Editing Dark Ring (section)

==== ''Fenrir'' ====
Many believe that Fenrir rose from the dead due to him being so full of low magic. This is only partially true. In actuality, Fenrir used his great powers to defeat one of the five Aether Eaters, Calamity the Merciless Wolf. The fourth child of Xix and Zolona began to wreak havoc upon the peoples of the Prime Ring. With the Genasi, the gods, and their Saints being unwilling to fight Calamity, Fenrir decided to duel the beast himself. 

Many thought defeating Calamity was impossible. Calamity was the size of a mountain with jaws that could crush adamantine. Being a child of a titan, Calamity was immortal and not able to die since Death possessed no power over him. It was an impossible challenge. Yet, using ancient techniques, Fenrir combined primordial magic and low magic to shatter Calamity and merge the wolf’s spirit with his own. 

For the rest of his days, Fenrir dedicated himself to learning more about the Aether Eaters as he would attempt to seal each one. However, Calamity’s spirit was in constant danger of taking control. He retreated to live with the medusai and teach them about magic. It was his goal to spend the remainder of his life in peace. 

However, one day during an attack from Slaad on the Genasi, Fenrir used his powers to save the Genasi army from certain defeat. This revealed himself as a reviled low magic mage. What came next is a known story. 

What is unknown is what happened after Fenrir’s death. Since the spirit of Calamity was inside Fenrir, it kicked and thrashed against the cold embrace of death. Originally, it was Fenrir’s intent to drag all the Aether Eaters to the High God when he died. But there was vengeance to be had. At the crossroads between life and death, Fenrir confronted Calamity and Death itself. Fenrir asked for his beloved and all the souls of the fallen to be returned in exchange for Calamity. Death refused Fenrir’s offer saying that his tithe was non-negotiable. He would not make a deal with Fenrir no matter what. It was Death’s nature to be absolute.

Next Fenrir asked Calamity what he would provide. The Merciless Wolf said he could bring Asphyxia back from the brink of death and allow Fenrir to exact his vengeance. Calamity promised Fenrir power unlike anything the necromancer could ever imagine. But Fenrir was not a fool. He knew that no mortal could remain sane when faced with the madness of the titans. What would come next was bloodshed that the mage would not be able to control. Therefore, Fenrir requested one-hundred tombs be built and packed with those killed by the Genasi. If he regained his consciousness or was killed, the tombs would open and allow his loved ones to go free. Until that time, those of titan blood would never be able to cross the threshold or harm the people inside. Calamity agreed to this and the deal was struck.

Asphyxia and the other fallen were revived before their bodies were placed within chrysalises. The tombs were sealed as Fenrir rose. His mind was warped by Calamity’s power as the undead began to walk the Prime Ring. Now mad, Fenrir commanded them to slaughter the Genasi. He adopted the mission of the titans to wipe out the protectors of the Prime Ring. Eventually the mage would have succeeded if the power of the titans wouldn’t have been turned against him. 

Now Fenrir sits on the Dark Ring in his palace of bones waiting. His mind is fractured between the man he was and the monster he has become. This stalemate in his mind keeps him idle. If provoked the necromancer will attack, Calamity’s nature coming to bear, but that is infrequent. However, with each passing decade, Fenrir descends further and further into darkness. He will eventually merge with Calamity completely and become an Aether Eater with unrivaled power. When this happens Fenrir will launch forth from Doud and begin his mission to destroy every last remnant of the Genasi, their gods, and the power they protected.