Arkhan The Cruel Character Sheet (2024)

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How did Arkhan become canon? ›

When Adam Lee of the D&D creative team learned about this, Adam revealed that the upcoming D&D adventure takes place in Avernus ("The Descent into Avernus"). Joe sent "books of material" to Adam, so Arkhan was added to the adventure (and thus, Forgotten Realms lore) as a canon NPC.

Arkhan stole the Hand of Vecna, replacing his own hand with it and planeshifted away. He then appears in Descent into Avernus, sporting the Hand of Vecna which is explicitly stated he acquired on Exandria (the plane of Critical Role)

Class. This article is about the dragonborn paladin. For the royal title of Raumathar, see Arkhan (title). Arkhan the Cruel (pronounced: /ˈɑːrkɔːn/ AR-kawn) was a dragonborn oathbreaker paladin of Tiamat who lived in the late 15^th century DR.

Taliesin's dragonborn paladin was the character that Taliesin Jaffe played in the first (and possibly second and third) session(s) of Matthew Mercer's campaign that would eventually become Critical Role. It was during this session that Vox Machina first encountered the Myriad.

Joe Manganiello's character Arkhan fought against Vecna with the adventuring party Vox Machina in the web series Critical Role. He then stole the Hand of Vecna and replaced his own hand with the artifact.

However, after he reveals his true nature as a misanthropic, nihilistic and genocidal psychopath, Eleven succeeded in overpowering Henry and sent him to the Upside Down, where he was gradually disfigured by its abnormal lightning and toxic atmosphere, triggering his transformation into the being known as Vecna.

Kas waged an endless war of attrition with Vecna's forces in the hopes of retrieving the Sword of Kas from Vecna's citadel, where he erroneously believed Vecna held it. When Vecna escaped from Cavitius, both realms were destroyed.

In the D&D realm, a defining feature of Vecna is that he's missing his left hand and left eye. This is because his trusted accomplice, Kas the Bloody-Handed, betrayed him and used the sword Vecna created himself to chop off his left hand and remove his left eye. This ultimately destroyed Vecna.

Arkhan the Black also known as The Liche King is a villainous lich from Warhammer Fantasy Battles and the faithful right-hand of Nagash. He was the first and most loyal of the Supreme Necromancer's followers.

For centuries, paladins of Bahamut had kept the worship of Tiamat limited to chromatic dragons, but after the Chroma Conclave emerged and attacked Emon, secretive humanoid cults sprang up. Some of the oligarchs of Tal'Dorei also covertly turned to Tiamat as their accumulated wealth was depleted.

What happens to Arkhan the black? ›

It is said that Arkhan died during the final siege of Khemri. One account tells that he held the armies of the seven kings at bay to allow his master to escape and that he was killed by a throwing spear after standing on a pyramid of corpses.

In this case, it was Joe, who had created this character. This dragonborn, oathbreaker paladin.” But including a celebrity's D&D character into something players can interact with isn't a gimmick for Descent Into Avernus. Lee explains that Arkhan's inclusion to the adventure is justified for story reasons.

IGN reported, in June 2021, that "Exandria Unlimited will be considered canon within the wider Critical Role story, and 'will affect future environments and timelines across the overall lore of Critical Role.

The Blood War rages on as Tiamat's General, Arkhan the Cruel, descends into Avernus triumphant with a dangerous artifact that could ultimately free her and wreak havoc over the realms.

The Legend of Vox Machina

*The events of the show are considered a separate canon from Campaign One. The first season begins with Vox Machina facing Brimscythe, followed by the adaptation of the Briarwoods arc.