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This is the story of a magical sentry in Udos Dro'Xun, made from the body of the now deceased warrior Kirraz.

His ascension from lowly meatshield to the longest reigning Ul'saruk to date was one full of turmoil and rivalries. Yet he succeeded in outmanouvering all challengers - or in slaying them. He started his career as a lowly soldier in house Elg'Carin serving as first son Derafein's bodyguard. When Udos Dro'Xun was founded he took on the mantle as Elg'Carin's house weapon master ,Qu'el'saruk. It did not take many years for him to claim the position of leader of the academy of warriors.

His service to Elg'Carin spanned a century or more.When Lithana, matron of Elg'Carin went missing along with her sister Delinia after a disastrous trip to the mind flayer's caverns, Kirraz became part of the secret triumvirate that de facto lead the house using whatever priestesses left to represent the house on the outside. This group of three consisted of Amion the archmage, Veynor the chief assassin and spy and Kirraz.

As high priestess Vilia manouvered to take the throne of Udos, Kirraz struck a deal with Ilharess Shairin Dria'fiend.

He slew Vilia who had been hunting and killing Elg'Carin nobles and the house was absorbed into the ranks of house Dria'fiend - the new first house.  He then went on to serve as weapon master and leader of the academy as if nothing had happened. As houses grew and faltered around the Dria'fiends, Kirraz simply seemed to solidify his position. 

Not that he was unthreatened. Among his more prominent rivals were Strythio Elg'Carin, Nath'aered Kilzynge and Orgoll'dax. All of these were his equal in battle - if not stronger. But through guile and luck he outlasted them. Though not unscathed. Strythio once attempted to assassinate Kirraz on a patrol in the Vaults. He succeeded, but fell off the bridge after the battle, and a sargtlin who was along for the patrol, revived the slain weapon master. This left Kirraz shaken and distrustful and for a long while he became obsessed with locating Strythio's body in the lower parts of the vault. Nath'aered won a different vitctory. He successfully outmaneuvered Kirraz by instating the Killian Yath, the blades of the temple, and as their leader gained more prestige and influence than his former master. But when Nath'aered left the city on temple business, Kirraz resumed the position as Udos Dro'Xun's strongest warrior and most influential commander.

When Shairin Dria'fiend chose relocate her house to other parts of the Underdark Kirraz chose to remain in Udos Dro'Xun, houseless and still sitting on the throne of the leader of the Melee Magthere. He wanted to shape the academy into his own private army, an army that beckoned his call and could be bought be whatever house needed it, and whatever house was willing to pay the most. But something entirely different happened. During his last months alive he was seen wearing the colours of house Z'Ress lead by former archpriestess Chath Z'Ress. There were many speculations on how the priestess got him to join her house. It later turned out, though not many know this, that Chath had been subjecting prominent drow like Kirraz with a rare Thayvian poison that causes the victim to wither and die if not regularly ingesting the correct antidote. The antidote in this case being a potion containing the archpriestess' blood among its reagents. Using this poison she effectively bound Kirraz to serve her house. However, in a last act of defiance the old warrior refused to serve and barred himself in a ruined house in Tollidor until the poison killed him. When his body was discovered by a party consisting of Chath, Legodia the new ul'saress, Tebryn Vrinn the mage and Dal'Xandic the ranger it was too decomposed to warrant ressurrection.

Chath would not grant the spiteful warrior his defiant rest, however, and had his heart and head turned over to the mages of the tower who constructed the guardian golem that patrolled the ruins of once glorious Udos Dro'Xun.