

Their goal was to keep the balance between the Burning Hells and the High Heavens and prevent either from interfering too much in Ancaria's affairs. It was there that he rejected his birth name Linarian and instead embraced the name given to him by Trang'Oul, Rathma, which means "Student." Thus Rathma became the first disciple of Trang'Oul, who taught him to preserve what Trang'Oul called the Balance. This prompted Rathma to feign death and flee to a mysterious nether-realm the realm of Trang'Oul, a dragon-like being who acts as Ancaria's guardian.

Many of the firstborn were destroyed by the archangel Inarius, who would not tolerate defiance. Rathma and the other members of the first generation Nephalem, such as Bul-Kathos, retained their god-like supernatural powers, although all later generations needed to be trained or discover magic some other way. He is not on good terms with his parents, as Lilith destroyed the rebel angels and demons only to use the Nephalem's power for her own ends, while Inarius believed that the Nephalem should worship him alone or be destroyed. Rathma is the son of the demon Lilith and the archangel Inarius. Rathma, whose birth name was Linarian, is a first generation Nephalem and the progenitor of the Priests of Rathma, also known as the Necromancers.
