Krakarth Mastery Guide

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Krakarth Champion Lore

Raised in the tumult of the War of the Elves, Krakarth learned the skills of statecraft and diplomacy first-hand from her father. One of the apostate Dark Elves who worshiped the mysterious Dreamwalker, Krakarth’s father turned many unsure nobles against the king of Aravia by weaving a delicate web of intrigue, subterfuge, and blackmail. Despite his diplomatic acumen and charisma, he could not turn the tide of the war in his favor. The Dark Elves were defeated and exiled to Durham Forest, Krakarth and her father among them.

The struggle to establish a new home was brutal, for Durham was replete with monstrous predators, food was scarce, and infighting between the Elves was common, but Krakarth learned important lessons in leadership as her father employed his silver tongue and battle scepter to carve out a home for him and his followers. As she grew up, Krakarth joined her father in taming their corner of the forest, negotiating with potential enemies and turning many of them into valued allies. When words failed, Krakarth’s military training came to the fore. Over time, Krakarth and her father built a new nation together — they named it Brackenshade.

After many years, Krakarth’s father retreated from public view, ill-health confining the once-indomitable statesman to his bed. Krakarth took his place, taking up the ageing diplomat-warrior’s battle scepter and donning his fearsome darkiron mask to rule their fiefdom. Under her leadership, Brackenshade became a haven of relative wealth and peace. Insect attacks were uncommon, the borders watched with vigilance. Murder was rare, Krakarth’s hold over her realm as iron as her mask. Wealth was great, for every passing trader sought sanctuary there, and each paid handsomely for the Great Lady of Brackenshade’s protection.

Word of Krakarth’s success spread far, with Dark Elves and even High Elves pledging their allegiance to this matriarch of the forest. It was not fear or survival instinct that saw them swearing loyalty to her — but admiration for her skill as a statesman and a warrior.

High Elves in Aravia saw Krakarth’s power as both a threat and an opportunity. Dignitaries from several factions came to her in secret, some treating her as a de facto ‘queen’ of Durham whom they believed they could manipulate into sowing further division between the Dark Elves. There were others, however, who while also seeing her as a queen of a kind, came to her hoping that she could help establish peace between the disparate Elven peoples and perhaps even reunify them. She turned all these delegations away. Durham was her home now — the home her and her father had built together. They had no desire to crawl on their knees to seek peace with those who turned them away. If the High Elves wanted reconciliation, they would have to beg her for it, and even then, it might be too late.

Krakarth Updates

• (2024-01-04) Raid Shadow Legends Patch Notes V8.10