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Anhktepot

2015-08-11T22:48:16Z

Burrstep:

{{canon}}

[[Anhktepot]] is the [[Greater Mummy | greater mummy]] [[darklord]] of [[Har'Akir]] who is usually found within [[Anhktepot's Tomb | his tomb]]. His [[curse]] is the desire to be both mortal and a great ruler, but both his wishes are denied. All he could rule is a [[wasteland]] with only one tiny [[community]]; and the only way to have mortality granted to him again is to sacrifice a human being - but the boon only endures only from dawn to dusk during which he sacrifices the entirety of his awesome powers.<ref name=dod104>[[Domains of Dread]] p.104</ref>

==Background==
[[Ankhtepot]]'s [[curse]] is ironic, because in life he lusted after nothing more than the secrets of [[immortality]]. He worked tortured and tormented many of his slaves to find a way of achieving it. Thus denied, he turned his wrath upon [[Ra]]'s church. Ra in turn, [[cursed]] him to gain the immortality he so desired, but at an unforeseen price. His touch was death, even to those he loved. Obtaining this knowledge cost him the life of [[Nephyr]], his wife. Later when she rose from the grave to lovingly embrace her, he accidentally banished her to the [[desert]] wastes by commanding her in a panic to leave him alone. It was only later that he would come to under stand he'd been given the power to animate and command the undead as well as kill the living.<ref name=dl6>[[Darklords]] p.6</ref>

Heeding not his former [[deity]]'s warnings, Ankhtepot achieved a full moral backslide with the creation of many [[undead]] servants and other [[blasphemy|blasphemies]]. Eventually, his own former followers [[murdered]] and [[mummified]] him. The process drove Anktepot out of his right mind just as [[the Mists]] swallowed him up and made him [[darklord]] of a land much too small for him.<ref name=dod104>[[Domains of Dread]] p.104</ref><ref>[[Darklords]] p.6-7</ref>

Ankhtepot's story is well known to the people of [[Muhar]], who avoid him out of fear.<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.5</ref>

==Relationships==
Among Ankktepot's relations, his wife was [[Nephyr]]<ref name=dl6>[[Darklords]] p.6</ref>, and his son was [[Thutepot]].<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.26</ref> [[Anhkamon]] was his vizier.<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.24</ref> Those who he raised as [[Greater Mummy | greater mummies]] are known as the [[Children of Anhktepot]]. Among them is [[Hotep]] who he forced into perpetual slumber so as to nullify the risk that her lust for revenge posed.<ref>[[Chilling Tales]] p. 55</ref>

[[Senmet]] has been one of the greatest thorns in [[Ankhtepot]]'s side. He has schemed to take power over [[Har'Akir]] from Ankhtepot several times.<ref>[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 49</ref><ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.3</ref> This is another irony, as Senmet was created by [[Isu Rehkotep]]] using a [[magic scroll]] originally written by Ankhtepot himself.<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.3</ref> Although Isu is dead<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>, Senmet remains out on the loose, even if he has been driven from [[Har'Akir]].

[[Abu al Mir]] is another [[fugitive]] from Ankhtepot's wrath. Abu al Mire is the last pathetic survivor of a [[temple]] of [[rebellious]] [[werejackal]]s who were [[manipulated]] by Senmet into trying for a coup against Ankhetepot. Ankhtepot has sent [[Lef Ahmnet]] after Abu to finish the exacting his wrath.<ref>[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p.49-50</ref>

The [[3rd Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad]] foretells the seventh rising of [[Anhktepot]].

A [[statue]] of [[Anhktepot]] is among the six that grace the outer wall of [[Anhktepot's Tomb | his tomb]].<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.25</ref>

==trivia==
{{Questionably-Canon}}Anhktepot's name is misspelled as "Ankhtepot" on his [[Spellfire]] card.

