Cat Lord
| Cat Lord | |
|---|---|
 The Cat Lord, as depicted in the Epic Level Handbook (2002). | |
| Names and titles | |
| Alias(es): | Catlord, Rexfelis, Master Cat |
| General information | |
| Portfolio: | Cats, felines |
| Home: | Beastlands |
| Alignment: | Neutral |
| Gender: | Male |
| Class: | Rogue 37 |
| Superior: | None |
| Rules items | |
| Domains: | None |
| Divine rank: | Animal lord |
The Cat Lord, or Master Cat, is the mysterious ruler of cats and a lord of Balance. The Epic Level Handbook included, as an optional rule, the possibility that he is a quasi-deity. In Gary Gygax's Gord the Rogue series, he is called Rexfelis.
There are many other animal lords representing other species. The Wolf Lord is another example.
Description
The Cat Lord manifests as a dark-skinned human, a pale-skinned human with black hair, a black cat, a panther, or as a hybrid of panther and human. In human form he always wears black clothing decorated with gold and gems of feline colors. He has a muscular, compact form, and his eyes are feline in whatever shape he takes.
Relationships
As ruler of all cats since that position has existed, the Cat Lord bears the respect and fealty of felines from house cats to smilodons. Even hybrid beings like weretigers and wereleopards are loyal to him.
Apart from cats, the Cat Lord's only known friend is the goddess Xan Yae. He is the great-great-grandfather of Gord, to whom he abdicates his position at the end of Gary Gygax's series of novels.
Realm
The Cat Lord's realm, known as the Cat Lord's Prowl, is in Brux, the second layer of the Beastlands. Ferrix, goddess of weretigers, also dwells here.
The Cat Lord is also said to have a bower in the Fading Land known as the Court of Rings.
Dogma
The Cat Lord is neither good nor evil, but is concerned solely with the welfare of cats. He travels between the Outer, Inner Planes, and Material Plane in order to watch over his charges, leading them out of danger and sometimes assuming the leadership of feline prides (killing their previous leaders out of cold necessity).
History
Said to be the first of all the kings of cats, the Cat Lord retires at the end of the novel Dance of Demons, giving his title to his great-great-grandson, Gord, who promptly loses it after a palace revolution (as revealed in the short story "Evening Odds").
In the adventure Something Wild, the Deliverers, a group of hunters from the plane of Carceri led by a wizard called Garond the Claw, captured the Cat Lord and brought him back to their home plane. There, he was hunted and killed, making excellent game. A new cat lord, a female, rose to take his place. She immediately fell under great suspicion among the other animal rulers, who believed incorrectly that she had killed her predecessor herself. This was part of Garond's plan, who sought to divert suspicion toward her and away from his own patron, a foul god of beasts.
The novel Blood Hostages by J. Robert King features an earlier cat lord called Malkin, who gives up his divinity for the sake of a mortal woman.
Artifacts
The Ring of the Cat Lord grants a total of nine true resurrection spells, which take effect the round after the Cat Lord's demise.
Gallery
References
Notes
Citations
Bibliography
- Collins, Andy and Bruce R. Cordell. Epic Level Handbook. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2002.
- Gygax, Gary. "At Moonset Blackcat Comes: A Tale of Gord of Greyhawk." Dragon #100. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1985.
- ———. Come Endless Darkness. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.
- ———. Dance of Demons. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.
- ———. "Evening Odds." Pawn of Chaos. Clarkson, Ga: White Wolf Publishing, 1996
- ———. Monster Manual II. Lake Geneva, WI, 1982.
- King, J. Robert. Blood Hostages. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
- LaFountain, J. Paul. Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1991.
- McComb, Colin, Dale Donovan, and Monte Cook. Planes of Conflict. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
- Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
- Vallese, Ray. Something Wild. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.
- Varney, Allen, ed. Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994.
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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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Lord | Non-player character | Reference | SEE Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Artifact of Evil | 186, 194, 196-198, 207-211, 214, 216, 273, 274, 352 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Come Endless Darkness | 9, 10, 11, 24, 35, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 77, 78, 79, 105, 106, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 117, 118, 120, 121, 122, 123, 157, 152, 248, 295, 328, 373, 375, 376, 377, 379 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | City of Hawks | 288, 289, 298, 345, 369, 370, 371, 372, 373, 374, 375, 377, 378, 380, 382, 384, 385, 386, 387, 389, 390 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Dance of Demons | 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 25, 30, 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 53, 54, 112, 380, 397, 398, 424 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Dragon magazine #100 | 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Dragon magazine #344 | 54 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Epic Level Handbook, D&D 3.0 | 305, 306 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 66 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 66 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Monstrous Compendium - Planescape Appendix I | 12, 13 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Monstrous Compendium - Planescape Appendix I | 12, 13 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | MC8 - Monstrous Compendium - Outer Planes Appendix | Insert (Animal Lord) | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | MC8 - Monstrous Compendium - Outer Planes Appendix | Insert (Animal Lord) | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Monster Manual 2, AD&D 1e | 22, 23 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Manual of the Planes, AD&D 1e | 7, 15, 65, 92, 97 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Night Arrant | 300 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Oerth Journal #03 | 14 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Polyhedron magazine #139 | 20 | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Reference | SEE ALSO Gord the Rogue | |
| Rexfelis {Catlord, Cat Lord, Mastercat} | Non-player character | Sea of Death | 58-67, 69, 73, 134, 386 |