Acererak The Lich
Acererak The Lich
Acererak is a powerful lich known and feared throughout the multiverse. Much of his past is forgotten, but ancient texts assert that he comes from a world called Oerth.
Acererak travels the planes in search of artifacts. When he finds something useful or interesting, he locks it away. Although he’s powerful enough to pursue godhood as other liches have done (Vecna being a prime example), Acererak has no interest in being a god or being worshiped. He prefers to create evil gods and unleash them on mortals and immortals who oppose him.
Despite passing up opportunities for godhood, Acererak attracts his fair share of followers and worshipers. He doesn’t grant spells, nor does he give his devotees much of his precious time. Mostly he likes to watch them suffer and die as a result of their magical pursuits and folly.
Although he has lived on many worlds and crafted countless demiplanes, Acererak spends most of his time building tombs. He fills each one with treasure to attract powerful adventurers. He then kills them off in terrible fashion, using deadly traps and monsters while baiting and ridiculing them. The terror he evokes scars their souls, which he traps in his phylactery, the location of which is one of the multiverse’s greatest secrets.
Not too long ago, Acererak came in contact with a freed vestige of an ancient evil know as Dahlver-Nar, The tortured One; He of the Many Teeth. This evil entity told Acererak to an ancient creature adrift at the edge of the Negative Plane. This creature is an undead abomination known as an Atropal and is one of the last remaining of it's race. Atropals were created to be immortals, modeled after the gods but they were never finished. Over the course of time they became evil, and corrupt and eventually undead abominations existing solely to spread death and destruction. Dahlver-Nar gave Acererak the key to something he most desires, eternal pain and suffering for mortals. He has built a device called a Soulmonger. This device is tapping into the source of life itself and nourishing the Atropal so that it can achieve godhood. The lich chose one of his tombs on Toril to serve as the atropal’s nursery.
Acererak travels the planes in search of artifacts. When he finds something useful or interesting, he locks it away. Although he’s powerful enough to pursue godhood as other liches have done (Vecna being a prime example), Acererak has no interest in being a god or being worshiped. He prefers to create evil gods and unleash them on mortals and immortals who oppose him.
Despite passing up opportunities for godhood, Acererak attracts his fair share of followers and worshipers. He doesn’t grant spells, nor does he give his devotees much of his precious time. Mostly he likes to watch them suffer and die as a result of their magical pursuits and folly.
Although he has lived on many worlds and crafted countless demiplanes, Acererak spends most of his time building tombs. He fills each one with treasure to attract powerful adventurers. He then kills them off in terrible fashion, using deadly traps and monsters while baiting and ridiculing them. The terror he evokes scars their souls, which he traps in his phylactery, the location of which is one of the multiverse’s greatest secrets.
Not too long ago, Acererak came in contact with a freed vestige of an ancient evil know as Dahlver-Nar, The tortured One; He of the Many Teeth. This evil entity told Acererak to an ancient creature adrift at the edge of the Negative Plane. This creature is an undead abomination known as an Atropal and is one of the last remaining of it's race. Atropals were created to be immortals, modeled after the gods but they were never finished. Over the course of time they became evil, and corrupt and eventually undead abominations existing solely to spread death and destruction. Dahlver-Nar gave Acererak the key to something he most desires, eternal pain and suffering for mortals. He has built a device called a Soulmonger. This device is tapping into the source of life itself and nourishing the Atropal so that it can achieve godhood. The lich chose one of his tombs on Toril to serve as the atropal’s nursery.
