Ma’ar

Ma'ar

Titles	The First Horror
Creature type	Horror (humanoid fused with a fiend)
Affiliations	House of Horrors (founder); formerly the Holy Theocracy of Olympus
Status	Deceased
Death	During the thirty-year siege of the House of Horrors

Ma’ar was the first horror to walk the land, and the founder of the House of Horrors.

Description

A horror - a humanoid fused with a fiendish entity through dark ritual to become a living weapon. Ma’ar was, in the words of his creators, “a weapon unlike any before him, a truly magnificent tool of destruction.”

Biography

Ma’ar was created as a desperate experiment by the Holy Theocracy of Olympus to fight off an invasion. Many more horrors were made after him, all around the world - but after the war ended, Ma’ar rebelled. Traveling the world, he gathered others like him, freeing them from their shackles and killing the creators who had abused them for power.

Their actions drew the attention of the world’s heroes, who pursued them as monsters and fiends. Ma’ar led his fellow horrors to an island off the shore of the theocracy that had created him, hoping to live in peace, away from the world. When the volcano in Jaknia erupted and destroyed The University, and a girl without a name stepped from the wreckage clad in a storm of fire, Ma’ar took her into his house on the island.

The world raised its armies and besieged the island - now called the House of Horrors. Ma’ar died during the thirty-year siege, before the House discovered the power that would ultimately save it.

Important Affiliations

• House of Horrors - its founder and first leader.
• The Holy Theocracy of Olympus - his creators, against whom he ultimately rebelled.

Relationships

• The Girl Without a Name - whom Ma’ar took into his house after she emerged from the ruins of The University.

Appendix

Sources & Attribution

• Primary lore: editions/5e-2014/class-lore/warlock-the-horror.md (Traveler’s Guide, heading chain Classes & Subclasses → Warlock → The Horror → History), author TrueMichato.