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'''Azalin Rex''' or "The Rex" is a [[fictional character|fictional]] [[wizard]]-[[king]] in the [[Ravenloft]] [[campaign setting]] for the ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' [[fantasy]] [[role-playing game]].  He is the Darklord of the [[Ravenloft domains|domain]] of [[Darkon]].  He is known by his subjects not as cruel, but as very strict and lawful.

{{game-stub}}as very strict and lawful.

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Firan Zal'honan was born in the Flanaess (the realm of [[Greyhawk]]), the second of three sons of the lord of a small earldom.  He dabbled in magic, eventually taking to the dark arts. At 15, Firan summoned a demon that killed his younger brother Irik, and was expelled from his family lands. Firan continued to learn dark necromantic magic, learning how to steal the life force of others to extend his own lifespan.

Firan returned to his home after his elder brother died, assuming the seat of power and ruling as "Azal'Lan," or wizard-king.  He was 60 when he married, as his life-extending spells started to fail and he needed an heir.  His loveless marriage took 18 years to produce a son, and his wife died in childbirth, cursing him.  Firan tried to raise his son, Irik, as a suitable heir, but Irik would not follow his father's harsh footsteps, a trait Firan saw as weakness.  When Irik was caught freeing political prisoners, Firan had to publicly execute him.  Lamenting his failure as a father, a dark and nameless force presented him with the secret of lichdom.

Firan shed his mortality and changed his name to Azal'Lan, ruling for sixty more years before mercenaries hired by his enemies attacked and forced him to flee through dense fog to lose them.  He appeared in Barovia, whose inhabitants called him "Azalin" upon hearing his name.  He was the most powerful and least trusted servant of [[Strahd von Zarovich]] for 40 years, and parted company after a magical escape attempt failed (bringing Mordent into the realm).  Azalin then found himself in Darkon, absolute ruler of the realm, haunted by the ghost of his son and completely unable to advance in his mastery of magic.

In the last thirty years, Azalin has tried to escape Ravenloft twice more: the first was in manipulating the Grand Conjunction, which almost tore the Dread Realms apart. He then toiled for ten years in creating his ''doomsday device'', which would turn him into a demilich and allow his immaterial essence to escape.

The second attempt caused the Requiem, killing all life in Il Aluk and shattering Azalin's essence across Darkon. He remained in that state for five years before pulling himself together and taking over the corpse of his son, which had been lying in Castle Avernus for almost two hundred years.⏎

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