Mal'Ahkt
Mal'Ahkt was a Dal of the Elddar Forest who abandoned benevolence for dark arts, tortured an elder sculptor to learn the hidden location of the Pagoda of Tal'Thex, and was in turn betrayed and destroyed by that same sculptor, Haldinous, who bound Mal'Ahkt's stolen soul into the war construct called the Guardian of Nief.
- Type
- Figure
- Attested in
- EQ2
- Sources
- 1 text
Overview
Drawn from 1001 Tales of Maj’Dul – The Tale of Mal’Ahkt — npc dialogue.EQ2Primary · mirrored · best available source
1001 Tales of Maj’Dul – by Odyllus, the Oracle of Lifire.
The pages look blank. There is a line with an ‘x’ beside it.
Once upon a time there was a trotter named PlayerName the great. The trotter came across a book, a mysterious book empty of tales, but filled with potential wonders. There was no title to the book, but it pleaded for one. Now the book was not good, not good at all. The dark black flesh bound cover reeked of this. The book also reeked of magic, a magic waiting for a title… waiting… waiting…
Curiosity plagued the mind of this trotter. “Could I name the tale to be told” the trotter wondered. “Would the tale be a foreboding one regardless of good intentions?” pondered the trotter. They say “curiosity killed the kerran” and this was a fact well known. But “those who risk reap the rewards” as well can be heard. Slowly, ever so slowly, Soandso took the pen from the quill and began to scribe the title of the tale…
It began long ago in the days when the Dal roamed the land and the sand was a lustrous green. This was the Elddar the great forest from which all sprang. It was within the majesty of this green that the Dal came to exist.
Within the towering Elddar pines the Dal constructed a great city and in this great city they paid tribute to the gods that graced Norrath with the Elddar and all that is green and good. This great society was one of benevolence and together the Dal and the Elddar did prosper from such goodness.
There was a day when a Dal named Mal’Ahkt questioned the power of benevolence and grew curious of darker arts. Mal’Ahkt wished to delve into the Dal’s hidden vault of such things, a place where they hide such things for the good of all that breath. Such a place was the Pagoda of Tal’Thex.