Heskal von Drak, Immortal Lord of Khorne


Heskel von Drak, Immortal Lord of Khorne

Not much is known about Heskel von Drak’s life before he became an immortal fighter in the mortal realms. Heskel is one of the very rare, and very few vampires that has forsaken Nagash’s claim on his soul in favor of a new master. Granted, this decision was not committed out of fealty to Khorne, but out of a basic instinct to survive. 
When Nagash declared Hallowhold to blaspheme against his name, Heskel was sent to be the envoy of their destruction. However, Heskel never made it past one battle with the protectors of that vaunted city. Upon the plains leading up to the gates of Hallowhold-Ulgu, Heskel came across a Lord of Khorne named Ash. Heskel was sure that he could easily outmatch the mortal warrior. As he charged in, Ash sliced the air in front of Heskel, opening up a tear that led straight into the blood gods domain. Heskel was moving too fast to avoid the tear, and fell straight in.
Once in the Realm of Blood, Heskel did everything he could to survive, eventually resorting to worship of Khorne to survive. Khorne, taking delight in an immortal warrior that had a thirst for blood, blessed Heskel with a set of chaos armor, and an axe that would allow him to come and go from the realm of blood as the vampire pleased. As Heskel’s first act of worship, Khorne demanded the head of Ash, the chaos warrior that had set Heskel down this path. Heskel gleeful accepted the charge.
Returning to Hallowhold-Ulgu, Heskel von Drak slew his predecessor, taking control of the warband that Ash had led. Heskel has been spilling blood in the name of Khorne ever sense. His vampiric heritage has seen Heskel recover from defeats that would have killed a lesser being, like being beat into the ground by a mawcrusher. 
After defeating the ranks of the undead that were assaulting the walls of Hallowhold-Ulgu, Heskel drew the attention, and ire, of Nagash. With that attention, an emotion that he had thought long gone was awakened, fear. Although he was dedicated to Khorne, he had betrayed Nagash to do so. Heskel knew that what Nagash did to traitors, and he feared it. Khorne was only pleased when he was spilling blood, if Nagash were to capture him, Heskel knew that his punishment would be two-fold, first from Nagash, and then from Khorne.
Heskel knew the only way to avoid this fate was to disappear from the annals of history. Fighting just enough to appease Khorne, but never enough to make a name for himself. Thus, Heskel has been wandering the mortal realms, always fighting in the position of an advisor to a chaos lord, as to not have attention or records written about him for Nagash to find. He is currently serving as an advisor to the Chaos Lord; Kosmos the Unbending in the Realm of Metal. Heskel has been secretly veering Kosmos away from fights with the undead, fearing that the servants of Nagash will report his location back to the dreaded necromancer.

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