Lore:Arum-Khal

Dark Adept Arum-Khal
Dark Adept Arum-Khal
Race	Khajiit	Gender	Male
Died		2E 582 Arum-Khal's Realm
Resided in		Elsweyr
Appears in		ESO

The Dark Adept, Arum-Khal, was a Khajiit lich who fell into Namiira's grasp in ages long past. Originally an adept with the Order of the Hidden Moon, he got his start redeeming dro-m'Athra in Azurah's name. He was curious, always asking questions. He was also described as impatient. These qualities in part lead to his downfall. He was a powerful member of the Order, and very proud of that fact. He was considered as a candidate to wield the Moonlight Blade, a relic given as a gift to the Order by Azurah.

When the time came for a new blade-bearer to be selected, Arum-Khal's friend and rival, Shando-ri, was picked over him. Arum-Khal became bitter, sending him over the edge. He renounced his faith and fell to the Darkness, bringing many of the Order's adepts with him. He incited a civil war, which destroyed the Order of the Hidden Moon. The remaining members of the original Order managed to weaken Arum-Khal, but they could not kill him. He hid fragments of his spirit in his phylacteries as a last resort, allowing the Order to trap him within using wards, which faded over time. Arum-Khal survived within the phylacteries, which connected to a realm of darkness of his own design.

In 2E 582, the Vestige arrived at the ruins of the Temple of the Hidden Moon, where they investigated strange instances of the dead rising from their rest. The Vestige managed to pass the Order of the Hidden Moon's trials and became the last bearer of the Moonlight Blade. They then vanquished Arum-Khal once and for all in the Order's crypts, entering his realm using the Moonlight Blade and destroying his spirit. The necromancer Vastarie then performed a ritual to draw every speck of light from Arum-Khal's realm, inadvertently retriving the remaining kernel of light from Arum-Khal's sundered soul. Fortunately, this redeemed version of him was no threat to Tamriel and was able to pass on to the Sands Behind the Stars alongside his fellow adepts.