Malaemarux

Malaemarux was the Queen of Terror, also known as the Emerald Terror or the Queen of the Wosswood. She first came to power during the 1st Epoch, in the year -660; her reign threatened not only the neighboring kingdom of Valen but also the nearby kingdom of Acheiris and the elven and dwarven kingdoms both local and foreign. The ancient green dragon ruled over kobolds and gobilns both, uniting the humanoids of the forest under a single power. Legends tell that Malaemarux had special control over the forest, and could even wield that power after her defeat in -610, when the Emerald Alliance, lead by Ilythyrra of Gilariel, bested the dragon, who had by then ascended to dracolich form. Unable to permanently slay Malaemarux, the Emerald Terror was sealed within her lair in great Mount Rann; the entrances to her caves were carved into the Dwarven Crucible, and a magical Seal was placed upon the mountain to keep the Queen of Terror locked away.

Malaemarux was a grimly powerful dragon, capable of terrible magic even before she discarded her living form in -615. Malaemarux gained power from a vacuum caused by Sir Leonor of Morlaix, who slew King Gexeluks of the goblin kingdom of the Wosswood when the king tried to invade the city of Naonend, Morlaix's neighbor. Malaemarux was previously unknown to the neighboring baronies of the Wosswood, yet she quickly arose from the power struggle to become the forest's sole ruler, bringing both goblins and kobolds under her rule. Amidst kingdoms torn apart by the Loriant Rebellion and no longer defended by Sir Leonor, who died at the hands of the black dragon-wizard of the Western Weald, Ontorwyr, in -658, Malaemarux launched several kobold invasions in -615. The invasions accrued enough wealth and treasure to fund her ascension into a dracolich. The subsequent end of the Loriant Rebellion in -613 meant that the realm looked towards Malaemarux as its prime threat.

By -610, the Emerald Alliance had formed from humans, elves, and dwarves; they launched an assault against Malaemarux, and in the resulting battle, Ilythyrra managed to wound the Emerald Terror with her glaive Oathkeeper, forcing her to retreat. The survivors of the battle sealed her in her mountain and built the Crucible. Malaemarux would never escape from her prison, even by 5E.1522, and even after the Sunscourge Heresy, yet she would always try, speaking through the forest that she once called her kingdom.