Voryx the Necromancer
A quiet scholar of death whose ambitions ended in blood and snow at Skade.
What People Know
Voryx was a necromancer of some skill, traveling under the guise of a learned arcanist and corpse-tender. He kept to himself, spoke carefully, and paid well for privacy. Those who met him remember a man more clinical than cruel—interested in death as a process, not a spectacle.
His work brought him to Skade, where whatever he was attempting ended violently.
Voryx did not leave Skade alive.
Reputation
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Known as dangerous, but not flamboyant
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Considered intelligent, methodical, and unsettling
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Remembered more for what he studied than how he behaved
Among mages, his name carries a note of unease rather than hatred.
Death at Skade
Details vary, but all accounts agree on one thing:
Voryx underestimated the situation.
Whether he misjudged his enemies, his magic, or the consequences of his research is still debated. His death is often cited as proof that necromancy attracts forces even its practitioners cannot fully control.
Legacy
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His notes were never recovered
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His purpose in Skade remains unclear
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Some believe his work was unfinished
Whispers suggest that not everything Voryx raised stayed buried.
Player Notes
Voryx is dead—but his name still opens uncomfortable conversations.
He wasn’t a madman.
He was careful.
And that makes what happened in Skade more troubling, not less.