Azaka Stormfang (pronounced: /ɑːˈzɑːkɑː/ ah-ZAH-kah[3]) was a Chultan weretiger working as a guide out of Port Nyanzaru in Chult during the late 15th century DR.[1]
Description[]
In her human form, Azaka was 6 feet (180 centimeters) tall and weighed approximately 150 pounds (68 kilograms).[1]
Personality[]
Azaka could be impatient and insistent.[4] She was afraid of heights and would refuse to go anywhere she was at risk of falling.[1]
Possessions[]
Azaka possessed a mask of the beast shaped in the visage of a tiger which she claimed was a family heirloom.[1]
Activities[]
Azaka was an experienced guide who knew the Chultan jungle well, from its dangerous predators to its medicinal plants to its notable locales.[2][5] She charged 5 gold pieces per day and required payment for 30 days in advance.[5] Potential clients were known to be be able to find her near the gates to Port Nyanzaru's Old City.[2]
Relationships[]
As a jungle guide, Azaka technically worked for the merchant prince Jobal, and was required to pay him a portion of her income.[6]
She owed a favor to Mother Sibonseni.[2]
Azaka knew Saja N'baza, the guardian naga of Orolunga.[1]
History[]
She was born in the jungles of Chult, as thus was well acquainted with its dangers.[5] While working as a guide in Port Nyanzaru, she would go to great lengths to conceal her lycanthropy from her clients.[1]
At some point, her mask of the beast was stolen by the pterafolk of Firefinger. Eager to retrieve it, Azaka offered to waive her fee for any group of adventurers who would help her get it back.[1][5]
During the events of the death curse,[note 1] she took on a job at the behest of Mother Sibonseni to lead a group of champions from Daggerford into the jungle as they investigated the cause and source of the curse. She led this group first along the River Soshenstar through Camp Righteous to Camp Vengeance, where they assisted the beleaguered Order of the Gauntlet, and from there they traveled through the Aldani Basin to Kir Sabal. After helping to defend the aarakocra of Kir Sabal, this group learned the location of the lost city of Omu, and upon travelling there, they learned from Orvex Ocrammas about the Tomb of the Nine Gods. Seeking to gain entrance to the Tomb brought them into conflict with the yuan-ti led by Ras Nsi, and Azaka was ultimately captured by the yuan-ti, used as bait to draw out her clients, and then killed. Because of the death curse, her soul was siphoned away by the Soulmonger, thus preventing her from being raised from the dead. However, following the destruction of the Soulmonger, she was successfully brought back by the Selûnite cleric Celeste.[7]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Canon material does not provide a year for the events described in Tomb of Annihilation (or its tie-in media), however it is understood to take place sometime between 1488 DR and 1492 DR. The earlier date is based on the fact that Port Nyanzaru is stated to have gained independence from Amn nine years prior to the start of the adventure (p 15), which would be 1488 DR at the earliest given the city was firmly under Amnian control as of 1479 DR (as described in the Forgotten Realms Campaign Guide, p 102). The later date is based on the presence of Volothamp Geddarm, who is promoting the in-universe Volo's Guide to Monsters during the adventure (p 24) but is stated to have concluded his promotional tour and begun a new book as of Waterdeep: Dragon Heist (see pp 5, 24), which is understood to be set in 1492 DR. Unless a canon source states otherwise, this wiki will use this range for events related to this sourcebook. The adventure is also assumed to take place concurrently with or slightly after the events of Storm King's Thunder based on the subplot involving frost giants in the service of Jarl Storvald (p 13).
Appearances[]
External Links[]
Azaka article at the Idle Champions Wiki, a wiki for the Idle Champions game.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 33. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Codename Entertainment (September 2017). Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Codename Entertainment.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 4. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 52–53. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 244. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
- ↑ Christopher Perkins, Will Doyle, Steve Winter (September 19, 2017). Tomb of Annihilation. Edited by Michele Carter, Scott Fitzgerald Gray. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 26. ISBN 978-0-7869-6610-3.
- ↑ Codename Entertainment (September 2017). Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms. Codename Entertainment.