Editing Az’kerash (section)

== Background ==
Perril Chandler was born to a family of [Chandlers] in the Terandrian kingdom of Silvaria. His powerful magical potential led him to become apprenticed to the [High Mage] of his city, mastering Tier 3 spells before the age of sixteen. After the death of his master, he discovered his talent for necromancy, while also becoming a duellist, eventually enlisting in Silvaria's army. Perril Chandler became friends with Lady Bea, who sponsored his education in Wistram. 

A few years later, he became a mercenary and was hired by the Drakes to fight the Naga Incursions. During the war, he encountered [[Zelkyr Amerwing]], whom he had once met in Wistram, and struck up a genuine friendship. Together with undead and Golems, they became a genuine threat to the Lizardpeople. 

After the war, Perril returned to Silvaria, when plague had struck the land. He summoned undead to assist with the harvest, thus gaining the gratitude of King Redoris. By the age of 30, Perril Chandler became a [Lord] of Silvaria. Eventually, with the nomination of Zelkyr, both became Archmages of Wistram. 

During a war with the Dawn Concordat against [[Calanfer]], Perril Chandler was able to single-handedly fight off an army of four hundred thousand with the help of the [[Thronebearers of Calanfer|Thronebearers]], thus achieving the class of [Archmage], and becoming known as the Archmage of Death. 

However, Perril Chandler's fall of grace began, brought about by the jealousy and envy of King Redoris. Seeking to diminish Perril Chandler, Redoris sent him to Rhir to fight the Demon Kingdom where, together with Zelkyr and several armies, they fought the [[Deathless]]. Though they managed to kill two of the Deathless and severely injure the rest, all the armies were broken, and the Archmages were driven back. This loss, along with other events such as rampaging undead and a Wailing Pit, cost Perril Chandler his reputation and began souring people towards necromancy. However, the inciting incident was the attempted assassination of Redoris with a bone needle. Despite protesting his innocence, Perril Chandler was executed, and the Necromancer would rise in his place. Hating all life, he would return ten years later to Silvaria and destroy it, killing Redoris, Bea, and thousands of citizens. He would continue on to plague Terandrian kingdoms for the next hundred years, leading armies of death against the living. He would destroy and despoil kingdoms, his undead armies beaten back only after much effort and then he would disappear before he could be slain, returning after years or sometimes decades, sometimes even faking his demise. Each time he returned he was stronger. At some point, he slew [[Kerash]], the beloved Chieftain of the [[Gnolls]] whom some had labelled the first ‘King of Gnolls’. As such, the Gnolls dubbed the Necromancer as Az’kerash (‘Slayer of Kerash’), a title he adopted.

=== Second Antinium War ===
During the Second Antinium War, Az'kerash led a massive army against the port-Kingdom of [[Desonis]], where he quickly overwhelmed the kingdom’s army but did not approach the capital. Rather, he seized a local port and then departed for [[Izril]].

''While his intentions for invading Izril were never revealed, [[Pisces]] speculates that his aim were the walls of the [[Walled Cities]], the foundations of which potentially contain [[Dragons|Dragon]] bones.''

In his invasion of Izril, the Necromancer clashed with the army of the [[Velan|Goblin King]] once before approaching Liscor. He besieged the city which was however quickly relieved by [[Zel Shivertail]]. After three months, the ruinous and increasingly desperate siege was lifted when an [[Antinium]] army under [[Klbkch]] came to Liscor's help. Zel Shivertail himself assailed the Necromancer's position and tore Az'kerash into two pieces. The undead army was swept up in the aftermath. (See: [[Necromancer's Siege of Liscor]]). 

=== Aftermath ===
However, Az'kerash had once again only faked his death at Zel's hands. While Zel and the majority of Izril's population was convinced of Chandler's death, he settled down in a huge castle located in the [[Blood Fields]]. No one, aside from a handful of people, is aware of its existence, as he cast a powerful veil around his domain.

Eight years before the main story started, he or one of his many undead constructs posed as a [Merchant] and went to a Drake village, bringing a wagon laden with goods and asking for news. There he met a [[Reiss|Hobgoblin]] under illusion spells that intrigued him.<ref name=":5.50 G">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/12/29/5-50-g/ Chapter 5.50 G]</ref> Az’kerash saw that the Hob could read<ref name=":4.46">[https://wanderinginn.com/2018/06/16/4-46/ Chapter 4.46]</ref> as well. That night, he attacked the Drake village with a horde of undead, slaughtered the Drakes and cornered the Hobgoblin and fought him. After defeating the Hob, Az’kerash offered him the choice of serving him in life or serving him in death. The Hob chose to live, and so he became his apprentice.<ref name=":5.50 G" /> Az’kerash then started training him, by giving him spell books and scrolls to read,<ref name=":4.46" /> so that he could make him his own Goblin King and use him as a weapon to strike the living with.<ref name=":5.50 G" />