Medura el-Ayabili

Medura Ayabili was a Nisani aasimar who lived c. 1150 GA until his death in 1209. A fearsome warlord, Medura rose to power sometime in the late 1190s when he began rapidly conquering the disparate villages and city-states of the southern Nisa Desert before moving on to war with the Second Zathryan Empire in 1204. Although he was soundly defeated by the empire in early 1209, he hatched a plan to use an ancient Nisani artifact to trap the Zathryan capital with most of the military inside, raze the countryside, then ambush the city unawares and conquer the empire without them any the wiser. It failed, however, upon the betrayal of his uncle and chief advisor, Mesi of Kalsan. Instead of toppling the Imperial capital, Medura and his army found themselves stalled outside, the very magics meant to contain the Zathryan military keeping them from reaching their target. Eventually, a group of heroes dropped the ancient spells keeping the city prisoner and proceeded to defeat Medura, ending the Year of the Vanishing City and the war once and for all, though not before the warlord managed to kill Emperor Arcus IV Zath-Garon.

The Chosen of Akkan
Born to wealthy landowners, the Sand Walkers of the Ayabili always claimed Medura was meant for greatness as he had clearly been touched as a chosen of Akkan, the Nisani god of the sun. He came into possession of the relic Akkan's Vengeance around the same time he became the successor to his family's lands, and from there he went on to subdue many of his fellow Nisani and bring them under the banner of the Ayabili.

As a result of being in possession of Akkan's Vengeance, the soft tissue of Medura's body slowly and irreparably began rotting away. Medura took to wearing a pharaonic mask in order to hide the decay from his subjects, though rumors would spread and tales of the Mummified Chieftain would last among the Ayabili long after Medura's death.

Eventually, Medura's defeat at the hands of the Zathryan Empire drove him to extremes. His ploy to carelessly manipulate the magic of Akkan's Vengeance to suit his own ends lost him Akkan's favor, and Medura became Fallen as a result.