The Rahjs

thumb|259x259px|The four Rahjs with whom the party has interacted.
The Rahjs are a quartet (at least) of Rakshasas who trade favours for a living. Unlike most Rakshasas, they tend to keep their word (and even the spirtit of their agreements) and do not shapeshift unless they need to. They also seem to have found a way to quantify Karma, which is more than a little odd.
== Collected Information from Extras ==
=== Origin ===
Rakshashas are Demons; their purpose - their chief joy - is to manipulate and murder mortals, and their diabolic intellect helped a number of them to worm their way into the world (in this setting where any demons are rare on the material plane).
But with that intellect comes curiosity, and long ago, one Rakshasha became fascinated with fae magic - the way their bargains appeared to violate some of the rules of the universe, particularly when it came to knowledge. A faerie, when making a bargain, was demonstrably able to make use of information about the past, present and even future which that being couldn't possibly "know", and in fact, seemed not to know those same exact facts outside of the specific context of that bargain or pact. This Rakshasha devoted herself to researching this, and along that path, abandoned her intended nature, because she needed to improve her karma to learn more - something antithetical to the nature of a murdering, shapeshifting demon. She became the first Rahj.
From there, a very few others joined her cause, and continued even after she died.
=== Objective and Enemies ===
What do they want? Very simple. They want to become so powerful that nothing can possibly threaten them; so mighty that the rest of the universe cannot bother them. And then they would use that power... to not be bothered. To continue to study and observe all of creation as it unfolds (possibly putting a hand on the scales here and there to ensure nobody rises to disturb them)... and that's about it.
Not only is this quite a difficult thing to achieve though - to utterly surpass the Gods - but through their explorations they discovered another group with a very similar attitude, but whose goals conflicted with their own; the Mindhunters. They too want to become untouchable, but they very clearly want to end all sentient life (ultimately, probably including even each other), because they cannot help but "hear" the thoughts of the universe and they desperately want silence. And the Mindhunters are much closer to their terrible goal than the Rahjs are - they are much more dangerous, and not bound by the rules the Rahjs have set for themselves - the rules "forced" upon them by their need to gain karma.
Though the Rahjs were still created as evil beings, and as much as they've changed, they see little wrong with manipulating others - especially when their ultimate goal now includes saving the universe from things that are far worse than themselves. They'd prefer not to harm or even interfere with anyone else, but if the advantage of doing so is clear, they are far more willing to make the more efficient choice than some kind of "good" beings would be.
== Techniques ==
=== Burst Divinations ===
The Rahjs are so far the only entities that use burst divinations. These are a way of casting many divinations over a large area in a short amount of time. This allows for quick acquisition of information, perfect for taking advantage of short periods of time where anti-divination wards are in compromised. The drawback to this, however, is that the divinations come back in riddles and strange codes that take significantly longer to decode than casting divinations back to back normally.
=== Fate matrices ===
The Rahjs have often referred obliquely to examining the fate matrix of a given entity, but little is clear as to what that actually means. A fate matrix appears to be some combination of fey magic and arcana (or perhaps psionics?) used to gather information about the location and actions of a specific entity in the present/future, mainly the latter. It is also apparent that the Rahjs make these matricies, as opposed to merely being able to discover/analyze them, so they are not a naturally occuring phenomenon. The matrices of different entities can also interact.
== Known Rahjs ==
* Lord Manxaze “The Fat One” - the current leader
* Lady Hazemura “The Sensible One” - his probable heir
* Lord Kinekoro “The Sexy One”
* Lord Kintamazu “The Researcher”
* Unnamed female founder
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