Through the Mists

Azalin Rex

At a glance

Darkon’s missing former ruler, remembered by Carver from his parents’ conversations and shown in Erasmus’s vision as part of the Eternal Order’s history. He is distinct from Darcalus Rex.

Known facts and claims

  • Two Hundred Summers said Azalin had dealt with the Dark Powers, comparing his attempts to escape with Strahd’s. His account of domains as prisons adds context without explaining Azalin’s ritual.
  • Carver’s parents spoke of him in the past.
  • Erasmus showed him presiding over an ancient church.
  • Carver initially assumed that the “Rex” invoked by Neblus’s clergy meant Azalin; Duskren later made clear that his sect awaits Darcalus Rex instead.
  • Black Lily claimed that Azalin is gone.
  • Duskren Kalvar claimed that Azalin exploited Darkon’s stolen memories while trying to raise an undead army.
  • Duskren placed his hopes in the distinct Darcalus Rex rather than Azalin.
  • An obscure history described the King’s Ravens as always watching and somehow “part of Azalin.”
  • Coins bearing his face can apparently serve as Mist talismans; Black Lily used one to reach Martira Bay.
  • Vidic claimed that the Keepers of the Feather watched Azalin attempt a transformation and saw it fail.
  • Erasmus showed Castle Avernus exploding and Azalin’s physical body dissolving into nothing before Darkon divided among competing powers.
  • Ebb’s raven described Darkon as collapsing in Azalin’s absence and confirmed Ebb now controls the King’s Ravens.
  • Irik Zal’honan claimed Strahd von Zarovich knows the secrets of Azalin’s ritual and the red star.
  • Mordenkainen said Azalin originally came from Oerth and was already ancient history there.
  • Slippery Siv remembers Azalin transforming him into a mongrelman and repeatedly punishing him for pleasure.
  • Siv also remembers that Azalin saved Darkon often enough that its people loved him.
  • Lafing and Fling said Azalin imprisoned them to study their love.
  • Mordenkainen believes Darkon’s stolen memories may be stored and taken through the Book of Names and ancient magic at Castle Avernus; this connection remains unconfirmed.
  • Van Richten says Azalin followed Hyskosa’s Hexad in an effort to escape the domains; the exact interpretation and cause of the failure remain unknown.

Open questions

  • Who or what was Azalin Rex?
  • Where did he go?
  • What transformation did he attempt, and how did it fail?
  • How do the Eternal Order’s different sects now regard him?
  • Is he connected to Darcalus Rex beyond both having ruled or claimed the title “Rex”?
  • What role, if any, did Azalin and Castle Avernus play in the magic that steals Darkon’s memories?

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