Darklurker

Its true name long forgotten, this creature is now known only as the Darklurker, a powerful being capable of sapping the life from the bodies of men, rending and putrefying their flesh with powerful magic.   Crime Against the Gods The darklurker began life as all celestials do- handcrafted by the gods to serve them over eternity, acting as messengers, heralds, and pawns in an inscrutable game. The true crime of the darklurker, just like the reason for its creation, was struck from the records of existence when the gods exiled it to the Dark Chasm. But in the festering places of ill-will where the servants of the gods can not travel, and the strength of their decrees are lessened, there still exist ancient tales of the Darklurker, of its secretive battle against the beings which created it, and the ultimate cataclysm of this war, which resulted in the death of the same god responsible for the darklurker’s creation. In the end, the price of the Darklurker’s battle was so high, the gods tossed away their celestial servant in disgust, intending for it to never again see the light of their existence.   Hidden in Shadow The prison of the Darklurker was specially crafted for it, cradled by the power of the gods to prevent it from ever being accessed. As the creation of a god which no longer lived, the other deities were prevented from simply destroying the darklurker. Instead the deities placed the Darklurker deep beneath the earth, guarded by spectral warriors which drew on the power of the darkness around them to contain the Darklurker. The gods searched for centuries for a mortal champion, strong enough to defeat the guardians and make their way to the Darklurker to hopefully end its desecrating existence. But the gods failed, and each champion after the last fell to the power of the Darklurker, their souls tarnished and shriveled by the battle so that they could never even join the gods in their celestial home.