Mannimarco

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Mannimarco was an Altmer necromancer who played and manipulated the political powers of Tamriel, and left a legacy that would last for ages to come.

Early life
Mannimarco was born sometime around 2E 210, it was said that he was of royal blood but to which line it is uncertain. At some point he joined the Psijic Order on Artaeum and gained a reputation of being one of the greatest students who ever joined the order. His reputation matched only by Vanus Galerion.

Necromancy
At some point Mannimarco began to study Necromancy, and was facinated by the secrets of Necromancers and he was seduced into trapping and enslaving souls. After one of his spells caught the notice of Vanus, who confronted Mannimarco under the Ceporah Tower. There he told his fellow student to cease his dark ways, but Mannimarco hated the ways of life and peace and continued his research. When the leaders of the order found out about Mannimarco's experiments they exiled him to the mainland. Once there he began to spread his influence throughout the continent, as dark wizards and witches made their way to him. They gave him magical artifacts from which he absorbed their dark energy, turning him into a living corpse but expanding his life because of it. The Order of the Black Worm began and soon grew a large following.

The Planemeld
Mannimarco eventually came under the sevice of the Daedric Prince Molag Bal, who tasked him with tricking the Five Companions into performing a ritual that would weaken the Bariers between Nirn and Oblivion and allow Molag Bal's forces to invade Tamriel. Using the Dark Anchors Molag Bal hoped to merge Nirn with his own plane of Coldharbour. In reality Mannimarco had no loyalty to the prince and planned to trap Him where over time He would absorb his essence transforming him into the new lord of domination. To do this Mannimarco required the Amulet of Kings, and the help of Abnur Tharn the chancellor of the Elder Council who would later betray Mannimarco. During this time Mannimarco sacrificed an individual who would later be known as the Vestige to Molag Bal stealing their soul along with many others. Eventually the Vestige would escape Coldharbour and continuously wreck Mannimarco's plan of obtaining the Amulet of Kings. The Vestige would later fight and kill Mannimarco, but his spirit remained telling the Vestige that death would not slow him down. Just Then Molag Bal apeared, revealing that he had known of Mannimarco's intentions all along and dragged his spirit down to Coldharbour where he would be tortured by the undead. Later when the Vestige along with the Five Companions arived in Coldharbour to finally end the invasion, they found Mannimarco shackled to a table. The Vestige had a choice leave Mannimarco to his fate or free him, either way he eventually escapes Coldharbour and returns to Tamriel.

The great Battle
Vanus Galerion never forgot about Mannimarco, and when he resurfaced Vanus along with an army of mages and lampknights attacked Mannimarco's army. During this battle Mannimarco turned himself into the first ever Lich. Vanus's army won the battle but he was killed in the prosses, while Mannimarco survived now known as the king of worms and went into hiding.