Editing Darklord (section)

===Gatwe and Mr. Klein===
The domain of Nzari is home to two darklords, struggling for dominance.

'''Gatwe''' is the original Darklord; an Mwele man who was forever questioning the traditions of his people even from a youth and who burned to hold power. He apprenticed himself to the tribal shaman, whom he perceived held the true power, but his ambitions remained unchecked. When the most beautiful woman in the village chose to marry a respected hunter, that was the last straw; he forsook all the traditional limits on the shaman and began practicing sorcery. He used curses to sicken and kill those he hated, and goad the tribe into war, slowly building an empire from the scattered tribes of the Mwele. When suspicion began to fall upon him, he murdered his own family to try and throw it off, assuming the form of a leopard to plant a curse-bundle that would kill them all slowly and painfully. When he began to resume his human form, that was when the [[Dark Powers]] struck, trapping him in a twisted [[Broken One|nightmarish conglomerate form]], incapable of wielding his former magic, and launching Nzari into the Misty Realm.

'''Mr. Klein''' came to Nzari after its appearance in the [[Demiplane of Dread]]. A fanatical devotee of [[Ezra]], he yearned to be a missionary, but found that goal stymied during the initial rush to explore the Sea of Sorrows; the merchants who controlled the expedition wanted profits, not proselytizing. Only when Nzari was discovered, with its savage cannibal tribes and vast wealth of ivory, did Mr. Klein finally find his desire within his grasp. He founded the Dementlieur Exploration Company, and led its first expedition to Nzari. The Mwele naturally resisted this foreign invasion, but Klein had the zeal of a fanatic and pressed on, resorting to ever-more brutal tactics as months of battle and disease took its toll on his followers. Eventually, he caught the attention of Gatwe, but managed to fight the feared "leopard-devil" off - an act that won him inroads amongst the Mwele. His followers swelled in numbers, and he seemed to make real progress in "civilizing" Nzari... until he realized that his followers were not worshipping Ezra, but Klein himself, and that those he conquered were merely paying lip service to his commands. Furious, he resorted to to ever-more draconian methods to "stamp out the heathenism", but succeeded only in pushing the Mwele to rebel. Klein counter-attacked viciously with his own forces, and responded by flaying every last one of them alive before he had them beheaded, their bodies cast into the river, and their heads impaled on stakes around his house.

In the face of such brutality, the Dark Powers aren't sure ''which'' of the two better deserves the title of Darklord.

Gatwe's curse is simple: he is forever cut off from the adoration and power he changes. No Mwele will have anything to do with one so obviously marked as a sorcerer, and he cannot change or disguise his form regardless of what artifice he tries. Mr. Klein, on the other hand, is cursed that when he sleeps, he sees the world through Gatwe's eyes, experiencing the broken one's life as he lives it. Both, ironically, share the curse of wanting to change the Mwele culture, but being completely incapable of doing so.

The two Darklords ''despise'' each other. Gatwe has become convinced that if he can kill Klein, his full powers will be restored to him. Klein, on the other hand, believes that Gatwe is a literal demon, a symbol of the savagery hidden in humanity's heart, and that only by "civilizing" the Mwele will the nightmarish dream-visions cease.

Unusually for co-darklords, they can both close Nzari's borders; Gatwe surrounds the domain an impenetrable thicket of vegetation, whilst those trying to flee against Klein's wishes find themselves lost in thick fog and eventually attacked by an endless hail of arrows.

Both darklords also have their own unique forms of immortality. If Gatwe is killed, one of the leopards of Nzari will become his reincarnation a day later. Klein, on the other hand, is simply impervious to all attacks not dealt with an ivory weapon (a ''blessed'' ivory weapon deals double damage!) and will not return if slain.