Merric Zalatos

Leader of the Cultist Group "Eyes of Merric" Merric was a former ward with Aeidun Gnoic under Martine Odynthiel of the Hunters of Abraxus. After a traumatizing event of passing through large black gate at the behest of a group of zealous Hunters, Merric irrevocably changed carrying with him the horrors of those experiences. Having fragments of his memory lost began an obsessive delve into esoteric and taboo knowledge within the arcane.

He was introduced to the unique properties of the former shattered god, Ba Ah Barus and the unique black sludge remaining from his sundering via his association with the Red Wizards of Thay. Continuing experimentation within the fallen city of Thultanthar within the Shadowfel, Merric further refined his utility of this dead god through rigorous experiments, searching for a way to defeat "the coming storm" and a mysterious entity known as "him" alluding the Day of Blacksun.