==Statistics==
{{potential-canon}}
Male Human, Rank 5 [[Ancient Dead]], [[Cleric]] of Ra 14, [[Lawful Evil]], CR 20

or

Male Human, [[Aristocrat]] 1, [[Lawful Evil]], CR 1/2

{{ref}}

[[category:Character]][[category:NPC]][[Category:Darklord]]
[[category:Akiri]]
[[Category:Anhktepot's Family]]
[[Category:Apostate]]
[[Category:Aristocrat]]
[[category:Betrayer]]
[[category:Blasphemer]]
[[Category:Cleric]]
[[category:Cursed]]
[[Category:Chaotic Evil]]
[[Category:Cult of Ra]]
[[category:Desecrator]]
[[category:Fallen Priest]]
[[Category:Greater Mummy]]
[[Category:Mummy]]
[[category:Pharaoh]]
[[category:Rank 5 Ancient Dead]]
[[Category:Undead]]
[[Category:Human]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Outlander]]
[[Category:Har'Akiri]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of Anhktepot's Tomb]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of Har'Akir]]
[[Category:CR 20]]
[[category:Overlord (Domain Lord Magnitude of Evil)]]
[[category:Ruler]]
[[category:Vengeful]]
[[category:Wrathful]]

==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==



{|
|-valign="top"
|[[Image:rldb_npc.jpg]]
|[[Image:rldb_primary.gif]]
|
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' 
''[[Darklords]]'' 
''[[Touch of Death]]'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329193632/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]
|-valign="top"
|
|[[Image:rldb_art.gif]]
|
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - p104 
''[[The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - p45 
''[[Darklords]]'' - p7 
''[[Touch of Death]]'' - p22 [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329193632/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]
|-valign="top"
|
|[[Image:rldb_stats.gif]]
|
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - pp103-104 
''[[The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - p44 
''[[Darklords]]'' - p9
|-valign="top"
|
|[[Image:rldb_desc.gif]]
|
''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' - p7 
''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' - pp147-148 
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - pp103-104 
''[[The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - pp38,44-47 
''[[Darklords]]'' - pp6-9 
''[[Realm of Terror]]'' - p83 
''[[Touch of Death]]'' - throughout [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329193632/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]
|-valign="top"
|}

Anhktepot

2015-08-11T22:44:47Z

Burrstep: misspelling

{{canon}}

[[Anhktepot]] is the [[Greater Mummy | greater mummy]] [[darklord]] of [[Har'Akir]] who is usually found within [[Anhktepot's Tomb | his tomb]]. His [[curse]] is the desire to be both mortal and a great ruler, but both his wishes are denied. All he could rule is a [[wasteland]] with only one tiny [[community]]; and the only way to have mortality granted to him again is to sacrifice a human being - but the boon only endures only from dawn to dusk during which he sacrifices the entirety of his awesome powers.<ref name=dod104>[[Domains of Dread]] p.104</ref>

==Background==
[[Ankhtepot]]'s [[curse]] is ironic, because in life he lusted after nothing more than the secrets of [[immortality]]. He worked tortured and tormented many of his slaves to find a way of achieving it. Thus denied, he turned his wrath upon [[Ra]]'s church. Ra in turn, [[cursed]] him to gain the immortality he so desired, but at an unforeseen price. His touch was death, even to those he loved. Obtaining this knowledge cost him the life of [[Nephyr]], his wife. Later when she rose from the grave to lovingly embrace her, he accidentally banished her to the [[desert]] wastes by commanding her in a panic to leave him alone. It was only later that he would come to under stand he'd been given the power to animate and command the undead as well as kill the living.<ref name=dl6>[[Darklords]] p.6</ref>

Heeding not his former [[deity]]'s warnings, Ankhtepot achieved a full moral backslide with the creation of many [[undead]] servants and other [[blasphemy|blasphemies]]. Eventually, his own former followers [[murdered]] and [[mummified]] him. The process drove Anktepot out of his right mind just as [[the Mists]] swallowed him up and made him [[darklord]] of a land much too small for him.<ref name=dod104>[[Domains of Dread]] p.104</ref><ref>[[Darklords]] p.6-7</ref>

Ankhtepot's story is well known to the people of [[Muhar]], who avoid him out of fear.<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.5</ref>

==Relationships==
Among Ankktepot's relations, his wife was [[Nephyr]]<ref name=dl6>[[Darklords]] p.6</ref>, and his son was [[Thutepot]].<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.26</ref> [[Anhkamon]] was his vizier.<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.24</ref> Those who he raised as [[Greater Mummy | greater mummies]] are known as the [[Children of Anhktepot]]. Among them is [[Hotep]] who he forced into perpetual slumber so as to nullify the risk that her lust for revenge posed.<ref>[[Chilling Tales]] p. 55</ref>

