Voragheel - Inside Erevan's Guide to Death and Beyond - Vol. 12 (Patreon)
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"I was once a traveler, a seeker of glory and conquest. But fate's cruel hand led me into the jaws of Voragheel, that dark dragon of legend. Now, I am but a shadow of my former self, cursed to roam the night as a servant of his insatiable thirst for vengeance and blood."
-Mezna, undead adventurer
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Voragheel, a dark dragon of immense power and majesty, once claimed the skies, his vast wings casting shadows that inspired both dread and awe across the realms they touched. Yet, his ambition and growing power drew the attention of the Shepherds, a clandestine assembly of ancient vampires. The Shepherds, recognizing the dragon as a rival in their quest for control over the night, plotted his downfall.
The vampires ambushed Voragheel through a web of blood magic, striking the powerful dragon with surgical precision at a moment of distraction. With a single stroke, they ended Voragheel’s story, taking his remains as a trophy to harvest for rare components. His resting place lay under a mausoleum that became a vault for their dark artifacts and rituals.
Centuries passed, and the legend of Voragheel faded into obscurity, his name a mere echo among the countless tales of fallen monsters. However, destiny harbored other plans. A relentless trickle of blood—remnants of countless sacrifices made above by the Shepherds in their dark rites—seeped through the layers of earth and pooled within the dragon's tomb. This unholy baptism worked a dark miracle over the centuries, and in the darkness of a moonless night, Voragheel stirred once more.
With veins aglow with the unholy energies that gave him new life, Voragheel’s resurrection was not as a creature of flesh and bone but as a being of death and darkness. His scales shimmering with a crimson sheen and his eyes burning with the malice of the damned, he was reborn as a vampiric dragon with an insatiable thirst for vengeance and blood.