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Nimroth is the father of Nimiane, the main antagonist of the 100 Cupboards trilogy. He is also the founder of the undying race, the former emperor of Endor, and the first known person to exploit the power of the Blackstar. He was driven to insanity after the faeren stole the Blackstar from him and was eventually sealed away inside a crypt by his sons. Prior to his downfall, he was an extremely powerful man and greatly feared.

Biography

Nimroth was a seventh son and a green man, connected to poison vines. He was a learned man with a large library of his own. He lived in his father's house before Endor fell into evil and developed a taste for wizardry while he was still young.

Nimroth was not content with his mind or body. He searched the world for a prison of incubi and eventually came upon the Blackstar. Using the Blackstar, he imprisoned incubi in his blood making himself immortal, half-human, and very powerful. From then on, his life depended on the life of others, which he took by "drinking" them.

He gave incubi blood to his "loved ones" and thus started a new race of undying Endorians. Princes and queens came to Endor in order to buy incubi blood from Nimroth, willing to pay anything to get it. Nimroth made himself emperor of Endor and expanded his kingdom through the power of the Blackstar.

Recognizing Endor's threat, Nimroth's evil, and the centrality of the Blackstar to his power, four faeren infiltrated Endor in an effort to steal the Blackstar. Their efforts were successful but only one of them, Nudd the Chestnut King, survived.

Nimroth denied to his court that the Blackstar had been stolen and even disguised an ordinary stone as the Blackstar in order to convince them that this was true. Nevertheless, he searched relentlessly for the thief, losing his sanity in the process. In his madness, he became a ruthless and abusive ruler and convinced himself that the fake Blackstar was actually real. He tortured and imprisoned his own family members and executed all of the mortal servants in his palace.

Endor fell into madness after this and many lost their minds. "Tomb cities" were built underground for those who had become insane. In them, the mad Endorians were sealed away in crypts and coffins, similar to how the incubi were once sealed. Nimroth himself was eventually imprisoned by his sons in one of the deepest levels of these crypts, and his fake Blackstar was sealed away with him.

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+'''Nimroth''' is the father of [[Nimiane]], the main antagonist of the ''100 Cupboards'' trilogy. He is also the founder of the undying race, the former emperor of Endor, and the first known person to exploit the power of the [[Blackstar]]. He was driven to insanity after the [[Faeren|faeren]] stole the Blackstar from him and was eventually sealed away inside a crypt by his sons. Prior to his downfall, he was an extremely powerful man and greatly feared.
+==Biography==
 Nimroth was a [[Seventh Son|seventh son]] and a [[Green Men|green man]], connected to poison vines. He was a learned man with a large library of his own. He lived in his father's house before Endor fell into evil and developed a taste for wizardry while he was still young.
-Nimroth was not content with his mind or body. He searched the world for a prison of [[Incubi|incubi and]] eventually came upon the [[Blackstar]]. Using the Blackstar, he imprisoned incubi in his blood making himself immortal, half-human, and very powerful. From then on, his life depended on the life of others, which he took by "drinking" them.
+Nimroth was not content with his mind or body. He searched the world for a prison of [[Incubi|incubi]] and eventually came upon the Blackstar. Using the Blackstar, he imprisoned incubi in his blood making himself immortal, half-human, and very powerful. From then on, his life depended on the life of others, which he took by "drinking" them.
 He gave incubi blood to his "loved ones" and thus started a new race of undying Endorians. Princes and queens came to Endor in order to buy incubi blood from Nimroth, willing to pay anything to get it. Nimroth made himself emperor of Endor and expanded his kingdom through the power of the Blackstar.
-Recognizing Endor's threat, Nimroth's evil, and the centrality of the Blackstar to his power, four faeren infiltrated Endor in an effort to steal the Blackstar. Their efforts were successful but only of them, Nudd the Chestnut King, survived.
+Recognizing Endor's threat, Nimroth's evil, and the centrality of the Blackstar to his power, four faeren infiltrated Endor in an effort to steal the Blackstar. Their efforts were successful but only one of them, Nudd the Chestnut King, survived.
-Nimroth denied to his court that the Blackstar had been stolen, but went searching relentlessly for the thief. He lost his sanity in the process, becoming ruthless and abusive of his power; he tortured and imprisoned members of his family and executed all of the mortal servants in his palace.
+Nimroth denied to his court that the Blackstar had been stolen and even disguised an ordinary stone as the Blackstar in order to convince them that this was true. Nevertheless, he searched relentlessly for the thief, losing his sanity in the process. In his madness, he became a ruthless and abusive ruler and convinced himself that the fake Blackstar was actually real. He tortured and imprisoned his own family members and executed all of the mortal servants in his palace.
-Endor fell into madness after this and many lost their minds. "Tomb cities" were built underground for those who had become insane. In them mad Endorians were sealed away in crypts and coffins, similar to how incubi were once sealed. Nimroth himself was eventually imprisoned in one of the deepest levels of these crypts by his daughter Nimiane.
+Endor fell into madness after this and many lost their minds. "Tomb cities" were built underground for those who had become insane. In them, the mad Endorians were sealed away in crypts and coffins, similar to how the incubi were once sealed. Nimroth himself was eventually imprisoned by his sons in one of the deepest levels of these crypts, and his fake Blackstar was sealed away with him.