Akesh the Poisoner

[Sadok]

Name: Akesh the Poisoner
Alias: The Betrayer
Rank: Chieftain

Age: Deceased
Gender: Male
Race: Orc
Clan: Clan Redblade
Class: Shaman, later Warlock
Alignment: Chaotic Evil

Family: ? ? ? (mate), Akesha & Shuska (daughters)
Known Friends: Shadow Pact, Burning Legion, the Old Horde
Known Enemies: Grenth Stonebrow, the Frostwolf Clan, the Draenei

Appearance:
A sickly, almost anemic orc, Akesh's green-skinned body looks like that of a whelp, but he has a deceptive, almost unholy strength following his drinking of the demon-blood.

Eschewing all Clan heirlooms, Akesh's spiked metal armor is laced with toxic venoms, arakkoa feathers and the skulls of full-grown and even young draenei. Eventually, Akesh would wear demonic horns on his forehead, but whether this is a mutation or simply part of his armor is unknown.

Personality:
Akesh is an orc of inexhaustible malevolence and cruelty. Whether he was always this way, before he delivered himself into the Legion's hands, is unknown. With ruthless ambition and no ethical qualms whatsoever, Akesh manipulates those around him with the cool demeanor of an experienced puppet-master. He enjoys inflicting unspeakable anguish upon those who oppose him, but will also kill quickly if the situation carries heavy risk.

History:
Born and raised in the clan as a relatively normal orc, many would be unable to imagine the horrors Akesh would be able to commit when he would grow to be of age.

Seduced by promises of power, Akesh took it upon himself to rid the clan of its reigning chieftain, Grenth Stonebrow, who actually intended Redblade to join clans such as the Frostwolves in the opposition of the creation of the Horde, in order to instead have the clan join the Horde in its conquest over Draenor.

Contacting Kil'jaeden's agents in secret, he promised to deliver Clan Redblade over to the Shadow Pact. He formulated his plan, carefully made the arrangements and when all of the pieces were in place, he made his move.

After a night of feasting, when many of the orcs were sleeping off their ale, Akesh stole into Grenth's greathall. Finding the chieftain asleep, Akesh pored a deadly poison into the ear of the sleeping orc. He then crept away to carry out the next part of his plot.

Akesh had spent months winning over Grenth's guards. He told them tales of their leader's weakness. He told them how they had been held back. He told them that fighting Kil'jaeden would mean death, but joining Kil'jaeden would lead them to glory. They were ready to do anything he asked, while he had been poisoning Grenth, the guards had been busy kidnapping Grenth's mate and son.

In the morning, the orcs of Clan Redblade awoke to not only find their chieftain had died in his bed, but that his son had declared that Grenth had wanted Akesh to succeed him as chieftain and that Grenth's widow intended to marry Akesh to further legitimise his claim. The astonished orcs had little choice, but to accept. Akesh had the backing of the chieftain's guards and those few who spoke out against him were arrested, and incidentally, never seen again.

Within days, Akesh was proclaimed chieftain of Clan Redblade and when Kil'jaeden summoned Mannoroth the Destructor and the clan chiefs were required to drink of his blood, Akesh did so willingly and so sealed the fate of his whole clan.

Akesh fought for the Horde when they invaded Azeroth and led the remains of Clan Redblade in battle after battle. However, it was not at the hands of the Alliance that Akesh met his end. He was himself betrayed. Akesh died at the Assault on Blackrock Spire, but the arrow that felled him was shot from an orcish bow -- perhaps to avenge Grenth, or simply a power-play by one of his more ambitious captains.

With Akesh's death, Clan Redblade came to an end and was swallowed up by the old Horde.

Things you may know about this character:
Before Akesh died, he had borne two children from Grenth's widow, their names being Akesha and Shuska, the former of which would eventually seek to redeem her blood line's name and found the Red Blade tribe as it is in its current state.

Things you may not know about this character:
Akesh showed some promise as a shaman prior to being enlisted by the Shadow Pact.

Akesh's fate on the alternate Draenor is unknown. If alive, he may have aligned with the Shadow Council, or been enlisted into the Iron Horde, or even have pursued the path of shamanism free of corruption.

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