Esteres Ma'hktus

Esteres Ma'Hktus did not claw his way into existence through ritual or summoning circle, but rather coalesced from the crystallized anguish of innumerable tortured souls whose suffering had accumulated across centuries until it achieved terrible sentience and will. His faceless void-form became a vessel for something far older than demon-kind—a fundamental principle of entropy given predatory consciousness—and when he first brushed against the mortal world, he learned that his mere presence was corrosive, dissolving matter and mind with equal indifference. Obsessed with understanding and perfecting this terrible gift, Esteres began transcribing his discoveries into reality itself, weaving forbidden incantations into the fabric of existence, each spell a masterwork of psychological devastation designed to turn the living into instruments of their own unmaking. The eternal tempest that crowned his passage was no accident of his corruption but a deliberate crown of dominion—each acidic raindrop and thunder-crack spreading despair across lands as he fed voraciously on the cascading terror and chaos he cultivated. With every shattered mind and drained life, his power multiplied exponentially, transforming him from merely a plague into something far more absolute, until kingdoms came to speak of him not as a demon but as death itself wearing a crown of storm clouds. For uncounted generations he seemed unstoppable, his whispered words conjuring infinite deaths in the minds of his victims, until apocalypse and Esteres Ma'Hktus had become interchangeable concepts.

Strength

20, modifier 5

Dexterity

14, modifier 2

Constitution

25, modifier 7

Intelligence

30, modifier 10

Wisdom

25, modifier 7

Charisma

30, modifier 10

Plague of Decay

Esteres unleashes a wave of decay in a 60 ft. radius. Each creature must make a DC 20 Constitution saving throw or take 45 (10d8) necrotic damage and be poisoned for 1 minute.

Whispers of the Void

Esteres targets one creature within 120 ft. The target must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or take 36 (8d8) psychic damage and be incapacitated until the end of its next turn.

Dekaria

Esteres casts a spell that animates the corpses of up to 3 creatures within 60 ft. as undead. These undead act on Esteres' initiative and obey his commands.

Crown of Storms

Esteres summons a storm cloud that covers a 120 ft. area. Creatures within take 21 (6d6) lightning damage at the start of their turn and must succeed on a DC 20 Dexterity saving throw or be blinded until the end of their next turn.

Corrosive Presence

Any creature that starts its turn within 30 feet takes 10 (3d6) acid damage.

Psychological Annihilation

Creatures within 60 feet must succeed on a DC 20 Wisdom saving throw or be frightened for 1 minute.

strength

12

dexterity

9

constitution

15

intelligence

18

wisdom

14

charisma

18

Necrotic

Poison