Hoffnung

Hoffnung was a dragonborn, born in a different plan of existence from the material plane of Orthos. How exactly he came to this place is uncertain. Apparently in his early life, which we can gleam some of from old writings, he was a was a magic user. He traveled with a band of would-be heroes for some time before it becoming known that he was some one who was in his past experimenting on an orc settlement.Trying to find the secrets of eternal life and power. Eventually he was found out and fled. He would eventually come across some heroes and join them keeping his past secret. In turned out that one of the people that they traveled with was the princess to the thrown of the same orc settlement that he had terrorized in the past. Once this information would come to light he would flee again. A plan shift spell would go terribly awry and he would find himself between existence of two different universes. Stuck in a sort of limbo.

He would soon hear the calls through the aether of a black magic wielder named Sebiik the black. He too was looking for more power, and hoffnung found himself in the essence of magic itself being between worlds. Hoffnung would act as a patron to sebiik, promising power to him in exchange for helping to set him free. If youve read the History of Heior, you know that sebiik was found out and executed, but not before hoffnung was in a position to set himself free.

It would take several more years, but eventually he would push through the aether to this new world. orthos. With enough power, that as he dreamt of being stronger, he was born anew in this world as a dragon of corruption. Like a shadow dragon, however so much more unnatural. Corrupting everything in this new world he touched.