Aatrox, the Darkin Blade

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> ## Aatrox, the Darkin Blade
>*Medium humanoid, Chaotic Evil*
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> - **Armor Class** 18 (natural armor)
> - **Hit Points** 310 **(20D20 + 80)**
> - **Speed** 30ft. (30 ft. fly during *World Ender*)
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>|STR|DEX|CON|INT|WIS|CHA|
>|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|:---:|
>|22 (+6)|14 (+2)|18 (+4)|16 (+3)|15 (+2)|17 (+3)|
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> - **Condition Immunities** charmed, frightened
> - **Senses** passive Perception 17, Darkvision, Devilsight.
> - **Languages** Common, Abysal, telepathy 60ft.
> - **Prof** +5
> - **Challenge** ?
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>***Life Drinker*** Any target damaged by Aatrox's attacks cannot be healed or gain temporay hp until they take a long rest.  Any damage healed to that target instead heals Aatrox
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> ***Blood Thirst.*** Any necrotic damage dealt by Aatrox heals him for the damage dealt.
> ### Actions
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> ***Attack*** *Melee Weapon Attack.* +13 to hit, reach 5ft, *Hit* 36 [20 +14] (4d6 + 8 slashing and +4d6 necrotic)
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> ***The Darkin Blade (DC 19 Dex Saving Throw)*** Aatrox uses an ancient Shuriman techique to swing his blade. Each swing targets a different area, however they must progress in order (Order resets to first swing at beginning of his turn). Any creatures in the area must make a saving throw. On a successful save, a creature takes no necrotic damage. 
> * The first affects all creatures in a 10 foot line.  
> * The second affects all creatures in a 15ft cone.  
> * The last affects all creatures in a 5ft circle around Aatrox.  
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>Each creature in the area takes 15 [11 + 4] (1d6 + 8 slashing and +1d6 necrotic) magical damage.  
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>***Infernal Chains (DC 16 Dex saving throw, Recharge 5-6)*** Aatrox unleases the chains that bound him to his sword.  Target creature must make a saving thow. On a failed save, the target is restrained.  A target restrained in this way may use their action to make a charisma saving throw to escape.
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> ***World Ender (Only use if Bloodied)*** Aatrox unleashes his true form and gains the following benefits
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> When Aatrox first transforms, all creatures within 20 ft of him must make a charisma saving throw or become frightened of Aatrox until the end of their next turn.
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> Aatrox becomes a large humanoid
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> Aatrox gains a fly speed of 30 feet. 
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> Bloodthirst heals for double the necrotic damage he deals.
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> When Aatrox drop to 0 hitpoints while under the transformation, each creature within 10ft of him must make a Constitution saving throw (DC 14) or loose half their current hitpoints, and Aatrox regains that many hitpoints. After this, the transformation ends.
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> Aatrox cannot use this ability again until he regains full hitpoints.
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> ***Legendary Actions*** Aatrox can take 3 legendary actions. Only one legendary action option can be used at a time and only at the end of another creature's turn. Aatrox regains spent legendary actions at the start of his turn.
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>  ***Godslayer (Costs 1-3)*** Aatrox uses up to the three attacks from the *The Darkin Blade* ability. Each swing costs one Legendary action to use.  
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>  ***Fight! Or be Forgotten! (DC 16 Wis saving throw)*** Aatrox floods rage into one creature he can see within 60 feet of him. The target must succeed on a saving throw, or it must spend its turn moving closer to Aatrox.  If a creature ends its turn within range of making a melee attack against Aatrox, it must spend its action to do so. A creature can repeat the saving throw at the end of each of its turns, ending the effect on itself on a success.
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>  ***Umbral Dash (Cost 2)*** Aatrox takes the disengage action and moves up to 10 feet.  After this movement he may make one attack.

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> ##### "I must destroy even hope…"
> Once honored defenders of Shurima against the Void, Aatrox and his brethren would eventually become an even greater threat to Runeterra, and were defeated only by the intervention of a goddess. But after centuries of imprisonment, Aatrox was the first to find freedom once more, corrupting and transforming those foolish enough to try and wield the magical weapon that contained his essence. Now with stolen flesh, he walks Runeterra in a brutal approximation of his previous form, seeking an apocalyptic and long overdue vengeance.

