Auereve

This creature was once and elf who lived in the land of Gol Krathu at the time ofMuk Utep's conquests. He was taken captive in one of the battles along with hundreds of others, most of them destined for a life of slavery.

Muk Utep, however, had other plans and took the elf into his partially constructed Pyramid. There he made the creature in Whyshirrim, or the thinking undead, and taught him some sorcery before letting him go.

Much as Muk Utep thought he would Auereve returned to his tribe, who were more than happy to have him back. Being what he was, however, it wasn't long before he started to grow weak. Fearing what his tribemates would do if he told them about the time spent in Muk Utep's Pyramid he turned to the fell skills of sorcery he had learned.

This was of little avail, although for a short time he did believe he was able to 'heal' himself in this manner. Eventually what remained of his natural life force was spent and being Whyshirrim he was unable to defile even the land for more. His only recourse was to coax life from those of his tribemates whom he felt would trade some to him.

Still he feared what the tribe would do to him if they learned his true nature. For this reason he went to only the more unsavory of his tribemates, those who would learn sorcery and pay the price he asked.

This went on only a short time before he was discovered. Those which he had taught sorcery to were banished from the tribe forever. The shaman of the tribe, knowing what Auereve had become, spoke to them of the dangers involved if they were to set him loose upon the world, and that they should burn him, making sure to spread the ashes.

Now, this was in the time before Muk Utep had scattered most of the tribes which lived in Gol Krathu at the time. As such, the leader of the tribe would not allow Auereve to be 'killed' no matter what his crime. Instead, with the help of the Shaman, he took the cursed elf into the southlands and found a shallow cave. There they bound Auereve to the rock with a set of enchanted iron chains, deeming that he could there meet whatever fate was to befall him.

And there he remained for several hundred years until an unnamed elf exploring the ruins of Steinel happened upon a sorcerous ring made by Muk Utep. Not knowing it was magickal he put it in his pouch and began the journey back to the client village where he sold most of his findings. As happens to many lone travelers he fell victim to a belgoi who, after consuming their meal, left his belongings on the North Road.

It was at this time that the gypsies happened upon his remains. Aryk took the ring and gave it to Apocoli, a gypsy sorcerer who knew the ring for what it was, and used it as such.

Apocoli was half-elven, and unknown to him, his blood traced its beginings to the same tribe of which Auereve was once a part of. This combined with the ring's origin being with Muk Utep made a special link to Auereve, such that he knew whenever the ring was being used, and in turn called to Apocoli's mind for aid.

In due course the gypsies tracked down Auereve to his place of binding. Not realizing what he was doing Apocoli traded some of his life force to the undead elf in exchange for sorcerous knowledge. Although the life-force given was very little, it was enough for Auereve to break free of his bonds - and in doing so awakened Luir, who was in the obsidian mines not far away.

The cave quickly collapsed, but not before Auereve got free. He has since been wandering the Known World in search of more 'students'. His apperance (a skeletal elf) generally scares away any prospects. He was last seen in Allanak, where he entered the city wrapped in a heavy cloak, searching for the ghost of Catlin. She was, at the time, under the protection of the Vampire Thomas, which scared Auereve off such that he has not returned to the city, or been seen, since.