Editing Az’kerash (section)

=== 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" />