Mayong Mistmoore

A myth by design

For hundreds of years Mayong Mistmoore laid the groundwork for his ascension. He wrapped himself in mystery and myth until historians and fame-hunters everywhere were desperate to find him. Few had ever seen the vampire, but everyone believed in him, and that was the point: the gods are strengthened by those who revere and believe in them.

Sources: Library of Erudin: Mayong Mistmoore

Dreadspire

When Norrathians accepted his invitation to Dreadspire Keep, they unknowingly acknowledged his power and became disciples who fed the enchantments around him. With the final blow his blood spread across the enchanted floor, and his last breath was a promise: “My age begins.”

Their awe at his power and their pride in defeating him were the last ingredients. His soul rose into godhood, the Demi-Plane of Blood took shape as a crimson realm of death and darkness, and even Norrath’s sun dimmed as his plane bled through the pantheon.

Sources: Library of Erudin: Mayong Mistmoore

Old grudges

The dark elf sorceress Tserrina Syl’Tor wrote of breeding giant obsidian-black drachnids and sending some as gifts to those she admired, Mayong among them. Allakhazam’s Venril Sathir history adds that Mayong became Venril’s enemy over the disappearance of Dencarja of the Ebon Masks and the Imperatrix Zhelebati of Caerthiel. In Secrets of Faydwer, Tunare sent adventurers back to the Elddar Forest to recover knowledge for the fight against him.

Sources: Library of Erudin: Mayong Mistmoore (Tserrina’s diary) · Allakhazam: Venril Sathir · Library of Erudin: Elddar Forest