Demios - High Archmage

Demios was the bastard child of a forbidden union between an elven maid and an orcish warrior. Demios grew up a recluse, shunned, feared and hated by his peers. Demios though grew larger and stronger than any of his peers thanks to his fathers heritage and was skilled in magic from his mother. He grew powerful, learning all he could of combat and magic from his parents and the rare person that could be convinced to tutor him. He also grew bitter and full of resentment toward his family, his home and his people. He learned to hide his feelings growing adept at deception. On a fateful day while out searching some ruins he stumbled upon a strange creature, this creature asked him one question “What do you want?” and he gave his answer. On that fateful day Demios made a pact granting him more power than he had gained through years of study. He returned to his people and cast a great curse upon them. Consigning them to a fate of undeath, eternal pain, suffering, and misery.

He traveled North and built a great tower and delved into lost and hidden magic. He learned the power of Runes, binding spirits and demons to his will and made pacts with unknown entities. Eventually he was the most powerful mage of his time. As he slipped further and further into madness his behavior became even more erratic, until a cabal of mages was formed for the sole purpose of destroying him.

As the cabal entered his tower they were picked apart one by one, dwindling in number as Demios' minions tore them apart and great traps shredded their prepared defenses. By the time they mages made it to him, they had been reduced to just five. They did not have the power to destroy Demios, so instead chose to bind his soul into the very tower he had raised so long ago. They then sank it beneath 100 feet of dirt and rock. Hoping to seal it and him away forever. They set up a small post nearby from which to monitor the region and turn back any of his minion that should escape the tower. That post has been abandoned though and nearly forgotten but for a lost chronicle, recently discovered.