the BBEG.&nbsp; Massive undying legions of skeletons, various golems, and elementals began to issue forth from the necropolis buried under the foothills.&nbsp; Basically he was an uber-lich on the scale of the FRs Larloch Shadowking.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="HeavenShallBurn, post: 3697713, member: 39593"] I've used a Villian based on myths about the First Emperor of Chin. [B]Background:[/B] Basically the first Emperor of Chin (so sue me I use the old spelling :) ) Qin Shi Huangdi was a tyrant of incredible proportion. His reign saw so many atrocities and deaths that in what I've heard attributed to rural myth he took on the trappings of a dark and malevolent spirit/minor deity. That to this day rural people of the region do not like all the digging and work around his tomb because of the myth that he could stir if he was disturbed. So I took these ideas and emphasized them, in a fantasy context. An ancient god-king of a forgotten empire of times long past who rested in a tomb under a mountain. Which of course was completely forbidden because if his tomb was disturbed this terrible figure might wake up and once again march forth to reconquer his empire. Of course the obligatory ambitious nobles from a decadent city-state looking for a tool to unseat their own sorcerer-king started poking round the site and it was wakey wakey time for the BBEG. Massive undying legions of skeletons, various golems, and elementals began to issue forth from the necropolis buried under the foothills. Basically he was an uber-lich on the scale of the FRs Larloch Shadowking. [/QUOTE]

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