Corrupter of Souls

The Corrupter was said to have been forged by a mad dreamsmith in the dark days of the Dreamer's wars. Long ago when House Calenture and Dreamers of Light were the only open houses, Kelrith pulled the corrupter back into the dream from the chaos from unknown reasons. Kelrith vowed to eliminate the corrupter from the dream, claiming that it had the power to transform dreamers into nightmares. By introducing the Corrupter to the Dream again, Kelrith released one of the first, and indeed the most dastardly of the Darkmares into the dream, Tehthu. Tehthu ravaged the dream and took Ariana captive. Then finally, after the first defeat of Tehthu, and the rescue of Ariana, the ancient DreamWright Aprilic and Tehthu by the Dreaming Stone, and banished with the Orb of Calenture. However, Kelrith did not banish the genuine essence of Tehthu, his work with the corrupter was said to lead to insanity. Because of this, the Corrupter remains in the dream, Tehthu free from it, and Aprilic imprisoned within. Tehthu grows stronger the longer he remains unfettered. The question of whether Kelrith has ever recovered from his corruption remains unanswered....or will Kelrith ever return to the dream with the knowledge of the Corrupter of Souls.