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==Chakuna==
The replacement Darklord of Valachan, and one of the few 5e darklords to explicitly continue on in some fashion from the setting as it existed before. A female [[werepanther]], Chakuna belongs to a tribe of [[werecat]]s (specifically panthers and ocelots) called the Oselo, whom were hunted to the brink of extinction by Baron Urik von Kharkov, as he had come to fixate upon them as the most intriguing and challenging quarry. (Nevermind that Urik was originally "Blacula Strahd" with no real interest in "hunting the most dangerous game".) To save her people, she went to the literal heart of the domain and performed an unholy rite, cutting out her own heart and offering it to the land as sacrifice in exchange for the power to defeat Urik. Long story short, it worked; she ripped out his heart, tore him to pieces, and buried his still-living and curse-spewing head in the ruins of his castle before building her own treetop hunting lodge atop the ruins. Which is actually kind of badass. But now the jungle has become hungrier than ever, and she must regularly sacrifice human hearts to the land to keep the plants and animals from slaughtering all the Valachani (shades of the Wildlands, there), which she obtains through the "Trials of the Heart" - ceremonially hunting down designated victims with the aid of trained [[Displacer Beast]]s. She won't touch a fellow Oselo, but everybody else is fair game.

Chakuna can only be killed if her heart is found in the secret grove where she performed her dark rite and destroyed, but unless somebody assumes her mantle in the process, then the jungle will be free to kill everyone.
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