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Azalin Rex
{{Primarysources|date=November 2007}}
{{In-universe/Dungeons & Dragons|date=October 2009}}
{{Ravenloft character
|name      = Azalin Rex
|home      = [[Ravenloft domains#Darkon|Darkon]]
|gender    = Male
|class     = [[Wizard (Dungeons & Dragons)|Wizard]]
|race      = Human [[Lich (Dungeons & Dragons)|lich]]
(contracted; show full)ct it). According to King of the Dead, Firan stumbled about Darkon with no memory, and did not regain his memory until he defeated Darcalus, whereupon the undead essence merged with his own and made him Azalin once again. The novel also depicts his rage at realizing he had come so close to escaping his despicable undead state as well as the burdens of rulership.

The second count is the question of Azalin's memory. As with many Darklords, Azalin suffers a curse tailored to his personality, granted by 
[[Ravenloft#The Dark Powers|The [[Dark Powers]] of Ravenloft. In this case, one dimension of his curse is the inability to learn any new magic at all&mdash;a crippling blow to any wizard, and downright unbearable for a lich, especially one who has knowingly sacrificed his living self so he can pursue new magics for all eternity. All sources cite this handicap, but they disagree on the time it manifested. Some sources, including King of the Dead, imply that he could not learn new magic from the moment he arrived in Barovia (such as the r(contracted; show full)
''Vecna Reborn'', pg. 14

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