Emelach

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Emelach was a great black dragon of the Horgon Era. For three centuries, he held sway over all of the Aerie of Dragons, demanding tribute, stifling civilization and movement.

When the Durkoth of the Spire of Neld-Rac came to Bal-Kriav (862 HE), they were in strength and in no mood to deal with what they defined as a speaking flying lizard. Their leader Neld-Rac went out to parley with the dragon at which he was met with a gout of dragon acid that dropped half of his guards. Neld-Rac teleported back into the Spire and prepared his people so that next time, they would meet the dragon by ruse instead of head-on combat. The next time Emelach came out, they put the place on full alert, masking troops in camouflaged holes around a pile of shiny baubles and coinage. Emelach took position under this pile of things that Emelach had demanded as tribute. The Spire's anchors - devices used to latch onto objects in the Void, were readied for use to fire upon the dragon's great bulk. Out of overconfidence, Emelach fell into a trap which had him grounded from the Spire's anchors and then assailed by a couple hundred Durkoth soldiers and Neld-Rac. Emelach was not killed, but bludgeoned into unconsciousness with enemy healers on hand to stabilize him after suffering a terrible beating. Emelach was taken inside the Spire and studied and experimented on by Neld-Rac and his staff of medical doctors.

Emelach was never heard from again. Some believe that whatever evil comes out of the Spire of Neld-Rac today, is the workings of an undead Emelach lurking in the Spire's medical labs.

The wetland Emelach Sizaan is named after this dragon.