Ankhsar Khatun
Ankhsar Khatun, called the Eagle, is the main villain of the Iki Island expansion. She is a shaman who leads the Eagle Tribe and uses a mind-bending poison she calls sacred medicine to break the people of Iki. She forces it on Jin early, and he fights her hallucinations as well as her army.
- Role
- Antagonist
- Affiliation
- Eagle Tribe
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Good to know
- Voiced in English by Anzu Lawson and in Japanese by Urara Takano.
- Born on Iki and once a raider medic there.
- Lost an eye during the samurai invasion of Iki led by the Sakai clan.
- Survived a flood that people thought had killed her, then joined the Mongol Empire.
- Khotun Khan gave her the title of the Eagle.
- In battle she switches between a sword and a shaman's staff and throws blades from range.
- The Sarugami Armor makes perfect parries and dodges stronger, which helps a lot against her.
Who she is
The Eagle is a commander and a spiritual leader whose followers obey every word. Her medicine makes people see visions, and she uses it as a weapon to make Iki submit. On Jin it digs up memories of his father's campaign on the island, and she uses those visions to question him.
Her past
As a young raider medic, her remedies drove some injured raiders mad, and her own people pushed her away. She lost an eye fighting the samurai during the Sakai invasion. After surviving a flood during a battle, she left Iki for the Mongol Empire and came back at the head of the Eagle Tribe.
Fighting her
Your final fight with her is in The Blessing of Death, at the gorge where Jin's father died. Bring the Sarugami Armor and consider the Mizu-no-Kami Charm from Marsh Rock Shrine, which helps you land perfect dodges and parries.
Her defeatSpoilerShow
Jin learns to resist the medicine, which surprises her. In their last battle she tries to push him into killing Tenzo in revenge for his father. Jin forgives Tenzo instead and kills the Eagle, ending her hold on Iki.
Related characters
- Supporting
Tenzo
Tenzo is a raider on Iki Island and right-hand man to the raider leader Fune. He rescues Jin after the Eagle poisons him and becomes his uneasy partner through the Iki Island story. His past with Clan Sakai runs deep.
Image: Sucker Punch Productions / PlayStationProtagonistJin Sakai
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- Minor
Black Hand Riku
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- Minor
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