I believe it is time to talk of Kali...

After receiving Kali's Gift, the snake within my arm, I became little more than a simple servant. At the time, I was still under control of my mind... That is when Kali began her work...

She began placing thought into my head... telling to kill willfully, to destroy... I tried not to listen... But everywhere I went I heard her...

Then one day, she tired of her game with me. She sent on of her servant after me. It came in the middle of the night, leaping from the shadows. It grabbed me and dragged me of to a castle high atop a cliff. This was, and still is, my home, Storm Keep.

Once there, I decided to make the best of a bad situation, by exploring its massive reaches. I discovered hidden chambers, armories full of mystical weapons, hordes of gold, silver and jewels, but I went afoul once... finding a place I should not have....

Deep below the castle, in caves with connect to it, was a temple, dedicated to the dark god Kali, an altar of sacrifice. I knew the use of the place moment I stepped inside. I ran from that place of shadows, screaming.

Nevertheless, it was too late... Kali's power there gave her the chance to place more thoughts in my mind, thoughts of going down there, of sacrificing to Kali.

I decided I must close it off, seal it away forever.. However, the same servants of the shadows defended it. They came at me, beating me and leaving me inside the temple for Kali. It was there that Kali took the final step. She looked deep into my mind, seeing what I wished to be. She fashioned a body of shadows and death's blood. And made me one last offer...

"Elf child, you at yourself.. You are weak, pathetic, a meager whelp of a servant... but look on this body, it is one of power, and strength. Before you, others used it, but they were not good enough to wield it... You are. All I need have you do is take an innocent's life......... And it is yours."

What happens next... I hate more than all else... Kali's words burned in my brain. Night after night, I dreamed of being a god-like warrior... Moreover, one day I could no longer take it... I went out, in search of an innocent, a child...

I found one, I believe she was called Julie... I took her deep below, saying I had a surprise for her... One can imagine the rest... Needless to say Julie is no more.

In that instant, my soul became tainted, and ready to be taken by Kali. She ripped half my soul out, and placed it inside the body that she named......

MEPHYSTO!

The other half remained in my body, for if my true form died, Mephysto would be no more. for the next 800 years, I lived as Mephysto, doing evil in Kali's name. With her power, gods fell at my feet. But I did not yet know her plans for me...

You see, the body she "made" has existed in some form for millennia, but with a different soul within it. She uses them as tools, so she has allies. But, she was pushing the body too far, burning it out, using it up far before its time.

But that is another story...