Hekaton

Hekaton, also known as the Storm King, was the storm giant king until sometime after the War of the Silver Marches in the late 15 century DR.

"I alone am worthy to decide where lightning strikes."

- Hekaton the Storm King.

Personality
Hekaton did not much like the small folk but, out of respect for Neri, he would collaborate with them in time of need. He trusted only his youngest daughter Serissa and his brother Uthor.

Possessions
King Hekaton was for a time the proud owner of the Wyrmskull Throne, a dwarven artifact from the long-lost kingdom of Shanatar. He also boasted one of the dwarves' Ruling Scepters, which along with the throne, were gifted to him by his wife Neri.

Relationships
In addition to his daughters, King Hekaton raised the young storm giant Thellan as his own ward.

Ruler of the Giants
Hekaton ruled the storm giants but asserted his authority over all races of giants. At some point during the late 15 century DR, Hekaton began to receive no answers from any member of the giant pantheon and came to believe that the time of giants was over. Hekaton was shaken by this dramatic change in giant culture, but his wife Neri reassured him that the future was then in the hands of the small folk.

Thank to Neri's belief and some omens that had appeared, Hekaton decided to appoint Serissa as his heir of the Wyrmskull Throne. Serissa agreed with her mother's belief that the time of the giants was over. This appointment however angered Hekaton and Neri's older daughters, Mirran and Nym. It was shortly thereafter that the ordning―the social structure of all giant-kind―was shattered.

Some time circa the late 1480s DR, Neri's dead body was found on a small isle on the Sword Coast of Faerûn. Hekaton exploded in rage and was only barely calmed by his daughter. Hekaton vowed to find Neri's killer, but was deceived Mirran and Nym, along with their new ally: the blue dragon Iymrith who masqueraded as a fellow storm giant.

Captured and Recaptured
King Hekaton was lured into a trap devised by members of the Kraken Society. Posing as agents of the Lords' Alliance, they captured the storm giant ruler and bound him with enchanted chains that kept him in a state of stasis. They set him adrift in the Trackless Sea aboard a shielded squid ship called the Morkoth.

Eventually, King Hekaton was set free from his captors by a band of adventurers and returned to assume the Wyrmskull Throne in Maelstrom. He thanked his liberators for their intervention and directed his forces to take revenge upon Iymrith at her lair in the Anauroch desert.

Some time later, Hekaton invited the mercenary Zehira Deryan to Maelstrom, to discuss how the recently-acquired Iltkazar Scepter could be used to awaken powers of the Wyrmskull Throne. By the time Zehira and her allies arrived, both the king and the Wyrmskull Throne had once again been captured and taken from Maelstrom. The perpetrators of Hekaton's second abduction were members of the restored Cult of the Dragon.

Raised as Undead
"No, no...I have to remember...remember Hekaton...remember Hekaton."

- Trildor, while in the Word of Recall.

King Hekaton was killed outright some time during his abduction from Maelstrom. The Dragon Cultists only held onto his body for a short time, as the Red Wizards intercepted their group and transported the king's body to the eastern realm of Thay. After his corpse was dreadfully paraded around Eltabbar, Hekaton was raised as an enormous death knight at the Citadel in Thaymount, in service to the lich-king Szass Tam.

In Hekaton's absence, Princess Serissa finally rose as ruler of the storm giants. She devoted herself to uncovering the truth of her father's disappearance and recover the Wyrmskull Throne. Meanwhile the undead Hekaton employed a group known as the Ebon Wings and managed to recover the throne for himself at the Tower of Skulls in the city of Ormath in the Shining Plains.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Storm King's Thunder
 * Candlekeep Mysteries
 * Candlekeep Mysteries


 * Card Games
 * Commander Legends: Battle for Baldur's Gate
 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * Dreams of the Red Wizards (Foreign Affairs)
 * Dreams of the Red Wizards (Foreign Affairs)