<div align="center">(https://slyflourish.com/images/lich.jpg)</div><br/><div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><span class="bbc_u"><strong>AUGUR</strong></span></span></div><br/>The following is a restatement of the history of Augur, King of Cadolphia, Lord of the Many, Steward of the Crownland in the name of the Ninth Emperor, his fall from grace, his rise to power, and his many attempts to destroy the world that spurned him:<br/><br/>First, legends say that thousands of years ago, there lived a prince of Cadolphia, an ancient land that once lay on the Continent of Eden, who slew his father in cold blood to steal his crown.  Once done, King Augur ruled Cadolphia with caprice and cruelty, until he was deposed by forces led by the great hero, Devlin (also known as Devlin the Majestic, Devlin the Axe Hurler, and Devin the King Killer).  In his imprisonment, King Augur turned to the Dread God Zhar, and Zhar found within the former king an avatar.  Imbued with power and forbidden knowledge, King Augur tormented the races that peopled the planet two millennia ago, but he was defeated by the combined forces of Eos.<br/><br/>His reign of doom successfully spurned, Augur returned to wield his furious power against the world twice more, and each time, he was held back, but at great cost.  His last attempt some centuries ago was known as the Epoch of Terror, wherein the population of Eos was virtually halved.<br/><br/>Augur is a demilich who possesses great power and has at his leisure hordes of monsters prepared to do his will.