DECEASED
The leader of the Stewards of the Vault in Katheer. When first encountered on the street outside the Mysterium on 23 Pharast, 4719, he had been Seeded with Xhamen-Dor.
In pursuit of Lowls and Mun, he entered the Mysterium that day with a dozen Stewards, along with Stazi, Stanhope, Tharivol, and Nheb, and as of the 28th, had not re-emerged.
Along with only six of his Stewards, Elder Lythiin survived the assault by Hounds of Tindalos on the University Level.
On the second level, Elder Lythiin managed to avoid many of the roaming dangers on the floor by Dimension Door-ing directly to the valve gate with Sister Faria and Brother Arzin.
On the third level, the Cipher Obscura, Elder Lythiin went mad at the sight of a Shoggoth and was presumably slain by it.
In Chapter 174, Pandora was able to learn more from Sister Thyrr about the timeline of events leading up to the triggering of the wards in the Mysterium:
- On 19 Pharast, Miacknian Mun met privately with Elder Lythiin and paid him a large sum of money for “unfettered access” to the Soul. Elder Lythiin kept the details of this transaction from the rest of the Stewards, but Sister Thyrr later learned that the Stewards were almost entirely out of money and Lythiin accepted the funds in order to continue their operations.
- On 20 Pharast, Mun entered the Mysterium with Count Lowls and their group of mercenaries. They remained inside the Soul all day and overnight.
- On 21 Pharast, Mun and the mercenaries emerged from the Soul near the end of the day and left the Mysterium. Lowls again remained inside the Soul overnight.
- On 22 Pharast, Lythiin had a change of heart or conscience and confronted Mun in a private conversation only partially overheard by Brother Ebrahim. The Elder put his foot down and told Mun that he and his companions must depart the Mysterium for good at the end of the day. Mun returned to the Soul, emerged with Lowls, and they both left.
- On 23 Pharast, Lowls appeared alone and met with Elder Lythiin. Something unknown passed between them and afterwards Lowls returned to the Soul. Soon, Mun came racing up looking for Lowls, learned that the count had gone back inside the Mysterium, and went in after him. Very shortly thereafter, Stazi, Tharivol, Stanhope, and Nheb arrived and found a Seeded Elder Lythiin gathering his forces to go after the scholar and the chemist.
In Chapter 179, the party found Lythiin’s corpse in a study room on the Cipher Obscura level.
First Reference: Chapter 173
Other Notable References: Act IV Interlude Part Part 1, Act IV Interlude Part Part 2, Act IV Interlude Part 3, Act IV Interlude Part 4, Act IV Interlude Part 5, Act IV Interlude Part 6, Chapter 174, Chapter 179, Chapter 183