Ilikan

Token Art of Ilikan

Ilikan Stormchaser Akkanathi, or just Ilikan for short, is a goliath druid, a member of the Snow Drifters, and chief of the Akkanathi.

## Description

Feel free to change this page if this is your Player Character. This is purely based off what the token art shows and what I can remember.

Ilikan is a towering goliath with pale, grey skin and is covered in tattoos, with pale blue eyes. He wears furs, though the cold does not bother him much as a goliath. Ilikan is a werebear, and often transforms into a hybrid form in combat, growing white fur with grey patterns that match his tattoos. In his full bear form, he transforms entirely into a snow white polar bear, again with patterns matching his tattoos to distinguish himself to his allies.

Ilikan speaks in what can be described as a commanding voice, and his sentences are often blunt and to the point. Ilikan, born and raised the son of the chief of the Akkanathi, place honor and traditional above all else, even his own life. As such, he often finds himself lost in social cues, and being raised far from Ten Towns, often times finds the intricacies of society outside of his home hard to understand. Ilikan has been shown to be fiercely loyal to his friends and allies, and was prepared to take on the duergar outpost in Kelvin's Cairn on single-handedly to find his missing friend before meeting the Snow Drifters.

## Relationships

Ilikan had family in Skytower shelter. His father was Harad Cloudstrider Akkanathi and his mother Chani Barktamer Akkanathi. He also had an uncle, Arn Rockfist Akkanathi, and two cousins, Nora Riverjumper Akkanathi and Koramak Stronghauler Akkanathi.

Ilikan knew many of the inhabitants of Skytower Shelter, showing to have been friends with Ergmak, Thuki and their son Paco. He also knew the griffon keeper Rahi Skydreamer Akkanathi, and befriended one of the griffons named Kratos.

Ilikan had a close friend, who he referred to as his brother, who was killed in a battle with the Thuunlakalaga.

Ilikan also is close with Oyaminartok, who found Ilikan in exile. The two grew close in their time together.

As an Akkanathi, several times Ilikan has encountered members of the Thuunlakalaga, who is his clan's sworn enemy.

## Biography

### Pre-Snow Drifters

Ilikan was born to Harad Cloudstrider Akkanathi, chief of the Akkanathi, and Chani Barktamer Akkanathi, and therefore heir to the title of chief. However, he was exiled from Skytower Shelter when Arn Rockfist Akkanathi killed his father and became chief. In his exile, Ilikan searched for, and was ultimately found by, Oyaminartok, who blessed Ilikan with lycanthropy, turning him into a werebear. The two grew close as Oyaminartok believed Ilikan the only one able to stop the warring between the Akkanathi and Thuunlakalaga and lead them to survival through the Endless Winter.

However, Ilikan and Oyaminartok were assaulted by a group of duergar. Ilikan escaped but Oyaminartok was captured. He began to track the duergar, which ultimately led him to Caer Konig.

### Joining the Snow Drifters

In Caer Konig, Ilikan went to the Uphill Climb tavern when the Snow Drifters entered. The two parties met, upon which Ilikan agreed to aide the party in infiltrating the Caer in exchange for hunting the duergar, which the party had already intended to do after finding Speaker Seiver Crannoc. After rescuing the speaker and defeating the duergar hidden in an abandoned building, Ilikan decided to stay with the party, realizing their strength in numbers.

In the duergar outpost, after defeating Nildar Sunblight, Ilikan first revealed himself to be a werebear, and was actually searching for Oyaminartok, the fabled Winter Walker, who he was friends with. The party agreed to help him find Oyaminartok in exchange for his help with defeating the duergar. The party learned of Oyaminartok's location from a letter detailing a bear-woman being brought to Sunblight Fortress.

In Lonelywood, Auggen Beartanner Thuunlakalaga learned of Ilikan's presence and approached the party in the Ramshackle. He challenged Ilikan to a display of strength, with Ilikan having to leave the Lonelywood if he lost and Auggen must never approach the Snow Drifters again if Ilikan won. They accepted, and Ilikan won the boulder roll race, though Ilikan acknowledges his opponent's strength and allows Auggen to remain friends with the Snow Drifters.

Twice now the party has had to find suitable refuge for Ilikan to be in his bear form, as the full moon causes him to lose control and transform into a bear. He remains nonviolent, generally just looking for food, but is prone to wander and get lost in this form.

In Sunblight Fortress, the party found Oyaminartok in a prison cell. They released her, as well as Reardon Battlehammer and Kapanuk Thuunlakaga, and escorted the prisoners from the fortress. Ilikan and Kapanuk put their differences aside for the escape, after which Kapanuk claimed the entire party would be welcome in Wormdune Crag, even Ilikan, his sworn enemy.

In the Lost Spire, the party encountered a magical room allowing illusions to become reality. An argument ensued when Vellynne claimed the room unstable and should not be used. Ilikan desired to create diamonds to be used as material components for spells, and attempted to user the room, to which Vellynne counterspelled his illusion to stop him. Gabar and Big Smile agreed with Ilikan that they should use the room to create riches to pay off their bounties while V, Quintus and Vellynne wanted to leave it untouched while they studied it and repaired it. Sapphira wanted to destroy it, believing it capable of creating devils or aberrations.

In Skytower Shelter, Ilikan challenged his uncle Arn Rockfist Akkanathi to a fight to the death, with the winner claiming the title of chief. However, prior to the battle, the party learned from the inhabitants of Skytower Shelter that Arn seemed to be drawing power from some otherworldly force, which the party eventually learned was a Quori. Eventually, Ilikan began to battle Arn, and managed to keep fighting long enough for the rest of the party to find and defeat the Quori, severing Arn's power. After the Quori was defeated, Ilikan overpowered Arn, defeating and killing him, thus avenging his father and claiming the title of Chief of the Akkanathi.