Vanadon-Necroth, The Scaled Book of the Dead

In ancient times, the dragon scribe Vanadon served the goddess of the dead and protected her endless Book of the dead, a massive tome which, thanks to his diligence, bore the names and final words of all creatures who ever have died, and who ever will die.

Vanadon served his goddess dutifully for centuries, but even the servants of the dark lady of death are mortal, and their lives end in time. Unwilling to face the end, Vanadon simply refused to perish. He consumed the endless Book of the dead and took its power into his own body, transforming himself into 'the Living Book of the Dead'.

The queen of death, furious at her rebellious servant, banished Vanadon from her domain, and he hid in shameful isolation for several centuries in a forgotten corner of Elysium, the hallowed fields of the honored dead. Throughout this time, the names and last words of the dead inscribed themselves upon his milky-white scales. When he emerged, with scales covered in endlessly shifting patterns of black scrawling, he became known as Vanadon-Necroth, the Scaled Book of the Dead. Despite the fury of the queen of the dead, Vanadon-Necroth built his lair atop a hill in the gardens of Elysium and became beloved by the undying gardens' heroic inhabitants as a keeper of the memories of the dead.