Nagash, known by many names such as the "Great Necromancer," the "Great Betrayer," the "Usurper," the "Undying King," the "Supreme Lord of Undeath" or simply "He Who Shall Not Be Named," is an extremely powerful Liche who is the ultimate personification of death and the Undead, an ancient, evil being who sought to conquer this cruel, chaotic mortal world and bring about an age of Undeath that will rule for all eternity.
Nagash, Supreme Lord of the Undead is the father of necromancy. Resurrected by dark ritual, the immortal Lord of Death is an awe-inspiring centerpiece miniature. Borne aloft by tendrils of ethereal energy and tormented spirits, his unique silhouette looms over the battlefield with an air that promises to usher in a new era of darkness.
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Nagash is darkness and unreasoning hatred given form, the father and creator of the foul art of necromancy and lord of all Vampires and other Undead. His every action and deed is self-serving, his achievement horrific and loathsome, and his every whim bent solely to ensure that no one shall ever deny nor challenge his right to rule over all the Known World ever again. This dark, evil, Undead being came close to ultimate domination, but if not for the sacrifice of the unsung hero Alcadizaar the Conqueror, this world would have been lost to him millennia ago.
Now, many generations later, his name has become little more than a shadowy legend, his dark whispers echoing eternally upon the Purple Wind of Magic, Shyish. Though he may be gone, death itself could never truly claim his soul, and for centuries after his demise, his eternally damned spirit has since recovered his power, whispering to the ears of all those that had served him, and those that soon will.
Always, he steered them towards his reawakening, his final apocalyptic rebirth upon the world. Nagash vowed to bide his time, not returning until his powers were regained in full, until he was ready to reign supreme against all life. He envisioned the mortal world filled with the silent, unthinking Undead, a realm where only his will and thoughts can think freely and without challenge.
However, the portents were troubled. The Dark Gods were moving, and Nagash realised that unless he returned to thwart them, Chaos would finally conquer all. This time the Great Necromancer was going to claim the power of death itself. He would choke all life from the world and rule eternally in the darkness that followed. This time, there will be nothing to stop him from reaching his ultimate destiny, and to those that try, they shall bow before the true god of the dead.
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