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Lord Rak`Ashiir, the first Lord of Torsis' long reign brought prosperity and growth to the city.  Though Rak`Ashiir himself was responsible for only a few temples and bazaars, he laid the foundation for Torsis to become one of the richest trade cities Kunark has ever seen.

Now all that remains of this once great Iksar ruler is a withered shadow - a ghost of his former glory.  As many of his descendants and their subjects, he haunts the ruined city but his consciousness and memories have been misshapen.  The ghost of Lord Rak`Ashiir believes himself still the ruler of a great, prosperous city, but the true nature of his rule and all his past is veiled eternally in a dark, impenetrable haze that has reduced this spirit to but a being of immense power and merciless confusion.

However, Lord Rak`Ashiir's spirit is not hostile to adventurers lest they provoke him with blades or arcane spells.  Even the destruction of his ethereal subjects and the stone golems - the relics of the lost ages of this city's glory - shall not bring about his wrath.  None know exactly why Lord Rak`Ashiir's spirit has returned, but many believe his presence can be attributed to the curse that befell the entirety of the city when the empire collapsed.  Rak`Ashiir was, after all, the father of Torsis.  It is only fitting for his spirit, the eternal spirit of the city, to return.

== Source ==
* Atlas: The Maps of Myrist

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