Ayliah



Very little is known about this being beyond what has been related by the litch Daern to others, or discovered through the independent research of extremely knowledgeable scholars. His origins and abilities are unknown. No living creatures other than the Heroes of Anglesey have ever seen him.

He claims to be a survivor of the Age of Mysteries, which would make him at least two thousand years old. He is probably a dragon shaman – an obscure type of adept who worships a dragon spirit or totem, through which he acquires a measure of draconic power. One of the traits of an advanced dragon shaman is extreme longevity, which may explain his apparent age.

Ayliah also claims to be one of the authors of the Tome of Becoming, and one of the individuals (alongside some members of the current divine pantheon) who imprisoned the Worm that Walks. If this is true, he may also be one of the great Heroes of the last age who ended the rule of the dragons over the planet – or one of the Beasts who opposed them. Either way, his residence in the cursed volcano Scavileh may indicate that he too was imprisoned at the end of the Age of Mysteries.

What is known is that Ayliah is a being of immense power, incredible age, and great and secret knowledge. He bears no love for the Worm. He desires the Tome of Becoming for his own uses. He is fantastically dangerous, deeply evil, and his motivations are a mystery.