Scrykin
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The only sentient being created from organic life and arcane magic. Druzzil Ro created the Scrykin when the dragon Skylance challenged her for dominion over the Plane of Magic.
Originally she created thirteen Scrykin:
- Daosheen the First has not been seen in over a century. The eldest scrykin was the first to succumb to madness and shortly thereafter became obsessed with studying power crystals mined from Arcstone. It is rumored that he has locked himself inside of Skylance tower where he studies his precious crystals to this day.
- Porthio the Second, insane though he may be, believes that the secret to avoiding the curse of the scrykin is to become an undead lich. He has launched a fervent study of necromancy and shadow magic and has recently grown excited about the dark magic of Shadowspine, a lost artifact of necromancy rumored to have been penned by Mayong Mistmoore. In Daosheen's absence, Porthio rules over Relic with a capricious and iron-fisted sense of justice. Porthio is never far from his loyal pet and bodyguard, a spirit cat of pure shadow named Nightshade.
- Ganeer the Third perished in the battle with Skylance
- Ao the Fourth is the only scrykin to have arrested the degenerative curse affecting the scrykin race. He was able to do this by abandoning his physical body and becoming a spirit of Arcstone. Although Ao no longer grows in power as he ages as the rest of the scrykin do, he is at least free from the degenerative madness afflicting his brothers.
- Kallendo the Fifth' perished in the battle with Skylance
- Kazzanthar the Sixth perished in the battle with Skylance
- Zomm the Seventh, once a great diviner of Relic, has become completely feral. He has abandoned his home and now wanders the isle of Arcstone where he conducts strange meditative experiments tailored to push his awareness beyond the known realms. No one knows what horrors Zomm has glimpsed during his year-long trances for he has not spoken in centuries.
- Taroknock the Eighth perished in the battle with Skylance
- Sharlash the Ninth dwells on Relic where he builds golems and other creatures of artifice.
- Karkahn the Tenth perished in the battle with Skylance
- Thanus the Eleventh has dedicated himself to the study of ice magic. He works closely with the dragon Tsikut on Relic and they both conspire to overthrow the leadership so they may turn the artifact city into an elemental nexus of ice.
- Maru the Twelfth, perhaps the most schizophrenic of the original thirteen, spends most of his time learning to infiltrate the minds of others. Who knows what he is plotting within Relic's glowing walls?
- Morogo the Thirteenth perished in the battle with Skylance
