Graxxygak

Graxxygak, also referred to by Esmae Amarantha as the Second Obsession, was a half-dragon troll turned ghost from the Moonsea region of Faerun. Denied in life the support and approval of his dragon father, It was easy for Esmae Amarantha to manipulate him into becoming one of her elite agents known to her as the Obsessions. He was tasked with finding Tatyana's gloves.

History

Graxxygak is the son of the Faerunian dragon Throstulgrael and a troll mother. Graxxygak venerated his his father, but the dragon- now a dracolich- did not give Graxxygak much heed. Adventurers intruding upon Throstulgrael's lair slew Graxxygak, but the half-dragon troll rose again as a ghost, hoping to find the appreciation in undeath denied to him in life. This is not to say that Graxxygak had no admirers- somewhere in life or undeath he gained at least two normal troll followers. However, Graxxygak seemingly held an unusually strong need- perhaps even obsession- to fill the void in his heart. To make matters worse, becoming a ghost rendered a shift from a fierce personality to an uncertain and apprehensive one. In essence, Graxxygak was a suffering creature without direction in life.

Graxxygak eventually was eventually drawn to the Land of Mists- in specific, Barovia. There he was discovered by Esmae Amarantha, the most powerful of the Barovian Witches. Graxxygak's misery left him in a state vulnerable to manipulation- a fact that Esmae keenly recognized. Esmae exploited Graxxygak's obsession to put him to work in the service of her own- that of winning Strahd's heart by transforming into an immortal incarnation of Tatyana Federovna. Esmae tasked Graxxygak with finding the gloves formerly worn by Tatyana.

Graxxygak's pursuit of his given mission grew into a full obsession with all gloves, to which he began hoarding. Although an incorporeal being, Graxxygak could manipulate objects via telekinesis. In fact, since coming to Ravenloft, Graxxygak's telekinetic ability was enhanced- a gift from the Dark Powers allowed Graxxygak to use his telekinesis from the Ethereal Plane. Moreover, that same dark gift allowed him to use his possession ability from the Ethereal Plane.

Graxxygak eventually located Tatyana's gloves in the town of Orașnou, in the hands of a woman named Sari Florica. Uncertain of how to seize the gloves without drawing attention, Graxxygak delayed acting until another enigmatic being known only as the Visitor came into the picture. Like Esmae, the Visitor was a skilled manipulator whose interest was also in taking control of Graxxygak- though by appealing to the Dark Powers rather than Graxxygak himself. To this end, the Visitor believed he would gain control over Graxxygak with the proper sacrifice. To this end, the Visitor took an interest in Sari - though the Visitor's interest may have been more than a mere sacrifice. Regardless, the Visitor orchestrated the murder of Sari and her betrothed, Benedek Durril, with Benedek's own brother, Regold Durril, as the murderer. However, the murders failed both to conjure Graxxygak's spirit and to subject the ghost to the Visitor's control. To accomplish Graxxygak's subjugation, the Dark Powers would require a willing sacrifice, that is, a suicide. Fortunately, a suitable target presented itself- the guild-ridden Regold. To this end, the Visitor planned Regold's suicide as part of a ritual in the Vault of the Royal Dead in Glumpen Swamp.

The Visitor's ritual may or may not have been successful, as it was interrupted by adventurers following Sari's ghost. Regardless of its ends results, the ritual did not prevent prevent the abduction of Sari or the delivery of Tatyana's gloves to Esmae before Graxxygak's ultimate disappearance. The fate of Graxxygak- and of Sari- remains unknown.

Game Statistics

male ghost