Editing Brother Mordoth

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== Alignment ==

Chaotic Evil

== Race ==

Wererat [Rat Valken]

== Class ==

Cleric of Malaxas 8

== Background ==

Like most Rat Valken, Brother Mordoth was born to a very large social group and was one of the few children to survive to adulthood.  This experience of competition for basic necessities and being forced to struggle to survive is something that the clan traditionally encouraged to teach the young such values as begging, cunning, fawning, fighting, and trickery.  Mordoth was never the best warrior but his talent for magic quickly separated him from the rest of the chattel.  He apprenticed himself to the previous Shaman of the tribe and killed the old man in his sleep after learning all he could (the man had lived to the ripe old age of 50 anyway, an absurdly long age for a Rat Valken).

Brother Mordoth is now the leader of the largest Rat Clan of Valken that lives in the Caverns of Quasqueton, the Skulker Clan.  Like many Valken shamans, he's made the full transition into becoming a Lycanthrope but has become corrupted from regular shamanism by his interest in Fell Sorceries.  This has transformed him into a Warlock and made him now a devout worshiper of the Immaculate Doom.  He's brought his entire clan down with him as the Rat Clans are slavish and loyal to whoever has the most power in their tribe.

Brother Mordoth personally despises the situation that his race is, picking off the refuse and supplies of the greater humanity.  This loathing has lead him to become a slaver, a dealer in illicit substances, and a murderer of large numbers of human beings.  He has made alliances with certain corrupt humans in order to begin gathering wealth to bribe or buy off the other Rat clans in the city into his service.  While he'd never share it with his fellows for fear of them turning on him for his ambition, he eventually believes they will strike at the humans above them and destroy them.

== Personality ==

Arrogant and condescending to the extreme, Brother Mordoth would seem ridiculous and cartoony if not for the fact that he has the power to slaughter most individuals who might oppose him and the will to do it without a second thought.  Like most Rat Valken, he's subject to flattery and bribery but cruel to his subordinates.  Unlike most, his lack of formal education has not inhibited him from being extraordinarily intelligent (his warren is filled with stolen books).

Surprisingly, Brother Mordoth actually cares about the Skulker Clan and the Rat Valken as a whole despite his moody and murderous nature.  He desires for them to move out of their poverty and has forbidden the old practices of leaving newborn Rat Valken to fend for themselves.  Despite the fear this would destroy the clan through overpopulation, it's so far worked wonders and helped increase his power base significantly as he's raised these Valken to be fanatically loyal to him and Malaxas.

Mordoth hates Vermin Slayers a great deal for their persecution of his kind and especially loathes them for the fact that they have killed several of his tribe.

[[(Winterweir) In Search of the Unknown]]