Valraen

History
Valraen Auvryar was a young mage apprenticed to Karlo Eldirum, a close friend of his family. He bore a deep interest in leeches, and thus based all his spells around them. However, the power behind the magic drove him mad, causing him to go into random fits of murderous hunger, which many around him fell victim to. Karlo took Valraen deep into the wilderness, away from humanity, where he could no longer cause harm. Then, one day Valraen stole a crystal from Karlo's archives and accidently opened a portal to Hazane, with catastrophic results.

Valraen went on a rampage inside of an inn, resulting in the death of Narra Dragonfriend. Valraen was rescued at the last moment by Karlo, who followed him through the portal, and they were both taken to the hospital tent along with the other inn patrons. Whilst Valraen slept, Karlo, in a moment of foolishness decided to go look around. Valraen awoke, and immediatly began his massacre once more. Valraen used his vile magic to turn the tent into a swamp, allowing his summoned leeches to devour many doctors, nurses, and patients. However, Valraen's murderous intents were cut short when Oth, furious at the death of Narra, impaled Valraen on metal spikes and then immolated him in fire, ending the threat the leech mage posed...or so he thought.

Valraen's death at the hands of Oth was extremely painful, and thus resulted in his spirit rising as a Whisper. In death however, Valraen's hunger was reduced, and he traveled far, ignoring the living around him. He eventually came to find an Olka dragon in the sewers of the capitol. The ravenous hunger of the Olka struck a chord inside of Valraen, and he destroyed its mind, taking its body for his own. Thus Valraen was reborn. However, with the leech magic that had caused his mad hunger no longer available to him, Valraen was much different then before

Abilities
Before his death and subsequent rebirth, Valraen was a semi skilled mage who specialized in magic that dealt with leeches. He could create leeches both large and small, and used them as minions to fight for him. Valraen also was able to turn himself into a monstrous human-leech hybrid, and often used this form to drain blood from his enemies, which he used as fuel for his spells. Leech magic was not all Valraen could do however. He was very slightly trained in blood magic, being able to draw blood from open wounds, and give weapons the ability to make unclottable injuries.

Appearance
Whilst still human, Valraen appeared as a tall, gangly young man, with long black hair, grey eyes, and a gaunt appearance. He often wore sleeveless black robes with purple highlights and decorative spikes. When transformed, his clothes would remain the same, but his skin would turn into slimy grey flesh. Most noteworthy though, was that his head would become that of a giant leech.