Ar'achna Bael
RACE: Chaos
CLASS: Chosen
Originally born in Nehekhara, Ar'achna, or Archael at that time, was a soldier in the armies of King Settra. Obsessed with war and chaos Archael excelled greatly at the arts of combat. Many fell to his spear and razored shield. But as time passed and Archael grew older, his skills started to suffer from his aging. Until one day he met his match and was, gravely injured, taken into the medical care of one of the Mortuary Priests. There he met Kutulu Xul, who had the most painful methods of healing wounds. Kutulu had heard of Archael's reputation on the battlefield and took him under his wing. In this case, that meant subjecting him to various tests to see whether immortality could be achieved by men.
It just so happened that Kutulu had a few new ideas about horrible rituals of Death and Chaos magics that could be attempted... thanks to the confession of a certain genocidal High Elf named Cyn A'thalui. Kutulu was attempting not just to make Death irrelevant, as were the other Mortuary Priests - rather he was attempting to use those Black Death magics to DIRECTLY manifest nightmarish thoughts within the Chaos Aether; thereby to harness the empowered winds of Chaos for the benefit of ritual participants. With some other ruthless Nehekharans (not all of whom were Mortuary Priests) and with the guidance of some Dark Elves, this secret organization was managing to make Malevolence Manifest. Once healed, Archael became one of the leaders of this power-hungry and blood-thirsty cult.
As Dark Fate would have it, the very same High Elf who inspired this unholy cult would FAIL in his first attempt to snuff from existence the creation of his desperation. During the climax of one horribly bloody ritual, as eighty-eight nearly-dead, innocent, sacrificial prisoners were screaming from un-natural pain and anguish, Cyn showed up and managed to destroy a key component of the ritual - causing a cataclysmic eruption of unchecked Chaos and Black magics. All of the Nehekharans instantly died. The Dark Elves scattered. Cyn A'thalui repented his genocidal ways, and thought that he had succeeded in stopping the Anti-Sanctus Chaotica.
As mentioned, he failed. Cyn quickly realized that one side-effect of the explosion was his restored youth (for he was old even for an Elf) and what seemed to be an even slower progression of aging henceforth. This same lengthened life-span was bestowed upon all of the Dark Elves who were scattered by the "disastrous" explosion. It was several decades later, before Cyn realized that the humans had not been stopped either...
In fact, Archael and all of the other Nehekharans were now able to retain their memories from one life to the next... and as memories of past lives and horrors returned, so did those members of the Anti-Sanctus Chaotica seek each other out... to return to their ways of seeking POWER through DEATH and CHAOS.
Many centuries have passed in which Archael exploited his hosts and enriched his knowledge as combat evolved. Eventually it became clear that Chaos had the potential for him to reach ultimate immortality. After a few descendants into Chaos, however, he found out this would not be an easy goal to reach.
And now we live in the present, where Ar'achna is the host of Archael, where a strange bond has been created between them. Unlike his other hosts Ar'achna is far from perfect in combat, memories seem to have slipped away, yet determination burns like a fiery inferno in both their chests and fortune appears to work in their favor many times, perhaps the Schemer has a purpose for them, or is it really just sheer luck to have come this far?
Only one way to find out, WAR!