![]() 11 Having renamed himself the Whispering Tyrant, Tar-Baphon instead united the orcs of Belkzen under his rule and used them to conquer Ustalav, taking the city of Adorak as his capital. 10 The newly risen lich wanted revenge against Aroden and sought his attention once again, but for unknown reasons the deity did not take up the challenge. There are, however, significant doubts about its authenticity. ![]() An ancient tome, the Whispers of the Immortal, purportedly written by a disciple of Tar-Baphon, documents his transition into undeath. In 3203 AR, 9 Tar-Baphon used the power of the Whispering Way to return to undead life as a lich. 7 8 4 His corpse was retrieved by his followers and reburied in his birthplace of Ustalav. Aroden buried Tar-Baphon's corpse in the Isle of Terror, believing him dead, but this was Tar-Baphon's plan all along: to die at the hands of a god so he would become an incomparable lich. Tar-Baphon attempted to lure Aroden into a trap called the Well of Sorrows, but failed, and their conflict ended when Aroden killed the wizard-king on the Isle of Terror in a mighty battle in 896 AR. Tar-Baphon sought immortality and possibly looked down upon the Last Azlanti for not having ascended to godhood on his own, but for having relied on the power of the Starstone, while Aroden had seen firsthand the brutal reign of the runelords and refused to see the world under another such tyrant. This eventually attracted the attention of the god Aroden himself. Now bent on world conquest, he recruited orcs and undead to invade all of Avistan. He used his newfound power to claim whole of the Isle of Terror for himself from the black dragon Karamorros in 881 AR. As his ambition grew with his power, he sought the Cenotaph, resting place of Runelord Zutha, and unlocked the necromantic power of the sleeping runelord in 880 AR. In 872 AR, he discovered a strange thinness between planes on the Isle of Terror. He renamed the city Xin-Grafar and gave the island the name it still holds today: the Isle of Terror. In 861 AR, he conquered the city of Kestrillon on Inteper Isle at the centre of Lake Encarthan from the Golden Solidarity. He grew up on the shores of Lake Encarthan and studied necromancy. Tar-Baphon was born in 837 AR in the land that would later be known as Ustalav, but much of his early life is shrouded in myth and mystery. 2 He remains the greatest threat to peace in Avistan. He remains there today to spread his influence and gather his forces. He was stopped in his attempt to gain control of the Starstone in Absalom, and retreated to the Isle of Terror in the middle of Lake Encarthan. ![]() 1 He freed himself in 4719 AR and overran Lastwall with his undead hordes, creating the Gravelands. He was finally defeated by the Shining Crusade in 3827 AR and was imprisoned within his capital of Gallowspire for nearly 300 years. Killed by the god Aroden himself in 896 AR, he rose as the lich known as the Whispering Tyrant in 3203 AR, and ruled the country of Ustalav for centuries. Tar-Baphon was a powerful wizard-king who ruled central Avistan at the end of the 9th century AR.
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