Tchazzar

Tchazzar is a red dragon mythic sovereign who posed as a human warlord and eventally became a god for a time.

Appearance
Despite his age, Tchazzar has the vigor of a red dragon in its prime. His scales are as bright as a wyrmling's except along his wings where they are black as obsidian. His eyes and horns are completely black and the horns themselves are sharp and serrated.

In human form Tchazzar is a large, handsome man with an angular face and slightly pointed ears. He has yellow eyes and flawless white teeth.

Personality
Tchazzar is a force of pure chaos and evil. He is convinced of his superiority over all living things, even more so than a typical red dragon. He cares not for his subjects or allies except as expendable resources, but at the same time makes efforts to ensure their loyalty.

Since his return to Chessenta in 1479 DR Tchazzar has behaved extremely erratically. At times he can be gracious to his subjects but he often brutally punishes subordinates for real or imagined transgressions.

Early Life
Little is known about Tchazzar's life until he began on the path to godhood. Only that his father was Rauthstokh, an old red wyrm who died well before his son matured.

First Kingdom
In 929 DR he forged an alliance between several Chessentan cities and led them in a rebellion against Unther. The rebellion was successful and Chessenta seceded from Unther to form its own nation that still exists to this day (albeit, in a fractured form).

He was crowned king, setting up a temple to himself in an effort to achieve his ultimate goal of divinity. In 1018 DR he rode alone to battle with raiding Sahuagin but his body was never found. Tchazzar had actually retaken his true form, slain the Sahuagin and sent visions of himself, standing atop a pile of their corpses to the throne and council chambers of all Chessentan cities, telling his subjects that he'd "won his greatest victory". This inspired Chessentans into greater religious fervor for him, ensuring that the church of Tchazzar remained intact, even while his empire fractured without his leadership over the next decade.

Time of Troubles
During the Time of Troubles, 340 years later, Tiamat was killed by Gilgeam but her divinity was split into 3 pieces, each of which came to inhabit a chromatic dragon. Tchazzar was one of those dragons and, since he still had Chessentans that revered him as a god, he finally ascended to godhood. However, it was still Tiamat's essence within him and it compelled him to seek out the other two pieces of her divinity. With his new deific powers, Tchazzar easily found and slew the other two dragons, Gestaniius and Skuthosiin "the Venomous". The divine 'trinity' of Tiamat was once more as one. An avatar of Tiamat promptly formed and ate Tchazzar before she left to continue her war with Gilgeam.

However, this was not the end of Tchazzar. During the last days of the Rage of Dragons, Tchazzar was resurrected by Tiamat and he materialized over the bay of Chessenta in the midst of a naval battle between the cities of Cimbar and Soorenar. Consumed by the rage and in a state of shock, he nearly destroyed both fleets before regaining some self-control. He flew off to drive out or destroy all of the Dracoliches in Chessenta before forcefully installing himself as Sceptenar of Cimbar.

Spellplague
Tchazzar was travelling through the Sky Rider mountains in Threskel when the spellplague manifested. He was hit by a wave of blue fire and accidentally travelled through a rift to the Shadowfell. He was wounded by the blue fire and was subdued by a blight wyrm named Sseelrigoth who fed on his essence for nearly 100 years.

Post-Spellplague
in 1479 DR two members of the Brotherhood of the Griffon rescued Tchazzar who then destroyed Sseelrigoth and returned in triumph to Luthcheq in Chessenta and claimed the kingdom as his own. When Threskelan forces loyal to Alasklerbanbastos invaded Chessenta, Tchazzar was slow to react, prefering to remain in Luthcheq at his court. Aoth Fezim finally prevailed on Tchazzar to fly to Soolabax to lead his army against the Threskelan troops. Tchazzar was slow to enter the battle and only attacked when it appeared his army would loose the battle unless he participated. He killed several lesser wyrms and routed the Threskelan army.

Prior to the second battle in the war, Alasklerbanbasto's lieutenant Jaxanaedegor entered into an agreement with Tchazzar to switch sides during the expected combat between Alasklerbanbastos and Tchazzar. During the battle, Jaxanaedegor entered the fight only when it was obvious Tchazzar would win. Tchazzar defeated Alasklerbanbastos and destroyed his physical form although not his phylactery. After the victory, Tchazzar made Threskel a vassal state.

Divinity
Altough Tchazzar was unquestionably divine when he was Tiamat's choosen, his divine status as of 1479 DR is uncertain. Since his return he has not shown any abilities other than those an ancient red wyrm would be expected to possess. Tchazzar was unable to defeat Alasklerbanbastos in single combat without aid from his folowers. He proclaims himself a god but does not grant spells to his priests. In fact, Tiamat's priests perform the clerical functions in his cult.