Blackwill Haaren Akhmelere was the Cyricist high priest of the Twin Towers of the Eternal Eclipse in Amn during the latter half of the 14th century DR.[1][2]
Personality[]
From his time spent in the Banite clergy, Akhmelere acquired a certain level of discipline and focus that was not shared by all his fellow priests of Cyric. He was a ruthless leader that viewed himself as the one true power of Cyric's church in all of Amn and the surrounding lands.[2][3]
Abilities[]
He was a powerful spellcaster that held the power to commit terrible blasphemous deeds and utterly destroy other living beings with his divine powers.[3]
Possessions[]
Akhmelere wore an enchanted suit of full plate armor, and carried a similarly magical longsword and large steel shield into battle. He wore both an amulet of natural armor, a periapt of wisdom, and carried a wand of cure light wounds upon his person, along with a number of priestly scrolls.[3]
Activities[]
While Haarken once devoted himself to the god Bane, he converted to the worship of Cyric like so many others following the Time of Troubles.[1] After finding the One True Way, he sought to annihilate the other "heretical" temples of Cyric in the Lands of Intrigue, and join them under his singular vision.[2]
Relationships[]
Akhelere had a close ally and companion in faith in Tellvon Bloodshoulder, the founder of the Amnian Banedeath. The two spent their time spreading the faith of Cyric until they embarked on one final campaign together, wherein Haarken ascended as a high priest and Tellvon lost his life.[1]
He had a treacherous right-hand in Olma Kulenov,[3] and a loyal assistant in Skull Servant Bineera Ethar, the latter of whom famously uncovered secrets of Black Chronology hidden by the church of Shar within the Monastery of the Ebon Dome.[4][5]
The Blackwill held a particular enmity for Tynnos Argrim, and the rival temple the Mountain of Skulls in the Cloud Peaks.[6]
History[]
Haarken was born to the noble Akhmelere family of Tethyr but relocated to Amn at some point, joining the church of Bane. He found little sucess as a Banite priest, and enthusiastically joined the Cyricist faith in the Year of Shadows, 1358 DR. It was then that he began to enjoyed success for the first time.[3]
In the Year of the Helm, 1362 DR, Akhelmere and Tellvon Bloodshoulder served as generals in battle against Bane's Black Hands at the recently-constructed Twin Towers in the Small Teeth. While the two priests managed to secure the eastern tower in Cyric's name, Tellvon was mysteriously killed in the siege. Akhelmere went to capture the west tower and secured the fortress in its entirety, claiming it for his own sect of Amnian Cyricism.[1] No other leaders of the Cyricist army survived to challenge him.[3]
When the Sothillisian War broke out in Amn in the Year of the Tankard, 1370 DR, Akhelmere aligned his temple with the Sothilisian Empire, even going so far to avail the oni-led armies with Cyricist faithful during the siege of Murann in the month of Tarsakh.[7] While this plan was not entirely successful, the fear and mistrust it spread across Amn pleased Cyric.[2]
When the Rage of Dragons wreaked havoc across the Realms in the Year of Rogue Dragons, 1373 DR, the Amnian church of Cyric received a devastating blow. During the series of catastrophic dragon attacks, the Twin Towers were nearly entirely destroyed by the blue great wyrm Iryklathagra. Fortunately, Blackwill Akhmelere recovered the Calishite artifact known as the Golden Lamp of Samesaj, and used it to repair Cyric's greatest temple to its full glory. In the eyes of the faith, any record of an offense to Cyric was stricken from the records of history.[8][9]
Appendix[]
Appearances[]
- Novels
- Referenced only
- Midnight's Mask
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 59. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Jason Carl, Sean K. Reynolds (October 2001). Lords of Darkness. Edited by Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 12. ISBN 07-8691-989-2.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Jason Carl, Sean K. Reynolds (October 2001). Lords of Darkness. Edited by Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 17. ISBN 07-8691-989-2.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Bruce R. Cordell, David Noonan, Matthew Sernett, James Wyatt (March 2007). Cormyr: The Tearing of the Weave. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 158. ISBN 978-0-7869-4119-3.
- ↑ Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 157. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ Jason Carl, Sean K. Reynolds (October 2001). Lords of Darkness. Edited by Michele Carter. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 13. ISBN 07-8691-989-2.
- ↑ Steven E. Schend (August 1997). “Book Two: Amn”. In Roger E. Moore ed. Lands of Intrigue (TSR, Inc.), p. 23. ISBN 0-7869-0697-9.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 21. 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. 154. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.