Earthbound Celestial Guardians. Aatxes serve as protective agents of benevolent deities, sent to watch over pious communities and provide them with a measure of protection from harm.

Walks Among the People. Though its true form is that of a great red bull, an aatxe can take on the form of a male humanoid to walk among the people it is tasked to protect-the better to uncover threats to their safety. An aatxe so disguised rarely takes on the appearance of anyone familiar to those it protects and avoids unnecessary communication and attachment, attempting to pass itself off as an uninteresting traveler.

Deceptively Cautious. Once it detects a threat to its charges, the aatxe will stalk the roads, fields, and wildernesses near its home, seeking to find its foes where it can dispatch them without harming the innocent. The aatxe is also known to chase bystanders back indoors when a threat is beyond its abilities, though it will also sacrifice itself to protect them, if necessary.

An Aatxe's Lair

Aatxes prefer to make their homes in caverns or other secluded locations, though they will forgo that preference in favor of ruins or shelters which provide a view of the regions they protect.

A fierce, crimson bull trots across the grass, tossing its curved horns and snorting with anger.