The Ghost:Characters/The Archon of Apostasy
The Archon of Apostasy is a deathlord operating in the Summer Mountains in creation's south east and the surrounding areas. He is a rival of The Bishop of the Chalcedony Turible, The Mask of Winters, and The Eye And Seven Despairs, but is allied with The Lover Clad in the Raiment of Tears and the First And Forsaken Lion. Like the bishop his plan to destroy creation is a world spanning death cult, but unlike the bishop is actively pursuing this plan, using his nemmesaries and Deathknights to expand the reach of death cults and ancestor worship through out his sphere of influence.
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History
The history of the Archon of Apostasy is a long and winding one, but it breaks down fairly easily into four phases. During the first age he was a solar, then during the shogunate became a death lord and began to build his power from next to nothing, during the second age he began to formulate and set in motion his plans to destroy creation and now that the time of tumult is upon us those plans change and twist as things begin to move ever faster towards the dawning of the third age.
The First Age
The Shogunate
The Second Age
The Time of Tumult
Servants
Plans and Operations
Known Alias
Like some other deathlords The Archon of Apostasy goes by a number of titles, reserving his true identity for his most trusted servants and important events. The following is only a list of the KNOWN alias which he continues to use and their associated ongoing projects, he has many many more.
The Black Diamond Jeweler: This is the identity under which the Archon makes deals with the Guild for the providing of rare and exotic supplies from the underworld in exchange for silver Dinar's with which his favored servants can increase his influence in Sijan and other such locations. Among other exotics he trades with the guild are raigeints for alchemy and poison's concocted by his ghostly worshipers which can sicken even ghosts and demons and will kill mortals instantly.
The Flame of Shadow: This identity is an open secret among his servants, the guise in which he walks abroad when traveling to meet with his fellow death lords in person. He is considering discarding this alias as it is becoming too well known. In this identity he feigns to be a simple ghostly peasant, traveling on business, from one point along his rout to another. However, if forced to fight he 'reveals' himself as the legendary hero 'The Flame of Shadow' and fights his would be attackers ruthlessly and to their destruction.
