Archlich

The Archlich, or Lich, is a being known as an Ancient with powerful necromantic abilities. It has lived for millennia imprisoned in the core of the prison-world known as Sol 3.

Powers
The Lich is a master of necromantic magics and energy manipulation, seemingly able to cast spells without effort. Able to animate legions of minor liches as well as untold thousand of undead, it seems that there is no set limit to the amount of beings under its control. It is also able to rot and decay locations or beings and able to affect people through the entirety of the Earth's crust, including the massive wards set to keep any magic within their walls.

The Lich has been known to affect Guardians of Death especially, sometimes even forming a link with them and influencing their actions. One such case is the Abaddon incident, in which the Guardian of Death at the time (known as Abaddon) intercepted and corrupted a talisman en route to the residence of the Guardian of Ice. Upon its first use by the Guardian of Ice, the talisman released massive amounts of devastating energy, causing what we know today as the K-Pt extinction event.

History
After its imprisonment, it slept for years until the defeat of Entropy, upon which it reawakened, sensing that the universe had become much safer to emerge into.

It is theorized that the prison's interdiction mechanisms suffered damage sometime around the 12th century, due to the first reports of archmages becoming undead originating during that time period. This phenomenon was likely influenced by the Archlich, becoming known as the Lich Phenomenon, or death ascendancy.

Due to its appearance, It is very likely that the Archlich was originally a Thorn Lord, a species of Ancients gifted with great knowledge of life and death. All reports state that tampering with life and its continuation after physical death were taboo in Thorn Lord society, leading us to believe that the Archlich was an outcast.

The Guardians owe their existence to the Lich, as they were formed after the being we now know as the Guardian Queen imprisoned the Lich within the core of the Earth as a security measure to ensure that the Archlich never again walked free.