The Traitor

The Traitor, once known as the Lord of Winter's Peace, was a noble eladrin and Keeper of the Cerulean Sign stationed in the Spire of Winter's Peace. He was stripped of his name and history after he joined the Abolethic Sovereignty as its high priest, becoming the most important prisoner in Stardeep up until the Spellplague.

Description
After his death, the Traitor's petrified body resembled a male elf whose lower half had been replaced by a morass of tentacles, some of them dozens of feet long.

Personality
Before his capture,

After his capture, the Traitor became an endlessly scheming, tireless monster concerned only with breaching his prison and bringing about the end of all things. He had attempted to kill himself a few times in order to trigger the ascension of Xxiphu, and after constant measures were placed to interfere with that, he devised ever more complicated schemes, some of which started even before the last one had failed.

Abilities
After his pact, the Traitor gained immunity to all physical needs, never again drinking, eating, or sleeping. His personal power was mind-boggling, being able to single-handedly hold all of Stardeep's forces at bay. Even when captured, he was constantly testing new strategems in order to breach containment.

Possessions
At the time of his death, the Traitor was holding a Key of Stars in his fist, which, under posthumous divination, he claimed he'd held throughout his imprisonment.

Activities
After his capture, he did nothing other than trying to escape, continuously devising stratagems to get out and unleash the Sovereignty.

Relationships
The noble eladrin Malyanna was his acolyte, student, accomplice, and successor, both as master of the spire and servant of the Sovereignty.

History
The Traitor was originally the master of the Spire of Winter's Peace, one of the towers keeping watch over Forever's Edge. After he gazed for too long over the Edge, he was seduced into service by the Abolethic Sovereignty. He remained a traitor until he was discovered and then captured.

The Traitor died during the Spellplague of, after successfully fleeing the destruction of Stardeep due to the unraveling of The Weave; a Forest Monarch tree captured him, and sacrificed itself to petrify the two of them, leaving the Final Pact of Apoapsis untriggered even though Malyanna confirmed he was dead roughly a decade later, in.

Rumors & Legends
Some star elves believed the Traitor was actually a star elf.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Key of Stars
 * Darkvision • Stardeep
 * Darkvision • Stardeep