Rythian the Dark

Rythian the Dark is a First Age Elementalist, and creator of Riftus. He has many alternate aliases and is a disciple of Kraol, Dark God of Destruction.

Early Life
During the First Age, Rythian was a celebrated champion of Volund, God of Life. He and Zoey were the greatest Warriors of Bladudum, until Malhazar made a pledge to the growing power of Lojik.

Malhazar nearly destroyed Bladudum using the dark powers of Lojik, but Zoey gave up her life to save Bladudum from destruction. From this dark day, Rythian vowed never to give up on finding a means to return Zoey to Bladudum, and end her binding to Riftus, the Dimension he created to save Zoey from death.

After Zoey's demise, Rythian charged towards Malhazar's fortress alone and ripped the entire defence force to pieces. Rythian then engaged in a duel with Malhazar, which Malhazar won with a single sword-stroke.

And then a voice spoke to Rythian. It was Kraol, and he offered Rythian the power to destroy Malhazar. Rythian accepted the power and launched a blast of shadow energy at Malhazar, obliterating him.

Rythian was so damaged from the fight that he had to enclose his entire body within Crystalline Magicka until the Second Age.

From here he decided to serve Kraol, who promised to bring back Zoey after one thousand years of servitude. The rest is history, Rythian began to recruit the Fallen, and is the first of the Fallen.