Thaelkinei, The Lich Princess
Thaelkinei
was a wise and beautiful elven princess of ancient
times. Only the oldest elven books contain any
reference to her. In those ancient times, when
the world was mainly inhabited by elves who
themselves were still a young race, the elves
made great progress in their insatiable search for
knowledge. Thaelkinei was a sorceress who went
too far in that search and disregarded the sacred
bond between magic and nature.
When they discovered ways to control nature
through magic, most elven sorcerers and
sorceresses understood that they had found
a limit that must not be crossed. To avoid
catastrophe, they forbade the use of what would
later be called dark magic. However, Thaelkinei
was proud, even for an elf, and refused to stop
studying. Her royal lineage, her thirst for power,
and her deep cunning drove her to push even
further. She conceived an immeasurably powerful
spell, the Web of Ascendancy, that aimed not
simply to control parts of nature or particular
Spirits, but the entire land itself. She cast the
spell from her castle of Tol Kerdywel, granting
herself almost godlike powers: she could change
the very form of the land or control any living
creature in the region of Tol Kerdywel.
Only the alliance of several elven kingdoms
from across the world was enough to counter
the threat Thaelkinei posed, and the gathered
elven sorcerers managed to create a counterspell.
Even then, they could not completely overcome
Thaelkinei’s spell, so instead were forced to use
another even more powerful forbidden spell: the
Curse of Unchanging, a powerful magical web
that engulfed the area of Tol Kerdywel and bound
every living thing inside in a magical sleep. It was
as if time had stopped entirely, for the people,
the flora, and the fauna. This terrible spell still
holds in Tol Kerdywel, and despite the danger,
the region’s supposedly unguarded wealth has
attracted the boldest adventurers
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