Defiler Kings

The Defiler Kings are a small group of survivors of the Lizard Kings. Once powerful Wonder-Workers in their own right, they turned to the Wyrm and became the first Mnetics.

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At the end of the War of Dragons and the dusk of the Age of Kings, some among the Kings refused to surrender. Calling upon despair so powerful that it permanently warped their being, they pledged themselves to the Maeljin Incarna and traveled deep into the Umbra, forsaking Gaia forever. When they emerged, they were servants of the Nameless Angel of Despair.

Lost to Wyrm-tainted hubris, the Defiler Kings consider themselves the world-spanning Dragon Empires’ only true legacy, condemning modern Mokolé as pathetic echoes who crawl on their bellies to appease Gaia instead of standing tall in the Dissolver’s embrace. They believe that cleaning up the lesser peoples’ mess is their new sacred duty.

There is only a single clutch of Defiler Kings, with five members. Each of them is a frightening power in their own right, but the true danger they represent is that they can warp the spiritual landscape of any Realm to their liking given time, drawing upon their understanding of the old Mnesis.

Reference

 * , p.39-40