Many tales have been told of the Darkin Blade... but few know its real name, or the story of its fall.
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In ancient times, long before desert sands swallowed the empire, a mighty champion of Shurima was brought before the Sun Disc to become the avatar. Remade as one of the Ascended, his wings were the golden light of dawn, and his armor sparkled like a constellation of hope from beyond the great veil.
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Aatrox was his name. He was at the vanguard of every noble conflict. So true and just was his conduct that other god-warriors would always gather at his side, and ten thousand mortals of Shurima marched behind him. When Setaka, the Ascended warrior-queen, called for his help against the rebellion of Icathia, Aatrox answered without hesitation.
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But no one predicted the extent of the horrors that the rebels would unleash — The Void quickly overwhelmed its Icathian masters, and began the grinding annihilation of all life it encountered.
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After many years of desperate battle, Aatrox and his brethren finally halted the Void's perverse advance, and seared the largest rifts shut. But the surviving Ascended, the self-described Sunborn, had been forever changed by what they had encountered. Though Shurima had triumphed, they all had lost something in their victory...

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And in time, the empire of Shurima fell.
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Without the power of the sun disc, the Sunborn began to clash with one another, hopeing to harvest the power remaining in each other. Eventually this became a war for the ruins of their world. Mortals fleeing the conflict came to know them instead by a new and scornful name: the darkin.
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Fearing that these fallen Ascended were as dangerous to Runeterra's survival as the Void incursions had been, the Targonians intervened. Knowing the darkin were still to to strong to kill, the Aspect of Twilight gave mortals the knowledge to trap the darkin. After a long and bloody conflict that lasted nearly a decade, the mortal armies succeed in traping the last of darkin.
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Once sealed, the darkin were skattered, each one being given to one of the great powers of the time.  Centuries passed, and the darkin were all but forgotten. That is, until one brave adventure found an ancient blade, buried in the ruins of ancient civilitation.  Aatrox seized upon this opportunity, forcing his will and an imitation of his original form onto his bearer, though the process quickly drained all life from the new body.
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In the decades that followed, many more found Aatrox, and all met the same fate. That is, until one individual, a conquerer searching for a blade to rule all, was worthy and survied Aatrox's will.  
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But that was a hundred years ago.  By the modern times, Aatrox was hidden again, and to this day, was lost to the ages.  Until one day...

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> ### Aatrox, The Darkin Blade
> Greatsword.  Requires attunement by a non-good creature
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> This blade looks of the finest craftmanship that you have ever seen.  It appears nigh indestructible and is lighter than it appears.  If you stare for long enough, you could swear it was breathing.
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> This weapon is a considered a +2 Magical Weapon.  It has the following additional properties.
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> ***The Darkin Blade***:  Whenever you take the attack action, you can choose to make a special attack.  You make 3 attacks, each attack targets a different area, however they must progress in order. 
> * Your 1st attack targets a 10ft line starting from you
> * Your 2nd attack targets in a 15ft cone starting from you
> * Your 3rd attack targets a 5ft radius around you. 
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> On each of these attacks, each creature in the area must make a Dexterity saving throw equal to (8 + proficiency + strength modifier). 
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> ***(Not Visable to Player)***
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> ***Sentiance*** Aatrox is a sentiant, Chaotic evil weapon with an intelligence of 16, a Wisdom of 15, and a Charisma of 17.  It has hearing, darkvsion, and devilsight out to a range of 60 feet.
> Aatrox can read, speak, and understand Common and Abyssal, as well as share a telepathic link with its wielder.  While attuned to it, Aatrox also understands all languages you know.
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> ***Witness Truth***:  Whenever a creature uses Aatrox to kill a creature, at the end of combat that creature and Aatrox must make a contested charisma saving throw. Whenever Aatrox succeds, the wielder becomes more corrupted by the darkin.  After Aatrox has succeed 15 times, he completyly corrupts his host, controlling their body and locking their soul in the weapon.  On 15 failures, Aatrox is silenced for the next decade and the creature loses any darkin corruption from this weapon.
> The chart below shows what parts of a traditional humanoid body are corrupted by the blade.  Additionally, at each tier, an attuned creature recieves +1 to their Strength score (up to a max of 22), and +1 their Unarmored AC.
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> ***Personality***  Aatrox craves to return to its humanoid form.  It constantly seeks the thrill of battle and the taste of blood on its blade.  As such, it goads its user to fight at any cost.  If Aatrox wishes, it can force a Charisma Saving throw on its host to will it to fight.  The DC starts at 10, and increases by 1 for each tier of Darkin corruption.  That said, Aatrox will do its best to remain on good terms with its host so long as it finds them worthy, so it can eventually regain its humanoid form.

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##### Darkin Coruption
| Creatures Killed | Corrupted |
|:----:|:-------------|
| 2  | Sword Arm + Hand |
| 5  | Back |
| 7 | Other Arm + Hand |
| 10 | Chest |
| 13 | Waist + Legs |
| 15 | Neck + Head |
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If a creature ever attempts to un-attune from Aatrox, it must make a constested charisma check.  On a failure, the creature remains attuned, and cannot attempt to un-attune for another week.