The Crypt Lord

The Crypt Lord is a fictional character from the Source Lands Setting, who is an undead nobleman who is the head of the Morticians, an order of sanctioned and legit necromancers who serve the Carnala Republics.

History
The Crypt Lord was the Spy Master of the last Carnalan King, having already found ways to extend his unnaturally long life by then, he put his magical powers to use mainly in the effort to protect the Sovereignty of the Carnala Republics.

In Life
In life, The Crypt Lord was a powerful necromancer, who ruled his own lands in the Republics, and many view him with scepticism, as he was a member of the same secret society that broke loose from the Westerlands and became the oppressive mage-lords of Talanthia, though he himself did not.

The Fall of the Kingdom
The Carnala Republics eventually became a trade-republic. While the Crypt Lord, ideologically supported this, he was a personal friend of the King, and was sworn to protect the King's line until the last and was slain defending the King's Palace during the last days of the Carnalan Uprising. But death was not the end of the Crypt Lord...

The Morticians
The Crypt Lord returned to life from beyond the grave, somehow - or so it is said. No-one has ever admitted to seeing him, since his alleged return. Some claim that his cult, the Morticians, simply believe that he speaks to them from beyond the grave, deep in the catacombs beneath the Capital, but ultimately whether he lives or not, his Order - the Morticians, have become such an important part of the Carnalan Infrastructure that they cannot be done away with.

Political Power
The Crypt Lord is rumored to have made a come-back into politics. There are whispers that he hears and sees through all of the undead, and that the Morticians catch rats, birds and other critters, which they restore to life and send to spy on people for their undead master, but this has never been publicly confirmed.