Editing Elspeth von Draken (section)

==The Legend==
Her lore: "''For generations the name of Elspeth von Draken, Magisterix of the Amethyst College and arch-wizard of the Lore of Death, has been spoken of in hushed tones in the reeking tavern gutters and vaulted noble halls of Nuln alike. Yet despite these stories few have ever paused to think what exactly the admitted presence of von Draken in the city actually means, and fewer yet could guess at her true power or influence. Furthermore the few foolhardy or overenthusiastic witch hunters, unaware of her relationship to the governing powers of Nuln or too fanatically sure of their own righteousness to care, who have attempted to delve deeper into her business or storm her tower have been swallowed up so completely that they have never been able to share anything they have learned.'' "

From her special rules we get: 
(Darkwalker) "''Von Draken’s body has become so suffused with dread magical 
power to the extent that she stands halfway between life and death-''"

(Coruscating Blast) "''The [[Carmine Dragon]]’s breath weapon is a sorcerous blast of powerful Amethyst magic capable of withering metal and rendering flesh to dust as if millennia had passed in mere seconds.''"

(The Pale Scythe) "''A pale scythe more made of shadow than substance, this weapon said to be of Elspeth’s own making is attuned to the power of Shyish, the wind of death, focusing and concentrating it to her will.''"

(Death's Timekeeper) "''This hourglass is an ancient and storied artefact, it is said to contain as its measuring sand the dusty remnants of a dead god of old, and Van Draken has spent much of her unnaturally long life studying its mysteries. With it she has perfected some limited measure of control over time and death itself.'' "

She vanishes after Tamurkhan is destroyed (seemingly dying due to how she fades away) and her dragon dies on the spot and gets no mention in any official lore after that point.

Elspeth sadly got no mention in the End Times, but one of GW's better writers came to the rescue with some lore-mending (making it as official as any writefaggotry). As an amethyst wizard, Elspeth suffered the same fate as the rest of her lot when Nagash freed the Wind of Death. However, she had been well along that path already before Nagash's actions, already beginning to succumb to the unholy changes. But given her raw power, she was able to weather it better than most and stayed in control and true to her course. She escaped the destruction of Nuln and was one of the few remaining Empire wizards of any real ability when Archaon came knocking on Averheim's walls. Elspeth, like Ungrim Ironfist and Mathias Thulmann, died in the ensuing battle against Archaon's forces.

Whether she stayed dead, well...that's another matter.