Akathasa, also known as the Servants of the Tamara, was a species of parasitic imps that served the planar evil called the Tamara that threatened the Malatran Plateau.[1]
Description[]
Akathasa were tiny creatures that varied in sizes from 0 feet and 6 inches (0.15 meters) to 2 feet (0.61 meters) with the wingspan being double of their body length.[1] They resembled especially small brown bat-like creatures or flyer lacerials. Their flying movements appeared unnatural to the Prime Material plane inhabitants. They were eyeless, hairless, leathery grubs.[2]
Abilities[]
Akathasa shared a telepathic link with all members of their swarm, allowing them to act as one and communicate instantaneously. They could also sense all warm-blooded creatures within 60 feet (18 meters).[1]
Combat[]
Cowardly creatures by nature, akathasa preferred spying and observing, avoiding combat when possible, hiding in shadows, and often retreating after belching a stinking cloud on their opponents. Akathasa could erucate stinking gases twice per day, but when desperate, they resorted to swarming and biting their opponents.[1]
Ecology[]
Akathasa were carnivorous parasitic creatures native to Tartarus. They could often be found as solitary spies or as swarming flocks of up to fifty imps. Tamara were linked with their little spies, able to see and hear everything akathasa did.[1] When they fed, often on garuda of the Malatran Plateau, akathasa swarmed their giant scaly bodies, living or dead, consuming blood.[2]
It was believed that the Tamare created plant monstrosities called lokesti that, in turn, spawned akathasa.[3]
History[]
In the Year of Great Change (1373 DR)[note 1], akathasa were visually unknown to the inhabitants of the Living Jungle. Uubaar, a tiger katanga discovered the elusive creatures after they were unleashed on the jungle by the Tamara. A group of heroes of the Living Jungle were guided by Uubaar to a swarm of akathasa who were feeding on a dead stegosaurus not far from the ruined home of the Forgotten Father. The Servants of the Tamara were unleashed on the Jungle of Lost Tribes and took over the region.[2]
Akathasa were part of the war with the tribes of the Living Jungle when Tamara entered the Prime Material plane, along with the Tiger. Subsequently, the outsiders were defeated, and most of akathasa were hunted down and killed.[4]
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See Also[]
- Kretch
Notes[]
- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff and the Living Jungle campaigns took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City/Living Jungle adventures were dated with real-world dates and year names on the Malatran calendar, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR). As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month. Using that data, we can use the Legacy of the Headshrinker to date the Living Jungle adventures. The adventure features Malatran heroes traveling to the Vast and meeting several player character from the Living City campaign. Legacy of the Headshrinker takes place in 2000 – The Year of Great Change, which correlates with 1373 DR. This means other named years in the Living Jungle campaign can receive a DR conversion: The Year of Awakening (1995) – 1368 DR;The Year of Discovery (1996) – 1369 DR;The Year of New Peoples (1997) – 1370 DR;The Year of Gathering Darkness (1998) – 1371 DR; The Year of Sorrow and Hope (1999) – 1372 DR;The Year of Great Change (2000) – 1373 DR;The Year of Tigers Curse (2001) – 1374 DR;The Year of Despair (2002) – 1375 DR;The Year of Lion's Victory (2003) – 1376 DR.
Appearances[]
Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
Promises: Jus Post Bellum • Day of the Saru: Part I