Archikan Vaerek the Ravenous

This is the tale of Archikan Vaerek the Ravenous, the last known vampire that terrorized an entire city, and Uera Kisar the Righteous Shadow, a Champion of Death who saved Kisarakdos from the threat of upheaval and annihilation. This story is told to warn children of the importance of piety and that lust for power can be akin to disease. However, this is the recorded and official history of the city of Kisarakdos.

The Beginning of a Nightmare
Kisarakdos didn't always used to be a city associated with the macabre and death revels. A once esteemed member of the upper class of the ancient city of Kisarakdos, Archikan was what seemed a well adjusted and prominent member of upstanding society. However, the dark and unsettling reality was that Archikan performed twisted and cruel experiments to achieve a form of immortality.



Archikan attempted to become a Vampire, a twisted amalgamation of Life and Undeath.



Archikan abducted several innocents off of the streets before he discovered the long hidden secret to vampirism. As he ascended to a twisted mockery of Life, the city of Kisarakdos descended into an ocean of blood and death. Scores of the population died within the first few weeks of the new madness, while the rest sought to combat the strengthening beast that dwelt within their walls. Some prayed to the Spirits and the remaining influences of the Eternals, others sought help from outside the city. Perhaps the most interesting were those that attempted to destroy Archikan with his own power by becoming Vampires themselves.

Uera and The Nights of the Thousand Corpses
In the Nights of the Thousand Corpses, only a small percentage were made by the Ravenous Archikan; those attempting to recreate Archikan's peerless feat were responsible for the vast majority of the newly dead. Hundreds were abducted for the sole purpose of reverse engineering the Ravenous' work, but thankfully, none of them were successful. However, in the wake of the blood endlessly spilled, one woman stood in horror righteous anger.



Championed by the Spirit of Death, Uera Kisar lost all her husband and all but one of her three children. Though she was the mortal arbiter of Death itself, Uera had some power over the situation and wandered the streets, raising those who had been slain unjustly as Living Undead. She granted them retribution, slaying those who had slain them.



Uera tracked Archikan as only a purveyor of Death could through the dark sewers and dank alleyways of Kisarakdos. When she found him, she did great battle with him, lasting three days and three nights beneath the city in Archikan's secret lair. The only one to emerge from the lair was Uera, victorious anjd solemn in her duty.



Uera did not destroy the Undead that now walked amongst the Living. She urged the people to not fear death despite the scourge that had plagued them, but to revere and cherish it for it is not a tragedy, only the coming of change. The people took to her words and, grateful for all she had done for Kisarakdos, inducted her and her   house amongst the nobles.



To this day, the city of Kisarakdos revels in death. Perhaps far more viciously than what Uera had imagined, it has grown accustomed to its arenas and macabre celebrations. After all, when Death walks besides you, what reason does one have to fear it?