Vartheron is currently one of the most powerful among mages, and thanks to his innovative view of the world, he gave birth to a new kind of magic — The Necromancy. When he “lived” it was during a time of demonic invasion, and he was one of the mages who created the Shield of Destiny, to prevent demonic forces from further attacks. After the war Vartheron was chosen as an arch mage at the Magic Academy, yet the battles took a toll on him which led him to obsession. After this, he started looking for a new source of power to not let events of the past repeat. Over the course of years he fell into madness and his research took an even more extreme approach. It didn’t take too long before Vartheron discovered how to manipulate the power of death, yet when he shared his research with the rest of the mages, they told him he was mad. This led to commotion between the mages and Varheron decided that he is the only one who could bear the weight of responsibility over the world, and that his research cannot be held down by Academy or Kingdom’s rules. Amongst mages, a fight broke out, provoked by Vartheron. The academy’s masters weren’t able to beat the Necromancer, as they weren’t prepared to defend against his new magic. Some mages, being witness to Vartheron’s power, decided to join him, which led to them taking over the Academy’s Tower, and the fight moved over to the city’s streets. To help the Academy, Royal Legions joined the fight, but before they managed to force their way into the tower, Vartheron along with a few of his loyal mages already left the Magic Academy, and fled using teleportation stones. He was hunted for the next few years, alas to no avail. The necromancer was cunning and always managed to be one step ahead, and every time they found his new place of hiding he already managed to change his location. After 12 years, Vartheron came back with an army of undead to do his bidding, and with their help almost managed to take the entire Tirganoth, which he wanted to unite under his rule. The march of his army was stopped by King Anavron I Sunborn, by decapitating him in combat at Mersgard’s Sun plaza. His head was put in the deep parts of mountains citadel where Shield’s of Destiny templars were supposed to stand guard. Over the ages people thought that the threat had subsided, but after 500 years the head of the great necromancer disappeared without a trace from under the templar’s watchful eyes, and all over the world gossip about Vartheron’s return started appearing. The truth is that during his imprisonment, Vartheron still manipulated world events from behind the grave, maintaining contact with his loyal servants using magic. Loyal to him, necromancers managed to damage the Shield of Destiny, which allowed demons to once again appear in the mortal world, using them as a diversion he continued the plans he formed over the course of the last 1000 years. Vartherons cunning led him to finally return to the world of the living. This resulted in the creation of the Deathly Vail, a land placed in Northern Kingdoms, where the border between the land of the living and the ones who died have been shattered. It is there where Vartheron got back his body made of flesh and bones, moreover he managed to steal goddess Vesha’s secrets and the Touch of Death — underworld’s gatekeeper sword.