Kurn: The Dread Torturer of the Old Tower
During the height of the Iksarian Empire of Old, Kurn was one of Venril Sathir's most loyal subjects. Obsessed with torture, Kurn was the perfect choice for an imperial executioner and interrogator. Not wishing to fill the walls of Sebilis with the screams and tortured cries of their enemies, Venril ordered the construction of a great tower beyond the city walls where Kurn could perform his grim duties. For decades, Kurn perfected his art on the most hated foes of the Iksarian Empire, with many individual cases lasting years.
Kurn's obsessive nature led to the tower's downfall. One evening, while engaged in the torment of his most prized subject, another prisoner escaped and descended into the nethermost depths of the dungeon, which Kurn had been using as a storage place for several obsolete and failed torture devices. From there, the prisoner managed to dig a tunnel, escaping the confines of the nightmarish tower. Unfortunately, the route the prisoner carved opened up a portal for the Burynai race.
Enraged at their discovery, the Burynai invaded the tower through the prisoner's tunnel, vowing to destroy the threat they deemed the tower of torture posed to their culture. Within days, the tower was overrun by Burynai necromancers and shamans. Kurn was captured, his execution only stopped when the tribal elder became fascinated with the discovery of his torture infrastructure.. The tribal elder ordered the tower sealed and guarded, assuring that any who dared to enter the domain would be swift to die.
His own torture devices used against him, Kurn was subject to the Burynai's experiments. Eventually, over a year later, the Iksar would finally perish, only to be resurrected as an undead servant by the disappointed Burynai elder. To this day, the undead remnants of Kurn lurk in the innermost depths of his dungeon, existing only with the savage will to torment any that enter the confines of his chamber.
Source
- Atlas: The Maps of Myrist
