Nonox

Nonox is a demon, a failed experiment of the Elevation Project, and a primary antagonist of The Dark Province. He is responsible for the Darkness that walled in Lariau, the loss of countless lives post-Elevation, and was the primary target of the motivations of House Nocturne.

Involvement with the Elevation Project
Nonox was originally Napoleon Bonaparte, a historical figure resurrected by the Paris branch of the Elevation Project. Like other resurrected entities, he was reconstituted with some latent magical ability. However, his mutation also claimed his sanity and he broke free of the laboratory he was being kept at, now the Ruins of Malmazzin. By exploiting the magical knowledge the Elevation Project had already unearthed, Nonox established himself as a nigh-indestructable entity and launched a campaign for world domination. Through intense magical warfare and after millions of human deaths, he was eventually forced to retreat to another plane and cursed Lariau with the Darkness immediately before his departure. In addition to the Darkness, Nonox also cursed the progeny of all Elevation Project scientists to be born with a fearsome, demonic visage. It is from this curse that Urth received the tieflings of today.

The Battle for the Sunken City
House Nocturne, as part of their mandate to remove the Darkness from Lariau, made summoning Nonox back to Urth their primary goal. However, Keladonus' ritual was interrupted by military forces belonging to Mount Martyr, leaving Nonox only partially within this realm. He was eventually driven back, triggering the Illumination and lifting the Darkness from around Lariau.

Current Affairs
Nonox's whereabouts are currently unknown. Scholars postulate that he may have been killed during the Battle for the Sunken City or that he may be sequestered in the Shadowfell. Regardless, his influence is not presently felt in Lariau anymore.

Because of the Illumination, some scholars suspect that tieflings will stop being born on Urth to mixed race parents, making tieflings a potentially endangered species in coming generations.