This sounds very interesting, I've only a passing understanding of the Dark Souls lore, but this seems to draw a lot on the Lovecraftian Mythos which I know a bit more about if that would suffice.


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Name: Amon Phothep
Epithet: Grand Magister of Nehekara
Age: 200 years
Sex: Male
Height: 6ft
Weight: 13 stone
Race: Tomb Liche - The ancient practices of Nehekara demand that mages and royalty be bound to their physical forms that they might serve the realm for eternity. As such mortal souls are often bound to their own decaying bodies that they might have a vessel in this world. Efforts are made to preserve the body by ensconcing it in enchanted armour and bandages allowing what is in effect a shambling corpse to act as though it were still a man of flesh and blood. Often mistaken for the Viyore, the Tomb Liches are anything but, fully possessed of their former intelligence they serve diligently as best as their undead form allows.

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Amon is an ancient being, most of his flesh has long since decayed leaving little more than a skeleton beneath the tightly wrapped bandages that can be glimpsed underneath his armour. The armour itself also appears somewhat of an oddity, formed into the symbols of Nehekara. Hawks, skulls, serpents, and scorpions dot the armour. He also carries on his person a grave mask. The gold mask is a facsimile of his mortal visage, and he wears it when dealing with those who might be intimidated by his deathly visage.
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Region of Origin: Nehekara is a windswept place, a desert barren even by the standards of the day. The people of Nehekara were a short lived people, the inhospitable nature of their environment meant that even the most brilliant of Nehekara's citizens died swiftly to the terrible environs in which they tried to survive. But they could not leave. Nehekara had one redeeming feature that kept its people struggling to survive the damnation of the desert.

Vorpal-Obsidian; stronger than steel, light as leather, and an excellent conduit for magic the people of Nehekara mined the resource and sought to harness it as a means to end their suffering.

The wizards of Nehekara began to fashion bodies from Vorpal Obsidian, shaped into the form of Nehekara's long forgotten gods. They then attempted to bind the souls of willing sacrifices to the bodies that they might provide the Nehekaran's with the hardiness necessary to survive the horrors of their home. The initial trials were horrific soul after soul was shattered, others were trapped in their new Obsidian bodies but were unable to move and others lost their minds in the process. But given time the wizards of Nehekara mastered the process and transferred the souls of their finest warriors into bodies fashioned from Vorpal Obsidian creating the first of the Ushabti. They lost much of their personality in the process, but their martial prowess and fierce loyalty remained intact making them the perfect warrior servants.

The wizards kept experimenting, wondering if the properties of Vorpal Obsidian could be used to preserve mortal flesh. The cycle of horrific but necessary experiments began anew. Many men and women were reduced to rotting malefic horrors before the process was perfected. Soon the expensive process of creating Tomb Liches was perfected, and made mandatory for all wizards and members of the royal house. Their minds were bound to their mortal forms for eternity that their powers and experience might be utilised by Nehekara for all eternity.

Powers: Like all Nehekaran wizards Amon is a master of death magic. Able to sap the life from those who oppose him; he is also able to manipulate the dead to serve his whims. He uses this latter power rarely however, for outside of Nehekara necromancy is frowned upon. As such he has made far more use of the Vorpal-Craft, the Nehkaran name for the practice of creating and commanding Ushabti constructs.

Amon is accompanied by a single Ushabti warrior. Sekmeht has served Amon faithfully, even before he became a Lich. The colossal warrior has saved him on more than one occasion and its ancient stone form is marred by numerous sword-strokes destined for its undead master.


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