Alasklerbanbastos, also known as the Great Bone Wyrm, and the self-proclaimed Dragon King of Old Unther, was an ancient blue dracolich who ruled Threskel from his lair within Dragonback Mountain.[1][3] He held the distinction of being the only dracolich to have his physical form destroyed twice in the same year.[4]
Description[]
Alasklerbanbastos appeared as a huge skeletal wyrm, larger even than Tchazzar. Sparks of lightning moved between his bones..[1][2]
History[]
Alasklerbanbastos fought with Tchazzar over the control of western Unther during the 10th century DR. When Tchazzar became divine in the Year of the Dracorage, 1018 DR, Alasklerbanbastos enlisted the aid of the Cult of the Dragon to become a dracolich. After the dragon cult cell in Unther collapsed in the Year of Lathander's Light, 1024 DR, Alasklerbanbastos went to sleep for several centuries, emerging only occasionally to wreak havoc in surrounding lands.[1]
In the Year of Lurking Death, 1322 DR, he emerged from his lair to inflict a summer-long reign of terror over Chessenta. When Tchazzar was thought to have died during the Time of Troubles, Alasklerbanbastos began rebuilding the Cult of the Dragon in Unther.[5]
The Great Bone Wyrm claimed dominion over all of Threskel in the Year of the Sword, 1365 DR,[6] and bequeathed each of its cities to his chromatic dragon followers as vassal-states.[3]
When Tchazzar returned in the Year of Rogue Dragons, 1373 DR, he slaughtered many of the young chromatic dragons allied with Alasklerbanbastos. The great red wyrm also laid claim over Threskel and fought to restore his dominion over the region.[7] Fortunately, the Great Bone Wyrm's rule was bolstered in the Year of the Lost Keep, 1379 DR, when it was supported by the church of Bane and the nation of Thay,[8] their valuable trade partner across the sea.[9]
In the Year of the Ageless One, 1479 DR, Alasklerbanbastos began sending humanoid troops on raids into Chessenta. The raids started a short war with Chessenta that Threskel lost. He was defeated in battle against Tchazzar that year and his physical form was destroyed. However, Tchazzar decided not to destroy Alasklerbanbastos's phylactery, which would've annihilated him completely. Shortly after his body was destroyed, his phylactery was taken from its hiding place by Aoth Fezim and Alasklerbanbastos was resurrected into the body of a young blue dragon by Cera Eurthos.[2]
Because Cera controlled Alasklerbanbastos's phylactery, she was able to command him to follow Aoth and herself to Akanûl on a mission to convince the Akanûlans not to join forces with Tchazzar to invade Tymanther. Alasklerbanbastos had to travel in secret to avoid alarming the Akanûlans so he lagged behind Aoth and Cera. While he was alone, he was able to create an undead construct from his skin.[4]
When Aoth and his party attacked the gray dragon Vairshekellabex, Alasklerbanbastos and his construct attacked Cera. In order to distract Alasklerbanbastos, she threw his phylactery over a cliff. He eventually found the phylactery and returned to his lair in Threskel where he transferred his soul into the bones of an ancient blue dragon.[4]
Although Alasklerbanbastos hated Tchazzar, he was willing to temporarily ally with the ancient red dragon in order to extract revenge on Aoth and Cera. He warned Tchazzar of Aoth's attempts to prevent war with Tymanther which threw Tchazzar into a rage. Alasklerbanbastos fought alongside Tchazzar during the Battle of Luthcheq but his physical form was destroyed by the concerted efforts of Aoth, Cera, and the rest of the clergy of Amaunator in Luthcheq, and several other priests of different sects whom Cera had saved.[4]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 44–47. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Richard Lee Byers (2010). Whisper of Venom. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0786955619.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 71. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Richard Lee Byers (June 7th, 2011). The Spectral Blaze. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 0786957980.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 46. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Ed Bonny, Travis Stout (February 2005). Lost Empires of Faerûn. Edited by Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 63. ISBN 0-7869-3654-1.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 39. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 159. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Scott Bennie (February 1990). Old Empires. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 55. ISBN 978-0880388214.