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Morjec is a human wizard of great power and subtlety...or at least he is now. He was a student of Keraptis during his reign over the Onyx Empire, and served as his right-hand man. His specialty was luring high-level military commanders and adventurers into traps of his own devising, usually involving dungeons that were scattered throughout Lanad i'Sarois. It is rumored that some of these traps still lurk in the UnderWorld, waiting to be sprung.

When the empire fell, Morjec did his best to put the pieces back together. He started out trying to continue the Wars of Arin, staging an attack against Braith. He even went so far as to hire the noted assassin Slug to kill Thorin Archer. None of these plans met with any kind of success, and so Morjec changed his tactics. He recruited Sargon, an arrikhan who has been called The Black Knight, to be his mouthpiece to the world, while he withdrew to carry out his plans in secret.

He supported the return to power of the former royal family of Arin, now led by King Lloyd IX. Of course, as the royal vizier to the king, he has positioned himself as the real power in Arin. While the citizens of Arin are preoccupied with the rebuilding of Arin's capital, Arek, Morjec has rebuilt his army of orcs, grazhnakh, and other horrid creatures, preparing for the time when he might again challenge his neighbors in war.

Over the years, there have been many rumors about Morjec, including that he has close dealings with high-ranking baatezu, or even that he himself is half-devil (or even a full-blooded fiend!); that he is actually a clone of his master, Keraptis; that he has forged alliances with other evil wizards to mutual benefit; and that he is somehow connected to the withdrawal of Hanaellan from the White Alliance. How much of this is true is likely known only to Morjec himself. Whatever else might be said of him, his intelligence should not be underrated.