Iakhovas, child of Sekolah [Archive] - Wizards Community

Iakhovas, child of Sekolah [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
AlexMontagne
10-22-07, 03:14 PM What is a Iakhovas? A Race or a NPC? I read the name sometime on the web but no information. Any official source or info?
Lord Karsus
10-22-07, 04:17 PM -I'll be vague- an NPC. The rest is for you to discover...;)
Old Sage
10-22-07, 08:24 PM Iakhovas was both a villain and an expression of a particular race from Mel Odom's "The Threat from the Sea" trilogy. Lore on this particular individual can be found in Sea of Fallen Stars.

SPOILERS for the aforementioned trilogy and other tidbits of info:-

Both Cloak & Dagger and the new Waterdeep sourcebook state that Iakhovas was a wereshark. He was also called a wereshark in the trilogy itself, as I recall. Regardless, I would say that he may have actually been a particularly powerful variant of the wereshark race. He was said to have been a former lover of Umberlee -- so it's entirely possible he had some "divine assistance" at some point in his life.

Tom Costa offered some thoughts of his own on how to represent Iakhavos's "special" status through the rules:-

"You might go with a were-dire shark (IMO) wizard, with either some sort of chosen template or perhaps the half-fiend template (though that wouldn't be quite accurate)."

And,

"Weresharks were updated in Lost Empires of Faerun as well.

That said, I really like the idea of a dire sharkwere with levels of sorcerer and perhaps some chosen/half-fiend abilities (you could always use powers listed for Sekolah'avatar and clerics in the 2E Monster Mythology and the 2E Sahuagin books for inspiration)."
AlexMontagne
10-22-07, 09:08 PM Old sage, you always are a great source of information! Tanks.
MerrikCale
10-22-07, 09:23 PM What is a Iakhovas?

the author of Grand History of the Realms
Iakhovas
10-22-07, 09:45 PM :incog:
MerrikCale
10-22-07, 11:10 PM told ya
Lord Karsus
10-23-07, 12:12 AM -Wow, he's like one of the Chosen. Say his name, and he suddenly appears.
18DELTA
10-23-07, 12:19 AM -Wow, he's like one of the Chosen. Say his name, and he suddenly appears.

:eek: :rofl: :D

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
AlexMontagne 10-22-07, 03:14 PM	What is a Iakhovas? A Race or a NPC? I read the name sometime on the web but no information. Any official source or info?
Lord Karsus 10-22-07, 04:17 PM	-I'll be vague- an NPC. The rest is for you to discover...;)
Old Sage 10-22-07, 08:24 PM	Iakhovas was both a villain and an expression of a particular race from Mel Odom's "The Threat from the Sea" trilogy. Lore on this particular individual can be found in Sea of Fallen Stars. SPOILERS for the aforementioned trilogy and other tidbits of info:- Both Cloak & Dagger and the new Waterdeep sourcebook state that Iakhovas was a wereshark. He was also called a wereshark in the trilogy itself, as I recall. Regardless, I would say that he may have actually been a particularly powerful variant of the wereshark race. He was said to have been a former lover of Umberlee -- so it's entirely possible he had some "divine assistance" at some point in his life. Tom Costa offered some thoughts of his own on how to represent Iakhavos's "special" status through the rules:- "You might go with a were-dire shark (IMO) wizard, with either some sort of chosen template or perhaps the half-fiend template (though that wouldn't be quite accurate)." And, "Weresharks were updated in Lost Empires of Faerun as well. That said, I really like the idea of a dire sharkwere with levels of sorcerer and perhaps some chosen/half-fiend abilities (you could always use powers listed for Sekolah'avatar and clerics in the 2E Monster Mythology and the 2E Sahuagin books for inspiration)."
AlexMontagne 10-22-07, 09:08 PM	Old sage, you always are a great source of information! Tanks.
MerrikCale 10-22-07, 09:23 PM	What is a Iakhovas? the author of Grand History of the Realms
Iakhovas 10-22-07, 09:45 PM	:incog:
MerrikCale 10-22-07, 11:10 PM	told ya
Lord Karsus 10-23-07, 12:12 AM	-Wow, he's like one of the Chosen. Say his name, and he suddenly appears.
18DELTA 10-23-07, 12:19 AM	-Wow, he's like one of the Chosen. Say his name, and he suddenly appears. :eek: :rofl: :D