Maegar Varn

Maegar Varn was a warlord of unknown age who was employed by the Swordlords to build a permanent defensive position within the Nomen Heights, and protect the colony that they were sponsoring. In this task, if anything Maegar went above and beyond what was asked of him. Through his men he built a substantial gatehouse to guard the entrance to the road to the colony, as well as almost 100 miles of road. In recognition for this, the Swordlords agreed to call the new colony Varnhold. Following this, Maegar Varn built a small yet substantial stone castle, and made realitive short work of the Whispering Grass tribe of Nomen (centaurs), the survivors of which he then utilised to scout the surrounding area. The Swordlords felt very good about the decision they had made in hiring Maegar Varn. Unfortunately for them, Maegar Varn had his own reasons for wishing to support the establishment of a new colony in these lands. Identifying those likely to shape the future outcome, he led them on an expedition into the Tors of the Leveines, to a mountain tomb. What occurred there is unknown, and of those that accopanied him into the tomb itself, only Andras Szebo remains. After returning from that tomb, Maegar became withdrawn and allowed the colony to manage itself, only interacting with those that had accompanied him on the expedition. No details are known of what transpired during this period of over a year, except that it was rumoured that he did spend time with the Whispering Grass tribe. Upon the arrival of the Kingmaker Heroes into Varnhold, and the swift disintegration of law and order that followed, Maegar sent his right hand man Andras Szebo to slowly start taking control of the colony. This is rumoured to have included the imprisionment and even consumption of some of the colonists of Varnhold. For what became clear is that Maegar and his followers were in fact ghouls that had come to this reason for reasons close to their beliefs; they are worshippers of the Outer God, Morddiggian. There is a precious lack of certainties, and much speculation, yet it seems likely that Maegar's plan was to facilitate the birth of a creature close to his God, and perhaps affect a fundamental change in this part of Golarion. A key part of this was luring the Kingmaker Heroes into a cursed Nomen Barrow with the intention of sacrificing their souls to commemorate the birth. It was not to be. After an epic battle and the death of a few members of the Kingmaker Heroes, Maegar Varn was finally vanquished as he retreated towards the birthing chamber.