Akachi Akachi was a priest of the former god of the dead , Myrkul , who lived in Mulsantir . He along with his brother Araman was offered as a " sacrifice , " and they were given the names " Akachi " and " Eveshi . " He became a favored priest , seemingly immune to poison and disease , and was unaffected when a plague called the " Black Whisper " spread throughout Mulsantir . Only he and his brother were willing to go forth and tend to the dying in the city , and as such Myrkul allowed the other priests hiding in the temple to be stricken with the plague and die . Akachi was anointed as High Priest , and would continue to spread the teachings of the Lord of Bones and acted as Myrkul ' s hand of justice . For his service as his Chosen , Myrkul took the Silver Sword of Gith from the Nine Hells and gifted it to his high priest . The Betrayer ' s Crusade . Akachi had a lover , a wizard who was Faithless . She died due to accidental spell backfire . Akachi was distraught over her fate ; he knew she would be condemned to Myrkul ' s Wall of the Faithless . He petitioned to Myrkul to spare her that judgement , but Myrkul refused to grant exemption , even for his Chosen ' s beloved . In his anger , Akachi turned against his faith and god . He vowed to tear down the Wall to retrieve her from the oblivion . He became " the Betrayer . " He rallied together his brother , whom he had nicknamed " ahrraman , " and brought forth allies , including the demilich Rammaq whom he once thwarted , a solar from Celestia named Zoab , and the blue dragon queen Ser ' ryu . With this ragtag host , he crafted the Betrayer ' s Gate within the Death God ' s Vault , creating a bridge to the Fugue Plane where they launched the Betrayer ' s Crusade . The crusaders were met with Myrkul himself , who led an even greater army : all the heroes of the ancient dead marched at his back , masses of the False , and many devil s who had been summoned from the Hells . Akachi ' s army crumbled before the Lord of Bones , and his generals fled to the darkest corners of the planes . Not even the Betrayer could oppose Myrkul , in the realm of the dead . Akachi was dragged in chains to the Basilica and had judgement pronounced upon him . Spirit Eater . Myrkul judged his Chosen as False . While the False are usually condemned to serve the City of Judgement , Myrkul decided to bestow a special punishment . He would have Akachi condemned to the Wall where he tore the Founder out , but before he was completely erased , he was torn back out of the wall and left an empty void . Akachi became an embodiment of the hunger of the Wall , a spirit eater that was set loose as Myrkul ' s curse . Myrkul set this up as part of a greater contingency plan : The suffering of Akachi and all those the spirit eater affects as it walks the Realms would keep the fear , and in effect , the memory of Myrkul alive , enabling his consciousness to be preserved even after he was slain during the Time of Troubles . If the curse were to ever end , he would eventually be forgotten . Most of Akachi ' s mind was shattered , with only a few key fragments : " The Boy , " " Red Woman , " and " the Wall . " These were not completely destroyed , and were the last traces of Akachi ' s will , and were the pieces of the Mask of the Betrayer . The Faceless Man . " " Akachi - the Faceless Man , the Betrayer . All that remains of the man he once was is a glowing , featureless form , his face covered by an ornate mask . His eyes are devoid of intelligence , his actions dictated by instinct rather than purpose . " " Akachi was reduced to a being known as the Faceless Man , the embodiment of the dark hunger that is Myrkul ' s curse . He resided within each of the " masks , " the victims of the spirit eater , slowly devouring them from within . All that were affected would be drained to Akachi ' s place in the wall . When the player undertakes the Third Crusade , the Founder believed that by retrieving the soul from the Wall , Akachi ' s emptiness would be shut out . This was a lie by Myrkul ; the Faceless Man ' s hunger would simply continue to devour the soul from within . As a result , the PC had to chase down the Faceless Man through a dreamscape vision of Crossroad Keep and West Harbor , before entering the heart of his / her soul . There the Faceless Man was cornered and made a last stand . After destroying many subcomponents of the Faceless Man ( insatiable hunger , infinite despair , remorseless instinct , and relentless fury ) , the player was able to defeat the Faceless Man . The choice then is up to the player :