I swear my current adventurer just became the main villain of this world.
Chol'losh, a two-headed ogre axeman, started off as a fairly average traveller. Just an adventurer who went around killing beasts and bandits. His most notable trait was a hunger for knowledge and power, far beyond any of the other intelligent ogres. He armed himself with a steel battle axe, several khorium javelins, a gladiator's helmet for one head and a horned helmet for the other. A dark iron breastplate finished the set.
His longest-lasting companion, Cemur, an antiquan axeman, also was one of his first. The other was a spearman whose name escapes me right now.
In his travels, he stumbled across a pyromancer tower - making its way into it, and killing many of the pyromancers burning, skeletal minions, he found and read one of the magic tomes written by the pyromancers themselves, gaining power over fire.
He travelled far north from his ancestral home, seeking out more tomes of knowledge - a gruelling venture that claimed the life of his spearman companion. The lands were full of hostile wildlife, and roving bands of demonically corrupted elves and humans - all met their ends at the end of Chol'losh's axe - it could be said that he played the part of an incidental hero, as he freed several hamlets from the yoke of the fel elves. Nonetheless, he would not be dettered from his quest.
He eventually had gained all the magical prowess of pyromancers, necromancers, death knights, sorcerers, and psychics. But there had to be something more to gain.
Not content, he travelled west from the site of a ruined Draenei city. A massive desert stretched across the horizon - however its most peculiar feature was a gargantuan structure, stretching skyward - a vault!
The guardians were the servants of Ymirjal, a vrykul goddess of treachery, lies, trickery and thunder - she had helped a powerful demon, Ekuumvi, into becoming part of the world.
The servants consisted of short one-eyed humanoids with antennae, and taller, eyeless humanoids with three horns. The latter utilized powerful weapons made out of dark metals; none of them posed a threat, however. Their weapons proved most useful to Chol'losh and his group.
After a long series of upward staircases and winding corridors, Chol'losh finally came across a large chamber, guarded by two of the one-eyed humanoids, and the Beast of Ymirjal - a massive toucan with a twisting, jointed trunk and amber feathers. The behemoth laughed as it charged - the companions steeled themselves, and spread out, cutting its flesh. It focused on Cemur and knocked him over with its girth, before stomping on his head, crushing it into paste.
Dalah fought on, crippling one of the beasts legs - a kick from the remaining leg sent him skidding across the ground, his torso and head splitting open in gore.
Seeing this, Chol'losh took a more defensive stance - after killing the two impish servants of the Beast, he began tossing the javelins he procured early and keeping his distance. The giants body leaked blood from the numerous wounds inflicted on it - after a long while, it eventually stopped moving.
The slab contained the true name of Ekuumvi - Aralgalkwarok, or "Starveauras". Ekuumvi ruled over the corrupted humans from the dark fortress of Swayvanished.
The journey there was long and uneventful. Chol'losh went alone, having no need for companions anymore.
The fortress was surrounded by small towers on all sides - however, none of the demon-worshipping humans posed any threat to Chol'losh at this point. Merely a minor nuisance.
The climb to the top took a while, due to the humans and their rhinotroll minions trying to slow Chol'losh's ascent. None were spared.
The demon lord, a towering, humanoid armadillo with downy, red-purple feathers, didn't even resist as Chol'losh spoke her true name and bound her to serve.
The two made their leave - Chol'losh, weary at this point, headed back north to the ruined town of Marunstos, "Charmedperplex". Although many people still lived here, it had no proper governing structure.
Chol'losh got the attention of several peasants, and assumed lordship of the town, with Ekuumvi as his main enforcer. For now, he was content with all he had done in such a short time.
I'm tempted to make some adventurers who would join Chol'losh as hearthpeople, and afterwards another adventurer who would defeat both him and Ekuumvi.