Slate Talon Bledgar

In the wilds, far from other humans, Slate was born to Talon Bledgar and Mary Sullivan in Azogime 41.

Heir to both thrones of Bledgar and the Sullivans, Slate returned to civilization. He united the two factions underneath him and went to war against the Azogime and won, installing himself as King.

In Azogime 72, King Slate took a wife for himself, Queen Leksa. They had a son named "Kellen" two years later.

In Azogime 78, Slate discovered a strange, golden plant growing in the far north. It glowed radiantly, and when he touched it, the plant locked onto and merged with Slate's body. This was the progenitor Ataqico. At first, Slate felt no difference, but as the days went on, he found that he had gained incredible powers from the plant.

He studied his new abilities tirelessly and found that he could manipulate matter and create living, golum-like creatures. He could summon lightning and fire and was soon utterly absorbed in his new powers, which appeared to be rather limitless.

The limits of his powers, unfortunately, were soon evident in Azogime 93 when his wife leapt to her death from the tallest tower of his fortress. Her death spurned him to dig deeper into his powers in a frustrated depression, and Kellen assumed the throne in his father's absence.

Slate began to fall into a deep hatred of all living things, and his heart became consumed by the quest for greater power.

His journey lead him to the discovery of Lex Lines in Azogime 95. He pursued these new, powerful forces until he found a remote island where all six of them intersected. He hijacked the lines and bound them together to create a nexus from which he could control all of creation with reckless abandon. However, he could not access it in his corporeal form.

In a maddened craze for power, Slate bound himself to the Nexus and then killed himself. The combination of the release of Progenitor Ataqico Energy and the Nexus created a massive explosion that destroyed the island and Slate was reborn as a completely new creature - Zithajir.