Al-Kin

"I wondered when champions of the gods would come to stand against me. And here I see that it is my ancient friends, the Moon Sisters, who will be sending their worshipers to face me. Well, I plan to make this fun."

—Al-Kin, Dreaming on the Drowning Kiss (C1:E76)
Al-Kin was a vampire lord who dwelled in a castle in the Shadowfell near Ravenmoor until he was slain by the Antiheroes.

Physical Description

Body Features

Al-Kin probably once had dark skin, but after becoming a vampire and hiding away from the sun for so many years, it is now a pale caramel color.

Facial Features

Al-Kin has a triangular face set with glowing red eyes and framed by short, sleek, black hair that culminates in a steep widow's peak.

Special abilities

Al-Kin was a powerful practitioner of shadow magic which, among other abilities, allowed him conjure a rapier of pure shadow, or to supernaturally attach and detach people's shadows from their bodies. He kept a gallery of his favorite shadows within his castle.

Apparel & Accessories

Al-Kin frequently seen wearing a dark black cloak with crimson lining.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Al-Kin was a mortal who became a vampire in the age immediately following the Dawn War. Known to be one of the most ancient and powerful of his kind in Alen'dal, he competed with Innasehe and Vecna for control of the divine domain of death. However, before he could see his ambitions fulfilled, the yuan-ti warlocks of Montelzoa, a city that would eventually become Ravenmoor, cast a powerful spell that sealed him in the shadowfell.
For many years, Al-Kin sent undead minions from his stronghold through a portal to the Prime Material plane to terrorize Ravenmoor. However, after escaping from Al-Kin's castle Mandus kept Al-Kin's forces in check through constant vigilance of the portal beneath First Light Orphanage.
Circumstances eventually drew Mandus away from the orphanage, and Al-Kin immediately seized his chance. His minion Queen Ixlati entered Ravenmoor with a small army of Al-Kin's undead, as well as her personal forces of yuan-ti. They tore down First Light Orphanage and enslaved the populace of Ravenmoor in order to construct a pyramid around the gate, thus securing it as a staging point for Al-Kin's full-scale invasion of Alen'dal.
When Mandus returned to put a stop to this, he was overpowered and brought through the gate to a second portal atop one of the towers in Al-Kin's castle, which led to the Plane of Negative Energy. Through this portal, powered by Mandus' life energy, Al-Kin was ready to summon infinite legions of undead. It was at this point that the Antiheroes reached his castle, having fought through Ravenmoor, into the pyramid, and across the Shadowfell. Secure in his victory, Al-Kin hosted the Antiheroes as guests at dinner. Afterward, when the Antiheroes explored the castle and freed Mandus, Al-Kin arrived to deal with them personally and was slain once and for all by Harmony's conjured rays of sunlight.

Gender Identity

He/Him

Personality Characteristics

Motivation

Al-Kin dreamed of one day attaining godhood, but his dreams never came to fruition.

Social

Contacts & Relations

Al-Kin transformed a child Dimitri, who he kidnapped from Ravenmoor, into a vampire and trained him as a protégé. After Al-Kin was slain the Antiheroes were unable to locate Dimitri.

Alignment

Neutral Evil

Life

2115 7509 5394 years old

Circumstances of Death

Al-Kin was slain by the Antiheroes in a battle atop the tallest tower of his castle.

Gender

Male

Eyes

Red

Hair

Sleek, short, and black with a sharp widow's peak

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Pale caramel

Known Languages

Common, Abyssal, Infernal, Elvish, Deep Speech, Draconic

First Appearance
Dreaming on the Drowning Kiss (C1:E76)