Zharrek was the emperor of Shroudvale and one of the first shapers. He sought to recover Zal’therak from Silas and died overloading his essence outside Rimvold.
Appearance
He was tall, with fissured skin, glowing cosmic veins and dark eyes. He wore a crown of bone and metal.
Magic
Zharrek used divine and cosmic magic. He layered enchantments and barriers over his body for close combat, fired cosmic beams and summoned meteors. Drawing essence around him could kill his own shapers as well as his enemies.
History
The first shapers
After the Malverand Empire fell, Zharrek and Malcairn researched survival in the encroaching darkness. Zal’therak supplied essence, and they learned to embed core shards throughout human bodies. Zharrek became a shaper while Malcairn tested the treatment in the darkness. It prolonged survival but did not make them immune.
When Zal’therak withdrew his support, Zharrek and the scholars imprisoned him in a crystal using Malcairn’s research without his knowledge. They used the god’s essence to transform citizens. Malcairn opposed the forced conversions, and those who refused left. Shroudvale grew in the former empire’s place.
Shroudvale
Zharrek believed the shapers were destined to rule and expanded their borders. A coalition of human nations defeated them, then built a wall rather than enter the feared ruins to destroy the survivors. Zharrek spent centuries preparing another conquest and assembled an elite army. He permitted Malcairn to seek peace, but expected the humans to attack.
Malcairn instead freed Zal’therak and took his shard. Zharrek demanded its return and pursued him beyond Shroudvale. He also offered to stop the killing if Jin Leiyun surrendered Tianlei’s shard. Jin escaped.
Raindawn and Rimvold
Zharrek attacked Raindawn with his army and meteor spells. His duel with Jin devastated the city and surrounding land. Master Han overloaded while shielding the city from their clash. Zharrek withdrew, then followed Silas east toward Skarnheim.
Outside Rimvold, Silas fought him and urged him to abandon the invasion. Zharrek refused and overloaded to summon an asteroid, dissolving into essence before it struck. Silas used Zal’therak’s void magic to consume the asteroid, saving the city but becoming trapped in the void himself.
Relationships
- Malcairn: His close friend and fellow researcher opposed the forced transformations and sought peace. Freeing Zal’therak made him the target of Zharrek’s pursuit.
- Zal’therak: Zharrek welcomed his help, then imprisoned him and exploited his essence to sustain the shapers.
Zharrek was the emperor of Shroudvale and one of the first shapers. He sought to recover Zal’therak from Silas and died overloading his essence outside Rimvold.
Appearance
He was tall, with fissured skin, glowing cosmic veins and dark eyes. He wore a crown of bone and metal.
Magic
Zharrek used divine and cosmic magic. He layered enchantments and barriers over his body for close combat, fired cosmic beams and summoned meteors. Drawing essence around him could kill his own shapers as well as his enemies.
History
The first shapers
After the Malverand Empire fell, Zharrek and Malcairn researched survival in the encroaching darkness. Zal’therak supplied essence, and they learned to embed core shards throughout human bodies. Zharrek became a shaper while Malcairn tested the treatment in the darkness. It prolonged survival but did not make them immune.
When Zal’therak withdrew his support, Zharrek and the scholars imprisoned him in a crystal using Malcairn’s research without his knowledge. They used the god’s essence to transform citizens. Malcairn opposed the forced conversions, and those who refused left. Shroudvale grew in the former empire’s place.
Shroudvale
Zharrek believed the shapers were destined to rule and expanded their borders. A coalition of human nations defeated them, then built a wall rather than enter the feared ruins to destroy the survivors. Zharrek spent centuries preparing another conquest and assembled an elite army. He permitted Malcairn to seek peace, but expected the humans to attack.
Malcairn instead freed Zal’therak and took his shard. Zharrek demanded its return and pursued him beyond Shroudvale. He also offered to stop the killing if Jin Leiyun surrendered Tianlei’s shard. Jin escaped.
