Bel Sammedi

Centuries before the founding of the Vintrian Empire? Bel Sammedi commanded the legions of the Umbral Host who warred against the Celestine and their golden empire. Centuries earlier, before the coming of The Great Black One, Bel Sammedi had stood with Vanya and lifted man from the fallow mud of the world and taught them the magic of language.

Once fallen to the corruption, he became a warlord for the Adversary. During the Ennwrathi Wars? Bel Sammedi was an engine of destruction with his blade, but it was his frightening command of Elan and corrupted spirits of the fallen that made him feared above all save Dheymos. His command over the fallen troops of the Umbral Host lasted through both wars ending only when the host itself was shattered. For seven centuries the Bonelord, as he had come to be known, crushed all who came before him. Like the Umbral Host, Bel Sammedi was broken at the Battle of ((Orebh ya’ar)).

One of the few surviving Ennwrathi of the ruinous battle, Bel Sammedi needed time to regain the power he had lost and to formulate a new strategy with which to bring down the Celestine. During his centuries of torpor, the wounded god cultivated restraint and forethought. His plans stretched into years and generations of men who had proven decisive at the Battle of Orebh Ya’ar.

The Bonelord allowed his form to pass from this world, unleashing his dark spirit from the frail shell that his body had become. While his flesh died, his spirit lived on, seducing those who sought power and those who were too foolish to know fear. As the years passed in the lands of men, his reach grew to extended far beyond his bitter tomb.

Personality:
Bel Sammedi is an emotional void; he neither feels joy nor disappointment. His plans are unfathomable but objectives within that plan are discernible. The Bonelord has concentrated a great deal of attention and effort into the subjugation Middea and has done so for several centuries. He is subtle in methodology and his touch is light – steering the elevation of one noble or plotting the downfall of another so that lineages die out. His servants and followers can be equally subtle as needed.

Description:
The Bonelord is pale divinity, fleshless but cloaked in a mantle of shadow that gives the impression of emaciation. His shadow form is furnished with immense, black wings that flutter but do not produce any wind. His eyes are pools of black water in whose depths saintly men have drowned.