While attempting to wrestle a gloomstalker to the ground, Arkhan stumbled into a building where Vox Machina were hiding.
" The Final Ascent" (1x113)įan art of Arkhan wrestling the gloomstalker, by Lap Pun Cheung. Obatalá was killed and Arkhan was left for dead by Vecna's followers. Īrkhan then chased Delilah and the death knight to Thar Amphala on a white dragon named Obatalá. This ambush also led to someone cutting out the still beating heart of a goliath companion of Arkhan's. Ī few years later, Vander, a high elf Arkhan considered to be "the closest thing he'd ever had to a brother," was burned to death in an attack by Vecna's death knight aided by Delilah Briarwood. He then was able to command the manticore.
When Arkhan put the loop around his own neck, the thorns suddenly jutted deep into his neck and dealt him piercing damage, changed the appearance of his eyes, and changed his vision so that colors were more vibrant and he could see the heat of others' bodies. She brought forth a manticore, who (following the caregiver's lead) willingly relinquished the Wreath of the Prism on its neck. Arkhan then barely took control of the undead caregiver there, and commanded her to show him to the artifact. They encountered and killed a few yuan-ti guarding the temple. He hired a group of mercenaries- Keyleth, Percival de Rolo, the Headmistress, and Dupont Dupont-to help him delve into the Vault of Shumas. Tiamat sent visions of a locked-away loop of golden thorns and gems to Arkhan in his dreams, so he spent months of frustrating research seeking it out until finally coming across a monk of the Cobalt Soul named Duan who had the knowledge he needed. Official art of the Wreath of the Prism, by Irina Nordsol. Thus, the (third level) Paladin chose to become an Oathbreaker and took up worship of the Scaled Tyrant. Arkhan was able to break his chains and murder his captors, aided by visions and power granted to him by the five headed chromatic dragon goddess, Tiamat. Biography BackgroundĪrkhan was a former hired killer who was imprisoned and nearly beaten to death in an attempted forced conversion by a religious cult. Even some Warlocks have taken Arkhan as their Otherworldly Patron. In Avernus, he is a highly charismatic leader of an entire army of dragons, dragon-worshipers, and undead. He believes that by freeing the Scaled Tyrant, she would restore balance by destroying the universe that the Lord of the Hells has been manipulating.Īrkhan is a seasoned adventurer, and he works well in groups (as evidenced by his past adventures with the various members of Vox Machina). He views taking the Hand of Vecna as being not for personal gain but "altruistic".Īrkhan views the Lord of the Hells as a nefarious deity who has messed with the flow of the cosmos and time. PersonalityĪrkhan has a genuine faith and loyalty to his empress: the Scaled Tyrant. He carries Fane-Eater, a magical battleaxe carved from deep cerulean sapphire and adorned with numerous runic sigils.
He wears a suit of jagged, spiked, obsidian-metal plate armor with green dragon scales embedded throughout the main plates. This same symbol is emblazoned on the front of his magic shield. His holy symbol is an amulet adorned with the five-headed dragon sigil of Tiamat built into the chest plate of his heavy armor. The Wreath causes his eyes to have a greenish-yellow color with more pronounced black slits than they had before. It is an exalted Vestige of Divergence called the Wreath of the Prism and grants him control over powerful beasts and monstrosities. Īround his neck he wears a loop of golden thorns inset with dozens of gems, representing each of the chromatic dragon colors. Īrkhan is a heavily muscled, red-scaled dragonborn who is nearly seven feet tall.
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