Endesso Dreik

Endesso Dreik was a participant in the Aruel Ritual, who survived the ritual itself, only to be corrupted by the scythe he helped enchant during it. He was an arrogant Halisian, who refused to listen to the advice of others. Not much else is known about Endesso before his participation in the ritual.

Role in the Aruel Ritual
As with all other participants of the Aruel Ritual, Endesso held a soon-to-be legendary weapon as he and the others stood around the Aruel Stone. Endesso's weapon was the Terror Scythe, which turned out to be the most powerful of the seven.

Corruption
The Terror Scythe received a much too powerful enchantment for Endesso to control, and its extremely deadly aura quickly began to destroy Endesso's mind.

Aurelius advised Endesso that it would be wise to give up the scythe to him, to avoid being killed by its power. Of course, Aurelius only said this because he wanted the Terror Scythe for himself--he had been waiting to see which of the seven legendary weapons would be the most deadly. Even so, Aurelius' advise was valid; it was clear that unless Endesso stopped using the scythe, he wouldn't survive much longer.

Despite the warnings, Endesso refused to give up the Terror Scythe. It wasn't long before his mind was entirely corrupted and he lost all sense of who he once was. Surprisingly, the Scythe didn't actually kill Endesso, as Aurelius had expected, but instead seemed to wipe out his old self, replacing it with a different personality altogether. He began to call himself Shivvok and went around the lands mindlessly killing. He indiscriminately destroyed entire A'thosian villages, and seemed unstoppable.

Aurelius didn't make any attempt to stop Shivvok, and was quite angry that an insane man was running around with the scythe that he felt belonged to him.

Xeneon Verses Endesso
By this time, a man by the name of Xeneon Xipil, who was also a member of the Aurel Ritual, had taken it upon himself to seek revenge on Aurelius for all he had done. Several of the Aurel Ritual participants had died during it even though Aurelius claimed it was absolutely safe, and Xeneon felt betrayed. Xeneon ended up in a confrontation with Endesso, and using the two legendary weapons he had aquirred, Xeneon managed to defeat him. Endesso was forced into the Rift of Shadows, and only then did Aurelius offer his assistance. Aurelius placed a binding on Endesso that forced him to obey whoever controlled the Rift, so long as the binding was renewed.

Shivvok
Since being exiled to the Shadow Realm, Endesso has been known solely as Shivvok. He constantly is seeking a way to remove his binding so that he will be free to corrupt the entire world and seek revenge.

For more on Endesso after he became Shivvok, see the main article here.