ULTAR

Ultar Isle, of all the islands in the Crater Isles, is truly haunted. The undead rule this tiny island, led by an ancient vampire from the empire of Utharia: Ultar. Ultar the Undying was made vampire during the height of the Utharian Empire nearly 2,000 years ago. After preying upon that empire for over two centuries, he was trapped. Although he could not be destroyed (at least as far as the Utharians knew), they shipped him to this island in the middle of Mare Mortuus, there to live out eternity.

Ultar remained undisturbed, trapped within a sealed coffin for nearly two millennia. Then, during Illmark's time, a band of pirates who were searching for a new lair came across Ultar's coffin and opened it. Starving for blood, he drained them all dry before his thirst was sated. He then went out to the ship, but found that he did not have the knowledge of modern sailing craft, and so was still marooned. Other vessels visited the island, each falling under Ultar's trap, until finally one of the ships managed to flee with someone still alive to tell of what occurred. The island was declared uninhabitable, and all on the Crater were warned to avoid it.

Like many such items, however, there are always those who would tempt fate. Supposedly, Ultar possesses secret magics known only to the Utharian Empire which are otherwise unavailable. Several expeditions to gather Ultar's secrets have landed on the island; most have failed. Ultar now has over fifty vampire servants. Most of them are sealed in coffins of Ultar's making, waiting for victims to feed upon, as even a vampire of Ultar's age cannot control fifty starving vampires. Those who did not become vampires have been raised as zombie servants, and these patrol the island, bringing all intruders to Ultar so that he may feed.