Xolrethe, aka 'Bloodhaired One'

Race: Elan 'Amalgam'* (check other abilities)
Class: Egoist 5/Ghostbreaker 5/Slayer ?/?/?

Aliases: 'The Mysterious Employer', The Beast of the South, Crimson Emperor, Kirgoyv

Alignment: ???

**Miniatures**

**DM-ONLY(background)**

Description: Xolrethe (AKA "Bloodhaired One") was once as he tends to say… just 'a mere human', however everything changed when he was approached by the ever-elusive council of 'elans'. After the transformation he found himself literally brimming with power they called 'psionics'. Thanks to the extensive tutelage of the very first elan named 'Arethe' the young one soon discovered his latent talents for psychometabolism… With a twist of fate here and there around 100 years later he achieved the pinnacle of his favored discipline, along the path of both undead and aberration hunter - especially useful for the council as most of its more prominent adversaries were either unliving or unnatural… or in some cases both.

After many bouts with various aberrant horrors the council finally met a group that would give her pause… an unusual cabal composed of Illithidae, Aboleths and Tsochari. It was clear that something was amiss… and soon the council's Slayer detachment learned of the existence of a being powerful enough to enforce its will on the aberrations. The conflict entered then a state of a proxy-war when the both sides involved started using 3rd parties to against each other.

This is where the most recent accounts on the elan's existence fade away… few thousand year-old accounts in fact.

In the end the council decided that it would be better to feign their defeat and then proceed with analyzing the gathered data… in order to create a viable counter to their opponents' tactics… In the meantime Xolrethe was assigned mainly infiltration missions… much to a chagrin of the still quite human-like, in mind at least, elan.

After another century he grew tired of the council's methods… and began to collaborate secretly with one of the 3rd-parties controlled by the enemy. Together with them he started what later become known as D.E.I.M.O.S project. With some clever use of his shapechanging mastery the elan become the first … and the last subject of the procedure.

In order to make the latter true he used his authority within Slayers to eradicate the now-former 'allies', however after returning from the mission he soon got into conflict with the council which banished him - seeing that Xolrethe was not an elan anymore both in body and mind as he become consumed by his unquenchable quest for power.

Alllies:
???

Familiy:
Karen - daughter

Servants:
Cathalyst
Paw

**Show appearances**

Appearances:

