Anchim the Slasher

He who murdered Orth.

"About sixty summers ago now there was a man who traveled the Orthlands. I don't know where he was from but he wasn't Orth. From place to place he traveled enjoying the hospitality of the different communities of the plains. Each time after he left a body, two, maybe more would be found. Usually women.
A savage man. Anchim is always remembered. I wish we would forget about him and end the immortailty he maintains in the mind of our society. But such brutality is not easily blown away by the wind."

— Tasiir of the People of the Horse

The Knife With No Past

Given the impact on the Orth, it isn't surprising that they have not passed on any stories that Anchim told them. Instead only the tales of the murders were passed on, that is all that is remembered of him.
Anchim is remembered to have used a large knife to kill his victims in brutal ways, slashing them long after they had died. This knife was eventually used to kill Anchim when the final victim turned it on him after he thought she was dead, even though she died after plunging the knife through his heart. The current whereabouts of the knife are unknown but it is said that the blade holds the murderous intent of its previous owner, it is known as Orthsbane.

Remembering the Lost

The people who died at the end of that blade were mothers, daughters, fathers, and sons, aunts, uncles, friends and partners. The loss of these people are still strongly felt in Orth communities, people who were friends and family of the deceased are still alive in the communities and they pass the story on to their own children.

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