Checkalakh the Burning God is a Lord of Chaos who takes the form of a man made entirely of flame. He is always hungry, and like fire itself he is eager to consume anything flammable. Checkalakh is a relatively minor Chaos Lord, and he has acknowledged that there are many Chaos Lords more powerful than him.[1]
When the original population of the city of Nadsokor were struck by a disease, they asked the Chaos Lords for help in getting rid of it. However, the Chaos Lords played a cruel joke on them and sent the Burning God to burn away the disease along with many of the people themselves and everything they owned. When the Nadsokorians then called upon the Lords of Law, Checkalakh was imprisoned in a labyrinth within the city by Donblas the Justice Maker. After having enough of the Lords of the Higher Worlds, most of the remaining citizens abandoned the city.[1]
When King Urish became the ruler of Nadsokor along with his Beggar Court, he decreed that anyone who dared to look upon his sacred treasure hoard would suffer the Punishment of the Burning God. Violators of this law were taken to the labyrinth in his palace and trapped within to be burned and consumed by the imprisoned Chaos Lord. This would have been the fate of Elric but he destroyed Checkalakh using Stormbringer that Urish was foolish enough to let him keep after being thrown into the labyrinth. Urish believed that the sword would not hurt the Burning God but also feared what might happen if Urish himself were to draw it from the scabbard.[1]