# Adventure Date Actions 1 Infested Necropolis part 3 01-08-2012 'Invited' Mali for a date. 2 Wednesday Night Fever 01-18-2012 Asked Mali Ohba to take care of the Soul Blade… for a while. 3 There's a portal in my wardrobe ! 01-31-2012 Met Sirius in Sigil and gave him some rough directions to the current location of Mali's. It was later revealed that a mysterious man tried to get rid of him, however his would-be yugoloth's mercenaries valued their lives more than the coin … this time at least. 4 Into the Great Unknown part 8 02-11-2012 Warped, rewarded then warped the PCs back from the abandoned research complex it appears that he was the mysterious employer from…the very beginning. 5 Battle Royale... of your dreams ! 02-27-2012 Pulled various warriors into his nightmarish dreamscape and made them fight each other for his own amusement. Rewarded the winning team with insight and power. 6 The Silver Tail 03-09-2012 Carried a worn out Karen on his back then suddenly claimed to be her father. Revealed facts from Kamigawa's and One Tail Clan's past. 7 Possibility, probability...destiny ? Part 2 03-12-2012 D.E.I.M.O.S spoke about a strange connection between itself, Continuum Devourer and Xolrethe. According to the enigmatic being, someone actually managed to wound the Bloodhaired One with the Purifier. 8 Those Who Seek (Prologue) 03-23-2012 Appeared to be searching for something while disguised when Malluma challenged him to a fight. After soundly and effortlessly trouncing him, Xolrethe lets him live and leaves a message taunting him for his lack of power. 9 Moonlight 03-29-2012 Was sitting on top of Karen's house when Light passed by. After having a short chat, and making Dire Fang almost wet itself, he told Light hint on what the Blackmoon Clan was. Apparently they wanted Rin to be the pack leader's partner. (Alpha Female) 10 Crimson Trials 04-19-2012 Mentioned many times by his daughter who claimed him to be 'the monster of monsters'. 11 The First Step 05-11-2012 Aegis stumbled upon the 'elan' in the Forbidden Lair… he found the presence of a 'daughter' of Ragnora to be amusing enough…to allow her to live… moments later, however, became delighted as the future aberrant overlord did not refuse his 'aid'. 12 Crystalline Surprise 05-15-2012 Mentioned once by one gentleman seeking some yugoloth mercenaries to spy on him. The latter refused to undertake such suicidal mission. 13 The Ultimate Conflict 05-21-2012 Appeared before Aegis and uncovered few parts of his grand scheme while at the same time promising assistance…for an adequate price of course. 14 The Tears from Beyond 05-28-2012 Conversed with Nightmare and Arashi in one of his demiplanes. His old attire was found in Shiro's Domain. 15 18 tails 05-31-2012 Mentioned by his daughter who described briefly his 'past-time' activities. 16 Curiosity be Dammed 05-31-2012 Mentioned by his weapon. 17 Planeshaping and ... reforging 05-31-2012 Mentioned many times before finally appearing in person within his domain where he conversed and agreed to form a 'deal' concerning his weapon with Bayushi Ita. 18 The Second Step 06-01-2012 Appeared before Aegis seeking to reclaim the Blade of souls… and was delighted to feel the 'change' which occurred thanks to the influence of the former. Granted insights which helped the growing-overlord to decide on few critical matters. 19 Coiled Impact 06-11-2012 Messed with some mortals…in his nonthreatening form. Mocked Kamigawa while reminding him of the scroll. In the end got thrown away sky-high by his unnerved daughter…through the ceiling of the Tabernacle Tavern. 20 Evil Oozey Business 06-11-2012 Was supposedly responsible for Uruk's demise. 21 Continuum Unveils Prologue 6-12-2012 Some sort of connection between the Prophet (who simply referred to the 'elan' as 'the 48th one') and him was implied. 22 Evil Oozey Business (Part 2) 06-17-2012 Was seen demolishing one platoon of evil outsiders and handed Aegis the The Blade of Souls for 1 week as a one-time occasion. 23 Battle royale of your dreams 2 06-26-2012 Dragged few individuals into his nightmarish dreamscape to amuse himself with their struggle for sur….enforcement of such state of some 'baatezu' forces. 24 The Shadow... and the blade 07-12-2011 Lent the Blade of Souls to Bayushi Ita for one day. 25 The Seeds of Conflict 07-13-2012 'Recruited' Charlinia Coaldragon for … his vaguely described 'conflict-ultimate'. 26 Fulfilling...Oozey Business (>_>) 07-20-2012 Aegis has slowly begun to become far less fascinated as Xolrethe has become less and less valuable, or at least seems to have become such, while at the same time asking of her to look after those he is interested in. Though his power continues to be respected, his worth in the eyes of the Gooey Overlord has staggeringly diminished. 27 Bloodiness... unveiled 08-19-2012 Visited Aegis' domain where he had to wait few moments for her arrival… but not before encountering one bloodthirsty 'princess' and literally messed a bit with her psyche -not literally though- not to mention addicting her to his corruptive blood. Later warped both the ooze and vampiress to the Chromatic Spire where he briefly discussed the future goals of the former. 28 Foxypotheosis (part 1&2) 09-03-2012 Appeared in his 'crimson emperor' form, managed to both humiliate and force the 'current one' into revealing his true nature and that being of the First Nogitsune, discorporated shortly thereafter in the midst of the ensuring chaos. 29 The 10-fold scroll 09/04/12 Visited by Nightmare's Domain in order to uncover the supposed location of the "late wedding present" of Kamigawa's. Scared Kaguya a bit with his mere appearance and aura. 30 Foxypotheosis (part 3&4) 09-04-2012 Nightmare saw the man in her vision of the 'past' where he saved (unintentionally ?) Yurika from a swarm of Oni released by her mistake. 31 The Seeds of Conflict 2 08-26-2012 Promised intel in exchange for a "sacrifice" on Aegis' part. The gambit was accepted. The sacrifice appears to be the time of the Daughter of Ragnora spent in order to prepare a "battlefield" on which the tyrant of the blood war could feast upon. Tasked Charlinai with instigating conflicts in Rokugan and allowed to either eliminate or "correct" the path taken by another seed he planted, namely The Gambler. 'Blessed' (or cursed ?) Charlinia with a symbiotic being in a quite abrupt manner. 32 The trappings of ... (???)(epilogue) 12-02-2012 Milene was really surprised to hear that name after being asked by Raital. The lady was puzzled, as according to her, she could not find reasons in being interested in an elan which was both long-dead and… rather insignificant (being 48th on). 33 Bloodiness Unveiled (part2) 12-21-2012 'Invited' (perhaps 'abducted' would be more precise) Raital from Vermillion Charade and warped her into the Forbidden Lair where he uncovered some details of what he called 'the most exquisite consumption' while also bestowing the ability to sense 'nightmare souls' she so desired to consume. Made but a simple 'request'… apparently wishing to be killed … 'when the time is right'. 34 Sublime Echoes 01-30-2013 Appeared before the '10-fold path seekers' (Xavash and Kilroy in this case) and after finally gaining their attention… issued a riddled sort of information connected to the aforementioned path as well as hinting the idea of Void having some critical if elusive weakness. In the confrontation, however, his right hand took a form very resembling the dark 'flesh' constituting the aforementioned abomination. 35 Crimson lineage 04/03/2013 Gifted Kimonto and Rick Dodger a wedding present …Their own personal demi-plane. As well a jello. It was made clear that he was known as the Beast of the South during the Bloodstained Age. 36 Niflheim Plots (part1) 08/21/2013 Materialized briefly in a chamber occupied by Charlinia and gave her a quite ominous warning before dematerializing back. 37 Re-recruitment 10/02/2013 The familiar of his was met by Rick. For one reason or another it was simply occupying one of the remote parts of … Kimonto's belly.

**Activities, DM ONLY**

# Adventure Date Actions 1 Impromptu Investigations 03-04-2012 Acquired Quinn's body, 'assimilated' (not via power per se) and made her his loyal servant.