Ratanish

General Ratanish is a goliath and a general in the Paragon's Call. As an NPC, Ratanish is played by Matthew Mercer.

Appearance
Ratanish is a very tall, broad shouldered goliath in his 40s. He is mostly bald except for a waist-long, deep red and gray braid on the back of his head that is fastened at the end with a metallic iron ring.

Personality
Ratanish is imposing and aware of it. He openly confronts both Laudna and Ashton at the ball over Laudna's undead status and Ashton's Nightmare King mask. He also seems somewhat short-tempered, particularly with Ashton. However, while he is initially surprised, he ultimately welcomes Bells Hells when they to take him up on his offer to Ashton to join the Paragon's Call.

Ratanish does filigree metalwork as a hobby.

Background
General Ratanish often accompanied by four bodyguards or protectors: Rockmond, a human, a half-orc, and a gnome.

Jrusar
Ratanish entered the ball with four fellow members of Paragon's Call. He danced with Laudna during the Dance of the Crossroads, identified her as undead, and revealed to her that he was a follower of The Raven Queen. Later, Vali Dertrana noticed Ashton's Nightmare King mask and alerted Ratanish. Ratanish approached Ashton and confronted them about the mask. Ashton did not reveal any information about why he was wearing the mask nor who he was working for, so Ratanish ripped it off. Ashton retaliated by slapping him, and Ratanish hit him back then challenged him to a fight. The two went outside, followed by the curious party attenders.

In their fist fight, Ashton was successful in damaging Ratanish but was eventually knocked unconscious. After his victory, Ratanish took the opportunity to promote Paragon's Call's services to the gathered audience. Later, three members of Paragon's Call approached Ashton and invited him to converse privately with Ratanish, who questioned Ashton about the Nightmare King mask they were wearing. Ashton told him only that the reason they were at the ball had nothing to do with the Call. Ratanish accepted this, but advised Ashton that in the future, when they are involved in the destruction of property within Jrusar, such as the Moon Tower, not to immediately show their face in the center of its politics. He then extended an offer of possible employment in the future.

Hellcatch Valley
When Fearne infiltrated the Seat of Disdain in the form of a quokka, she saw Ratanish inside.

Ashton and much of the rest of Bells Hells went to the Seat of Disdain under the pretense of taking Ratanish up on his job offer. They met him there, in turn introducing them to Otohan Thull. Ratanish also noticed Fearne, in rat form, but Dusk was able to prevent him from stepping on her.

Ratanish and Otohan observed the Deathwish Run from afar. Once Bells Hells won the race, Ratanish welcomed them to the Paragon's Call and showed them to their barracks. He also oversaw the loading of the Paragon's Calls's shipment.

During Artana Voe's diversion on the Seat of Disdain, Bells Hells accidentally met Ratanish, passing down one of the war rooms. When asked, the group held him over sparsely manacled Artana who took no time to immediately pull out of them, then disappear into Invisibility.

Ratanish was present at the Tishtan excavation site on the Apogee Solstice in 843 PD. When Imogen, Orym, and the rest of the Bells Hells hidden inside a Warder has encountered him, Ratanish was walking around the site in a company of a half-elf or elf older female of the Ruby Vanguard. Ratanish asked Imogen about her purpose here and was convienced by her that Orym is an unconscious, beaten prisoner. Ratanish wondered if Orym is an ally of Ryn who was caught earlier when she sneaking around the site. Ratanish decided to let them go.

Notable items

 * Large greataxe

Abilities
Feat: Fighting Initiate (Unarmed Fighting) (presumed)

Barbarian abilities

 * Rage
 * Extra Attack
 * Primal Path: Path of the Storm Herald
 * Storm Aura: Desert

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3

Quotations

 * Ratanish: (to Ashton, after having been slapped by them) You see, when I taste blood, it's hard to get it out of my mind.
 * Ratanish: (to Ashton, after defeating them in a duel) All I can do is hope that, when next we meet, it is not as opposition, because I would hate to cut your throat.