Rakshasa

The Matter of the Indian Necklace OH GOD!! Lore: Rakshasa OH GOD!! The Quest for the Cintamani Stone OH GOD!! Uruk Rhaksha

• Quote: My dear, sweet child--it's what I live for: to help unfortunate merfolk like yourself.

Poor souls with no one else to turn to. . .

I admit that in the past I've been a nasty

They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch

But you'll find that nowadays

I've mended all my ways

Repented, seen the light, and made a switch

True? Yes.

And I fortunately know a little magic

It's a talent that I always have possessed

And here lately, please don't laugh

I use it on behalf

Of the miserable, the lonely, and depressed

(Pathetic!)

Poor unfortunate souls

In pain, in need

This one longing to be thinner

That one wants to get the girl

And do I help them?

Yes, indeed!

Those poor unfortunate souls

So sad, so true

They come flocking to my cauldron

Crying, "Spells, Ursula, please!"

And I help them

Yes I do!

Now, it's happened once or twice

Someone couldn't pay the price

And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals

Yes, I've had the odd complaint

But on the whole I've been a saint

To those poor unfortunate souls!

Rakshasa are beings of the Outer Dark. Their goals are usually to feed on mortals, gaining power until they can first bring a mate, then to reproduce. Only the truly foolish allow them to achieve either of these goals.

Rakshasa can change shapes, even changing into the exact copy of anyone they have consumed. Rakshasa have a limited use of the Lore of the Hosts as beings of the Outer Dark. Rakshasa can eat and drink mortal food, though they only get sustenance from eating those they have killed.

When first brought to the mortal plane, their first true form is that of a man tiger. As they gain in power their forms continue to increase in strangeness, evolving multiple arms and weird shaped heads. The tale of Shiva killing a Rakshasa described it as a being with 6 arms, 8 eyes, and a weird octagonal head, all over the striped tiger legs.