LAZARUS

Lazarus
Category Heroes
Region Lands of Purity
Race Half-Khazarkar (death knight)
Gender male
Title Commander of Atturgad
Alignment neutral
Deity none
Born 2 Lunar 1430
Undead 21 War March 1490
Died 19 War March 1535

Lazarus, a towering and robust Khazarkar, often sported a lengthy ponytail and vibrant facial adornments. Emblematic of his kin, he exuded an air of arrogance and superiority, intent on subjugating the lesser races dwelling within the realms, save for his fellow Khazarkar.

Lazarus was also known as the Nameless Knight. He was born in the Lands of Purity, the child of a Sifberill, a nymph druid, and the son of the legendary Khazarkar paramander, Sir Mai' Pverill, Protector of the Groves.

Both parents were ardent nature enthusiasts and maintained a strictly neutral alignment. Their desire was to cultivate a son who embodied the essence of nature and the unwavering principles of neutrality. Consequently, they bestowed no name upon their only son, believing that any name would inevitably align him with a particular cause - be it good, evil, law, or chaos. He was known to them and the other denizens of the forest simply as the Nameless Knight.

Determined to forge an independent life free from his parents' influence, the Nameless Knight arrived at the lunatic belief that equilibrium could only be preserved through the annihilation of all existence.

Balance cannot be achieved by assisting both virtue and wickedness, order and disorder - for this merely extends their conflicts.

Motto of a Paramandyr

The Nameless Knight determined that the path of the paramandyr could bring about equilibrium through the annihilation of all existence. He began following the ways of the paramandyr at the age of 15, after conversing with a traveler. This traveler happened to be the Rogue Knight, a former member of the Lances of Merioss. This knight, who had renounced his name, taught the Nameless Knight the customs of the cavalier and would subsequently become his surrogate father. The Lands of Purity were abandoned; his mother was left with a startling discovery in her fountain - a butchered pet deer poisoned with the juice of the black lotus flower. She resurrected the animal, only to witness its demise again by poison. No surprise was left for his father, as the fear of this knight was too great for the Nameless Knight to overcome, but one day he would come to encounter the "paramandyr balance" of his son, and it would be oblivion.

Lazarus, a former member of Black Banner, was a courageous yet reckless knight. In battle, he invariably led the charge and stubbornly held his ground during retreats. Despite perishing numerous times, Katrana and Dax repeatedly resurrected him from the brink of death to continue the fight.

After the Siege of Gravestone Gates, he vanished and his whereabouts remained unknown for an extended period. Somewhere during this time, his moral compass shifted, and he transitioned into an illrigger.

In the year 1490, Lazarus, now elderly and weathered from combat, was documented serving in the forces of the Orchish Empire. As a reward for his dedicated service and the demand for skilled commanders, the necromancers of Úrwath transformed him into a formidable death knight.

In the year 1535, Lazarus led the forces at Atturgad. During the Siege of Atturgad, the Golden Elite and their formidable army assailed the stronghold. In a rare instance of personal combat between commanders, Galtrag vanquished Lazarus in a display of true chivalric valor.