Akanth hails from the steppes and plains of the Green Valley, and serves as an envoy of his tribe, the Briarborn, in Eleutheria. He is an armoured Centaur with a thorny whip and a sword. The visor of his elaborate, uni-horned helmet is enough to fullfil the Visage's customs of wearing a mask during the stay.
During the quest All Work and No Play, he was attending the festivities in Visage. During the final play of that quest, his equivalent were Dr. Prof. Boom Boom and Captain Seneca Aurelius, who played this role together while wearing a Centaur costume.
Akanth discovered that a potential spy might have gotten hold of sensitive information, and before he could warn Lord Attys about it, he became a target of an attempted assassination. This spy and would-be murderer turned out to be Claudin, who was exiled to the Watchers' Island.