Mathias

""Then I will dispatch the very essence nightmares fabricated from until it pried from you decaying flesh.""

- - Mathias ""You cannot hide from me!""

- - Mathias

Mathias is a malicious necromancer and the main antagonist of Fading of the Cries.

He was portrayed by Brad Dourif.

Mathias is a power-mad and cold-blooded 15th century sorcerer who seeks to control the world of the living with an army of the undead. He wields a black cane-like sceptre with a diamond on it and is aided by 3 demons known as Malyhne, Sylathus, and Thurah who are his guardians.

Powers and Abilities
Mathias is a powerful sorcerer who is skilled in the ways of dark magic.

He mastered the art of necromancy to resurrect the dead and also control them at will.

He can summon swarms of bats and crows to darken the skies or surround his enemies with his cane-like sceptre with a diamond on top of it.

Mathias can only summon and control the dead at night. But when combined with the amulet Rune of Sealean in his possession, he becomes powerful with his sorcery increased and can permanently turn day into night by darken the skies at will, thus making him an extremely dangerous man.

History
What's known about Mathias is that he once lived in a small farmland town during the times of colonial America and had a wife who, sadly died with their unborn child. Apprerantly she was murdered. He learned the ways of sorcery and found the power of resurrection through the art of necromancy to bring back his beloved. His attempt at making her rebirth possible was actually successful when word spread around of his witchcraft. The elders of the town's local church came and caused Mathias to watch his wife die twice. For so long, he kept a journal with writings that is not some events of his life and the mysteries of the occult, but also tends to be bizarre and distorted as he went into a a rage, cursing the town elders and threatens to raise the dead. His own journal speaks of demonology-- raising the dead and the containment of evil through symbols. Three demin entities that act as guardians were summoned from the netherworld through witchcraft to protect Mathias, and to carry out his vengeance against the town and its elders. The journal that kept all the "black writings" was buried in his abandoned mansion near the town. Mathias and his supernatural bodyguards later disappeared and were never heard from again.

Centuries later, hen the forces of darkness beset a small farming community and its citizens were suddenly transformed into undead zombies, a young man named Jacob takes up his mighty sword to protect an innocent girl and prevent her antique necklace from falling into the hands of a diabolical tyrant named Mathias who is responsible for this supernatural seige. He covets the necklace given to Sarah by her uncle Michael. But Jacob is determined to protect Sarah. As the young pair is beset by demons, Sarah uncovers a secret that causes her to reconsider her animosity toward her sister and their mother. Later, as the demons close in on Jacob and Sarah, the young hero realizes he must return to the place where his life was destroyed in order to defeat Mathias once and for all.

In the end, Jacob struck down and murdered the weakened Mathias with the Sword of Aves as the defeated necromancer screams in agony.