User blog:Moticolev/Sheut, the ancient incubus

in an ancient time, when the desert region was a lush paradise and the pharos had not yet risen to power, a small kingdom flourished at its heart. The king was very kind and generous; distributing his wealth among his subjects. But one day a neighboring kingdom attacked out of nowhere; their soldiers stormed the keep and killed the king.

So devoted were his subjects, that they all offered their souls to the demon lord if he would revive their king. The demon lord accepted the bargain and poured  a vast amount of demonic energy into the kings tomb. He left only three people of the kingdom alive to tell the tale and said "let thine descendants know, that when this garden breathes no more, thine king shall return to thou".

and so time passed until the land became a desert. Due to khepri rolling demonic energy into the upper levels of the tomb, enough of it built up that the king's heart beat again. In his death armor of tarnished gold and Opal, he crept from the musty catacombs, and found new subjects to rule. The khepri named him Sheut, or Shadow, for he made no sound as he walked and prefered the darkness. He wore gauzy robes that hung off him and made him look weak and frail. In truth the demonic energy made him stronger than ever.

He often traveled afar, searching for the remnants of his people. He wished to reward them for their ancestors loyalty, making them lords of great power overnight. It was on his travels that he acquired his wives: Naydama the manticore, kizzuc the sandworm, Takir the doppelganger, sevara the salamander, and Adici the mantis.

Many anti-monster priests and paladins have attempted to slay Sheut, but have all met with a variety of fates: he generally has the men buried alive or thrown into a nearby girtablilu nest, women are usually transformed by his demonic energy spells into succubi and are sent off to human settlements. this behavior is saved only for those who unwisely attack him or his wives, humans are quite welcome in his kingdom as long as they respect the monster citizens. His wealth is distributed to the citizens as previously done. A unique item of trade found nowhere else in the world is ancient demonic energy, for those who think the incubi or succubi transformation is taking to long, this will speed it up drastically. It can also be used to forge demonic weapons and armor.