Necromancer of the Dark Feylands
by AozAozy Markov
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Went by Markvo when he was a cat
Was born in Glantri around 957. He was born to Eugene and Mary Markov, son of a merchant and an artist. As a small boy, Aozy liked to read adventure books and wanted to go adventuring but his parents wanted much more for their son. So, his parents hired a magic tutor and the tutor drilled Aozy 6 days a week. In his limited spare time he watched his parents sell magical components and Mary's grim artwork: popular with necromancer and people who like paintings of death. However, when money was tight his parents even would sell worms to the local fisherman. At the end of the 2nd year, the tutor had Aoz casting cantrips. After seeing their boy had a talent for magic they insisted he go the the Great School of Magic. He was only 9 year old and wanted to stay at home His parents got him a skull ring: permanent aid spell and (MU) animate dead/once per week (this was a shock to everyone) along some gold to bribe him to go to the Great School.
When Aozy was twelve, he was going to visit his parents for the weekend; however, he was attacked by some thugs. He used bead of force he had traded a few undead servants for that day. Thankfully, a passing female vampire heard the noise and helped him then had a quick snack (the thugs and took care of the bodies for him). This attack changed Aozy's life and he realized some people would kill for a few gold. They have had a few adventures even advised him to what on marriage to his ex (Aozy should have listened to her).
Sensing the latent power within Aozy Markov, his teacher a Master of Necromancy along with a good word from a certain vampire. Markov joins the necromancey circle. He was already known to the circle: low level students that create their own undead servants and pets get noticed quickly. Aoz, was a very good student, but other students (non-necromancers) made fun of his undead servants and his parents this dispute with a classmate caused him to try a very dangerous and experimental spell: he attempted to call a long-dead Glantri spirit. He succeeded in calling Taksull, but it was not Glantri spirit instead it was a Carnifex shadow-spirit that slipped through when Aozy had opened a portal between the living world and the dead. Taksull tried to kill Aozy and the other students, but the Master of Necromancy stopped the attack and returned Taksull to the shadows. The Master erased the events from all the students' memories except for Aozy and warned him about the Carnifex.
Adventures: Link to Inherit a Dungeon by Aoz
20% Unknown Parties: is Aozy Markov
Bug Juice Alchemy by Aoz
-Bug Juice Alchemy got his attention.
Buglore: Patron of Formians and Protector of Plant and Insects
Buglore's [Page 140] worlds.
Codex Immortalis
Around 1016: Aozy, Cleric of Buglore and a group of adventurers worked together to defeat the Lich. Aozy gets the Library of the Lich and is pleased with the outcome. Once the adventurer's undead Lich relative is taken care of Aoz Markov will even use the Lich's name "Maze" as an alias.
After buying out the PC or adventurers share. Aozy will give or donate 10% to Buglore, may still need to give adventurers 10% of business and keep 50-60% himself.
Aozy creates some undead minions (Lightning Zombies) and leave them in charge along with a cleric of Buglore at the Ierendi Rock HQ.
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A flash back to Markov's beginning adventuring career: One of his first adventures in around 974 (at the age of 17) he was almost getting eaten alive by a minion of the Night Spider. Only because of his undead servant did he get out alive. That was a wakeup call to him and made him really, really dislike spiders. It also made him realize adventuring is not as easy as it is in books.
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Asked her to take care of his parents while he was adventuring. There was a misunderstanding and she turned them into vampires. So, she and his parents started a new Business Venture in Glantri: The Blood Bank. Mary has also begun experimenting with blood paintings.
Parents & the Vampire
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From RE: another decade... another Glantrian project hahaha by micky
micky wrote: Mon Jul 05, 2021 3:31 pm16. Emporium de la Mort/Tenements
A main door from the gondola dock gives access to this 5-story building and a large staircase leading to the upper floors. The ground floor is occupied by one of the more unique businesses to be found in the Business Quarter.Emporium de la Mort deals in the Necromancy Arts. The Shop mostly sells Skeletons (hp 1d4+4 ) for 100 GP each and Orc Zombies (hp 2d4+8) for 200 GP for those for whom a mere human servant is not good enough as well as well as selling common spell components needed in the Dark Arts. The Emporium sells Skeletal Dinosaur and Armored undead Elephant mounts on a limit base for 400 GP per HD out of its larger location in the outer cities Crocus Precinct.
