Full Name: Tallakath
Species: Immortal (Daedra)
Allegiance: Unknown
Religion: Agnostic
Social Status: Unknown
Age: Unknown
Eyes: Variable
Hair: Variable
Height: Variable
Physical Notes: Tallakath's "truest" physical form is as a tall emaciated man with pale skin and a dour expression. He favored brown robes in the past.
Behavioral Notes: Remote and detached. Tallakath is the ultimate scientist in a lot of ways.
Supernatural Abilities: Immortal traits; daedric traits; magical prowess equivalent to high master wizard, with a specialization in ?. He gives off a green/yellow-hued smoke when he uses her powers, unless he deliberately chooses to mask it.
Titles
- Lord of Pestilence
- Master of Sickness
Background
Tallakath is the younger brother of Akkala, and two people could hardly be more opposite. While Akkala works to bring about the health and wholeness of the mortal races, Tallakath is fascinated by the processes that cause mortals to weaken and die. Death was a foreign concept to the immortal members of the Pantheon, and Tallakath was committed to understanding it: what death is, what mortals experience in the process of dying, and the many ways that death can claim them. Because of this morbid obsession, Tallakath became known as the master of sickness and pestilence. What would surprise many mortals, however, is that he never hated mortal life or considered himself its enemy. On the contrary, death is a great mystery, and Tallakath is eternally grateful to the mortal races for supplying him with an unending supply of test subjects for his research.
He was usually found walking the earth at the sites of battles, famines and plagues; observing the dying with a scientist's professional detachment. He rarely spoke, except to ask questions of the suffering and so better understand their experiences. He did not possess even the barest shred of what we would call empathy; he is interested in the thoughts and emotions of the dying only in so far as it helps to further his research. Very few mortals who witnessed him in this grisly work lived to tell the tale, since he singled out those who are dying alone and far from help. The few who saw his "research" and survived report about it stated that he offered no words of comfort to the dying, since he did not understand death himself and has no knowledge of which of the Nine Hells a given soul might come to rest in. He would, however, thank his subjects for their input, much as a pollster might thank a person for taking part in a survey — usually just before their souls departed from their bodies.
He draws power from the suffering mortals experience when sick or diseased.
Holy Symbol
The Hourglass — two triangles, one inverted above the other, with their right and left sides forming an "X" shape.
Symbolic Creatures
Hyena, vulture.
Holy Day
Due to the influence of the Lightbringer Order the daedra lords were considered the "bad gods" or devils. As such, the Daedra Lords did not have individual holy days, but were all combined into one night, Daedra'kema (similar to the real world’s Halloween & Walpurgisnacht, with *much* sharper teeth and claws).1
Current Activities
Tallakath's whereabouts are unknown. He has been suspected of fomenting a number of the most destructive plagues in human history, and of promoting the idea of germ warfare in general, but if so he has succeeded in keeping a low profile. Not even Klepnos seems to have any notion of where he is. Given his morbid fascination with death and dying, it seems likely that he is acting as a sort of wandering scholar, bearing witness to the atrocities of human history for the sake of intellectual discovery.
Known Allies
- none stated to date
Known Enemies
- none stated to date
Story Appearances
none in the MK2K universe to date
Sources
pantheon MK Wiki entry- Tallakath, MK Wiki Entry- Lothanasi
Author's Notes
d20 Notes
Alignment: Neutral Evil
Divine Portfolio: Pestilence
Domains: Decay, Pestilence, Suffering
Weapon of the Deity: Strength-Sapping2 Scythe
Voice Actor
none set
