Narmu-Shurpak

Narmu-Shurpak is the darklord, master, and rider of Dur-Anea. On some some unknown then-young world, Narmu-Shurpak was one of the annunaki, a race of outsiders that were created to serve the deities. Narmu-Shurpak's task in overseeing this new world was monitoring the great leviathans of the sea: whales, massively giant turtle, and similar creatures. He did so with gusto, and managed to form an empathic bond with a great giant sea turtle name Dur-Anea. However, there eventually came a time where the gods decreed that the time for the great giant sea beasts had passed. It was time for them to pass away. By this time, Dur-Anea had become wearied with age, and it was ready to accept death with grace. It was unfortunate that Narmu-Shurpak could not accept Dur-Anea dying with grace.

Narmu-Shurpak defied the wills of his creators by stealing a Flame of Immortality. However, in the act of the theft, Narmu-Shurpak caused a great accident that disrupted the forces of creation. This disruption caused a series of chain reactions that stripped his home world of all life. All life save for Narmu-Shurpak and Dur-Anea, whom Narmu had bathed in the light of the Flame of Immortality. Dur-Anea deeply regretted the denial of eternal rest after centuries of tiring life and cried for his loss. Although the horrors Narmu-Shurpak had caused were accidental, he celebrated the triumph he had achieved by stealing immortality from the gods.

For eons the two of them searched fruitlessly for life on the now barren world but found none. Eventually, Narmu-Shurpak's desolate world was visited by a spelljamming ship. Dur-Anea called to the inhabitants of the ship for help. The ship crew panicked, and Narum-Shurpak's paranoia got the better of him. Believing them to be agents of the gods sent to wreak their vengeance, Narmu-Shurpak massacred the ship's inhabitants down to the last man. With this final act of betrayal, Narmu-Shurpak and Dur-Anea were drawn into the Mists as darklord and domain respectively.

Dur-Anea now wanders the seas of Ravenloft under the command of Narm-Shurpak, wanting nothing more than to pass away but unable to due to its enthrallment. Paranoia consumes Narmu-Shurpak, who believes any person they meet could be an agent of the gods sent to inflict their wrath upon him.