Ghash Ulk Chey (B.S. "Fires of Ulk Chey Sart")
Ren the Unclean was born at Ulk Jey Ama in the eastern Ered Harmal in S.A. 1969. The son of Sen Jey the illusion-weaver, he grew up near Heb Aaraan, amidst the enchanters who taugh...
Ren the Unclean was born at Ulk Jey Ama in the eastern Ered Harmal in S.A. 1969. The son of Sen Jey the illusion-weaver, he grew up near Heb Aaraan, amidst the enchanters who taugh...
Ren the Unclean was born at Ulk Jey Ama in the eastern Ered Harmal in S.A. 1969. The son of Sen Jey the illusion-weaver, he grew up near Heb Aaraan, amidst the enchanters who taught beside the magical Springs of Fog. His apprenticeship ended in S.A. 1987, when the eighteen year old illusionist went east to visit his uncle Ul Fen Jey, a lord who held sway over the Ahar of the Numahar River vales. There, near the legendary Grass Tombs, Ren met the woman he married in S.A. 1992,Elyen.
Ren and Elyen returned to Ulk Jey Ama in S.A. 1944. Raising two children, a son Fen and a daughter Fyen, they remained in the cool mountain town for four years. The illusionist composed a tome on enchantments while his wife raised horses and sheep and mastered the Chey's favorite instrument, the multi-chambered drum.
This idyllic repose ended in S.A. 1998, when the worst of many plagues swept through the central plains and struck the Jey households. Overwhelmed by fever, Ren barely survived the year. He prevailed, though, and briefly returned to his work. All seemed well, for the illusionist was ostensibly healed.
Sadly, the illness twisted Ren's mind, instilling him with delusions that slowly eroded his sanity. He began to fancy himself as superior to other Men, and spoke of himself as the Fire King, the son of the exalted Volcano, Ulk Chey Sart (Chey: "Home fo the Chey Nation"), that stood in the center of the southern Chey plateau. Horrified, Elyen attempted to restore her husband's mind and sought the aid of healers from the lands as far away as Rycolis and western Khand.
Ren's lucidity eventually disappeared and the illusionist left home on a pilgrimage to his purported mountain home where he crafted his weapon, Ghash Ulk Chey. He gathered a cult of followers throughout the winter of S.A. 1999-2000 and declared himself the Overlord of the Chey. As Fire King wielding his horrifying weapon, he plunged into a campaign of ruthless subjugation that played on the themes of nationalism, prosperity and terror. Variag and Nûriag warlords who held sway over the northern Chey territories fled as the tribes quickly fell under Ren's control. By the end of the S.A. 2000, the illusionist was truly the King of the Chey.