That could be one of the important characters in the stories Sarnauta if developers AstrumNival worked in a Games Workshop.
Guess who it is not difficult if you read the description of this character in another game universe:.
Approximately two thousand years before the birth of Sigmar, which is about 4500 years ago, the largest city of the Great River - Khemri, born Nagash. He was a strong warrior and well-versed in primitive sorcery of his people. It is said that from the time when he became old enough to understand such things, he is constantly thinking about death. He wandered through the city and hid in the necropolises of the ancient tombs of great kings, where he could watch the funeral cult priests brought presents, and made lengthy rituals aimed at caring for the spirit of the king was buried there. Being out of the tombs, Nagash was able to see the sick and wounded, while a spark of life slowly decayed, then the embalmers preparing their bodies for burial. Just then, one day in his young life, Nagash decided that he will never die.
Few ancient monuments neeharskie kept a record of Nagash or acts. The ancient inhabitants believe that erasing his name, and every memory of him from history, they will be able to overthrow his immortality, and bring it to oblivion in the history of. But this, of course, did not help.
Long and hard, and Nagash his novices to practice their magic in finding more reliable ways of creation and management of black magic, which introduced him to a witch druchi. Over the past decade, their magical skills are second to none for priests, liches in all other cities Neehary. They have dropped the profession of traditional beliefs Neehary putting themselves almost equal to the gods, and the inhabitants of Khemri - subservient to the wishes of their cattle, which they could spend for the construction of huge monuments in his honor, or simply used as an experimental creatures in their voodoo experiments.
While the years turned into decades and decades in the century, merged, Nagash and his clerks became more withdrawn, rarely leaving Khemri or interest in things beyond, getting into a position which threatened to turn into a pure disaster for them. By the time the Black pyramid was already completed, which allowed Nagash and his novices to concentrate fully on his black witchcraft. From this point on, the Pyramid was working as a conductor of the Winds of Magic, sucking them into itself, linking them together and forcing them to make a pyramid shape of a huge reservoir of black magic, magic, the most powerful and useful for them.
However, this black magic, soluble and accumulate in the Black Pyramid, has caused all the animals and people around the league for many unnatural diseases of the body, mind and spirit. For the Kings of other cities, have long worried about the events in Khemri, this situation was totally unacceptable. King Lamizzar (Lahmizzar) from the coastal city of Lamia led the Kings Zandra, Numasa, Mahraka, Libarasa Rasetry and unite with him in a great alliance against Nagash and send their armies to the one who crowned himself the king - priest of the Eternal Khemri.
In the long war that followed, many thousands were killed neehartsev. Waves of black magic, poisoned the earth, and some oases were so filthy that even after many years of avoiding people. So long was the war waged against Nagash and his followers, that the king did not live up to Lamizzar to see it end, but his young son, Lamizzash (Lahmizzash), took his father's banner of war against Khemri. After thirty years of this endless bloodshed, the army Lamizzasha, finally, finally overcame Nagash.
They say that hunted in Khemri along with several survivors of his servants, Nagash fled into the cold depths of his black pyramid, turning only once on the road of a thousand steps leading into the darkness, to swear that he rebelled against kings will turn to dust, and even less than .
One after another, the followers of Nagash thrown down, beheaded and burned united army against them, until they covered the retreat of his master. Survivors of all kings was overthrown Nagash, withdrawing his name and his record of deeds of the many monuments Khemri, trying to remove all traces of heretical king from history. Of the same Nagash was never found - a pyramid, in which he fled, was empty, and did not find anything except his occult experiments rooms.
In the Empire, and today there is a secret society of necromancers who call themselves the Cult of Nagash. Occasionally they come together to showcase their talents with each other and share their research in the black art of necromancy. Nothing is known about whether this cult of a single leader, and generally cooperate with each other whether the individual cells of necromancers there. We only know that the cult is very secretive, because in addition to the witch- hunters who are ready to send to fire any of them, the cult of the hunt and the priests of the Cult of Morra, very active in seeking and destroying those who are interested in necromancy.
Many in the Cult of Nagash believe that the Great Necromancer is still alive, dead, and reigns in his stronghold - Nagashizzar, others believe that he died, but could return, the third is also believed that their king is dead now, but he must be born again . They all agree that Nagash sooner or later avenge those who have no time to brake it, and they are his supporters to help him in this, for when the hordes of undead will bring Armageddon to the world, you will be able to survive only by those who have been faithful to the King .
This is not a prototype. This ' archetypal ' view of one of the most common fantasy worlds villain. =) I do not know whether the writers were inspired by the JSC is to create a way Nagash You- Guess -Who, but the resemblance is definitely huge.
