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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 7849649" data-attributes="member: 2209"><a href="https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/28630/Lords-of-Darkness-3e?affiliate_id=17596" target="_blank">Forgotten Realms Lords of Darkness</a>3.0Larloch, The Shadow King, Human Lich Wizard 20, Epic Wizard 12: ?Mind Flayer Lich: ?Sammaster Lich: Sammaster eventually died—or, as some Cult members believe, became a lich and disappeared.The Night King, Faceless, Orbakh, Vampire Wizard 16, Archmage 1: He was also one of the few surviving stasis clones of the infamous Manshoon, erstwhile leader of the Zhentarim. He had awakened in the catacombs beneath the city just as the Manshoon Wars began, only to discover that prior to his revival he had been abducted and drained by the vampire Orlak, the self-proclaimed Night King who laired beneath Westgate.Orlack, The Night King, Vampire: ?Darklady Dahlia Vhammos, The Duchess of Venom, Vampire Cleric 15, Div 2: Orbakh observed the temple’s high priestess, Darklady Dahlia Vhammos, for several weeks, admiring her ambition, intellect, and capacity for cruelty. Because of these qualities plus her noble blood (Dahlia’s mortal family is one of the ruling merchant noble houses of Westgate), Orbakh brought her forcibly into the world of the undead, making her the first member of his Court of Night Masters.Phultan Hammerwand, The Duke of Whispers, Vampire Wizard 16: During one of Phultan’s many excursions to Westgate, he came into possession of information damaging to one of the lieutenants of the Night Masks. He was marked for death as a result, and he would have perished at the hands of Lady Dahlia’s assassins had he not first demonstrated his skills by divining the correct means of contacting the Faceless himself. Impressed, the Night King realized that Phultan was worth far more to him alive, or rather, undead. The gossipmonger became the second inductee into the Court of Night Masters as Orbakh’s personal spymaster and information broker.Tebryn “Shadowstalker” Dhialael, The Duke of Shadows, Half-Elf Vampire Wizard 3, Rogue 8, Guild Thief 5: Tebryn was the third and final victim of Orbakh’s desire for servitors, and the last victim to fall beneath the Night King’s Flying Fangs before that magic weapon was destroyed.Twilight Knight, The Duke of Twilight, Vampire Paladin 9, Blackguard 5: ?Sorenth “Happy” Gorender, The Count of Coins, Vampire Rogue 8, Guild Thief 5: ?Sir Draegan Guldar, The Count of Storms, Vampire Rogue 9, Guild Thief 3: Draegan made the mistake of flirting outrageously with his fellow aristocrat when they met at a noble’s ball; amused, Dahlia allowed the young man to believe she was ensnared by his charms. By the end of the evening, he was ensnared by hers, and by her bite as well.Servitor Vampire, Vampire Fighter 6: Servitor vampires, each formerly a warrior in the employ of the Night Masks and created by one of the dukes specifically to serve as guardians for their masters’ lair.Szass Tam, Lich: ?Arklem Greeth, Lich Wizard 16, Archmage 2: Distracted by his search for a means to prolong his life, Arklem Greeth didn’t see last year’s coup attempt coming until it was almost too late. As it was, he barely escaped with his life and was forced to flee Luskan for Mirabar, where he has remained for the better part of the last year. It was in that city, during his convalescence, that he made a new friend in Nyphithys, an erinyes who offered to grant the frail, wounded archwizard what he had so desperately sought. In return, Arklem need only allow Nyphithys and her associates to help the Brotherhood win the North. Greeth quickly accepted the bargain, and while his would-be successors squabbled among themselves for the spoils of their victory, Arklem underwent the transformation from human to lich.The two killers then set their sights on the Archmage himself, catching him unaware in his bedchamber on the night of 14 Eleint last year (1371 DR). Thanks to the magical protections he always kept in place, Arklem fled the Host Tower with his life, but he was sorely injured. Making use of a preplanned escape route, he traveled to Mirabar. There he went to ground in a bolthole he’d prepared years ago against just such an emergency, and contemplated his fate while he recovered, slowly, from his wounds.It was in this state that Nyphithys first visited him. The devil played to her strengths, taking advantage of the wizard’s frailty of body and spirit to overwhelm him with her charms. By the time she offered to share the secret of lichdom, Arklem was only too ready to become her willing partner. The devil helped her victim gather the necessary knowledge and ingredients for his transformation into a lich, and then accompanied him back to the Host Tower so that she (and a few summoned baatezu) could aid in the defeat of his enemies.Jymahna, Human Lich Wizard 19: Jymahna was once a concubine and was made into a lich by Shangalar.Kartak Spellseer, Human Lich Wizard 20, Archmage 5, Epic Wizard 6: Kartak Spellseer was destroyed more than 200 years ago but was restored this century by many carefully worded wish spells.Priamon “Frostrune” Rakesk, Human Lich Wizard 20, Archmage 4, Epic Wizard 3: ?Rhangaun, Human Lich Wizard 20, Archmage 5, Epic Wizard 8: ?Sapphiraktar the Blue, Ancient Blue Dracolich: ?Shangalar the Black, Tiefling Wizard 20, Archmage 5, Epic Wizard 2: ?Shyressa, Human Vampire, Wizard 20, Archmage 3: ?Alhoon: ?Banedead: ?Ghast: ?Bonebat: ?Dread Warrior: ?Revenant: ?Vampire Spawn: ?Skeleton: ?Zombie: ?Dracolich: From somewhere within the folds of his ceremonial garb, the officiating cultist withdrew two objects: a clay flask and an enormous ruby. Unstoppering the flask, the cultist proffered it to the dragon. Gracefully, the blue wyrm opened its huge maw. The cultist obliged, pouring the contents of the flask onto its tongue. A collective “ahhh” went through the watching cultists, and Harnath thought that he could catch a hint of a strange scent in the air. Sulfur?Suddenly the dragon’s jaws clenched tightly together, and the Wearer of Purple snatched his hand away barely in time. A spasm wracked the great creature’s body, and then it slumped forward on the platform and lay still. A brilliant light filled the ruby, spilling over into the hand of the Wearer of Purple. The light flared once, and then receded until it became a muted but constant glow. It was done. The first part of the transformation was complete. By the time the sun set this evening, Faerûn would know a new terror.In 902 DR the “Cult of the Dragon” created its first dracolich, using necromantic formulas that Sammaster inscribed in his magnum opus, Tome of the Dragon.More than a few Wearers of Purple are necromancers who seek out Cult of the Dragon cells for the specific purpose of joining their ranks. These necromancers oversee the complex process by which a living dragon is transformed into a dracolich.The Cult of the Dragon possesses a sacred book, written by Sammaster First-Speaker himself, entitled Tome of the Dragon. The tome is a thick stack of vellum pages bound together inside a cover made of cured red dragon hide. The Cult symbol appears in gilt on the front cover. The original copy contains details on all the insane archmage’s research in creating dracoliches. It also holds the complete text of his prophecies regarding the fate of Toril, the reign of the undead dragons, and the role of the Cult in administering the new world order. Moreover, it holds all the Player’s Handbook spells from the school of Necromancy, and details the process that must be followed to turn a dragon into a dracolich.Vampire: ?Death Tyrant Beholder: One of the most powerful and totally subservient allies a beholder can have is a death tyrant beholder. These creatures are usually created with the help of a powerful cleric or mage, except in the rare cases where the live beholder is actually a mage itself. Quite often the potential death tyrant is a slain rival or one of the beholder’s own mutant offspring.Wight: ?</blockquote>

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