Lord Bylarr

LORD BYLARR

Real Name: Bylarr

Class: Human magic-user

Occupation: Warlord

Group Affiliation: Darkhold

Known Relatives: None

Aliases: None

Base of Operations: Taladas, Krynn, Earth-TSR

First Appearance: Dragonlance #33 (August, 1991)

Powers: Lord Bylarr possessed the Blackgem, a magical artifact that shot blasts of eldritch energy and could draw from other magical sources..

History: (Dragonlance #33, 34) - Lord Bylarr became leader of the evil Darkhold cabal, and was determined to retrieve the Blackgem, which had been stolen from the Darkhold by the House of Solarzz generations ago. Bylarr wanted to wipe out the entire House of Solarzz to send a message. Solarzz knights, led by Marsval Solarzz, traveled to the land of Uigan to hide the Blackgem, but were beset by Bylarr’s raiders, who slaughtered them and returned the Blackgem to Bylarr. Bylarr sensed that Marsval still lived and killed one of his commanders with the Blackgem in a rage. Marsval had been taken in by the Genyei clan and healed by Miisia Genyei, who’d been gifted with restorative powers by the goddess Mixlasa. Miisia didn’t know if she would ever have peace again if she had to take on the pain of others. Marsval couldn’t convince her that she was blessed, and, knowing he was in her debt, offered to take her to a place of power high in the mountains where she might find a solution to her problem. Lord Bylarr came to Miisia’s home to kill Marsval, and not finding him, murdered the Genyei’s clan. Miisia felt her family’s death and passed out, and Marsval vowed to avenge them. Miisia recovered and blamed Marsval for bringing chaos into her life. They encountered a group of elves taking their leader Kyyy to the Temple of the Masters of Light and Dark for his death rites. Miisia healed the elder, earning herself the loyalty of the elves, who agreed to help them reach the temple. Kyyy said the temple was once a place of good, but had been corrupted in the wake of the Great Cataclysm. Lord Bylarr and his raiders caught up to them at the temple. He said he could use the Blackgem to tap into the magic of the temple, and would use his newfound power to conquer Taladas after he ended the House of Solarzz. Bylarr woke the corrupted elemental that guarded the temple and engaged Marsval and the elves in battle. Miisia sensed that she could heal the temple and the elemental, and cleansed them both of their corrupting influences. The magic of the cleansed temple killed Bylarr and the grateful elemental offered Miisia anything her heart desired. She no longer wanted to get ready of her healing power, sensing she had a destiny to use it. She would go on to become the most renowned healer Taladas had ever seen, inspiring the Cult of Mislaxa, who carried on her work for generations.

Comments: Created by Paul Kupperberg & Grant Miehm.