Kidma Nikoliakis
The Lover
A female tiefling and the greatest necromancer of the Old Myltev empire. She rose to power as Archmage Autokrator in the 2nd Cycle's third millennium with an army of undead numbering in the millions before being assassinated several years into her reign. There is an ongoing debate in regards to the assassins and their motives, but Prof. Klute speculates in his book Mage the Awakening that Kidma was wanting to become a goddess of death (a highly controversial act given the empire's disdain for all types of divinity).
As the debate over necromancy continues to divide Pescaliat following the Edict of Dromire, interest has grown in Kidma's powers and reign. For centuries Chusei University owned her iconic necklace used to resurrect her dead paramours, but in 919 it was stolen by Handgun agents in one of their most brazen heists to date. The Shroud has reported a number of small cults in recent years worshiping Kidma in hopes of one day resurrecting her, but with no records of the archmage's burial site this task is presumed to be all but impossible to accomplish.
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