Title: Dark Lord
Age: 1025
Gender: Male
Race: Human
Appearance:
Personality: Miernes is a dark person, devoting much of his time to his own goals and pursuits. He is arrogant and proud of his own abilities, at times being blinded by his own ambition or anger. He can, however, be honorable. He rewards those that serve him, but he also leaves a catch in order to lure them into serving him for the rest of their lives. Surprisingly for a Dark Lord, he has a sense of humor and has biting sarcasm when dealing with servants that displeased him. Miernes enjoys the pleasures of the world: battle, women, riches, and power most of all. Power to control and power to punish those that displease him. His most defining trait, however, happens to be his belief in himself. Though taking the title of Dark Lord and doing terrible things to his enemies, Miernes does not believe himself to be evil. Instead, he arrogantly thinks of himself as a savior and believes in his vision: peace and prosperity under his rule. He will stop at nothing to achieve ultimate power. Miernes also guards his own name, preferring to be called the Dark Lord by all save for those closest to him.
Weapons: A dark grey longsword inscribed with runes upon the blade and a pummel engraved with a skull.
Skills/Magic: Miernes has incredible strength, able to cleave through solid stone with a quality sword. He also knows how to control people, how to inspire fear and awe and, in some cases, even love. Miernes has great power over fire, one notable example being his calling down of a fire storm upon a city that opposed him, though it left him severely drained. Miernes is a master of sorcery, his most notable power being his ability to reach into someone's mind and attack their will and/or uncover all their secrets. Granted, they would have to be in the same room as he or be connected to the Dark Lord in some way. Also, should someone have a strong enough will, they can resist Miernes' intrusion throw him out of their mind. A master of Sorcery, Miernes has many hidden abilities, among them eternal youth, but not immortality. He can die, though this is a fact he conceals zealously.
History: Believe it or not, the man that was to become the Dark Lord was once a normal human being. No one is born evil and Miernes is not the exception. He was born in a peasant family and he loved them dearly. Unfortunately for him, Miernes was born in yet another dark time for Aeos: the time of the Demon Lords. A hundred years prior to his birth, a dark cult of necromancers, dark wizards, and other unsavory magic types attempted a ritual which would give them the powers of the strongest of all demons in the Abyss. Needless to say, they failed and their very life-force was used to open a portal that allowed Seven Demon Lords into the world of Aeos. Born of pure malice and evil, these Demon Lords assaulted the land, gaining the allegiance of the wicked in much the same way Miernes himself would over a thousand years later. They burned, crushed, and destroyed all those that opposed them, throwing the world into chaos as they carved up their own kingdoms, sick parodies of true society. When Miernes was just 13, dark servant of the Demon Lords raided it, killing his parents everyone he knew. Miernes himself would have perished were it not for the young mage, Oonar, who had been passing through his village at the time of the attack. With a burst of light, Miernes distracted the demon's minions and whisked Miernes away.
Oonar comforted the boy and took it upon himself to care for him. They traveled together to Falendale, the great Elven hidden city amidst the troubled world and the rest... is legend. There are many tales about how the Great Hero Miernes trained hard to become powerful enough to challenge the Demon Lords, all conflicting with one another. The truth of the matter is that Miernes did somehow defeat the weakest of the Demon Lords and absorb its incredible power upon its death. Then, Mierenes with his mentor, Oonar, hunted the Six remaining Demon Lords one by one and with each victory, Miernes somehow gained the power of the Demon Lord he killed, becoming the most powerful being in the land. With the Last Demon Lord defeated, Miernes departed, traveling for awhile with Oonar and then, at last, alone, never to be heard from again.
For 1000 years, Miernes traveled, seeing the world with all its wonders.... and all its flaws. Whether it was a side effect of the power he acquired, the strain of living hundreds of years past the time he should have died, or a darkness within his own heart, Miernes began to bitterly despise the state the world was in. He grew to believe that only through his rule that the world would be at peace and brought to its fullest potential. So, 1000 years after the final defeat of the Demon Lords, Miernes took on the title of Dark Lord, using his centuries of experience and knowledge to gain power and conquer much of the land, all the while becoming the very thing he once fought against.