Akshar

Akshar was a rakshasa and a member of the Lords of Dust.
== History ==
Akshar was ancient and his history largely unknown. It is said that he and Khreeshan were both spawned by the same rakshasa (rakshasas are unable to reproduce without mating with mortals, which typically results in the death of the mortal parent). Akshar was revered by orcs and sand elves as one of the most feared and powerful agents of the Lord of the Wastes, and is said to have slaughtered countless innocents in the name of that dark deity.
== Description ==
Akshar was old and grizzled, with long matted pale fur (unusual colouring for a rakshasa). He was large and muscular, and prefered direct physical combat over the arcane powers favoured by others of his kind. He fought with a powerful double axe named Hurricane, said to be a relic from an ancient civilization that he eradicated. He was said to be more powerful than Khreeshan, however he still feared his brother. 
== In the Campaign ==
Lannus, Vantis and Rexxar first learned of Akshar through divination magic. He later killed Imaan after the genie attempted to find Ahiravan's winged chimaeric mount in the Outworld, and with the help of Jastafar recruited Kasura of the sand elf Cobra Clan and Makoom of the red giant in an attempt to raze the forest of Laehu and slaughter the Lion Clan and the Owl Clan. Lannus received the following divination from the stars when asking about the location of Akshar in order to try and prevent the resurrection of Ahiravan, which scholars (also considering in conjunction a second divination from the sand elf mystic Aksaan of the Owl Clan) believe references a protective pendant (now broken) which Jastafar was using to protect Akshar at the time - "Akshar holds his brother, and his brother's son - one before the other, the other within the oneHe rides atop a fearsome beast, a recent battle prize, and soon he'll cross the blackened shore into these inner skiesWith a lesson learned and a bitter wind, he can at once escape - the play to kill him surely fails until the pendant breaksWest of Laehu flies your prey, but with such little time, a quiet theft is the surest way to stop his nephew's rise"Vantis, Lannus and Rexxar used teleportation magic to enter Akshar's encampment and destroy the skull of Khreeshan (which the Ahiravan had been using to preserve his essence and avoid death). Vantis, Lannus and Rexxar later attempted to slay Akshar while he commanded the giants and sand elves from the back of the beast, however some mysterious magical force allowed him to escape (likely the doing of Jastafar with his pendant). They later fought, defeated and killed not only Akshar but also Jastafar, Jahazarus and Osha'ir at the Blackened Shore believed to referenced in the divination, arriving just too late to prevent the waste preachers assembled from sacrificing Hagu (the last of his race) with Khratash as part of the ritual to allow the Lord of the Wastes passage into the Inworld.
== Unlocked Statistics Block ==
CR15 Akshar the Tempest - Medium Outworlder15 Abilities22,18,20,12,14,16 Saves+14+13+11HP146 Initiative+4 Speed-30(6) AC33(T18,FF27) Hurricane+24/+19/+14(d8+13+d6 shock/x3) and +24/+19/+14(d8+10+d6 shock/x3)Skills - Sense motive+20 Stealth+21 Perception+20 Reckoning+20 Knowledges(outworld, the wastes)+19 Intimidate+23 Survival+20 Clamber+23
Feats - Focus IV, pounce, mobility, power attack, combat reflexes, cleave, hurricane proficiencySQ Disruptive (deals double damage when making attacks of opportunity), Darkvision, DR15/holy piercing, SR25, Detect Thoughts DC16, shapechange, offhand parry 4, ambidexterity III, PounceEquipment - Hurricane (shock double axe +3/+3), Chain shirt+4, Ring of Sacrifice (can be worn on a finger or tail, 3/day take xd6 damage as a free action in order to gain a bonus of X on the next attack roll, where X is between 1-10)
Category:Rakshasas
Category:Lords of Dust
Category:Major Villains
Category:Outworlders
Category:Dead
Category:Divinations
Category:Unlocked Statistics Blocks