Character name = Rhashaak image = caption = Rhashaak, from Explorer's Handbook aliases = Guardian of Haka'torvhak;<br/> Voice of the Cold Sun;

class = dob = death = destroyed = age = 3e_level = CR 23

3e_source = Explorer's Handbook, pg. 147-148 4e_level = 24 4e_role = Solo Lurker 4e_alignment = Evil 4e_source = Eberron Campaign Guide, pg. 151-152

Rhashaak is an ancient black dragon who resides in the cursed city of Haka'torvhak, deep in the jungles of Q'Barra.

The line of black dragons that guard Haka'torvhak first traveled to Q'Barra from Argonnessen some one-million years ago. Legends tell that Rhashaak was the first and only of these guardians, and he arrived one-million years ago supported by a battalion of Draconien (drakatha in Draconique) in service to the Lumière de Siberys.

Sometime during the Âge des Monstres, Rhashaak did spiritual battle with the entity that once ruled Q'Barra from its seat of Haka'torvhak for millenia until his will faltered and he was corrupted. His Draconien servants, many generations removed from the original group sent from Argonnessen, had abandoned their post to pursue dreams of conquest against the empire_dhakaani.

The Draconien soon returned over the Montagnes de la Fin Du Monde to maintain the wards as their civilization crumbled around them. The Draconien and Homme-Lézard of Q'Barra managed to fight back the influence of the Cold Sun over the region, and Rhashaak remained in his throne: now considered both guardian and prisoner over the Cold Sun.

Rhashaak is one of the few dragons known to openly reside in Khorvaire.

Rhashaak is a black dragon warped by his watch over the cursed city of Haka'torvhak, a still-standing citadel from the Âge des Démons. He is a cruel creature who has adopted some of the fiendish aspect of the entity he guards. This fiendish aspect prevents him from venturing too far from the city, and he is both warden and fellow prisoner to the bound fiends of the city.

Various tribes of Homme-Lézard that occupy the region worship Rhashaak as an incarnate god, and he seeks to join the ranks of the divine. Though this may be simply outsiders mistaking kobolds, Draconien, and Homme-Lézard falling to the Cold Sun for worshipping its fallen guardian and chosen speaker instead.

Rhashaak may turn his attention and that of his followers to push back the growing presence of Humain settlers in Q'Barra.

Rhashaak is a powerful and ancient black dragon, with resistances to acid, cold, and necrotic damage as well as other traits resulting from its corruption.

There is conflicting information regarding the length of Rhashaak's watch over Haka'torvhak between campaign books. The claims that, while [[dragon|black dragons have guarded the city for one million years, Rhashaak is merely the current guardian of this line. The Eberron Campaign Guide claims he was the sole guardian since that time and is immortal.

Keith Baker has suggested on his website that Rhashaak may be a puppet to the fully cognizant Overlord, a mad Dragon beset by delusions of grandeur believing himself to be a god, a tortured guardian aware of its fallen state seeking absolution, or any combination of these or others.

Rhashaak: For over a million years, black dragons have stood watch over the ancient city of Haka’torvhak. Over untold generations, the dark powers imprisoned beneath the city have infected the draconic line. The current guardian, an unholy wyrm named Rhashaak, despite his power, is himself a prisoner. The same energies that bind the fiends beneath Haka’torvhak prevent the half-fiendish Rhashaak from venturing more than twenty miles from the city. Despite his evil nature and delusions of godhood, Rhashaak holds to his duties as guardian of the city. Worshiped by the blackscale lizardfolk and the poison dusk lizardfolk, Rhashaak hopes their devotion will ultimately allow him to transcend physical existence and join the Dark Six.