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{{Character Summary
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| Name = Virindi Imperator
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* [[Virindi]]
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* [[Dominion]]
* [[Directive]]
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* [[Fifth Sending of Darkness]]
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* [[Asheron Realaidain]]
* [[Bael'Zharon]]
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''"The first step towards transcendence is always… unsettling."''<ref>{{AC2ref}} [[AC2:Story Vignettes|Story Vignettes]]: [[AC2:Story Vignettes/Deeper Bonds|Deeper Bonds]]</ref>

The '''Virindi Imperator''' was a mysterious [[Virindi]] figure with the title of [[Imperator]] who was empowered by the [[Quiddity]] using the [[Imperial Sigil]] to lead the [[Dominion]] kingdom following the [[Devastation]] and the return of [[Bael'Zharon]] during the [[Fifth Sending of Darkness]]. He worked to maintain the balance of power between the [[Order of Dereth]] and the [[Shadow Kingdoms]].<ref>{{AC2ref}} [[AC2:Lore FAQ]]</ref>

The Virindi Imperator kept a personal [[Singularity Trove]], the [[Trove of the Imperator]], containing riches meant to appeal to the masses. He offered access when the need arose to sway those with "more discriminating tastes".

He was one of the three Great Ones at the [[Battle of Kings]], with the forces of [[Portal Space|Portalspace]] at his command. While not powerful enough to defeat Bael'Zharon and Asheron at once, he planned to overcome the weakened victor. During the battle, he was destroyed when a spell cast by [[Asheron Realaidain|Asheron]] became uncontrollable and consumed all three of the combatants. Before his death, he rejoiced when witnessing Asheron fall. With his death, the Imperial Sigil was lost for centuries.<ref>{{AC2ref}} [[AC2:Story Vignettes|Story Vignettes]]: [[AC2:Story Vignettes/Fallen Kings|Fallen Kings]]</ref><ref>{{AC2ref}} [[AC2:Story Vignettes|Story Vignettes]]: [[AC2:Story Vignettes/The Last Battle|The Last Battle]]</ref>

The remnants of the Virindi Imperator were held in a violet gem in the [[Altar of Order]].

In the New Dereth Era, the [[AC2:Voice of the Singularity|Voice of the Singularity]] instructed adventurers to deliver the Truth Death to the Undead Legate [[Rymeras]] for being complicit in the death of the Virindi Imperator.

== Lore & Utterances==

''Looking back now, the Imperator must have been a difficult concept for the Virindi to accept. What I know of the Virindi tells me that before their expeditions came to Dereth, the concept of individuality was as alien to them as suddenly waking up one morning and finding you had an extra set of arms. Or finding that you had been taken and transformed into an undying monstrosity. But I digress. The perfect order of their Singularity didn't allow the concept of'' I'', but perhaps their study of our realm told them that the entities of this realm needed one face to look to for their war.''

''I wonder if the Imperator felt fear as he was scattered to the winds. If he regretted the loss of self? Or was it just another bit of data added to the collective Virindi mind?''

''-- A Shade''
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imported>Jovrtn at 16:36, 7 March 2023