Saint Kargoth

Greyhawk Character

Saint Kargoth
Saint Kargoth the Betrayer, as depicted by Adam Rex in Dragon #290 (2001).
Names and titles
Nickname:	The Betrayer, King of the Death Knights
General info
Home:	Gaping Maw (formerly the Great Kingdom)
Alignment:	Lawful evil (chaotic evil in first edition)
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human (perviously)
Class:	Blackguard (formerly paladin)
Patron deity:	Demogorgon
Dates
Age:	450+
Birthdate:	141 CY

Kargoth, more commonly known as Saint Kargoth, is a death knight of great power. He is also known as "the Betrayer", and "King of the Death Knights." His symbol is a glowing green skull.

Description

Saint Kargoth is of massive size and build, standing seven feet tall. His skeletal features are a baleful, glowing green color thanks to the fiendish surgeries and grafts his patron Demogorgon has subjected him to. He rides a glowing green chariot drawn by six nightmares.

Saint Kargoth possesses the Bilious Sphere, a corrupt parody of the Orb of Sol.

Relationships

Saint Kargoth is a powerful servant of Demogorgon steeped in the politics of the Abyss. He is the mortal foe of Saint Benedor of the Ashen Hand, who was chosen over Kargoth to lead the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom. Kargoth is worshipped (along with the other original death knights) by the Sunsebb Sodality and regarded as a saint by renegade elements in the church of Hextor.

Saint Kargoth is currently contending with Murlynd over an artifact known as the Quannon.

Home

Saint Kargoth dwells in Kolurenth, a stone fortress atop a rocky pinnacle protruding from the sea in the Demogorgon's realm of Gaping Maw. While the death knight is often away on business involving the Material Plane, his fortress always hosts important human visitors. A sickly brown pool in Kargoth's private quarters is a two-way portal to Demogorgon's palace of Abysm.

Kargoth formerly lived at Castle Fharlanst, located on the Aerdi coast between Winetha and Roland, until it was destroyed by the Knight Protectors of the Great Kingdom in 247 CY.

History

Formerly a Second- to Third century CY Torquann nobleman and paladin of Heironeous known as Lord Kargoth of Mansbridge, Kargoth was born 141 CY in the Kingdom of Aerdy. After Benedor was chosen over Kargoth to lead the Knight Protectors, Kargoth's jealousy and bitterness allowed him to be seduced by the demon prince Demogorgon, who granted him the power he craved by transforming him into the first death knight in 203 CY. Kargoth, in turn, gathered thirteen fellow Knight Protectors to his cause, who were also transformed into death knights by Demogorgon.

Kargoth's betrayal is regarded by many as the beginning of the end of the Knight Protectors.

Kargoth's magical sword, Gorgorin the Shatterer, was lost when he battled the legendary Hainard of the Whiteguard.

Kargoth stood to defend the realm of Demogorgon from a fortress demiplane known as Wat Dagon in Gaping Maw. in 596 CY. "The only part of Wat Dagon that is “real” on Gaping Maw is its front doors. Wat Dagon itself exists entirely within the boundaries between the Abyss and Shadowsea. It is effectively a demiplane within the Abyss."

Gallery

• 
  Dragon magazine #291, art by Adam Rex.
• 
  Dungeon #150, art by Ben Wooten.

External links

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• "The Orb of Sol," material cut from Dragon #290 and #291."

References

Bibliography

• Bennie, Scott. "Setting Saintly Standards." Dragon #79. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
• Holian, Gary. "The Death Knights of Oerth." Dragon #290. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2001.

———. "Demogorgon's Champions: The Death Knights of Oerth, part 2." Dragon #291. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2002.

———. "Paladins of Greyhawk." Dragon #306. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.
• Jacobs, James. "Demonomicon of Iggwilv: Demogorgon." Dragon #357. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.
• Stark, Ed, James Jacobs, and Erik Mona. Fiendish Codex I: Hordes of the Abyss. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2006.
• Vaughan, Greg. "Prince of Demons." Dungeon #150. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2007.

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
Kargoth {Saint} (Sir)	Non-player character	Half-Fiend Death Knight, [3e Pal8/Blk10],	Dragon magazine #290	100-103
Kargoth {Saint} (Sir)	Non-player character	Half-Fiend Death Knight, [3e Pal8/Blk10],	Dragon magazine #291	90-94, 97, 98
Kargoth {Saint} (Sir)	Non-player character	Half-Fiend Death Knight, [3e Pal8/Blk10],	Dragon magazine #306	98
Kargoth {Saint} (Sir)	Non-player character	Half-Fiend Death Knight, [3e Pal8/Blk10],	Dragon magazine #79	30
Kargoth {Saint} (Sir)	Non-player character	Half-Fiend Death Knight, [3e Pal8/Blk10],	Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	158