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Mannimarco, an Altmer lich, is the leader of the Order of the Black Worm and an enemy of the Mages Guild. He is also known as the King of Worms (also styled King of the Worms), though it is unknown whether that title is specific to him or if he holds it as the leader of his cult of necromancers. He is the first well-known lich in Tamrielic history, and the one popularized the concept of lichdom among necromancers and mages.
In his youth, Mannimarco experienced the Dragon Break of the Middle Dawn (1E1200-2208), where he learned "his mystery" from the Maruhkati Selectives. He was studying among the Psijic Order around the year 2E 230. He was said to be highly intelligent, as was his fellow student Vanus Galerion, founder of the Mages Guild. Galerion had a "light and warm" heart, while Mannimarco unsurprisingly had a "dark and cold" heart. Mannimarco used necromancy and trapped souls even while studying. Galerion eventually confronted Mannimarco about his use of necromancy. He ignored Galerion's warning, and was exiled from Artaeum by the Order as a punishment for his dark interests. He spent the next several decades gathering followers and spreading his vile practices. Mannimarco's evil began spreading throughout Tamriel and he gathered a following of Necromancers, which would come to be called the Order of the Black Worm. He is described in a poem as "world's first of the undying liches", despite the fact that there had been many immortal liches before him. He lost his body and mind; he became a living, moving corpse. His blood became acid, and all manner of repulsive things happened to him, and he took on the title "King of Worms".
Around 2E 578, Mannimarco was one of the original Five Companions whose goal was to find the Amulet of Kings to give their leader Varen Aquilarios legitimacy as Emperor of Cyrodiil. After they found the amulet in Sancre Tor, Mannimarco tricked them into using it to cause an event known as the Soulburst. The Soulburst would allow Molag Bal to merge Nirn into his realm of Coldharbour, forever placing it under his control. Mannimarco, however, was secretly planning to use the Amulet to capture Molag Bal's essence and take his place as a god. However, one of the Five Companions, Sai Sahan was able to take the Amulet and returned it to Sancre Tor, where he hid it behind a ward of Stendarr. In 2E 582, Mannimarco uncovered the Amulet's location and went there to retrieve it. He would there go on to be defeated by the Soulless One, with whom the Five Companions had been reformed. Mannimarco's soul was taken by Molag Bal to Coldharbour, where he was tortured for his treachery; but Mannimarco was able to escape and returned to Tamriel. Sometime later Galerion left the Mages Guild, having previously called it "a morass" of political infighting and tortuous bureaucracy; but he continued to struggle against Mannimarco and his Worm Cult. Galerion led the Mages Guild in an attack on Mannimarco in a great battle. Mannimarco began to unleash powerful death spells. However, he felt his depraved powers fail, and the battle was won by the Mages Guild. Approximately a thousand men total died in the battle, Galerion included, and it appeared that Mannimarco had died as well.
However, Mannimarco survived the devastating war against the Mages Guild. He and his followers settled in the region of Daggerfall and accumulated more powers every day. Eventually, he met a mysterious figure, an agent under the secret order of the Emperor, and the two probably collaborated in the quest of uncovering the truth in Daggerfall as well as finding the Mantella. In a short span of time, the event known as the Warp in the West occurred, and most of Tamrielic history in the Third Era remained in muddle due to the confusing nature of the whole ordeal. In truth, Mannimarco acquired the Mantella and ascended into the God of Worms, which many necromancers and mages across Tamriel revered him as the Revenant or Necromancer's Moon. At the same time, there is another Mannimarco existed near the end of Third Era, who revered the Necromancer's Moon, assaulted the Arcane University and the Mages Guild in the name of God of Worms. This Mannimarco was eventually put down by the Champion of Cyrodiil.
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