Dralnu
Lord Dralnu was a Lich Lord from Urborg who aided the coalition forces before betraying them. He bore a remarkable resemblance to the Metathran commander Thaddeus. As Dralnu was undead and had been mummified to preserve his flesh, his age is impossible to determine.
In life, Dralnu had been a warrior, but he fell in battle and was reanimated by an Urborg necromancer. However, Dralnu retained an unusual level of awareness and intelligence as a zombie and therefore became the apprentice to the lich lady who had reanimated him. Dralnu learned the necromantic arts by her and used them to enhance his body and mind to become a lich, then he killed her and took control of her undead legions. He also took over her underground city of the dead called Vhelnish, which he converted into a working city, rather than a place for the lich lady to display her undead collection. From there, Dralnu became a major unseen power in Urborg commanding and undead legion numbering in the thousands.
During the Phyrexian Invasion Dralnu allied with the Metathran forces on Urborg and helped them advance towards the Stronghold. Later on he infected Agnate with a plague in order to take control of his army. Commander Grizzlegom realized this and revealed Dralnu's betrayal to the Metathran generals. Dralnu feigned innocence and in turn accused Grizzlegom of killing Agnate (which was technically true.) In order to resolve the matter Dralnu and Grizzlegom agreed to submit themselves to the Metathran commanders by binding their arms behind their backs and wearing hoods whilst the Metathran passed judgement. Dralnu was deemed guilty of the murder and was executed.
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