Shartqueef the 7th sage

The Seventh Sage of the Ancient Calling was possibly the most fearsome and ruthless of the sages. The Seventh Sage, better known as Shartqueef, was ruler of the mountains and a master in the arcane arts. Legends say that his voice alone could shift the mountains. Many years ago, Shartqueef had left his mountains in search of the other sages. In his absence, civilizations grew among the barren alps. The civilizations grew large, and their tensions more so. Eventually, the civilizations enacted war upon each other, fighting restlessly for years with seemingly no end. War eventually took its toll on the people of the civilizations, weakening them until both sides had to come to a momentary truce in order to regain what they had lost in their fight. By this time, the Shartqueef returned, unsuccessful in finding the other sages and outraged by what had been done to his land. The world he had worked so hard to create, taken from him by outsiders and used as grounds for bloodshed. Shartqueef could not contain his fury, and unleashed all of his power upon the people. Relentlessly, Shartqueef murderer tens of thousands of people with no remorse. The townspeople could not fight back, as Shartqueef had grown far too strong for their pins and needles. The smart townsfolk tried to escape, but Shartqueef was fast, too fast. In only three days, all of the townspeople had been killed off. However, Shartqueef was still furious. Even after killing all of those who ruined his land, he could only feel emptiness and rage. This rage would only grow, until one day, he grew sick of this feeling. He left his mountains, never to return. The Seventh Sage traveled to parts of the world, taking his unrelenting fury with him. This is where he began murdering hundreds of thousands of people. The death count was catastrophic. Shartqueef's magic abilities only grew stronger with each death until nearly nothing posed a threat to him. He was getting closer and closer to being capable of wiping out all life on the face of the planet. This power struck fear into the sages around the globe, bringing them all together. The sages knew they had to put a stop to their unknown brother. They had come up with a plan that put the fate of the world at risk. Using their combined powers, they would transform the Seventh Sage into a being of pure mana and trap it within an eternal prison. This posed a problem for them. If Shartqueef was to be transformed into a being of pure mana, this would mean he could no longer think, but there would be nothing limiting or restraining his power and rage. Using the power Shartqueef had already attained, he could already potentially wipe out all life, and amplifying this power did not seem like a wise choice. The sages, however, had no other option. After around a week of planning the sages confronted Shartqueef, who was busy burning a civilization housed within trees. Upon spotting his fellow sages, Shartqueef completely stopped in his tracks. He stepped towards them and fell to his knees. "Brothers!" shouted Shartqueef. The sages gave no response. Shartqueef ended the short moment of silence by blurting, "I have searched for you for so long." Upon saying this, something within Shartqueef arose. The sages had found him nearly instantly, although he had spent years searching for the sages. Perhaps they were hiding from him, perhaps they didn't think of him as a proper sage, or perhaps they hated him. All of these thoughts began to overwhelm the Seventh Sage, until he snapped. In a split second, the Seventh Sage ascended into the skyline and prepared an incredible magical attack. An orb, teeming with the power of the universe, grew in the palm of the Seventh Sage's hands until he launched it at his fellow sages with all of his might. The strength of the attack was unmatched in any form except for just one. The Ninth Sage, the Advocate of Benevolence, had prepared a counter to the attack. This counter would use his own life, but deflect the attack directly back at the caster. In an incredible burst of light, the Ninth Sage and the ground around himself was vaporized in an instant. Although, even after all this, the Seventh Sage survived his own attack. He had been torn to shreds, pieces of himself were missing, but the sage didn't seem to be pained. Instead, he appeared to be guilty. During this time where the Seventh Sage was vulnerable, the other sages ceased their moments. Together, they used their abilities to transform Shartqueef. The rebirth of the Seventh Sage shared no resemblance of it even being human. A transparent mass of what appeared to be contorting shapes aimlessly unleashed bolts of concentrated mana. None of the bolts had hit the sages, as Shartqueef could no longer make decisions or even bear a thought. This made it easy for the sages to seal away the wretched being that once was the Seventh Sage. The sages, using their very souls, created a capsule to seal away the being deep underneath the surface of the planet. The sages returned to their normal lives afterwards, but not before creating a memoriam for the Ninth Sage. Shartqueef has not been seen since these events, but legends foretell that a group of devoted cultists will one day free the sage from his eternal prison by slaying all of the other sages with souls bound to his prison.