Ratatrosk

Ratatrosk

Ratatrosk in his true demon form

Relatives	Unknown
Languages	Abyssal, Common, Giant, Infernal
Affiliations	The Abyss, The Ordained
Aliases	The Rat King, the Last Demon, Rat Bastard
Marital Status	Unmarried
Place of Birth	The Abyss
Species	Demon Lord
Gender	Male

Ratatrosk is believed to be the oldest living Demon Lord in Quelmar. While they are not considered the first, the have lived countless centuries due to their instinct to always flee or escape danger.

In 925 PR, Ratatrosk killed the ferryman of the River Styx, Charon, with the helped of a group of giants known as the Ordained, and then proceeded to use Charon's oar to stem the flow of the Styx, stopping the flow of souls to the lower planes and cutting off the Abyss from Quelmar. This left them as the Last Demon in Quelmar.

Physical Appearance

As a Demon Ratatrosk is able to take many forms. In his true form he appears as a massive rat with rotting and diseased flesh, covered in pustules and boils. His claws drip with slime and the skin on his face is peeled back revealing a dirty rat skull beneath. When he is trying to be more inconspicuous, he takes the form of a humanoid rogue, wearing dark purple and black leathers with a cape, and with a skeletal rat's skull for a head. In either form, he wields two dagger's he calls his "fangs," each coated with countless poisons and diseases.

Personality

Ratatrosk is sniveling, conniving, and cowardly, yet unendingly ambitious. After all their years of life, the only real wisdom they ever learned, was to know when a situation is about to go bad, and the best way to flee.

History

Ratatrosk is the oldest known demon lord in all of Quelmar, yet their countless years have garnered them little in terms of wisdom or power. Whenever they did attempt to gain command over a layer of the Abyss, sooner or later a more powerful demon would come in and force Ratatrosk out. Ratatrosk was the father of rats and vermin, introducing their kinds to Quelmar along with the many diseases they carry. Ratatrosk was also the one responsible for the creation of the curse of Wererat Lycanthropy.

During the Demonic Infiltration, Ratatrosk ravaged the cities along Pteris' eastern coasts by spreading plagues of rats and disease.

In 925 PR, Ratatrosk made a deal with the Ordained, a group of giant cult fanatics, in order to kill Charon. Being a demon, Ratatrosk was one of the only creatures in existence able to kill the ferryman of the Styx. After slaying Charon, Ratatrosk then used Charon's oar to stop the flow of the Styx, the Abyss was cut off from Quelmar, leaving Ratatrosk as the Last Demon. Ratatrosk was then betrayed and attacked by the Ordained. Beaten and wounded, Ratatrosk managed to escape before being captured by the Pit Fiend Bel.

Bel then sold Ratatrosk to the Lord of Dis, Dispater, in return for powerful war machines, where Dispater then imprisoned Ratatrosk in the lowest levels of Ironfell Prison, guarded by the prison's warden, the Chain Devil Zuul.

Powers and Abilities

Ratatrosk has the ability to summon hordes of rats as well as inflict creatures with infectious diseases. His "fangs" are coated with countless poisons and plagues that are near lethal to any creature harmed by his daggers, even those normally immune to such toxins.

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