The Ghost King
Physical Description
Special abilities
The Ghost King is mighty. His power stems from his immense age making him a powerful draconic specimen as well as his transformation into a dracolich, absorption of shadow magic energy from the Shadowfell, and the shared abilities of the mindflayer and lich cabal that inhabit his mind.
Specialized Equipment
The Ghost King has the mighty artifact Crenshinabon embedded in his skull.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
The Ghost King was once a mortal red dragon. Born on another world, the Ghost King's origins are widely unknown. What is spoken of, however, is how he survived a magical cataclysm on his homeworld which caused his flesh to slough off and turned him into a dracolich. Also affected by this cataclysm was a dying mindflayer whose now awakened spirit merged with the newly formed dracolich. Together, they determined that they would enhance themselves by smashing the mighty artifact Crenshinabon into their skull. With the addition of Crenshinabon, the cabal of seven liches who created the artifact, and whose souls inhabited it, were then also capable of interfacing with the new dracolich's mind. Together, the nine-minded being decided to give itself a new name, the Ghost King due to its supreme undead nature, and planeshift to the Shadowfell.
After hundreds of years ravaging the Shadowfell and gaining knowledge, the Ghost King had absorbed a vast amount of shadow magic energy, empowering him further. This attracted the attention of the Raven Queen, who decided to call upon one of her mighty servants, a warlock named Estok, and his adventuring party, the Crimson Dragons. The Crimson Dragons traveled to the Shadowfell and managed to track the Ghost King. Though he fought hard, he could not overcome the party of adventurers and instead fled to preserve himself. To do this, he planeshifted to the Elemental Plane of Fire directly in a lake of lava. After recuperating in the lava lake, the Ghost King decided to look into the adventurers who had wounded him so grievously. A number of years passed before he learned their identities, but after thoroughly studying these 'Crimson Dragons' he made his way to the Prime Material Plane and found the world of Edradus.
Since entering Edradus, the Ghost King has made his lair on the continent of Vukeron deep in a Naseran ruin. He has not been particularly active, preferring to further his magical knowledge through experimentation before venturing further into this world, though he was present at the Ashland battle between the Vigilants of Varahosst and Tiamat and her army. The Ghost King managed to not only slaughter one of Tiamat's spawn, a five-headed black great wyrm, but also claim the Draakhorn for himself after initially succumbing to its call when the battle began.
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