| Description: |
Khepris-ra is a bizarre creature for almost any world than Azeroth, resembling a strange blend of spider, beetle, mantis, and centaur. Four legs attach to her bloated lower body, each foot a large spike that impales the ground she treads on rather than stepping atop it. Her hunched upper body is perpendicular to her lower, bearing two arms that end in massive serrated scythes. Two-fingered hands are attached at the inside of each scythe's wrist, allowing her some limited manipulation of objects. Her face monstrous to humans and the like, with three jewel-like green eyes on each side of her vaguely humanoid face, and heavy spider-like mandibles that jut from both her upper and lower jaw.
The upper surfaces of her body are thickly carapaced, and bony spikes jut seemingly at random from her natural armour. Unnatural armour, too, guards her body, most notably on her arms, legs, and head: thick metal plates in the rich purple colour worn by the Lich King's Scourge army, and trimmed with antique gold. Also draped around her neck is a cowl striped with gold and cobalt, reminiscent of the headgear worn by the old Pharaohs of Earth. Finally, strips of old brown-grey cloth wrap her joints and more fragile parts, even atop her armour, as if in indication that even a mighty beast such as herself risks falling apart from undead rot.
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| Personality: |
In life, Khepris-ra was one of the most loyal warriors of Anub'arak, King of the underground Nerubian kingdom of Azjol-Nerub. In death, her loyalty turns to the Death Knight Lord Arthas and Ner'zhul, the Lich King who is joined with him in body and mind. She is an infallible warrior, loyal even beyond the magical constraints Ner'zhul commands his undead Scourge with, willing to slay any that stand in his way. She has no conscience and no compassion, and is neither kind nor cruel. If she takes pleasure in the slaughtering of innocents, it is because she is creating more bodies and souls to swell Ner'zhul's army and further his dominion--not because she enjoys the kill. In truth, she is indifferent to the act of killing, and perhaps such apathy is even worse than enjoyment of slaughter, for she doesn't need to pause to savour a kill--she just moves on and on, efficiently reaping death with her scythes.
Khepris-ra is cool and stony in demeanour, always determined but rarely outwardly showing her inner enthusiasm to serve and obey. All but emotionless, she reveals no joy, anger, or sorrow within her perpetual sense of duty and efficiency. She does, however, hold a secret fondness for the other insects in the world, and will contentedly watch an ant-trail or web-spinning spider when she has no responsibility to call her attention to.
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Though Crypt Lords like Khepris-ra are generally behemoths that focus on brute strength rather than magical abilities, they do have skills to call their own. Firstly, Khepris-ra can summon up great spikes from the earth to impale her enemy. Secondly, she can use the mass of any human-sized or larger corpse to create a Carrion Beetle minion, and usually has several of these in tow. Finally, she can summon up a great cloud of Locusts to attack her foes, and any damage the vampiric locusts do heal her in turn.
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