Zaheer

Zaheer is a cleric of Ankou and guest member of The Party. His player was only part of the group for one Summer, leading to his being written out of the plot during an adventure in the Feywild, when he was grabbed in the background by some tentacle casters.
== Backtory ==
Zaheer was born in the desert village of Kuraj, but had to flee when it was destroyed by orcs. He hid in the ruins of the village until no orcs were looking in his direction, then esacaped by tumbling down a dangerous escarpment. He wandered in the desert, slowly starving as the food he had saved from the village ran thin, until he saw a light in the distance. He forced himself to keep moving toward it for eight days until finally collapsing at the base of a lighthouse. However, the light Zaheer followed was not visible from the point where he first saw it (over 300 miles away), implying that he was actually following the spiritual beacon the lighthouse provides for the souls of the dead. Indeed, Zaheer acquired the Tomb-Tainted Soul feat, meaning that he is partway between life and unlife. As a result of this, he has the inversion of positive and negative energy normally seen among undead.
== Time with The Party ==
Zaheer first met The Party during their investigation of the village of Goodplace on behalf of The Hand. He and Mahar had been sent separately for the same reason by The Shepherds, as the village was overrun by undead.
After defeating the necromancer commanding the local undead and discovering that the remainder of Woodbridge was deserted, Zaheer stayed with The Party as they investigated an Orc incursion into Vistria (having a general dislike of Orcs due to their destruction of Kuraj), then joined them on an expedition into the Feywild, although he was grabbed in the background by some tentacle casters.
He was then held captive by the Vampire King Swayne at Mount Pillar alongside William Black, in the interest of luring Rygax out of hiding, until both were rescued first by The Party and then (along with the rest of The Party) by Rygax.
As one of the NPCs not affected by the Curse of Netharin, he was planeshifted back to the Fadelands by Rygax along with Black Sr. and Daggerface.
Rejoining The Party after their escape from the Realm of the Albtraum, Zaheer was instrumental in exorcising Melissa's ghost from Hannah's mill, the last step necessary in Draven's preparations to cure the Astral Plague. After this, he and Mahar departed the region to return to The Shepherds, meaning that they were not present for the final battle with The Albtraum.