Zackar the Mad

Zackar Thalion was born into a small Eladrin community in the Feywild which was closely connected to the World and the Shadowfell. Zackar was a magical prodigy with a keen interest in other realms. He excelled in his mystical studies and spent all his free time in the libraries and archives of his community learning about the planes and the history of the World. He quickly outpaced his fellow apprentices in scrying, too quickly. Growing bored with the sedate pace of his studies, Zackar began to work with his orb on his own. During one session he had a breakthrough and began to explore the universe. In the Astral Sea he caught a glimpse of the beautiful dominion of Corellon and was enchanted. He had brief flashes of the feywild, the world and the shadowfell. The flashes came faster and faster, the elemental chaos was blinding and disorientating and he fell into the Abyss unaware. At some point he seemed to become stuck in the Demonweb Pits of Llolth and he struggled to escape. He marshalled his will and before the Queen of Spider's minions could notice him, he tore free and unknowingly cast his mind into the Far Realms. In that terrible place he suddenly could feel no connection to his body, and worse some abominable intellect seemed to be studying him. When his parents found him the next day his once clear orb was dark and misty and Zackar was wracked with fever. Clerics were quickly brought in and Zackar awoke. The brilliant and curious young man's health was weakened and he became sombre and withdrawn. Zackar had seen the horrors that were lurking, waiting to attack the unwary, and swore to fight them and protect the innocent. After his education was complete he sequestered himself in the temple of Corellon and took holy orders to smite evil wherever it arose. When Zackar enters his trance he is plagued with terrible nightmares, when he wakes his dour countenance and pessimistic attitude unnerves his fellow fey. Combined with his refusal to take a new orb he became known as Zackar the Mad, or in hushed tones, BlackOrb.