[[Senmet]] has been one of the greatest thorns in [[Ankhtepot]]'s side. He has schemed several times to take power over [[Har'Akir]] from Ankhtepot several times.<ref>[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p. 49</ref><ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.3</ref> This is another irony, as Senmet was created by [[Isu Rehkotep]]] using a [[magic scroll]] originally written by Ankhtepot himself.<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.3</ref> Although Isu is dead<ref>[[Domains of Dread]] p.17</ref>, Senmet remains out on the loose, even if he has been driven from [[Har'Akir]].

[[Abu al Mir]] is another [[fugitive]] from Ankhtepot's wrath. Abu al Mire is the last pathetic survivor of a [[temple]] of [[rebellious]] [[werejackal]]s who were [[manipulated]] by Senmet into trying for a coup against Ankhetepot. Ankhtepot has sent [[Lef Ahmnet]] after Abu to finish the exacting his wrath.<ref>[[Children of the Night: Werebeasts]] p.49-50</ref>

The [[3rd Verse of Hyskosa's Hexad]] foretells the seventh rising of [[Anhktepot]].

A [[statue]] of [[Anhktepot]] is among the six that grace the outer wall of [[Anhktepot's Tomb | his tomb]].<ref>[[Touch of Death]] p.25</ref>

==trivia==
{{Questionably-Canon}}Anhktepot's name is misspelled as "Ankhtepot" on his [[Spellfire]] card.

==Statistics==
{{potential-canon}}
Male Human, Rank 5 [[Ancient Dead]], [[Cleric]] of Ra 14, [[Lawful Evil]], CR 20

or

Male Human, [[Aristocrat]] 1, [[Lawful Evil]], CR 1/2

{{ref}}

[[category:Character]][[category:NPC]][[Category:Darklord]]
[[category:Akiri]]
[[Category:Anhktepot's Family]]
[[Category:Apostate]]
[[Category:Aristocrat]]
[[category:Betrayer]]
[[category:Blasphemer]]
[[Category:Cleric]]
[[category:Cursed]]
[[Category:Chaotic Evil]]
[[Category:Cult of Ra]]
[[category:Desecrator]]
[[category:Fallen Priest]]
[[Category:Greater Mummy]]
[[Category:Mummy]]
[[category:Pharaoh]]
[[category:Rank 5 Ancient Dead]]
[[Category:Undead]]
[[Category:Human]]
[[Category:Male]]
[[Category:Outlander]]
[[Category:Har'Akiri]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of Anhktepot's Tomb]]
[[Category:Inhabitants of Har'Akir]]
[[Category:CR 20]]
[[category:Overlord (Domain Lord Magnitude of Evil)]]
[[category:Ruler]]
[[category:Vengeful]]
[[category:Wrathful]]

==Data from the Ravenloft Catalogue==



{|
|-valign="top"
|[[Image:rldb_npc.jpg]]
|[[Image:rldb_primary.gif]]
|
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' 
''[[Darklords]]'' 
''[[Touch of Death]]'' [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329193632/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]
|-valign="top"
|
|[[Image:rldb_art.gif]]
|
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - p104 
''[[The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - p45 
''[[Darklords]]'' - p7 
''[[Touch of Death]]'' - p22 [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329193632/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]
|-valign="top"
|
|[[Image:rldb_stats.gif]]
|
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - pp103-104 
''[[The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - p44 
''[[Darklords]]'' - p9
|-valign="top"
|
|[[Image:rldb_desc.gif]]
|
''[[Secrets of the Dread Realms]]'' - p7 
''[[Ravenloft Third Edition]]'' - pp147-148 
''[[Domains of Dread]]'' - pp103-104 
''[[The Ravenloft Campaign Setting:Domains and Denizens]]'' - pp38,44-47 
''[[Darklords]]'' - pp6-9 
''[[Realm of Terror]]'' - p83 
''[[Touch of Death]]'' - throughout [http://web.archive.org/web/20100329193632/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Download Now! ]
|-valign="top"
|}