Raknos

Raknos was a druid of Zoor'Ztsh and a major antagonist in Book Eight of the Blood Moon series.
== Appearance ==
Raknos was an ancient figure of stooped frame and frail body, cloaked in rags that almost completely obscured his body from visibility. The only parts of him visible were his face and hands, and these were warped by infection and his devotion to the Lord of All Fevers. Black scales lined the backs of his hands, and short thick claws replaced his fingernails. His skin crawled with various hideous diseases that made him appear almost like a decayed corpse, as the flesh of his face had almost entirely been eaten away by predatory bacteria, leaving him with a permanent, deranged grin of rotten teeth. His eyes were milky and corpse-like. Occasionally, he would take flight as leathery black wings sprouted from his back and carried him aloft. An aura of sheer horror and filth surrounded him at all times, contaminating the ground upon which he stood. He bore with him a peculiar iron container resembling a lantern which housed numerous bacillus demons that served him.
== Personality ==
Before his fall from the light, Raknos was a kindly soul who, although he possessed little in the world, always sought to bring a smile to the faces of those around him. He always desired to be liked and needed by others, basing his worth on what he could do for others to make them happy. After his descent into evil, however, he was left a deeply bitter individual who sought only destruction and death. Feeling shunned and betrayed by the world, he was emotionally consumed and bent upon venting his rage on the innocent without remorse. He was known to cackle maniacally as he brought illness and ruin to civilisation, and was thought even by his warlock superiors to be totally mad.
== Background ==
Born in the town of Lanercost on the north shore of the Ichthys River, Raknos was given the name Yane, although the name of his family is lost to time. Surviving conditions of poverty throughout his youngest years, he and his family contracted leprosy and stopped receiving charity from their community as it was feared they were contagious. Although in neglect his parents died of starvation (they gave their food to him), he still held out hope that people were still good for the most part.
== History ==
=== Book Three ===
Yane is briefly encountered as a young boy on by Ottakai on the streets of Lanercost.
=== Book Four ===
Yane