Drazannak¶
Contested
Named in the open question Nurizak's machines. Drazannak's own account says his master built three machines; the notes on Nurizak name four. This page follows the newest notes (S339) and gives Drazannak's account as his belief.
"They fear me. They know my ancient feud with Daennelgin. I will destroy them should they approach." — Drazannak (S341)
Drazannak is a harvesting machine of the Valyr engineer Nurizak, the machine-brother and rival of Daennelgin, buried alive beneath a ruin in the Demonlands. He is enormously strong in essence and almost wholly immobile, and his "immediate ambition is to escape his 'prison' and supplant Daennelgin."
Also spelled Drazzanak.
Nature¶
He is "a specialized demonic harvesting MACHINE" and "a living structure of flesh with massive essence." He "grows living tissue, draws essence from the nearby rift to possess it and then extracts it," and has been "collecting essence for 'the project' for some time." His host form "has long since lost the ability to move in any meaningful way", though "it does have many tentacles." There are "many hidden redundancies to the 'machine'", among them a hidden mortiquery that supplies the bond that keeps him. He is "a powerful Spellcaster and uses magic to spy and observe", and he has "a connection to the Underdark, the Endless Caverns below."
Imprisonment¶
Daennelgin buried him "a long time ago", because "he was too strong for any of his forms to take in an essence contest." The ruin is ringed by "Valyr Essence Wards, which despite looking active … are actually an illusion", and Daennelgin's demonkin keep away from it. Drazannak "has been stranded here ever since" his master "was destroyed." The ruin itself is described on the Demonlands page.
By his own account, "his master created three of these Machines which feed off the rift. He is not certain what became of the original 2 (one is Daennelgin … who destroyed the 2nd in the mistaken belief there were only 2)."
Aims¶
He wants a body: "a humanoid form (with a magical origin .. which is why goblins won't work)." For "a suitable form … at least a human", he would reward the bringer "with as much essence as they would like", and "would metamorphosize to split and have 2 forms." He calls out from below: "I can help you … but you MUST help me in return", and "DIG! At the base of the large stone. It is not far to reach me." Of the demonlord who rules the land around him he says: "Vulgurak is neither friend nor foe."
Others want him. Gharmatha "wants to LEVERAGE Drazannak for Essence." The Order of Valyr opposes his release, because it "is most likely to destabilize Daennelgin, which would STRENGTHEN Vulgurak." Daennelgin calls him "a lesser intelligence without imagination", whose only path is "a pointless conflict with a single possible outcome which benefits everyone but you and me." What the player demons of the Demonlands Mini Campaign made of him is told in that chronicle.
Gap
No source says what "the project" was, or whether Drazannak knows that Nurizak is dead by Daennelgin's hand.