Samon Yazid

Samon Yazid, or the Rod of the Godking, is an ancient dark elf ruler whose existence has been unnaturally extended and whose body has been mutilated and transformed into a cursed rod. 
==History==
Samon was the nineteenth and last godking of the ancient empire of the dark elves, though he was the seventeenth to assume the title and actually rule Charn. As a godking Samon Yazid used his influence to seek out vessels - using one of these vessels (that of the genie Pyreos) to achieve some form of immortality and keeping three more imprisoned jinn (Imaan, Farzaan, and Zarya) in the passages beneath Charn. He reigned brutally for hundreds and hundreds of years without fathering a single heir, and eventually there was a rebellion which started a war between the Yazid dynasty and the sand elves. After Gael used a wish to stop the hearts of all the dark elves, the rebels entered the city of Charn to find that Samon alone still walked. They overpowered the godking and used his adamantine keys to seal him in the tombs beneath Charn, from which Samon was unable to escape for countless centuries - without the five keys to unlock the adamantine gates he could access neither the imprisoned genies in the vaults below nor the sunlit world above. Over the years Samon's unholy powers became stronger, and he demonstrated the dark power to animate the corpses he had been trapped with and compel them to obey his commands.
==Description==
Samon may have been insane before the rebellion, but even so his mind has been warped further by the centuries he spent alone in Charn surrounded only by the dead. His damaged mind dreams of using his powers to resurrect the entire dark elf race and conquering the world with this undead army. Samon has many dark powers - in fact it may be impossible to truly destroy him. He appeared as a mummified skeletal figure when still prowling the darkness of Charn, but his form has now been so mutilated that is not clear if anything at all remains of who Samon once was. 
==In the Campaign==
Vantis and Lannus fought their way past Samon's undead minions and defeated him in Charn, removing his limbs and sealing him in the treasure chamber. However the Thranish wizard Vedansh recovered him, studied him and reduced him to the form of an inanimate black rod, capable only of communication only with the holder of the rod and only able to use his powers of necromancy at the holder's bidding. Following the instructions of Osha'ir, the minotaur Lorzak later used the Rod of the Godking to summon an army of undead to massacre the people of Andros and then Daln. Vantis, Lannus and Rexxar confronted and destroyed Lorzak before the skeletons reached Daln, however, which destroyed the undead. They later considered destroying the rod, although after hearing Narvik's concern that this would likely release Samon Yazid from his imprisonment they decided against it.
== Unlocked Statistics Blocks ==
CR7 Skeletal Minion - Medium Undead 10 HP70 Initiative+3 AC24(T13,FF16) Speed-30(6)Scimitar+13(d6+8/18-20) Abilities16,16,-,-,10,10 Saves+3+6+7SQ Undeath, darkvision, Cold immunity, DR10/blunt, enhanced attacks+5Equipment - Chain Shirt, Scimitar, Heavy ShieldCR10 Skeleton Troop (~30) - Huge Mob 50 HP330 AC24(T13,FF16) Initiative+3 Speed-20(4)Mob 8d6+jostle Abilities16,16,-,-,10,10 Saves+3+6+7SQ Undeath, darkvision, Cold immunity, DR10/blunt, Immune to critical hits and flankingJostle (fortitude DC20 or dazed for one round, no actions permitted)Disrupt Spells (concentration DC20+spell level), Blockade (movement reduced to 5 foot per round)Equipment - Chain Shirts, Scimitars, Heavy ShieldsCR10 Minotaur Skeleton - Large Undead 15 HP103 Initiative+2 AC26(T11,FF25) Speed-20(4)Greataxe+18+13(3d6+12/x3) Abilities 20,14,-,-,10,10 Saves+5+7+9SQ enhanced attacks+5, undeath, darkvision, Cold immunity, DR10/blunt, 11 HD for turning purposes, Reach 10Equipment - large masterwork greataxe, masterwork breastplate
Category:Dark Elves
Category:Wishmakers
Category:Deities
Category:Items
Category:Unlocked Statistics Blocks