Emperor Ssraeshza
Emperor of the Shissar who ruled their temple on Luclin and ordered the capture, interrogation, torture, and experimentation upon Khati Sha the Vah Shir.
- Type
- Figure
- Attested in
- EQ1
- Sources
- 4 texts
Overview
Drawn from Khati Sha the Twisted — compiled history.EQ1Community article · best available source
Long ago, Khati Sha was a famed Vah Shir who enjoyed exploring. This love of exploration, however, was his downfall, as he was captured by the Shissar on one of his trips. Under the orders of Emperor Ssraeshza, he was brought in to the Shissar’s temple to be interrogated, tortured, and experimented upon. One of these experiments went very wrong, and in the accident both Khati Sha and his tormentors perished.
All surviving records of the incident were sealed by Imperial order, and it is written that any further investigation into the incident would be considered treasonous.
The spirit of Khati Sha now resides in the Acrylia Caverns, located on the edge of the Grimling Forest just south of the Tenebrous Mountains. The Grimlings which control the area fear the retribution that would be unleashed if Khati Sha were to be made aware of the horrors committed upon him in the Shissars’ temple. Therefore, much of Grimling legend consists of untruths — lies to cover up a treacherous history of a once-great, famed Vah Shir.
Official Lore
1Collected official lore pieces, from in-game and out.
Elder Glanoxx, Ssraeshza Temple
"The ones that keep us here… the ones who defy the gods. They must be destroyed. I cannot recall a time outside of this place, but I believe the stories. I trust that we are from somewhere else. These creatures claim to be gods. They claim to have created us from the filth of the mines. This cannot be. I have seen the face of our true god.
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2Lore that mentions this in passing.