Eslathagos Malkith "born"
Life, Birth
Danar Rotansin succumbs to the corruption of the Banes and is reborn as Eslathagos Malkith.
Danar’s actions also drew the attention of sleeping
Galchutt. These secretive forces manipulated events (perhaps even time and space) to ensure that the
Book of Inverted Darkness fell into the hands of this well-meaning cleric.
The Book of Inverted Darkness is an artifact older than the world itself. Scribed by gods and demons, its pages contain vast lore (only
The Book of Eldritch Might contains greater lore, it is said), all of it dreadful. Unfortunately for Danar Rotansin—and the world—the book
presented this horrid knowledge using supernatural techniques that gave it an irresistibly seductive quality.
While he intended to seal the book away with the rest of the banes, Danar lingered over its pages for an instant too long. Its cunningly crafted words beguiled him to keep the book by his side. Soon, he read more. And more. And still more. The book consumed Danar. He neglected his quest to gather the remaining banes. He withdrew from his family and comrades. The book’s dark lore corrupted his spirit and twisted his mind.
The allure of the dark power and forbidden knowledge was too much, even for him. Danar Rotansin became
Eslathagos Malkith—the
Dread One. With the vast resources of the banes he had gathered and the knowledge he had gained from the Book of Inverted Darkness, the Dread One withdrew into his tower, also renamed:
Jabel Shammar.
