Zachrael the Liar By Chaerod Watch

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Normally, I don't manage two pieces so close together, but this guy has been rattling around in my head since we ran into him (before I even posted the first picture of Iliya). We initially ran into him and his brother, James, just after Zachrael murdered the mage they were traveling with. The two brothers were in the middle of a fight-- James had flown into a rage, had pinned his brother down, and was in the process of strangling him with his flail.



We put a stop to the fight and tried to figure out who was at fault. Unfortunately, Zachrael is made of Charisma, and his brother is... not. So Zach had us pretty well convinced that his brother was at least partly at fault. We were willing to take them both with if they kept things civil between them and didn't attack us, but James was in such a foul mood that he refused to come with us.



Of course, Zachrael promptly betrayed us, stole all of our food and health potions, and the magical gems powering some very useful magical weapons we had picked up in the dungeon. We tried to track him down, with the assistance of his brother (who managed to track us down on the way), but he eluded us. Luckily, James doesn't hold too much of a grudge, and was willing to help us find our way out of the dungeon.



Weeks later, we were in a really, really bad situation after another dungeon crawl. We were being chased down by a creature that we had no real way of fighting. Seemingly out of nowhere, a horde of the creatures we've fighting showed up and chased it off-- and it turned out Zach was controlling them. Unbeknownst to us, Zach made a deal when he and his brother were young, sacrificing their mother for power.



There's a lot more to him--both of them, actually--but it would take a really long time to explain. Suffice to say that Zachrael is probably my absolute favorite villain in this campaign.

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Published : Jun 21, 2017