Iquander
Disambiguation: this page is about an NPC. For the author who uses this as a pseudonym online, see Erik Mona.
| Iquander | |
|---|---|
| Names and titles | |
| Nickname: | Savant Iquander |
| Title(s): | Savant |
| General info | |
| Occupation: | Sage |
| Home: | Free City of Greyhawk, formerly Duchy of Urnst |
| Alignment: | Lawful neutral |
| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Human |
| Class: | Wizard 11 |
Iquander is a sage and the chief administrator of the Great Library of Greyhawk in 591 CY and forward.[1][2]
Description
Iquander is a "birdlike little fellow, once himself a Cleric of Fharlanghn."[3] He's known to wear green robes, since that's the color of the cassocks worn by priests of Fharlaghn.
Iquander keeps a room in the basement of the Library, in a "warren of small rooms"[2] where "a number of private study rooms are available for a fee to sages and researchers who need a place to study and work."[1] However, he can be most often found at his desk near the entrance to the Library behind a very large desk upon a "large raised marble platform".[2]
Personality
The savant is known as being helpful and inviting,[3] though he is also known for being very overzealous when it comes to the books and records kept in the Great Library|.[2] He is noted as otherwise being somewhat reclusive.[1]
He believes his duty as librarian and chief administrator as being the "protector" of Great Library which he sees as the "sole living record of the city of Greyhawk itself."[2]
Abilities
As is indicated by his demeanor, Iquander is both well-educated and very congenial. Int 18, and Cha 15.[1]
Possessions
Iquander is known to possess five ioun stones.[1]
Activities
Iquander is perhaps best known for being the chief researcher at the Great Library.[1] He is also known to happily share his knowledge with visitors and he gives clear directions as to how the library can be used best."[1]
In his "overzealousness"[2] for research, Iquander will stress the point that just because something is recorded or written, one must be aware whether something is "a true account" or if it is "a yarn spun for fun or profit".[4] He will sometimes "redact certain tomes and [do] his best to limit their corruptive impact."[2] So much so, Iquander "eliminated tomes includ[ing] [1] the entire body of work of the disreputable scholar Estarius Rose, [2] a trilogy of tales of fictional buffoonery featuring a childlike gargoyle puppet, and [3] an odious, notoriously reviled, ostensibly humorous history of the construction of Castle Greyhawk known only as Volume9222."[note 1]
Relationships
Savant Iquander is well-respected.[5]
History
Iquander was previously lived in Nellix in the Duchy of Urnst, and was a member of the Society of Sages and Scholars there.[2] After the events of the Greyhawk Wars, Iquander went to the Free City for a research project sometime around 586 or 587 CY.[2]
Iquander had taken the position of chief administrator by 591 CY.[1] The previous chief administrator of the Great Library of Greyhawk, Gratius Saghast, named Iquander as his successor before he passed.[1][2]
See Also
See also: Erik "Iquander" Mona for the author who uses "Iquander" as a nom de plume.
Creative origins
Savant Iquander was created by Gary Gygax as a character for the novel Saga of Old City.
Author Erik Mona began using "Iquander" as a sobriquet or nom de plume in his online writing on the TSR Online AOL message boards in 1995. In 1998, Roger Moore moved the character from Nellix to the Free City in The Adventure Begins, and placed him at the Great Library there as a tip of the hat to Mona, whom he thanked personally in the "Research Assistance" credit in the masthead of the book.
References
Notes
- ↑ The works referred to as "redacted" by Iquander are an oblique reference by the cited article's author, Erik Mona, to real-world game sourcebooks such as adventures and novels. [1] The "entire works of Estarius Rose" refers to five novels by Rose Estes in the Greyhawk Adventures series, from 1986 to 1988. Mona is noted for his dislike of the novels. [2] The "trilogy of tales" refers to WG9 Gargoyle, WG10 Child's Play, and WG11 Puppets. [3] The last reference, "Volume 9222", is to WG7 Castle Greyhawk, whose TSR item code was 9222. It was a "comedy version" of the actual castle, though the parody was not well-received by some fans, notably including Mona. The adventure was later officially written off by the publisher as "not for use in a straightforward and serious Greyhawk campaign." in The Adventure Begins, p4.
Citations
Bibliography
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iquander | Non-player character | [3e M11], | Living Greyhawk Journal #4 | 7, 8, 9 |
| Iquander | Non-player character | [3e M11], | Oerth Journal #26 | 3 |
| Iquander | Non-player character | [3e M11], | Saga of Old City | 287, 288, 290, 294 |
| Iquander | Non-player character | [3e M11], | The Adventure Begins | 94 |