Full name: Zhypar Habakkuk
Species: deceased Human Cursed Theriomorh (Kangaroo)
Religion: Ecclesia
Born: November of 674 CR
Died: December of 707 CR
Eyes: Dark Brown
Fur: Rusty Brown
Height: 5'2" with ears 6" long.
Background
Zhypar was born in Fellos in Sonngefilde. From his earliest days, his prophetic gifts were astonishing even to his elders. He was trained in scholarship and in the traditions of his people, including their unique form of verbal fencing. However, he was haunted by the visions he had of his people's demise; the Felikaush elders forbade him from telling anyone what he had seen.
Habakkuk was the last of the Felikaush, the bloodline descended from the famous prophet known as Mad Felix of Lee. Whatever strange gifting granted Felix his visions was passed on to his descendants, and all of the Felikaush were prophets of one stripe or another. Most of the Felikaush were exterminated when the library-city they founded, Fellos, was sacked and burned by a mercenary army in the late 600s. Habakkuk, however, survived, and disappeared into obscurity, becoming one of the heads of the Writers' Guild at Metamor Keep.
In the end, circumstances forced Habakkuk to take a more active role again in world affairs — though one might argue that he had never really stopped meddling, even when he was posing as a simple collector of rare books. It is impossible to say, now, how much Habakkuk knew of the events surrounding Chateau Marzac or when he knew it, but it seems clear that he did know, in the end, that his journey to destroy the cursed castle in June 707 CR would be his last. Before he left, he wrote down one final prophecy and sealed the scroll, leaving explicit instructions on the outside about when it was to be opened. He placed this scroll in the care of the Lothanasi high priestess, Raven hin'Elric, and then left Metamor forever.
The Last Prophecy of Zhypar Habakkuk quickly took on an aura of mystery, and there was much speculation among those who knew of its existence about what was likely to be inside. Nobody was much surprised that it turned out to be about Nasoj, since the most famous prophecy of Felix of Lee himself had foretold the dark wizard's fall from power. What was more surprising, however, was that the prophecy was unsealed the day that word reached Metamor that Nasoj's broken body had been dug out of the ruins of his own citadel. Even more disturbing, the prophecy declared that the dark wizard was not gone forever, but would one day rise again.
Further details of the Last Prophecy are given in the article about The Key, the being that Habakkuk foresaw would finally bring about Nasoj's destruction.
Story Appearances
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Sources
original MK2K Writer's Bible entry for Zhypar Habakkuk,
The Defeat of Marzac, December 707 CR,
MK Wiki Entry for Zhypar Habakkuk
Author's Notes
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Voice Actor
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