Mu-Tahn Laa
Dark Prince of Sorcery, Lord of Corruption
"I watch you. I see the hatred in your eyes, well hidden behind courtly graces. I listen. I know the terrible darkness that hides behind your well-rehearsed lies. I wait for you at the edge of sanity. I taste the pain in your mind, the yearning to end this charade. I make my home in the darkest pits of your soul. In the shadows I bide my time. I patiently wait for you to open your eyes and realize that it is by my will alone that you draw breath. For I am Mu-Tahn Laa and you are my puppet who dances to my tune." —Mu-Tahn Laa, the Corruptor of Elements Symbol: A six-pointed starburst on a Blackfire background Home Plane: Mountains of Sorrow Beyond Measure Alignment: Chaotic Evil Portfolio: Sorcery, Corruption Magic, Corruption, Sorrow Worshipers: Evil spellcasters Domains: Arcana, Death Favored Weapon: Dagger Mu-Tahn Laa, known also as The Corrupter and the Prince of Dark Sorcery was the Demon Lord of Dark Magic, Change, Lies and Trickery. He was flux embodied, a demon lord who alone truly embodied the terrible energies and momentum of Chaos. Mu-Tahn Laa's name was derivative from his true name in the Dark Tongue; possibly Mutahn'Laaneth, Lord of Change. He was the Great Sorcerer of Corruption, and Bringer of Change, for make no mistake -- endless, broiling change is the truest nature of Chaos, and Chaos is the source of the eldritch energies that mortals, in their superstition, have named 'magic'. What mortal can dare say that he has not desired knowledge of the mysteries of destiny, or the awesome power of corruption magic. It is Mu-Tahn Laa alone who holds the true key to this terrible knowledge, and his price is steep indeed. For his worshipers are naught but pawns in his game to outflank his fellow demon lords and to bring about the downfall of the veil itself. The Prince of Dark Sorcery rewards his followers with madness and insanity, and upon death their spirits are brought to his halls to serve him for all eternity. Yet, the Prince of Dark Sorcery does not scheme towards the accomplishment of some end, but instead, strives to create tumult and turmoil for its own sake. Mu-Tahn Laa's is normally depicted as an immense red-skinned humanoid with three eyes and four arms. His head was said to be surrounded in a halo of blackfire. To the vicious barbarians of Narfell, he was once the Vulture God. In the dreaded East, he was known as Chen the Deceiver, and the Tuigan hordes once held that his messengers are the giant vultures of the Steppes. Yet whatever his mien and whomever his people, the Corruptor is ever viewed as the Great Schemer, a fickle, politicking demon lord who should be feared as much as he should not be trusted. The followers of Mu-Tahn Laa hold that he once ruled from an Impossible Fortress deep within the Mountains of Sorrow Beyond Measure, one of the infinite layers of the Abyss. At its heart, within a crystalline labyrinth of inconceivable geometry, lies the Hidden Library, a hall of eternal dimensions that houses corrupt and profane knowledge from across the entire universe. Within it lies also the fabled Well of Eternity, and into its magic waters did Mu-Tahn Laa gaze for eons uncounted, searching intently for a glimpse of the clues and conundrums that will allow him to enact his ineffable schemes. Mu-Tahn Laa possessed many sigils and symbols, though the most common is the writhing black flame. Called Blackfire, this corruption of elemental fire weakens and burns the Veil between worlds and planes. His followers were known as the Blackfire Adepts. Those few who succeeded upon that twisting path could use blackfire to open temporary portals to the Mountains of Sorrow Beyond Measure, summoning demonic creatures that did their bidding. Their potent magical abilities outlived their patron, for while Mu-Tahn Laa disappeared long ago, the Blackfire Adepts continue to study and learn to wield the corrupted energies of the missing demon lord.Divine Domains
Arcana, Death
Divine Symbols & Sigils
A six-pointed starburst on a Blackfire background.
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