Raindawn and Rimvold
Zharrek attacked Raindawn with his army and meteor spells. His duel with Jin devastated the city and surrounding land. Master Han overloaded while shielding the city from their clash. Zharrek withdrew, then followed Silas east toward Skarnheim.
Outside Rimvold, Silas fought him and urged him to abandon the invasion. Zharrek refused and overloaded to summon an asteroid, dissolving into essence before it struck. Silas used Zal’therak’s void magic to consume the asteroid, saving the city but becoming trapped in the void himself.
Relationships
- Malcairn: His close friend and fellow researcher opposed the forced transformations and sought peace. Freeing Zal’therak made him the target of Zharrek’s pursuit.
- Zal’therak: Zharrek welcomed his help, then imprisoned him and exploited his essence to sustain the shapers.
Zharrek was the emperor of Shroudvale and one of the first shapers. He sought to recover Zal’therak from Silas and died overloading his essence outside Rimvold.
Appearance
He was tall, with fissured skin, glowing cosmic veins and dark eyes. He wore a crown of bone and metal.
Magic
Zharrek used divine and cosmic magic. He layered enchantments and barriers over his body for close combat, fired cosmic beams and summoned meteors. Drawing essence around him could kill his own shapers as well as his enemies.
History
The first shapers
After the Malverand Empire fell, Zharrek and Malcairn researched survival in the encroaching darkness. Zal’therak supplied essence, and they learned to embed core shards throughout human bodies. Zharrek became a shaper while Malcairn tested the treatment in the darkness. It prolonged survival but did not make them immune.
When Zal’therak withdrew his support, Zharrek and the scholars imprisoned him in a crystal using Malcairn’s research without his knowledge. They used the god’s essence to transform citizens. Malcairn opposed the forced conversions, and those who refused left. Shroudvale grew in the former empire’s place.
Shroudvale
Zharrek believed the shapers were destined to rule and expanded their borders. A coalition of human nations defeated them, then built a wall rather than enter the feared ruins to destroy the survivors. Zharrek spent centuries preparing another conquest and assembled an elite army. He permitted Malcairn to seek peace, but expected the humans to attack.
Malcairn instead freed Zal’therak and took his shard. Zharrek demanded its return and pursued him beyond Shroudvale. He also offered to stop the killing if Jin Leiyun surrendered Tianlei’s shard. Jin escaped.
Raindawn and Rimvold
Zharrek attacked Raindawn with his army and meteor spells. His duel with Jin devastated the city and surrounding land. Master Han overloaded while shielding the city from their clash. Zharrek withdrew, then followed Silas east toward Skarnheim.
Outside Rimvold, Silas fought him and urged him to abandon the invasion. Zharrek refused and overloaded to summon an asteroid, dissolving into essence before it struck. Silas used Zal’therak’s void magic to consume the asteroid, saving the city but becoming trapped in the void himself.
Relationships
- Malcairn: His close friend and fellow researcher opposed the forced transformations and sought peace. Freeing Zal’therak made him the target of Zharrek’s pursuit.
- Zal’therak: Zharrek welcomed his help, then imprisoned him and exploited his essence to sustain the shapers.
Zharrek was the emperor of Shroudvale and one of the first shapers. He sought to recover Zal’therak from Silas and died overloading his essence outside Rimvold.
Appearance
He was tall, with fissured skin, glowing cosmic veins and dark eyes. He wore a crown of bone and metal.
Magic
Zharrek used divine and cosmic magic. He layered enchantments and barriers over his body for close combat, fired cosmic beams and summoned meteors. Drawing essence around him could kill his own shapers as well as his enemies.
History
The first shapers
After the Malverand Empire fell, Zharrek and Malcairn researched survival in the encroaching darkness. Zal’therak supplied essence, and they learned to embed core shards throughout human bodies. Zharrek became a shaper while Malcairn tested the treatment in the darkness. It prolonged survival but did not make them immune.
