The market

[Maero]

"Tss." The creature that was once D's brother said, an old noise he used to make to make D be silent when they were still brothers. "Templum was done for, you and I both knew it. All those warriors, heroes, kings and mages, were all there in vane. Templum was a vein of magic upon the world, and we thought we could just life on it and reap the rewards, build our cities, live peacefully. But it was always just a matter of time." He shook his head and grinned, as if remembering a fond memory.

"Do you remember? When we signed up to help save the land? The people we met? Captain Kaylee with her flying ship, Sam Hammerstrike and his dwarven crossbow, Prince Ro'Lethen and his cursed hand and lineage, Master De Shon, ever trapped in childs body, The dragon Sevrin, The paladin king Leon, Gelmon the Elf lord, and Sir Royan, who offered you the sword you used to slay Fenzren the hydra. Do you remember any of them? Truly? do you remember me, how I would train to protect you and Herna...my Herna....Do you remember Spero?" the creature laughed, and stomped, insane with his own heinous amusement for several seconds.

"And...and then you say that I betrayed you? What foolery brother dear brother, I betrayed no one! You all betrayed yourselves!" Suddenly he was angry, and pointed his sword accusingly at D. Do you remember that day!? Our proudest hour! We, the sons of no one, defeated the dread hydra himself! Where armies failed, we succeeded, and I was so proud...Do you remember it? The party we had, the celebration held in our honor? And how as we celebrated, a half dead messenger arrived at our festivities, bringing news of the fall of Shi, our proudest city, our safest sanctum!?" The ground seemed to shake as rambled on, his anger mounting.

"We were still losing! We still would have lost! And so yes brother, I stole the armor of the god Felcor, and I donned it and its axe, and drew all of templums power into myself. And then I used it to destroy all of our enemies! But you all named me traitor, conspired against me! You were jealous of my power, called it forbidden, called it evil!" Cracks began to spread across the floor, and although the magic of the room continually healed it, still the cracks ran far and deep. "So you opened hell beneath me and began the ritual that would end me, and as your minions held me down and stole away my power, you attempted to seal me! Me, your own brother! All of you!"

A breath of organ flame licked around his mouth for a second or two before he seemed to calm down. "But I was to clever, to powerful...you see brother I did not let you finish, I was able to seize my axe! And with it I stopped your ritual, stopped it because you could not remember...because no one could, because I destroyed Templum that day! No longer does it exist in any world, in any mind but my own...and your brother...and yours...but not for long."

Again the being turned toward D with an accusing glare. "I did not come here just to remind you of all of this brother...I am here to drain you...replenish my power with yours. You see...although I stopped you from destroying me, I was still trapped in that fire pit...for years...for centuries. When at last I emerged, powerless as a worm...I was...changed. My power was gone...but it left a thirst. It is a thirst that will remain until I am at last the most powerful, a thirst that I can sate! A thirst I quench with the blood of the most powerful mages. And now...at last, I have you, my final meal before I can finally return to being what I once was!" He laughed manically and lifted his wings triumphantly into the air. He was insane, clearly driven mad by his thirst and his imprisonment.

"It was so hard finding you!" He suddenly yelled. "Oh so so hard, you hide to well...you escaped me for so long, it was maddening... Ah but your apprentice was easier to find..and hook. I knew all I had to do was cross some kind of line to get him to bring you...and then...oh how deliciously perfect this plan was..." He seemed to fade into his own thoughts, and was lost in them for a second or two before refocusing.

"As...As you can see brother, this whole...ordeal has had quite a profound effect on me...it was not easy to do all this. As Arkurus I could move freely and kill mages, drink their power, and grow stronger...but I also had to be sane!" He smashed the wall suddenly with his razor sharp wings. "DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO PRETEND TO BE SANE?! Always rational, always thinking, always double thinking...Its enough to make on go mad isnt it?" He chuckled at his joke before he continued speaking. "But Arkurus is now dead, RIP, forever. Now I am me once again! or soon will be. The Great God King...." Suddenly a smile crossed his twisted, mutated features. "So..brother...do you remember my name?"

(Here you can name him and correct him on anything he got wrong, since he is insane and deluded)