#The everlasting book of the unliving free#
Zacharias became free of the thirst for blood and was filled with unholy power. In doing so, he discovered the secret previously known only to Abhorash and his Blood Dragon kin. Over the following month Zacharias drank from the great beast, draining it clean of blood. Such is the might of a Vampire that even a Dragon is unable to wake from his deadly bite. The blood of the great beast flowed through the veins of Zacharias, empowering him with untold strength. Finding soft exposed flesh on the Dragon's underside he bit deep into the slumbering monster. When Zacharias awoke, his thirst was great and the sleeping Dragon was a perfect source of nourishment. Unaware of the Undead abomination which slept within, she made her nest there and, as do all Dragons, gathered a small mound of treasure around her. ĭuring this time a Black Dragon also discovered the cave. Totally exhausted from the fight with Melkhior and the constant pursuit of Melkhior's dark servants, Zacharias' rest was to last for over a decade.
Finally, he stumbled into a large, dark cavern where he found a small niche deep inside, and there he fell into a sound slumber. Zacharias fed on wild animals wherever he could, but the constant running exhausted him. From one cave refuge to the next he would flee, tired and severely emaciated from lack of blood he would no sooner find a suitably secluded hiding place than his location would be discovered. For the following year he was pursued by the minions of Melkhior.
ĭeeply wounded, Zacharias fled into the Middle Mountains. Invigorated by the blood of his dead slaves, Melkhior was too powerful for Zacharias, who barely escaped with his life into the wilds, nursing his wounds. Unfortunately for him, Melkhior was not as unaware as he seemed - he returned to his chamber whilst his pupil was still reading and a great fight ensued. There on a great plinth was the unholy tome. It was during one of these occasions that Zacharias boldly crept into Melkhior's chamber. Zacharias was wise and always avoided his master's wrath. Melkhior was mad, even by the standards of Necrarchs, and would periodically fall into rages and slaughter his living servants, bathing in their blood and drinking it in a great feast of flesh. Melkhior taught his acolyte everything he knew, but never let Zacharias near his precious Book of Nagash. Each night the two would rise and Melkhior would warn Zacharias that he grew bored of his company and that he would probably kill him before dawn, but every night the pupil surprised the master with his dedication and growing power. Knowing he was too weak to confront the ancient Vampire, he bided his time and studied like a good pupil, and so began to embrace the power which Melkhior had bestowed upon him. The newly created Necrarch was horrified by the changes his body underwent and swore to take revenge on his father-in-darkness. Zacharias was brought before the Vampire, who saw the great potential inside him and granted him the Blood Kiss. He magically blinded the Undead guardians to his presence but was captured by Melkhior's living servants before he had even made it inside. įor weeks, Zacharias observed the tower and its guards, plotting to break in through the crypt at the tower's base to steal the Vampire's grimoires. He saw strange flows in the Winds of Magic, which led him all the way to the tower of the Necrarch Lord, Melkhior the Ancient. He saw they were not the first to work powerful necromancy in the forest. Whilst Helsnicht busied himself with tactics and raising armies, Zacharias took note of his surroundings. He studied under the tutelage of Dieter Helsnicht, the infamous Doom Lord of the Undead, a Necromancer expelled from Middenheim who now launched attacks on that city from a fortress in the Forest of Shadows.
Little is known of the life of Zacharias before he succumbed to the lure of the necromantic arts.
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