Shadow Shaman/Lore


 * Rhasta regards himself as an intermediary between living and dead, as well as a "messenger of those gone by". These descriptions hint at some sort of communication with the world of the dead. He communes with the spirits of ancestors, as well as the "shades", who direct him across the world and grants him strength.
 * Rhasta often chants in an unknown language.
 * Rhasta continues to tell fortunes, like he did when traveling with his old master.
 * Rhasta makes several references to drums, including hearing his own personal drumbeat.
 * Rhasta has connections with several esoteric figures or cults, including the Tang-Ki, and the Eki Bukaw.
 * Rhasta also knows an ancient spell for curing insomnia: by turning the afflicted into sheep.


 * When Rhasta was traveling with his Rhasta's Master, he delighted and shocked crowds with jolts of lightning, charmed dangerous snakes, and amused them by turning himself into a chicken at the end of each performance. Hex description. After the old con-man was slain, he turned his magical tricks to deadly forms of self-defense. He also developed a method of holding enemies in place with magical bonds.


 * Rhasta and Slithice are old friends.
 * Jah'rakal looks down on Rhasta because he regards hill trolls to be inferior to true trolls.


 * Rhasta has a business relationship with Mireska, due to their backgrounds as scam artists.

The Sordid Era
Like the other shamans of his day, Rhasta traveled from town to town, peddling his services to all manners of peoples. But by near the end of the Sordid Era, the reputation of itinerant shamans had fallen into disrepute. Magicians like Rhasta were blamed for diseases and poor harvests, leading to their persecution and execution. Fearing for his life, Rhasta hid his shamanic powers, disguising himself as a vagabond, while performing the same services the old con-man once had. Should anyone ask about his skills, he claimed he had merely learned them on the road as a wanderer. His master's advice stayed with him, and he wore a wide-brimmed hat, as well as banners on his back that clearly displayed the services he offered, in case of any confusion that may lead to hostilities with distrustful villagers. While on the road, he brewed a potent drink, which he kept in a bottle by his side, toxic to everyone except himself.

The Serpent Priest
Rhasta's enemies piled up as he killed his pursuers, attracting even more powerful foes to seek him out. To avoid his, he went into hiding below the earth, but did not find sanctuary there either. Instead, he was met by Gliss, a lordly serpent priest who desired his powers, and tried to attack him with a cursed decanter. Rhasta had no choice but to kill Gliss, and later acquired the priest's censer for himself.

Friendships and rivalries
Allies meeting Shadow Shaman
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_153.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_153.mp3   I'm a fan of your work Shaman, a good con is a thing of beauty.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_ally_154.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_ally_154.mp3   Are your grifting days all behind you, Shadow Shaman?
 * vo_naga_siren_naga_ally_02.mp3  Shadow Shaman, my old friend.
 * vo_naga_siren_naga_ally_03.mp3  Shaman, we shall lay our enemies low.

Enemies killing Shadow Shaman
 * vo_abaddon_abad_rival_13.mp3 Did you not see me in the shadows, Shaman?
 * vo_chen_chen_rival_07.mp3 Shadow Shaman, your pagan ways die with you.
 * vo_dark_seer_dkseer_rival_09.mp3 Shadow Shaman, I've seen your end.
 * vo_dazzle_dazz_rival_03.mp3 Shadow Shaman, over the hills with you!
 * vo_death_prophet_dpro_rival_12.mp3  Oh Rhasta, still playing at doctor?
 * vo_death_prophet_dpro_rival_13.mp3 Shaman, I envy you the plunge into death's Shadow.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_rival_29.mp3 I send you to your ancestors.
 * vo_earth_spirit_earthspi_rival_30.mp3 You join the great gone-by.
 * vo_legion_commander_legcom_rival_25.mp3 vo_legion_commander_legcom_dem_rival_25.mp3  Never trust a wizard.
 * vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_rival_07.mp3 vo_lone_druid_lone_druid_bearform_rival_07.mp3  Go with your father, Shaman.
 * vo_medusa_medus_rival_14.mp3 Leave the snake magic to the experts, Shaman.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_153.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_153.mp3   You're nothing a but a petty thug.
 * vo_monkey_king_monkey_rival_154.mp3 vo_monkey_king_monkey_crown_rival_154.mp3   I know a huckster when I see one.
 * vo_pugna_pugna_rival_10.mp3 Shadow Shaman, I cast you out.
 * vo_rubick_rubick_rival_14.mp3 I am honored to have faced a shaman's skill.
 * vo_troll_warlord_troll_rival_09.mp3 Bow before your warlord.
 * vo_troll_warlord_troll_rival_10.mp3 The trolls from the hills are barely trolls at all.
 * vo_troll_warlord_troll_rival_11.mp3 Hill trolls are the weakest of our kind.
 * vo_skeleton_king_wraith_rival_09.mp3 Your shades guided you to my kingdom.
 * vo_zuus_zuus_rival_05.mp3 vo_zuus_zuus_arc_rival_05.mp3  These so-called gods of yours are unknown to me. You should introduce us.

Others
 * vo_oracle_orac_prophecies_081.mp3  Vexed and hexed by fortune's shackles shall ye be.