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O V E R L O R D S RAK T U L K H E S H
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In the first days of the world, the children of Khyber rose Called the Rage f War, Rak Tulkhesh s the incarnation
from the darkness to reign over Eberron. The greatest of impulses that drives many mortals to battle. Fear,
among them were the overlords, who held dominion greed, hatred-these are seeds that the Rage of War
over a world of fear, war, and death until the children of sows in the hopes of producing a bloody harvest.
Eberron and Siberys rose up against them. Armies of Rak Tulkhesh typically takes the form of a vaguely
dragons fought against the fiends of Khyber. And though draconic creature twisted by demonic rage. Covered
the overlords couldn't be destroyed, the couatl sacrificed in iron spikes protruding from his bleeding flesh, this
their lives to build a prison of celestial light: a silver overlord looms fifteen feet high at the shoulders, and his
flame that bound the overlords in Khyber once more. wings span over forty feet. While in combat, Rak Tulk­
These bonds have held for countless generations, but hesh roars in rage as new weapons are spawned from
the overlords still yearn to break free and reclaim the his body, called forth by the Rage of War to slaughter all
world above. who dare stand before him.
As long as the overlords are bound by the Silver Khyber Shards. Rak Tulkhesh's soul is divided
Flame, they can't physically manifest in the world. But among a group of Khyber shards spread through the un­
each overlord embodies a particular aspect of evil, derworld and is confined to those shards by the light of
which grows in strength as their servants-the fiends the Silver Flame. While shattered and bound, the Rage
known as the Lords of Dust-scheme to unleash their of War can't bring his full power to bear on the world.
ancient masters. The overlords gain strength when mor­ But he can influence events in the vicinity of any of his
tals embrace the dark paths laid down for them. And as shards, drawing power from acts of violence.
they grow stronger, they gain more influence. The Last War was a boon that allowed Rak Tulkhesh
Some thirty overlords are bound in Khyber. T w o are to darken the hearts of soldiers and civilians alike,
described here: Rak Tulkhesh and Sul Khatesh, both of whose actions then weakened the overlord's bonds to
whom remain imprisoned and can't take physical form. give him even greater sway over the regions surround­
The stat blocks provided here reflect the powers they ing his shards. The violence seen in Thaliost and other
would wield if they were ever unleashed upon the world. occupied cities, the hatred against warforged and Cyran
I m mortal N a ture. An overlord doesn't require air, refugees, the calls for a return to war-all these things
food, drink or sleep. It also can't die permanently. Upon bear the mark of Rak Tulkhesh's malign influence.
its death, it reforms elsewhere in the multiverse and be­ M i nions of Rak T u lkhesh. Any organization that
comes active again at a time set by the DM. fosters hatred unwittingly serves Rak Tulkhesh, and
countless soldiers in the Five Nations are devoted to

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