Amunrahx the Intrepid
The Intrepid Amunrahx
Amunrahx the Intrepid is your typical red dragon, with one important difference: he draws power not just from the size of his hoard, but from the amount of trade and commerce flowing through his domain. Proud, egotistical, and self-centered, “The Intrepid” is a title he gave himself. Amunrahx is a tyrant. As a dragon, he is powerful and dangerous. Amunrahx depends on minions and lieutenants to deal with obstacles, and constantly seeks to acquire more forces. As his domain grows, he gains more and more influence over the surrounding economy, creating a vacuum of wealth and skilled talent that chokes the life out of nearby cities, while Amunrahx simply lounges about and savors his victory.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Amunrahx enjoys success, feeling powerful and taking long flights over subjugated villages. He is a stereotypical dragon through and through, and derives immense satisfaction from being an object of awe and terror in the eyes of humanoids. Flattery is supremely effective on him, so long as he perceives it to be genuine. He is quick to anger, and will incinerate those who offend him with the slightest insult.
Because he draws power from the expenditure of wealth in his domain, Amunrahx prefers to work with mercenaries and merchants. He encourages traders to settle in his villages so that the mercenaries he hires will spend their coin there, and he takes a mild tax on all purchases, which he funnels back into the infrastructure of these villages to stimulate their growth. While this may seem like a good thing, it has disastrous consequences for the surrounding region and the mental state of all who live there. Coin flows into Amunrahx’s domain, but never leaves, draining nearby cities of their wealth, resources, and population. Artisans and traders in Amunrahx’s cities find themselves in an endless of cycle of buying and selling, losing fractions at every turn.
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Amunrahx is a special breed of dragon. Where most dragons hoard wealth, he spends it freely, for as coin flows through his domain, he grows in strength. Initially he must work from a distance, acquiring minions and lieutenants while he builds up his domain. He ultimately attempts to orchestrate a purchase of a set of powerful magic items for an almost unimaginably vast sum of gold. If he completes this transaction, he will gain so much power that he will become a true Archvillain and be nearly unstoppable. Amunrahx desires the three wondrous items of singular power: the tome of clear thought, tome of leadership and influence, and tome of understanding. These potent wondrous items will bolster his mental faculties, making him smarter, wiser, and more influential than other dragons. He plans to capitalize on his long lifespan to exploit these tomes of power, as it is said each regains its potency every hundred years.
Amunrahx’s domain creates an economic vacuum, draining the wealth of nearby cities and luring skilled workers away from their hometowns. This creates a challenging situation for the rulers of those cities, who know that something must be done, but are hesitant to declare open warfare. Amunrahx does whatever he can to discourage outright conflict, at least until he feels ready to expand his territory.
Alignment
Chaotic Evil
Species
Children
Eyes
Yellowed perceptive slits
Skin Tone/Pigmentation
Dull red, like dried blood
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