Zargothrax

Zargothrax is an evil wizard hell-bent on the destruction of the entire McFife bloodline, after Prince Dundax destroyed his home to build the city of Dundee. Early life Zargothrax was not always evil; he was born to a humble family of peasants in 31 BD and learnt the basket weaving trade in Auchtermuchty.

In 0 AD, however, the young Prince Dundax removed Zargothrax's home to make way for a palace, as part of his building of the city of Dundee. Furious, Zargothrax swore to get his revenge. In 2 AD, after extensive research, Zargothrax came across the Forbidden Scrolls of Anstruther, read from them, and signed a demonic pact with Kor-Virliath, an Elder God of the 18th Hell Dimension, for immense power in exchange for an unspecified service.

In 624 AD, more than six hundred years after the signing of the pact, Zargothrax discovered the art of cloning; he creates multiple clones of himself, among them Alpha-1, and sealed them in cryogenic stasis in the event he should perish and his vengeance go unfulfilled.[1] In 865 AD, Zargothrax discovered the Knife of Evil in the swamps of Paisley, and began corrupting unicorns with its immense power.

Tales from the Kingdom of Fife In 992 AD, gathered sufficient forces, Zargothrax launched a sudden assault on the city of Dundee, overwhelming its defenders and quickly taking it over. He had Princess Iona McDougall captured and frozen in a prison of ice, and forced Prince Angus McFife I to flee. Zargothrax personally rode into the captured city atop an undead unicorn of war and proclaimed himself its dark master.

However, he did not anticipate McFife I declaring an oath of vengeance, and failed to take measures to stop the Prince. When Angus returned with sudden swiftness, Zargothrax could not stand against him or the Hammer of Glory, and fell into a pool of liquid ice and was frozen "in a cage of eternal frost". In 993 AD, his prison was removed to the fortress of Crail where he was guarded by the Templar Knights of Crail.

Space 1992: Rise of the Chaos Wizards In 1827 AD, Zargothrax's crystalline corpse was moved to a new fortress located on Triton, a moon of Neptune. The Space Knights of Crail keep their guard.[1]

In 1992 AD, a cult of Chaos wizards had learned of Zargothrax's location and launched a sudden attack. The Space Knights are defeated and the fortress is lost, and the evil wizard rises from his prison of frost.[1][10][11] Zargothrax immediately seeks out Dreadlord Myrkanos Barbax for "ancient secrets"; the Goblin King provides him with a magic crystal and says that it would unlock the Chaos portal to hell beneath Dundee.[12][13] Zargothrax later interrogated a unicorn for the truth of "the ancient crystal galaxy", and ordered it to lead him to "the ultimate fortress".

At an unspecified point in time, Zargothrax summoned a demonic army. This army he ordered to go to Mars to distract the Galactic Empire of Fife while he ventured to Earth in secret.[15][16]

In the ancient Dwarven caverns beneath Dundee, Zargothrax placed the crystal key into the altar, summoning an unbreakable spell of protection, and began reciting a dread incantation, ancient runes of power glowing about the portal as it began to awaken. Only Ralathor, hidden in the shadows, witnessed this, and understood that if it was completed, the entire galaxy was doomed to fall beneath Kor-Virliath. He fled Earth to Mars and informed The Hootsman and Prince Angus McFife XIII of the danger. The Hootsman immediately returned to Earth "faster than a laser bullet" and self-destructed, interrupting the summoning ritual by obliterating the entire planet.

Cursing the Hootsman for unraveling a thousand years of evil plotting, Zargothrax, unscathed by the Transnova explosion, channeled his last shards of power and plunged through the emergent wormhole in the wake of Earth's destruction, arriving in the Terrorvortex.

Legends from Beyond the Galactic Terrorvortex In 10 BD, Zargothrax emerges from the wormhole, and immediately begins slaughtering peasants indiscriminately. Among them is the Terrorvortex Zargothrax, twenty one years old, and ten year old Dundax.

For nine hundred eighty years, Zargothrax wrought his reign of terror. Nonetheless, Dundee was founded.

In 990 AD, Zargothrax used the Knife of Evil to corrupt the Terrorvortex's Ser Proletius and transformed the Knights of Crail into Deathknights.

In 993 AD, Dunkeld was the last free city to fall before Zargothrax. During the closing moments of the siege, Zargothrax ran into Angus McFife XIII once more. Effortlessly defeating him, the evil wizard laughingly told Angus his Hammer was powerless in the Terrorvortex and ordered him to "kneel before your god". Angus fled, leaving Zargothrax to begin his preparations for ascending to actual godhood.

Inside the citadel of Dundee, Zargothrax prepared for the upcoming solar conjuration. According to "ancient scrolls of colossal power", by channeling the Knife of Evil with an arcane incantation, he would become "an immortal god of the multiverse".

When the Forces of Justice arrived to finally engage him, Zargothrax was already beginning his transformation into a god. Nothing could stop him. But then the Hootsman reemerged, having been merged into the fabric of the Terrorvortex's reality and becoming its true god; together, both Angus McFife and the Hootsman overwhelmed Zargothrax, killing the evil sorcerer at last.

But Zargothrax had two final hurrahs up his sleeve. He first impaled Angus through with the Knife of Evil before expiring, ensuring the hero would either live to become a servant of the Hellgods or die in an effort to stop it. Then, a deadman's switch was triggered, sending an interdimensional signal to reawaken one of his many clones and continue his evil goals