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The mended Archlord — once broken by the destruction of his sect, now restored and fighting in the final campaign to expel every Monarch from Cradle.
Ziel was the youngest Archlord in his generation before a Dreadgod cult destroyed his sect and shattered his spirit. He spent years as a broken man, cycling grimly through a spirit that leaked power like a cracked vessel. Eithan promised to fix him. The promise was kept — though Eithan turned out to be Ozriel, and the fix came as part of a plan spanning millennia. Now Ziel fights at full power for the first time in years, and the sacred arts community remembers why he was feared. His script-artist path combines defensive formations with crushing force — barriers that become weapons, shields that detonate on contact. In the final campaign against the Monarchs, Ziel brings the methodical precision of someone who has already lost everything and fights now because the alternative is letting it happen to others. He is quiet, dry-humored, and loyal to the team that gave him back his purpose. He will never be the loudest voice in the room. But when the Monarchs come, he will be the wall they break against.
Green-haired and massively built, with ram-like horns curving from his temples — the mark of his sacred beast heritage. His spirit, once shattered and held together by grim willpower, has been mended through Eithan's help and his own relentless effort. His script-circles glow with renewed power. The dead-eyed exhaustion that defined him for years has been replaced by something quieter: purpose.
Also known as: Ziel