The Eldritch Collective

The extent of the ugly Meldraths wickedness and insanity was not at first apparent to the citizens of Ak'Anon. Meldraths temper tantrums and fits of rage abated as he matured yet still he had the look of hatred in his eyes, thus found few friends amongst his fellow gnomes. Those who did associate with the ugly spiteful Meldrath tended to be other gnomes of notorious repute.

Eventually Meldrath managed to join the Eldrich Collective under the tutelage of a wizard who believed Meldrath was simply suffering from a traumatized youth and could yet become a respectable citizen of Ak'Anon. To the surprise of many and the pleasure of his mentor, Meldrath excelled at the wizardly arts and quickly rose through the ranks of the Eldrich Collective. Meldrath became particularly fascinated; some would say obsessed, with magic that dealt with teleportation, translocation, and alternate planes of existence. Meldrath's talent for the sorcerous arts grew to the point where he rivaled, if not excelled, his mentors and he began to select pupils of his own to aid him with his research into what he called "other worlds". It was obvious to those who associated with Meldrath that he sought something in these other worlds, but whatever it was, Meldrath never spoke of it. Then one day, Meldrath was gone. Meldraths pupils did not admit to knowing the whereabouts of their mentor, or the nature of his passion with other worlds.

It is not known precisely when Meldrath returned to Ak'Anon, but it has been estimated based on events that we now know were tied to Meldraths return. Over a period of time Meldraths pupils began to also vanish from the Library Mechanamagica, and despite the Eldrich Collectives inquiries into the disappearances no clues as to the nature of the disappearances were found.