Shulk

Shulk was a mind flayer who until recently occupied the Lyrian Caverns in Eriabourne.
== History and Personality ==
Shulk's past is unknown to the party, but Jazid says that he was the weakest of the five targets. Like most mind flayers, Shulk was intelligent, arrogant and utterly without morals, showing a preference for deception and domination over the total destruction of his enemies.
== Skills and Powers ==
Shulk has encountered the player twice, and in the first instance he almost killed the half-orc Azuk. His psionic powers were modest, and he seemed incapable of extended melee combat. Shulk seemingly had at least two psionic assassins in his employ, as demonstrated by the one which ambushed Keldin, Azuk and Elijah during their return to the caverns and the one which died with him. Shulk was cunning, ruthless and unfailingly evil.
== In the Campaign ==
Shulk had been burrowed deep into the Lyrian Caverns, where he had been mentally controlling some of Grumbleduff's miners using a starglass mirror. When Azuk found his way to Shulk's hidden lair, the mind flayer attempted to mind blast the gathered party. Keldin's threats to the mirror saved the half-orc's life, and they managed to escape, although the caves were vacated because of the insidious threat lurking within.
While trying to track down Shulk for Jazid, the party ran afoul of the mind flayer's psionic assassin. Although they managed to overpower the twisted creature, he had inflicted a grievous wound to Azuk, who managed to survive what could have been a fatal blow. A tunnel from Shulk's chamber seemed to link up to the aboleth's cavern, though their relationship is so far unknown to the party.
Following a lead from Jazid, Azuk, Keldin, Wulfric and Daenavyr tracked down Shulk to a ruined castle in the forests near Watermeet. There, they launched a sudden attack in which both Shulk and his psionic servant were killed.
== Legacy ==
According to Jazid, it seemed that Shulk had not had the backing of Dulshoon, Oobastis, Squidface or Geth; since his failure at the Lyrian Caverns, Shulk had been isolated from the others. Category:Mind Flayers
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