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|name=Prince Myrhal of Rax
|home=[[Great Kingdom]]
|gender=Male
|race=(Formerly [[human]]) [[death knight]]
|class=Fighter 15
|alignment=Chaotic evil
|age=400+
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'''Prince Myrhal of [[Rax]]''' is thought to be the only [[death knight]] of high noble birth. His personal symbol is the Sun of [[Aerdy]], but ringed with teeth.

==Appearance==
Prince Myrhal resembles an armor-clad skeleton with glowing red eyes. He wears a golden crown on his head; this headpiece, known as ''Myrhal's Crown'', is believed by Myrhal to be one third of the ''[[Regalia of Might#The Regalia of Evil|Regalia of Evil]]''. He also carries the ''[[Oozing Trident of Azharadian]]'', a corrupted weapon once belonging to the great general [[Azharadian]].

==Relationships==
Myrhal was a cousin of [[Great Kingdom|Overking]] [[Jiranen]]. His seneschal is an old [[vampire]] called [[Lurgenz]].

==Realm==
Prince Myrhal now dwells in the [[Adri Forest]] some 45 miles south of the [[Coldwood]]. He continuously researches and sends raids into the Coldwood to learn what he can of the ancient [[elf|elven]] city there.

==History==
Originally from [[Dustbridge]], he was perhaps the greatest supporter of the rebel paladin Lord [[Saint Kargoth|Kargoth]] when he betrayed the [[Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom]]. Myrhal had desired to take the Malachite Throne for himself, but he failed to anticipate being transformed into a death knight.

Although being transformed into an undead horror cost him his noble lands, he now reveres in his power and endless life. He still seems himself as the rightful ruler of the Great Kingdom. In the 430s [[Common Year|CY]], he allied himself with [[Ivid I]], having his own relatives assassinated as part of a plan that he thought would put himself on the throne. Instead, Ivid I double-crossed the death knight and took the throne for himself. Myrhal's ancestral lands of Dustbridge were given to the House of [[Naelax]] and their forests cleared. Myrhal swore eternal enmity toward the House of Naelax and all its descendants.

A century ago, Prince Myrhal won his ''Crown'' from the [[lich]] [[Hathamriz the Dissaffected]].

With the recent destruction of [[Rauxes]], Prince Myrhal now believes the time is ripe for him to assume his rightful rule.

==Bibliography==
*[[Holian, Gary]]. "The Death Knights of Oerth." ''Dragon'' #290. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2001.
*-----. "Demogorgon's Champions: The Death Knights of Oerth, part 2." ''Dragon'' #291. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2002.

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