Messmer was the eldest son of Queen Marika by an unrecorded father, a demigod whose name was struck from every chronicle of Leyndell after the war that earned him his title. The Greater Will gave him a black serpent as a familiar, an Outer presence that lived behind his left eye, and the gift of a flame which the Erdtree's grace could not extinguish. Marika dispatched him to the Realm of Shadow at the head of an army with one command : annihilate the hornsent and their reverence of the older horned gods, that no rival worship might survive into the new age.

Messmer carried out his crusade and was then sealed inside the Land of Shadow with his soldiers, his existence hidden from the Lands Between. His armies of fire knights, basilisk soldiers, and the impaling spears that gave him his name still patrol the ruins of Belurat and the Specimen Storehouse. To meet him is to meet the deepest shame of the Erdtree's foundation: a child Marika sent away because his work was complete, and would have damned her had it ever been told.

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Boss LoreRemembrance of the Impaler

Remembrance of Messmer the Impaler, hewn into the Scadutree. The power of its namesake is bestowed upon those who would partake.

ArmorMessmer's Helm

Black helm of Messmer the Impaler, crowned with two intertwined winged serpents. The winged snakes were Messmer's constant companions. They were there when the base serpent was sealed away behind his eye. They were there through his eternity of suffering.

IncantationMessmer's Orb

An incantation of Messmer the Impaler. Summons Messmer's flame to form a giant floating orb. Messmer despised his own fire. Time and time again he hoped to rid himself of it, but ever did it burn.