Morgoroth the Black
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Morgoroth the Black is the Darklord of Avonleigh, a Ghost trapped in Tergeron Manor. In life, he was in love with Aurora Shadowborn and killed Ferran Shadowborn and the knight Lambert. He was responsible for the destruction of the first Order of the Circle.
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Mogoroth came to Avonleigh for redemption and atonement for past crimes on another world. There, he petitioned Lord Ferran Shadowborne for judgement. Ferran bid Morgoroth to swear fealty to him, and Morgoroth readily obliged. Granted land in return for his oath of loyalty. That same night, Morgoroth used mighty magic to construct Tergeron Manor within a single night in the nearby woods. Yet, the literal spirits of his past came followed him across the dimensional void, haunting not only him but the forest around. And thus Morogoroth's forest assumed the name of the Phantasmal Forest.
Morgoroth served for many years as a loyal adviser to Lord Ferran, such that the other paladins of the Circle came forget their doubts of him. Even the ghosts of the Phantasmal Forest were dismissed as merely lingering apparitions that naturally surround a wizard of sufficient power. However, there were two forces Morgoroth could not escape. The first was his love for Ferran's sister, Aurora Shadowborn. Because she was to become the high priestess of the local faith and in doing so swear an oath of celibacy, Morgoroth withheld his feelings of love. Lady Aurora returned his love, but she dared not admit to it either due the conflict between her feelings and her faith.
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