Lxanvom, the Crypt of Decay

Overview

The Ruins of Lxanvom is more commonly known as the Crypt of Decay, and is the home to the god of disease and plague, Bertoxxulous. The Crypt of Decay is an ancient structure manifested within the Plane of Disease. Its walls are soiled, damp, and alltogether foul. The entire place reeks of death as heaps of carrion rot in the corners of every room. Thousands of years ago, an ancient civilization named the crypt Lxanvom, meaning "King's Rest" in their language, and it is here where they kept their fallen royalty. After many centuries, a festering evil began to overwhelm the lower depths of the crypt. This was the influence of the Plague Bringer himself, Bertoxxulous. Some scholars of the Myrist believe this was the birthplace of the god of disease, but other believe he has existed since the beginning of time and that Lxanvom is just the first recorded existence.

Bertoxxulous chose the high priest of Lxanvom, Ultor Szanvon, as the first missionary sent forth to spread the word of the Plague Bringer. Today, many necromancers and shadowknights are devout followers due to Ultor's early foul deeds. One such deed was luring the reigning king of his people to the crypt under the pretense that it would be honor their history to pay respect to the former kings that rest there. When the king arrived, Ultor performed a ritual in the presence of Bertoxxulous by sacrificing the king and summoned twelve spirits of long dead kings of the Adan family, transforming them into powerful, horrid creatures, and binding them to the service of the Plague Bringer. These twelve set forth on a path of destruction through the land, erasing any history or remnant of this ancient civilization. Bertoxxulous then summoned the crypt and all of his minions within to the Plane of Disease. The crypt is now inhabited by a legion of knights from the ancient crypt along with an assortment of disgusting creatures including puslings, bubonian rats, venomous spiders, and various undead monstrosities. Bertoxxulous himself is a frightful representation of all he embodies. He is a foul, grotesque being of indescribable horror and putrid infestation that would turn the stomach of even the most hardy warriors. Bertoxxulous will only confront mortals himself after all twelve of the kings have fallen.