Bucknard

Greyhawk Character

Bucknard
Bucknard's ghost. Art by Eva Widermann.
General info
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Class:	Wizard

Bucknard is a powerful human wizard, and a founding member of the Circle of Eight. In Dungeon's Age of Worms adventure path, Bucknard is referred to as "Balakarde."

Description

Bucknard is described as affable, esteemed, talented and powerful, yet stubborn and headstrong.

Relationships

Bucknard has one known sister, Maralee, and is also a former member of the Circle of Eight.

History

In 556 CY, Bucknard's sister and adventuring companion, Maralee, was slain by sons of Kyuss. Bucknard took her death (and seeing her devoured by ghoulish worms) hard. Depressed for years, he emerged from his depression to become one of the most potent wizards of his generation. He had dedicated himself to one overriding task: the destruction of Kyuss.

In 571, Bucknard became one of the founding members of the Circle of Eight, as Mordenkainen invited some of the most prominent mages in the Flanaess to join him in a successor organization to the Citadel of Eight.

At the height of his powers, Bucknard began deeply obsessing over occult manuscripts relating to the Worm God and his cult. He grew increasingly secluded and paranoid, no longer confiding even with close friends like Tenser. Abruptly resigning from the Circle of Eight in 579 CY, he traveled to Alhaster to research his theory that the Ebon Triad cult had been created there as a front for the cult of Kyuss. Lashonna, the town's most knowledgeable expert in the occult, agreed to meet with him and directed him to the Wormcrawl Fissure, where he was captured by Dragotha. The following year, after months of torture, Bucknard finally died at the hands of his own undead sister, upon Dragotha's orders. Bucknard's soul shattered into three separate ghosts, representing his artistic, scholarly, and vengeful sides, which haunted the Fissure for decades afterwards.

In 581, Bucknard's position in the Circle was filled by Jallarzi Sallavarian.

Associated magic items

Bucknard crafted the magic item Bucknard's Everfull Purse, which is essentially a leather pouch or small bag that refills itself each morning. Each such coinpurse can replicate a different number of coins or gems, depending on which type of bag it is. A variant of this item, Bucknard's everfood pouch, is mentioned in the second edition Rogues' Gallery.

Writings

Bucknard is known to have authored the following works:

• Inexplicable Reflections

References

Bibliography

• Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998.

• Gygax, Gary. Dungeon Masters Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
• -----. "Greyhawk's World: Quasi-deities." Dragon #71. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
• -----. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.

• Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." Dragon #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.

• Jacobs, James. "Into the Wormcrawl Fissure." Dungeon #134. Bellevue, WA: Paizo, 2006.

• Mona, Erik. Age of Worms Overload. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005. [1]

• Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels Within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Available online: [2]

• Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.

• Pett, Richard. "The Prince of Redhand." Dungeon #131. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2006.

• Prusa, Thomas, Walter Baas, and Jack Barker. Rogues' Gallery. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.

  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
Bucknard	Non-player character		Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition	122
Bucknard	Non-player character		Dragon magazine #071	19
Bucknard	Non-player character		Dragon magazine #082	59
Bucknard	Non-player character		Living Greyhawk Journal #0	6
Bucknard	Non-player character		Player's Guide to Greyhawk	18, 23
Bucknard	Non-player character		The Adventure Begins	60
Bucknard	Non-player character		World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983)	33
Bucknard's Everful Purse	Item		Epic Level Handbook, D&D 3.0	151
Bucknard's Everful Purse	Item		Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I	133
Bucknards Everful Purse	Item	Artifact,	Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition	122
Inexplicaple Reflections By Bucknard	Item	Book,	Dragon magazine #082	59
Inexplicaple Reflections By Bucknard	Item	Book,	Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III	1181