Taskar

### Cause of Death

Killed by Teeth's use of Crescent Strike, then collectively by the party in his residence of Polisalgia.

**Taskar** was the name of an evil Rakshasa who kidnapped Anura Cunningker as she was traveling towards Towergreen. He was the main antagonist of the party during the first arc of the campaign.

Taskar has been prowling Falon'Rakk since immemorial times, or at least his brethren. "Taskar" is the first mention of an evil tiger spirit, found in ancient elven folklore, which created the word for "*task'a*" (elven for tiger, and *ataskaran*, "evil wrongdoing that one is not responsible for but must deal with") and from which the equivalent Common word "tiger" comes from.

He has currently assumed the identity of Telma, whether Telma used to be someone before or was a complete fabrication.

## Description

Taskar had, or assumed, the form of an old man beggar with ragged clothes, missing teeth and a large cowl protecting their head. However, when moving, the creature did not seem to have any impairing that comes from old age.

Being a Rakshasa, Taskar benefits from immunity to most low energy spells, affected only by spells of level 6th and higher. He also is not affected by mundane weapons, which cleave through him as if through air.

## Biography

Taskar has left Hell many times to prowl the Material Plane, and especially Syzygy. Through careful use of corruption, seduction, blackmailing and planned discord; he managed to destroy many organizations and triggering wars of varying scales.

He has a fateful bond with Anura Cunningker's family and ancestors, oftentimes being slain by her ancestors, then coming back centuries later to haunt and punish them or their descendants. His wrongdoings and punishments include :

* Cult worship during the Slaughter Era, killed by a druid. Later destroyed their sacred grove.
* Smuggling and corruption in Babili Dolo, banished to three different planes at the same time by Paccio Cunningker and his husband Jiban. Cursed their descendants to be weretigers.
* Establishing The Architect in the Two-Kingdoms of Wyżyna, then being split by divine magic by Tacitus Cunningker, Anura's father. He then killed Tacitus by drowning him in lava.
* Instigating war between the Fields State and the Holy Kingdom of Humankind, revealing each other's secrets passing as Warmaster Sare. Was eventually killed by Ka'eo in Fieldbell.
* Planning annihilation of the Fields State with the members of The Ivy. Was killed once and for good by the Party and Anura Cunningker in his home in Polisalgia.

## Abilities

* **Immunity :** The creature showed to be unaffected by almost all spells and attacks of the Party.
* **Fiendish Summoning :** The creature had the ability to summon lesser devils from an unknown plane of existence.
* **Curse Bestowing :** The creature bestowed a very powerful curse on the Party when it disappeared with Anura Cunningker. The curse, of the shape of claw marks, acted as a beacon to conjure Fiends, and drew its energy from moonlight or by directly absorbing life energy from their hosts. It managed to exhaust the party, and might be a source of diseases and other forms of ailments if not removed, as explained by Shine in Towergreen.