Hmm, I wonder what the Fallen Crusader is.
Obviously, it's not just a defected soldier...
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Is the Shachath based on the one from American Horror Story?
I have been lying low and letting Developer's field questions but I am going to pop up and answer this one.
No. I have never seen a single episode of American Horror Story, of any season. As part of my due diligence as a writer, I googled the name to see if there was any pop culture references—and I was both horrified and kinda pissed off (in a totally UNFAIR way) to see it was used by TV. I made a rather impassioned argument in my notes to let me still use the name.
And let me stress it is unfair, because their writers have as much right to mine source material as I do. I really only got frustrated because we writers are actively supposed to avoid easter eggs and pop culture cleverness. I assumed I would be told no, because of the TV show, and thanks to the supreme coolness of Adam and James—they used it anyway.
Shachath is Ancient Hebrew for corruption, perversion, ruination. Technically it's a verb, when it's not used as a verb it means "a pit or dungeon".
But that's where the tv show got it, and that's where I got it. It's a good name for a demon of corruption. Actually, all Pathfinder demons are about corruption, but I am leaving the specific "sin" that the shachath specializes in remain a surprise—or for something for James or Adam to disclose to fans.
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Though I may watch A.H.S. once I catch up on my work and have time to watch another tv show. I only "just" got caught up on the Walking Dead this summer. And I have never watched Mad Men either. I am a bad person.
And yet, Jim, you've watched more television than I have. Can't stand the thing. Don't watch any programs on it, and only catch an episode here or there online of a couple of shows.