Volothamp Geddarm documents in Volo's Guide to Monsters that Zushaxx was Xanathar by the late 15th century DR. ![]() The cluster sent Zushaxx, a young, ambitious, and impulsive beholder new to the cluster, to take over as Xanathar. Eventually Izulktur grew bored with the restrictive secrecy and confinement of the title, and ordered the cluster to send a replacement. It was originally part of a cluster working with four beholders, and continued to magically communicate and share information about Waterdeep with the cluster after assuming the title. Izulktur held the title of Xanathar for a short time. The Xanathars usually enjoyed seeing others blamed for their crimes. The activities of other Waterdhavian beholders such as Xlorothxrau, commonly known as Lothjaws, were often mistaken for the work of the Xanathar. The elder beholder Xandulzrithral chose retirement to escape the role's dangers. Over the years, many more beholders claimed the title, some by killing the previous Xanathar and some by peaceful succession. Subsequent successionsĪfter Kirukeskai's death, a third beholder assumed the role and title of the Xanathar. In 1479 DR, an ancient blind beholder known as the Blind was living in Skullport, claiming to be the Eye and seeking a relic to restore his former power and secure revenge against Avaereene. Kirukeskai was either killed by adventurers or the lich Avaereene, who formerly served as the commander of its slave trade. By 1372 DR, it controlled all the beholders of Undermountain, having driven its last rival, the Graypeaks Hive smuggler Misker, into hiding in Trobriand's Graveyard. īy 1370 DR, Kirukeskai wielded great power in Skullport and Waterdeep, controlling one third of the slave trade in Skullport and exploring the possibility of promoting an agent to serve as a Lord of Waterdeep. It further consolidated its power by killing Seirtych Xantaun, another Graypeaks Hive beholder running a smuggling operation in Skullport. In the guise of the Xanathar, Kirukeskai was able to expand its operations into Waterdeep. Outside of ranking members of Xanathar's guild, no one was aware of the change in power. Most of Xanathar's agents were charmed or threatened into loyalty. Kirukeskai instructed its new agents to call it "the Xanathar" to make the name seem a title. Reign of the EyeĪfter Xanathar's death, Kirukeskai took over Xanathar's guild, absorbing the guild's operations and contacts. Īccording to other sources, Xanathar was killed by the Heroes of Waterdeep in 1358 DR, under orders from the Lords of Waterdeep. Xanathar defeated Uthh, but Kirukeskai slew Xanathar in his weakened condition. Seeking to gather more power and eliminate a rival, Kirukeskai located Xanathar's lair and tricked another Graypeaks Hive beholder of Skullport, Uthh, into attacking Xanathar in the Waterdeep sewers. Over a ten year investigation, Kirukeskai determined that the guild's leader Xanathar was a beholder from a different hive. ![]() Īccording to some sources, Kirukeskai killed Xanathar some time in the late 1360s DR. By the mid-1300s DR, Kirukeskai sought new opportunities to increase its influence and turned its attention to the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild. Kirukeskai continued to grow in wisdom and experience even as its magical powers waned with age. Death of Xanatharīy 1304 DR the Agents of the Eye were feared and respected throughout Skullport. Kirukeskai spread rumors to fade into the background and organized its closest agents to work semi-autonomously eventually its existence was largely forgotten. Its organization came to be known as the Agents of the Eye. Kirukeskai, a member of the Graypeaks Hive, set up a slaving operation in Skullport which grew over time to include blackmail, extortion, spying, thievery, smuggling, and mercenary work. Īn elder orb beholder, named Kirukeskai and nicknamed the Eye, had arrived in Skullport in 1205 DR. He set up a hideout in the sewers beneath Waterdeep and organized an unofficial thieves' guild, working indirectly through freelancers to avoid detection from the Lords of Waterdeep. Xanathar decided to defy his masters by abandoning his mission and filling the power vacuum in Waterdeep's crime underworld. Upon his arrival, Xanathar realized Waterdeep had no thieves' guild its former thieves' guild, the Shadow Thieves, had been crushed and driven into Amn by Lhestyn years earlier in 1298 DR. ![]() Xanathar was a follower of Xantriph who arrived in Waterdeep in a trading caravan from Zhentil Keep, tasked with deposing the Lords of Waterdeep and replacing them with a ruler friendly to the Zhentarim. Xanathar was the true name of a beholder of the Anaurian Hive who ran a group called the Xanathar's Thieves' Guild that had attained significant power over the criminal underworld in Waterdeep by 1358 DR.
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