Visitors to the Emporium are either greeted by its owner Aozy Markov (Age 57, M19 3rd Circle Necromancer, AL - N) or his assistant Quill Cadieux (Age 22, M11 2nd Circle Necromancer, AL - N). Markov is considering selling the business to Cadieux and retiring to the dark woods of Erewan due to a recent fascination with the Fey kindled after seeing Larry Elmore’s pictorial showcasing their beauty in Playmage magazine.
First saw Quill when he came into Aozy's shop selling a few herbs, Aozy bought many herbs over the years from Quill and over time even hired Quill as his Assistant at the shop.
Quill Buys Emporium de la Mort from Aozy. With gold and a few ancient Sind scrolls then Aozy moves to the Dark Woods (1017); however, is a silent partner (10%).
Aozy Markov has ingested the maximum potion of youth a Glantrian can drink. Aozy does know of the Radiance because of course he talks to a lot of dead people but mostly just when he drinks too much. Markov quietly begins researching the Radiance.
Emporium de la Mort is sold on 3.1017 to Quill Cadieux.
After retiring to the Dark Woods in the Feywoodlands, Aozy realizes without the modern conveniences of Glantri it is not as wonderful as he is thinking. Man eating plants, Intelligent Spiders, bugs, even a Dark Fey Queen that has Daddy issues that reminds him too much of his ex-wife. Markov went to a trading post called the Hole. Rabbits, mouse, even Bee folk...where are all the exotic beauties. As he was leaving, he slip and fell on some centaur droppings.
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Reminds him of his ex-wife: and now they are teaming up...No thank you!!
He was able to find, and repair abandoned keep, may have been the Archfey Castle. Now mostly repaired, modified and full operational the castle in the heart of the Dark woods is a thorn in the Dark Queen's behind. He even burnt back some of the Dark Woods mostly to see the spiders coming.
The Old Arch Fey Castle (the castle changes to sit the owner taste): Has more secrets then meets the eye even the Dark Queen fears what is the ancient castle.
Aozy Markov: Known as the Necromancer of the Dark Feylands and sometimes as Markvo the Cat
Aozy now 22nd level then in the next 7 months, 9.1017 Glantri is actually 16.33 years in Dark woods, he reaches 36th level and has started carefully studying the Radiance with the help from few spirits and a group of friends also called the Brotherhood of the Radiance.
Now, he started his research to extend and expand his own time around 11.1017. He meets an interesting Elf, after Aozy assisted him, then the Elf has helped Aozy Markov in his pursuit of Time. However, time was against him after his ex-wife appeared, teamed up with the Dark Queen and the spider population triple it was time to move on 6.1018. He creates an intelligent undead and makes him the Commander of the Arch Fey Castle (Names him the Shadow Necromancer) with 10th level wizard abilities, some undead abilities, The Old Arch Fey Castle, and a few powerful items. Aozy blesses his Shadow and leaves the Erewen Feywoodlands behind.
Vaarn Tisserand his Ex-wife.
A fiend on the inside that took most of his money, broke his heart, and now teams up with the Dark Queen in the Feywoodlands...off to New Kolland.
Vaarn Tisserand
The longer he is away from the Feywoods the more it feels like a fading dream. He wonders if there is a connection to the Dream Realm and the Fey Lands.
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Dark Queens: Guêpes (wasp people)
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The Dark Queen ripped off her wings and Aozy healed them.
Aozy's new ally: Sadie Silverwings and a loyal friend plus a beauty.
He took a Bag of Holding with some crowns, Rare Books, Sadie Silverwings went with him, after stopping of and having a drink with Micky the Mage and Master Greenbrier then he along with Sadie headed to Kolland, in 6.1018. Will use polymorph or illusions or just fly/invisibility. He was going to set himself up as Zoa Kram, the merchant, but time was on his side and he a stopped a major attack on Prince Kol. As a reward he is given the keep on the island in the middle of Troll Lake but later will help run the Kolland "State" run Mining Company and help protect the lower Trollhattan region.
