In the previous Marilith article I mentioned doing some unique variants of the Cacodemon for the paying backers. Easy to drag and drop Mariliths that can be used as key villains or a summoned muscle for morally flexible PC’s. I came up with six that I shaved down to four good examples.
The first custom Marilith I created, at the Incubus rank, was designed to be a trainer for troops in a large Beastman army. Something that a Witchdoctor could summon to train non-mounted troops into a still savage but more effective military. Enter Xir'gaxeth, the Motivator.
Where most Mariliths favor bladed weapons Xir’gaxeth favors the lash namely scourges, a long whip tipped with copper barbs, and a whip made of flexible metal with a bladed tip. Xir’gaxeth was infamous during the Auran/Zaharan war as the trainer of some of the most savage Zaharan Beastman troops. Some scholars credit Xir’gaxeth with the creation of Berserking Special Troops among the Beastmen tribes and it is still revered among Orc tribes. Several tribes using its likeness as a Dread Banner. Several descriptions of Xir’gaxeth during conflicts describe it in battle bisecting Auran Legionaries with his metal whip while his scourges would splatter cavalry into a tableau of bloody chunks of bone and flesh. The majority of oral histories of the Beastmen tribes describe it at marching behind the vanguard driving the army forward by killing the slowest among them to motivate the others.
Xir'gaxeth, the Motivator: MV 40’/120’, AC 10, HD 10***, Init +1, #AT 3 (weapon, weapon, weapon 1+), Dmg 4d10/2d10/2d10 Save F10, ML +1, AL C, SZ L, LA 5, SA 2, MM +3, XP 4350; Special: Berserkergang, Bonus Attack, Graceful Fighting, Manual at Arms (3), Profession (Torturer), Spellcasting; Spells: 3 1st, 3 2nd, 3 3rd, 3 4th, 2 5th; Repertoire: 1st - Fan of Flames, Leaping, Thunderclap; 2nd - Dominate Humanoid, Necromantic Potence, Summon Insect Swarm; 3rd - Bewitch Crowd, Deflect Ordinary Missiles, Incite Madness, Spellward; 4th - Cone of Fear, Giant Strength, Iron Maiden; 5th - Flay the Slain, Teleportation; Equipment: Barbed Leather Barding