Anthraxus
| Anthraxus | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Home: | Gray Waste |
| Alignment: | Neutral Evil |
| Gender: | male |
Anthraxus the Decayed is a powerful altraloth, a unique magically augmented yugoloth. Anthraxus was once the Oinoloth, the lord of the Wasting Tower of Khin-Oin, a position and title held by one of the most powerful of the yugoloth race. He has since lost that title however to the Ultroloth prince Mydianchlarus in a bloodless coup. Some claim a group of ultroloths simply ejected him from the Tower. Most reports claim Mydianchlarus whispered something in the altraloth's ear that caused him to leave the throne of Khin-Oin. Since his abdication he has taken to wandering the lower planes, and has approached a number of neutral evil deities, seeking to offer his services to them in exchange for being granted the powers of a proxy. To date however no deity appears to have accepted his offer, and his current plans are unknown.
Description
Anthraxus appears as a tall man with a ram's head, badly ravaged by disease. He formerly wielded a powerful artifact called the Staff of the Lower Planes. Among other uses, it was capable of polymorphing fiends into larvae of the Gray Waste. Since his loss of status however, he appears to have lost the artifact, and a number of unique yugoloths are currently searching the lower planes for its location.
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