Map of Lower Broken Lands by Robin
The Unknown World Trail map - part 2 (Broken Lands and Shadowlands) by Francesco Defferrari from Threshold issue 14
Francesco Defferrari wrote:Even if Zoa Kram (a.k.a. Aozy Markov) uses divination spells that will enable Markov to learn secrets long forgotten in the Lower Broken Lands (and deeper), able to predict major future events, even find lost miners and able to foil some enemies before they make a move.
Upper Trollhattan is a swampy depression concealed by mountains and a permanent fog. The swamp is inhabited by trolls and swamp horrors and can support a population of 10,000 inhabitants, even if canon indicated only 200 trolls. The DM should decide the true numbers and if the swamp could also be inhabited by lizardmen, troglodytes and caymen. The rest of Trollhattan, the mountains surrounding the depression, can support 10,000 other inhabitants, mostly faenare, drakes and giants.Lower Trollhattan is a cave of about 45 x 45 miles with continuous rain, a shallow lake and arid sand near the lava flow, inhabited by trolls, troglodytes, frog folks, myconids and other intelligent fungus, with some fire creatures near the lava flow. The region supports up to 25,000 intelligent inhabitants, including some aquatic creatures.
Still means very little if he cannot make Tholl Votar work for the miners. Swamp horrors, rain, fog, even lava are just a few hazards.
Swamp Horror and certain monsters must be "relocated", a little Control Weather could do wonders, and a few minor magics ( dehumidifiers or Air conditioning). Maybe a few new types of undead can solve a few of these issues.
Businesses in town. Got to have places where the miners can spend their coins. General store to taverns to Exotic Dancers, Volcanic Mud Baths even an Illusionist Therapy (For those that get stressed being underground...can experience daylight and walking on the surface).
Master Greenbrier thought up the name. You have to go Tholl Votar for Club Kol:
While eating the finest meals and best desserts that Club Kol has to offer: The 15 Most Expensive Foods You Can Buy (2021) and Top 10 Most Expensive Desserts in the World as for wine... The 20 Most Expensive Wines In the World
Also, Tholl Votar home to the Thunder Grog Brewing Company. The Strongest Grog in the Broken Lands. Thunder Grog is 95% ABV, may contain some poisonous mushrooms (brings out that Grog Favor) and trace amounts of dark magics for a little extra kick. About 1-1.5 copper pieces per ounce. 1,900 fluid ounces in a Keg = or about 20-30 dc per Keg of Thunder Grog!!
However, after a year in Tholl Votar he missed Glantri. He created a Powerful undead (Orc) with spellcasting abilities and passed the name Zoa Kram to his minion. He left ZoA in charge and left for Glantri.
Aozy Markov and Sadie Silverwings returns to Glantri in late 8.1019. After having many drinks with Micky, the Mage and Master Greenbrier over a few weeks and enjoying all the modern and magical conveniences of Glantri has to offer. Markov meets Micky and the bar is packed. GSoM is school starting in a few days. It was a wild night, Aozy got smashed on Thunder Grog.
However, Sadie Silverwings got a message that Aozy's minion was destroyed and she polymorphed into red orc dragged him back to Tholl Votar and performed a false resurrection on Zoa Kram. Aozy Markov took up the reigns of Zoa Kram again. Sadie hunts down those that killed the false Zoa and brings them before Zoa Kram (Aozy). He personally and publicly drains a few lifespans of two of the criminals, takes the soul of one, disintegrates another then kills the last one and animates him as his undead servant. He reads a letter one had one him and burns it.
He looks at Sadie and says, "The wheels of time are beginning to turn. Are you Ready, Sadie?"
Sadie nods and flies with Zoa Kram (Aozy) to his Keep in the middle of Troll Lake. There Aozy Markov plans for the future of Glantri, New Kolland, Tholl Votar, the Dark Feylands along with his and Sadie's roles...
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