Dann'Kah

**Dann'Kah** was a reverted orc shaman and previous servant to Zolgrish the Lich. He and Yozmogh the Balor rebelled against the lich, taking control of the undead energy from his phylactery. He was assimilated by the lich after a long struggle.

## Appearance

The orc shaman wore a grey magician's robe, leaving only his head and hands exposed. He was 1.78 meters (5'10") tall, with light brown skin and shoulder-length golden hair. His pointy ears parted his hair, revealing a slender neck which together with his delicate features gave him a feminine look. Only his pupils, flaming from the red mana coursing within, betrayed his real nature. On the ring finger of his right hand rested a purple ring made of crystal.

## Abilities

Dann'Kah used the undead energies coursing through his body to shrink his purple crystal into a ring, allowing him to stir the surrounding world energy like soup to cast Tier 5 spells non stop despite never having learned Tier 5 magic. It also enabled him to keep his forefathers' imprints permanently active and have access to Tier 4 and 5 spells. The residual mana mixed with the undead life force give those echoes from the past a semblance of life, though at the cost of driving him insane with centuries of memories and voices in his head.

The undead energies also restored the powers his bloodline possessed before their Fall and granted him the lich's inhuman strength.

## Background

Zolgrish bound his servants to his phylactery to ensure their loyalty. Over time, he took Dann'Kah as a lab assistant, slaughtering his tribe and enslaving him. The orc shaman's mastery over magic crystals helped increase the power of his Forgemastering creations, along with Yozmogh. However, since their souls were stored next to the lich's inside the phylactery, the repeated cycles of death and rebirth allowed them to feel the energy flow, until they became able to manipulate it.

When Zolgrish was about to complete the amplification device, Yozmogh attacked the lich while Dann'Kah used his crystal to redirect the energy from the phylactery to their bodies instead of Zolgrish's. They discovered they too were limited by the phylactery's range, and were forced to stay in the dungeon. They figured out how to use Zolgrish's undead life force to revert to their pre-Fallen states, and went to war with each other, as the first one to die will lose their grip on the lich's life force and thus gain most of his powers.

After being freed from prison, Lith and Zolgrish make their way to the lab on the 4th floor. Zolgrish carelessly disables the lab's protections to let Lith in, inadvertently allowing the monsters to invade the lab as well. Zolgrish and Dann'Kah wrestle for control of the energy flowing to the phylactery while Lith engages the remaining monsters and Yozmogh. Zolgrish bluffs about his condition, giving Ratpack the courage to make a move and stab the orc shaman with his Coward's Knife, before Warping him and himself away to take control of his undead energies from his former servant.

In the Disciplining Hall where Zolgrish had killed Dann'Kah repeatedly to force him into submission in the past, Zolgrish's undead energies flow back and forth between the two. Dann'Kah draws strength from his grudge against the lich and the past shamans, and casts a spell to corrode the lich's body, but in the brief moment of lost focus, Zolgrish takes control of the undead energies and regains his form. Zolgrish tosses away the orc's crystal ring, and assimilates the orc, taking on the appearance of an elf.

## Quotes

* *"You're finished old man. You'll spend the rest of your eternal life as a slave in my mines!"* (Dann'Kah to Zolgrish, Chapter 548)

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 542
2. ↑ Chapter 539
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 548
4. ↑ Chapter 537
5. ↑ Chapter 538
6. ↑ Chapter 545