Sorcerer-King
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The Sorcerer-Kings are the tyrannical rulers of the last known city-states in the Dungeons & Dragons setting of Dark Sun. Ancient, theoretically immortal dual-classed Wizard/Psionicists, the Sorcerer-Kings were the servants of Rajaat during his bloody Cleansing Wars that burned the life from Athas, only to betray their master and rule over the ashes. Thus, each of them has at least begun the process of transforming into an Athasian Dragon.
Ironically, despite being the most important NPCs of the setting, TSR largely resisted the urge to tell you about these cool bad guys, so their Advanced Dungeons & Dragons lore and statistics are sparse and scattered like seeds throughout several splatbooks and adventure modules - it wasn't until Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition that Wizards of the Coast gave all of the Sorcerer-Kings a coherent, easily referenced statblock and lore writeup in a single splatbook, and even that was building on the efforts of the fans from the Burnt World of Athas fansite during the 3e era!