| abstract | - Drumm was appointed to act as King Lucan's chief advisor, though the details of how he attained the position are unclear. At some point during Lucan's reign, the Shadow Lord had its seven Ak-Baba kill off the dragon populations who would defy its plans. Drumm made sure the king would do nothing to help the dragons by convincing the king that a few less dragons would be beneficial to the farmers who saw dragons as pests. As the dragon population droped to near extinction, the Shadow Lord had Drumm place the Four Sisters, devices that would slowly poison Deltora, at the northernmost, easternmost, southernmost, and westernmost points in the land. Drumm was also responsible for adding the pedestal to the centre of the Palace chapel,which concealed the Sister of the South. When Rufus, the chief of the Ralad builders, sent a letter that requested the pedestal be removed, Drumm refused on King Lucan’s behalf. The Shadow Lord also sent seven of its servants to the city of Hira to breed a rat plague to force the people to abandon their city. As with the dragons, Drumm convinced the king that the plague was not as terrible as it was, so no help was given. Much of Drumm's reign oversaw the attempted destruction of Deltora's history, which often brought him into conflict with Deltora's greatest artist, Withick. At one point Drumm requested that Withick's painting of Opal dragons be removed from the palace of Del, but he was overruled since an Opal dragon fought at the Battle for Deltora. Drumm was able to destroy many copies of The Belt of Deltora, a book Withick made detailing the history of the belt. However, he was unable to destroy them all, as Withick kept several copies with him.
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