When Zal’therak withdrew his support, Zharrek and the scholars imprisoned him in a crystal using Malcairn’s research without his knowledge. They used the god’s essence to transform citizens. Malcairn opposed the forced conversions, and those who refused left. Shroudvale grew in the former empire’s place.
Shroudvale
Zharrek believed the shapers were destined to rule and expanded their borders. A coalition of human nations defeated them, then built a wall rather than enter the feared ruins to destroy the survivors. Zharrek spent centuries preparing another conquest and assembled an elite army. He permitted Malcairn to seek peace, but expected the humans to attack.
Malcairn instead freed Zal’therak and took his shard. Zharrek demanded its return and pursued him beyond Shroudvale. He also offered to stop the killing if Jin Leiyun surrendered Tianlei’s shard. Jin escaped.
Raindawn and Rimvold
Zharrek attacked Raindawn with his army and meteor spells. His duel with Jin devastated the city and surrounding land. Master Han overloaded while shielding the city from their clash. Zharrek withdrew, then followed Silas east toward Skarnheim.
Outside Rimvold, Silas fought him and urged him to abandon the invasion. Zharrek refused and overloaded to summon an asteroid, dissolving into essence before it struck. Silas used Zal’therak’s void magic to consume the asteroid, saving the city but becoming trapped in the void himself.
Relationships
- Malcairn: His close friend and fellow researcher opposed the forced transformations and sought peace. Freeing Zal’therak made him the target of Zharrek’s pursuit.
- Zal’therak: Zharrek welcomed his help, then imprisoned him and exploited his essence to sustain the shapers.
Zharrek was the emperor of Shroudvale and one of the first shapers. He sought to recover Zal’therak from Silas and died overloading his essence outside Rimvold.
Appearance
He was tall, with fissured skin, glowing cosmic veins and dark eyes. He wore a crown of bone and metal.
Magic
Zharrek used divine and cosmic magic. He layered enchantments and barriers over his body for close combat, fired cosmic beams and summoned meteors. Drawing essence around him could kill his own shapers as well as his enemies.
History
The first shapers
After the Malverand Empire fell, Zharrek and Malcairn researched survival in the encroaching darkness. Zal’therak supplied essence, and they learned to embed core shards throughout human bodies. Zharrek became a shaper while Malcairn tested the treatment in the darkness. It prolonged survival but did not make them immune.
When Zal’therak withdrew his support, Zharrek and the scholars imprisoned him in a crystal using Malcairn’s research without his knowledge. They used the god’s essence to transform citizens. Malcairn opposed the forced conversions, and those who refused left. Shroudvale grew in the former empire’s place.
Shroudvale
Zharrek believed the shapers were destined to rule and expanded their borders. A coalition of human nations defeated them, then built a wall rather than enter the feared ruins to destroy the survivors. Zharrek spent centuries preparing another conquest and assembled an elite army. He permitted Malcairn to seek peace, but expected the humans to attack.
Malcairn instead freed Zal’therak and took his shard. Zharrek demanded its return and pursued him beyond Shroudvale. He also offered to stop the killing if Jin Leiyun surrendered Tianlei’s shard. Jin escaped.
Raindawn and Rimvold
Zharrek attacked Raindawn with his army and meteor spells. His duel with Jin devastated the city and surrounding land. Master Han overloaded while shielding the city from their clash. Zharrek withdrew, then followed Silas east toward Skarnheim.
Outside Rimvold, Silas fought him and urged him to abandon the invasion. Zharrek refused and overloaded to summon an asteroid, dissolving into essence before it struck. Silas used Zal’therak’s void magic to consume the asteroid, saving the city but becoming trapped in the void himself.
Relationships
- Malcairn: His close friend and fellow researcher opposed the forced transformations and sought peace. Freeing Zal’therak made him the target of Zharrek’s pursuit.
- Zal’therak: Zharrek welcomed his help, then imprisoned him and exploited his essence to sustain the shapers.