Arkan Dragic

Arkan Dragic was a fearsome warlock and the caster of the Confutatis Maledictis spell that lead to the birth of the Isle of Ymn and the Yamanu.

According to old texts dated from the Dark Age, Arkan was a member of much-beloved noble family from Throsh, but they had fallen on hard times thanks to gambling debt earned by his parents. Arkan witnessed the death of his father at the hands of an infuriated collector at a very young age, and the once great family became penniless, leaving the young man with a sense of powerlessness which would plague him for the entirety of his life.

It was shortly after the murder of his father when Arkan discovered his knack for magic. At the age of seven he could cast spells most learned wizards struggled with, and by the age of twenty three he had become the youngest arcanist to be admitted to the Council Of Wizards. While his mother died while they were still in poverty, Arkan used the riches he acquired through his fame to restore the Dragic family name, and pamper his younger sister whom he doted on.

Although he was gifted with magic, his ambitious streak often put him at odds with his older and more disciplined cohorts, and he founded his own school of magic and encouraged the attendance of those interested in the taboo, including demonology and necromancy. Discovery of his romance with a demoness named Lacrimosa led to his expulsion from the Council and exile from Kreshthra, at the age of twenty eight.

Embittered and feeling increasingly isolated from the world, Arkan created his own floating abode, known simply as the Pinnacle. He began researching artifacts from the Old Age. When Lacrimosa left him for the archdemon Valefar, Arkan's mental state continued to deteriorate, and he began plotting to win her back.

On one fateful night, Arkan finished a spell he had been developing for more than a decade. This spell would steal the power of an archdemon and transfer it to the caster. The spell required more than the sheer willpower of a mortal to evoke, so Arkan used the souls of the inhabitants of the city of Ieuan to help summon the power needed, and made Valefar the target of his spell.

Unfortunately Arkan underestimated Valefar, and the foresight of Nimrod. With his last remaining bit of power, Valefar struck Arkan before he could complete the spell, and the spell went awry, resulting in the death of both and decimating much of the land beneath the Pinnacle. The entire penninsula became nothing more than a small island, and the scant inhabitants who managed to survive the catasophe were forever transformed by the fluctuations and surges of corrupt magic that coursed through the land.

The Pinnacle fell, and can still be found in the northern region of Ymn, though most of the treasures within have been pilfered.