Kalarel Helder

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Formerly known as Kalarel The Vile, he began life as a sorcerer on Aglarond, fifty or so years after the Spellplague. At the time, Aglarond was a prime center for magical research, and given how incredibly gifted Kalarel was, he rose through the ranks fairly quickly. Still, he craved for something more, for a greater understanding and control over magic. The exact nature of his investigation has been lost to time, but what is known is that by 2621 KH, he had killed off most of the other powerful sorcerers on the island.

He then began building his Black Tower, made in part from the bodies of those he killed. At the time, there was a great deal of worry on the mainland as to what he would do next. In a panic, the Elven Council dispatched a group of elite warriors to hunt him down. They came close to stopping him, but ultimately failed. In 2624 KH, Kalarel achieved his goal - he became a full-blown lich, killing every other living thing on the island in the process.

He would have gone on to conquer the mainland if not for the Moon Elves of Sildeyuir, who managed to seize both his eyes from him, as well as trap him on Aglarond. Immortal by virtue of being a lich, Kalarel remains on Aglarond to this day, sitting in his Tower, staring out at the wastelands of his own making. How he did it is unclear, but Kalarel did have a daughter at some point - Zora Helder. She is a powerful sorcerer in her own right, and used to be in the possession of one of the Eyes of Kalarel.

Most recently, a dragonborn sorcerer called Sun accidentally bonded with an Eye of Kalarel. Through communicating with her in her dreams, Kalarel discovered that Celestine Brown was collecting lich eyes, and agreed to help Sun, by directing her to Zora for aid.