![[MordraxisPic.png]] # Mordraxis _Ancient Black Dracolich | [[Dominion]] | [[Shilrua]]_ ## Summary The Ebony Scourge—an ancient black dracolich bearing a terrible unhealing wound in his chest that weeps caustic energy. Once a strategic mastermind of the [[Dominion]], he now seeks to punish dragons who accepted coexistence with lesser races through corruption and pain. [[Elvina Starbringer]]'s spear of pure celestial energy should have ended him during the Battle of Silverwing Vale. Instead, it left him with an unhealable void—a wound that burns with caustic agony even after six centuries. The elves named him "the Ebony Scourge" not for his black scales, but for the corruption that spilled from this wound, tainting everything he touched. %% ## At a Glance Colossal black dracolich whose skeletal frame bears fragments of ebony scales consumed by necrotic decay. Dominated by a gaping, otherworldly void in his chest that continuously weeps caustic ichor—the wound from Elvina Starbringer's spear that never healed, now a churning portal of negative energy. Deep, resonant voice that occasionally distorts with pain. Periodically pauses mid-sentence as waves of agony surge through his form, causing the ichor flow to intensify and the air to warp with necrotic energy. Coldly calculating and patient, viewing all opposition as temporary nuisances that will inevitably succumb to time or corruption. ## Personality Deeply resentful of dragons who accepted coexistence with "lesser races." Retains his brilliant strategic mind despite undeath—coordinates Cult of the Dragon forces to maximum effectiveness. Particularly hostile toward [[Ophelia Lathalas]] due to her past-life connection to Elvina Starbringer. His Corruption's Touch transforms victims' wounds into miniature versions of his eternal injury—lesions that resist healing magic and spread necrotic energy. During combat, his wound periodically pulses with intense pain, triggering area effect necrotic damage. Celestial magic and radiant damage cause extraordinary pain and temporarily disrupt his control. ## Quote _"Nothing lasts forever, little elf—neither your kingdoms nor your spells. But my pain? My hatred? Those I promise will outlast the very stars your ancestors so foolishly charted."_ ## Background During the ancient war between dragons and elves, Mordraxis served as one of [[Vulkazar]]'s most feared commanders. When elven scouts tracked him to the Blackfens after his wounding, they found a swamp transformed into a nightmarish landscape where nothing lived or died properly. He had learned to weaponize his suffering, turning perpetual pain into terrible power. He was present at the final battle at [[Novularond]], where Elvina Starbringer again struck him with her celestial spear before unleashing the full power of the [[King-Killer Star]], decimating the Dominion's forces and killing Mordraxis. When [[Evendor Starbane]] and the Cult of the Dragon performed their resurrection ritual, they didn't realize his unhealing wound would create an unprecedented form of dracolich. Now the wound exists as a void in his skeletal form—a direct channel to negative energy that he controls with terrible precision. ## Stats **Ancient Black Dracolich.** Add Corruption's Touch (wounds resist healing, spread necrotic energy) and Pain Wave (periodic 30 ft. necrotic burst). Vulnerable to radiant damage. %%