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Abresax

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Abresax 
 
Born: Unknown 
Died: 1133 
Titles: High General of the Senpet,
Fist of the Scorpion Clan
People

Abresax was the High General of the Senpet [1] and Fist of the Scorpion Clan. [2] He was remembered by the Senpet as a betrayer. [3]

Childhood[]

Abresax was born into a noble family and was raised as a soldier from childhood. He excelled in the army and quickly rose in rank, becoming the youngest Senpet General ever. [4]

Religion[]

Abresax was under the command of the Pharaoh Hensatti, child of the Ten Thousand Gods and Light of the Senpet. [5] Abresax disliked the religion of his people, and hated their ceremonies and the human sacrifices to the Gods. He never understood its worth. [4] He openly disclosed his reservations to Hensatti. [6]

Medinaat al-Salaam[]

Abresax was part of the Senpet delegation at Medinaat al-Salaam, alongside with the courtesan Asori. Abresax was appointed as commander of the Senpet guard in the city. The Immortal Caliph Hanan Talibah had made an alliance with Queen Hensatti due to scarcity of water in the Empire of the Scarab. The Caliph used Abresax and his guard as his enforcers along with her khadi. [7]

Scorpion in the Burning Sands[]

Abresax 2

Abresax

As part of their alliance with the Caliph, the Senpet had to defend her from any outside threats. In 1130 on a routine surveillance of the lands surrounding the Jewel of the Desert, the Senpet met a group armed and headed in Medinaat al-Salaam's direction. Abresax ordered his men to attack them, [8] confronting the exiled Scorpion in the Burning Sands. [9] [10] [11] When the adviser Nepherus thought he recognized the Senpet divinity Selqet in the person of Bayushi Kachiko, he took her with them, while he ordered the rest of the Scorpion sent to work in gold mines. [1] Abresax swore to protect Kachiko. [12]

Moto-Senpet War[]

The Senpet were returning from their victory over the Scorpion Clan when the Moto Clan descended upon them to free their distant Rokugani cousins. A sudden sandstorm swept up around them, which washed them away into the sand. [13] The Senpet riders came from the west and Senpet chariots charged from the east. They turned the horde, but there was nowhere left to run. [14] The first engagement of the Moto-Senpet War was indecisive, but they had learned much of Moto methods and tactics. [15]

Selqet[]

Over several months the Selqet Kachiko and Abresax talked many times. She told of honor, duty, and other virtues of her foreign land, but Abresax did not understand much of these alien concepts. He became upset with the Immortal Caliph and her undead Khadi guard, so he shifted his loyalties and decided to help the Scorpion to be released from their fate. Kachiko had told of Bushido, and the value that a general such as Abresax would have to the Scorpion Clan if they returned to the Emerald Empire. [3] Abresax willingly embraced the Rokugani philosophy of honor. [16]

Erba'a Alliance[]

The Moto Tar-Khan Kiyoshi built a powerful Horde and intended on storming Medinat al-Salaam to end the rule of the Immortal Caliph Hanan Talibah and her Senpet allies. His forces were soon joined by the Yodotai and Ra'Shari. The combined Horde (now known as the Erba'a Alliance), also swelled its ranks with many former slaves of the Senpet, now hell-bent on revenge, including the Hanif and the Rokugani Scorpion. [17]

Siege of the Jewel[]

Duqaq

Duqaq healing Abresax

In 1132 the alliance besieged the city. [17] Abresax was ordered by the Caliph to attack the enemy outside the city, and he foresaw immeasurable death on both sides. [18] He was wounded in battle, and Duqaq, a prophet and member of the Erba'a Alliance, saved his life. When Abresax recovered he asked why Duqaq had healed him. The holy man responded that the Senpet had done the same for him long ago. [19]

Victory[]

Finally realizing the Caliph's betrayal, Abresax withdrew with his forces, [20] and Hensatti dispatched a Phalanx of guards to help end the Caliph's rule. [21] The Alliance had broken the walls of the City, but did not seize it. A lightning bolt struck the attackers and they were defeated. [22] The citizens broke free from the Caliph's reign of terror. [23]

Rokugan[]

Freeing the Scorpion Clan[]

After the Awakening Abresax helped the Scorpion Clan to escape slavery, returning with them to Rokugan. He offered the assistance of his military brilliance. [3] One of his descendants was Bayushi Tsimaru. [24]

Death[]

Gohei killing Abresax

Gohei killing Abresax

Abresax died in 1133 during the Battle of Oblivion's Gate, slain by the returned spirit of Matsu Gohei, who in life had been executed by the Senpet. [25]

Legacy[]

A book written in Senpet by Abresax after his defection to the Scorpion Clan was found in 1170. This gave a key to translate Senpet to Rokugani, which had been Abresax's intention. [26]

See also[]

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 The Tale of the Robber and the Caliph (Rulebook Story, LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant), by Patrick Kapera
  2. ↑ Abresax (Honor Bound Boxtext)
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 202
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 219
  5. ↑ Abresax (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant flavor)
  6. ↑ Desert Warriors (LBS - Secrets and Lies flavor)
  7. ↑ The Senpet, by Patrick Kapera
  8. ↑ Legend of the Burning Sands Roleplaying Game, p. 201
  9. ↑ Blessing Upon the Lands (Honor Bound flavor)
  10. ↑ A vision of Doom (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant flavor)
  11. ↑ Desert Springs (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant flavor)
  12. ↑ Kachiko's Promises (Diamond flavor)
  13. ↑ Kara (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant flavor)
  14. ↑ Kara's Last Stand (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant flavor)
  15. ↑ The Tale of the Moto and the Senpet (LBS - Shadow of the Tyrant flavor)
  16. ↑ To Avenge the Fallen (LBS - Secrets and Lies flavor)
  17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Re-Awakening, Part 1, by Lucas Twyman
  18. ↑ Immortal Council (LBS - The Awakening flavor)
  19. ↑ Sustain Life (LBS - The Awakening flavor)
  20. ↑ Withdrawal (LBS - The Awakening flavor)
  21. ↑ The Senpet Phalanx (LBS - The Awakening flavor)
  22. ↑ Lady Sun's Wrath (LBS - The Awakening flavor)
  23. ↑ The End of Age
  24. ↑ Interview to Rich Wulf
  25. ↑ Shiryo no Gohei (Soul of the Empire flavor)
  26. ↑ Preparations, Part II, by Lucas Twyman, Nancy Sauer, Brian Yoon, and Fred Wan



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