Balor was one of the last true Dragon Lords of the Eastern Reaches. The inheritor of High Peak and bearer of the Serpent Crown, few dared to stand against his dominion, and those that did were ruthlessly crushed with all the authority of the Dragon Lords of old. Riding upon the back of his blood-bonded High Dragon, the golden-scaled Gharamesh, he destroyed all who defied him. Not even entire armies were a match for his power.
It was not an army that eventually laid Balor low, however, but a single individual. Though his armour could withstand any sword blow or arrow, it could not protect him from the sorcery of Mhorgoth the Faceless. Having reigned undisputed for almost a century, the Dragon Lord was slain by Mhorgoth’s necromancy.
As Mhorgoth drained Balor’s life-spirit, so too did the dragon Gharamesh perish, for neither could live without the other, blood-bonded as they were. However, Balor was not allowed the opportunity to join his ancestors after death; Mhorgoth was not finished with him yet. Ensnaring the dead Dragon Lord’s spirit and imprisoning it within his now dead flesh, Mhorgoth forced Balor to become one of his chief lieutenants.
And so the Dreadlord Balor was forced to serve Mhorgoth for all eternity, and while he hates Mhorgoth with a fierce passion, he is powerless to act against his will. Over the centuries the flesh rotted from Balor’s bones, but still he fights on with all the power and skill he wielded in life. Gharamesh too was raised into Undeath, and while the dragon’s golden scales are now dull and her flesh worm-ridden, she still bears her master into battle, poison spewing from her gullet with every breath.