Sami. Liches. A Djinn.

Not all villains are truly bad, and not all heroes are actually good.

Not all that are magic remain so, and not all that are of might come from it.

And that is the story of Sami. An ancient Djinn, for eons locked in a lamp, he was but a servant to all lucky enough to stumble upon his jail. Legends say Sami was one of the first of the wish granting spirits. Such was his power that he could make almost any desire come true, as per his eternal greeting:

Three wishes, to be exact. And ixnay on the wishing for more wishes. That's all.

Sami, the Djinn. Every. Djinn. Time.

Alas, it isn't only power and magic that he honed over the millennia in his cursed prison. With every wish given, Sami learned more and more of the mortal world and its occult legends.

He discovered that some souls are only loosely bound to their fragile bodies, often as a result of the dark arts -- Necromancy. Some souls are fragmented, and have fractions of their being hosted in phylacteries, personal items securing the life force of a lich, a wizard of forbidden magics. The Djinn realized that with a cleverly worded wish and a willing dark arts practitioner to assist him, he could escape his prison.

Eons passed but an opportunity finally appeared. A dying Lich, Kain, found Sami's lamp near Zaros Oasis with too little life force left to continue his journey and too much thirst for revenge to let go. Not even the Djinn's wishes could stitch together what little soul he had left into more time... but it could help return the favor to those that wronged the Lich. With all three wishes, a dark ritual, forbidden knowledge, the Djinn's lamp, a source of primal life from a golden jaguar, The Zaros Oasis' emblematic animal, and the remainder of Kain's life force, the unlikely duo cast a reverse Imprisonment spell. Sami's prison lamp turned into his own phylactery, his spirit into flesh, his magics reduced to a Brimstone rune, and the jaguar into the Lich's ultimate cursed vessel and final resting place. His previous bonds weakened, Sami could now roam the mortal world, a wish he craved for ages.

Yet, this was no gift. The bargain struck between the desert spirit and the undead wizard bound Sami to a quest. His newfound freedom was conditional on his loyalty to those practicing Lichdom and on avenging his ghastly savior. The final bond was forged between the new human and the giant feline. The apex predator was to watch over, guard, and assist Sami in his endeavor, as well as ensure that Kain's final wish for revenge is fulfilled. Would the cat be a friend or a warden? Only Sami's future journey would reveal the answer.

And thus Sami, Hero of Liches, blessed with freedom and cursed with a dark oath, set out to fulfill his quest lest he be returned to his damned jail. Alongside his cursed golden jaguar that he named Kain in honor of his rescuer, Sami ventured forth into the Runiverse.

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