Editing Karsus (section)

==History==
Karsus was a prodigy of magic born during the golden age of ancient [[Netheril]], golden age that came to an abrupt end due the machinations of a magical alien race known as the Phaerimm. These bastards fucked with the Netherese magics and leeched them off, and slowly the rather verdant kingdom turned into a desert and wasteland. Now, Karsus in the meantime had managed to become a [[Awesome|41st level]] [[Wizard]], and the big honcho of Netheril. And he was fed up with seeing his nation slowly wither out no matter how much he and his kinsmen worked their mortal magic and/or prayed to the Gods to intervene on their behalf. So he took the [[derp|logical next step]], reasoning that if you want a job done correctly you bloody well better do it yourself; and he developed a spell that would give himself the power of the Gods so he could set things right: ''Karsus Avatar'', the only 12th level spell ever created in the whole history of the Forgotten Realms.

His chosen target was none other than the goddess [[Mystryl]] who was the god of magic at the time. Upon casting, Karsus succeeded in seizing control of her powers and mastery magic for a short time and was really awesome. But <s>Jafar</s> Karsus never considered the other responsibilities that came with PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWAH! and magic everywhere on the planet went wild because even a 41st level caster does not equate to a level-uncapped deity that handles fucking magic everywhere. [[not as planned|In short Karsus ruined everything for everybody on that day]]. Luckily in a last gasp of defiance, Mystryl sacrificed herself and [[Trap|placed all of her powers into a young female wizard and rose again as Mystra]]. Marking the first in the goddess's long line of deaths and rebirths. 

Karsus turned to red-hued stone and crashed from the sky into the region that would become later known as the '''High Forest'''. He is definitely dead, but his spirit remains intact, though broken due to the realisation of what he has done to the world, and bound in eternal torment to relive the moment that magic was torn asunder.

===Karsus Avatar===
Little is known about the 12th level spell he used to wrestle control of the Weave from Mystryl. All of Karsus' notes regarding its development were obliterated by the successor goddess [[Mystra]] upon her ascension. And not only that, but just to make sure no idiot ever could successfully fuck up the mulitverse so bad again by getting the same idea and successfully reproducing a similar spell; Mystra's changed the Weave itself, rendering spells higher than 9th simply non-functional.  Even the [[Spelljammer]] spells (10th and 11th) need special exceptions made for them, and good luck finding somebody who still knows how those work in Toril, which has been decaying for centuries.

A few snippets of information did survive, though. What is known is that the material components used to cast the spell are incredibly difficult to come by; one of which requires a potion made from a combination of [[Tarrasque]] blood and bile from a 12 headed [[hydra]], in which the gizzard of a [[Metallic Dragon|Gold Dragon]] needs to be dipped.