DEATH - Ur-Drekken
THEY who has dominion over all foul death, dark necromancy and the theft of souls.
The Fallen Divine Ur Drekken, One with the Weave, True God of Death (a.k.a. The Usurped, Urd)
A whole continent, dead to the wider world. No ships berth there, no birds land there, and no plants survive there. Drekksa, lost land of fabled folk. Now, only undead roam.
Ur-Drekkan, True God of Death, is the master of evil and the antithesis of life. Undead - and those who seek their creation - fall within THEIR sphere of influence. While THEY no longer physically resides on Urvén, THEIR mark lingers as a stain upon the world; an entire continent bereft of life. Drekksa was THEIR empire in life, converted to a landmass of shambling monstrosities as part of THEIR ascension.
Artifacts
Ur-Drekkan created the dark wand Ends after ascending to godhood. It aids its bearer in the dominion of undead and in prolonging their own increasingly dark life. If the wielder dies while using it, they rise as a powerful shade, bound in servitude to its creator.
Divine Symbols & Sigils
The symbol of Ur-Drekken is usually a skeletal hand raised with its palm outstretched.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Obsessed with unlife for the full duration of his mortal existence, the self-titled high emperor Drekkan completed the ritual to become a lich at some point in the early second cycle of Urvén's history. This was not enough for THEIR lofty - and increasingly insane - ambitions. A few centuries later, high magics using the ley lines that criss-crossed the continent began to sap the life itself from the land. Undead grew wildly out of control, slaying the weakened living. For every person that perished, a new monster arose and Drekkan got just a little more powerful. As the entire land crumbled, THEY proclaimed themself Ur-Drekkan and disappeared from the mortal plane.
In more recent times, the worship of aspects of the Grave have displaced THEIR own worship. Few mortals worship THEM out of fear, instead opposing the machinations of those who follow THEM.
Accomplishments & Achievements
Like others who ascended to godhood, Ur-Drekkan was an accomplished scholar who managed to learn the "truth of the world" and leverage it into THEIR ascension. While it is fairly clear that THEIR rise to power revolved around the corruption of vast amounts of life, it occurred long enough ago that the details are lost to time.
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