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The '''Cat Lord''', or '''Master Cat''', is the mysterious ruler of cats and a [[Lords of neutrality|Lord of Neutrality]]. 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.
The '''Cat Lord''', or '''Master Cat''', is the mysterious ruler of cats and a [[Lords of Balance|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 lord]]s representing other species. The [[Wolf Lord]] is another example.


==Description==
==Description==
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==Dogma==
==Dogma==
The Cat Lord is neither good nor evil, but is concerned solely with the welfare of cats. He travels between the [[Outer Planes|Outer]], [[Inner Planes]], and [[Prime 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).  
The Cat Lord is neither good nor evil, but is concerned solely with the welfare of cats. He travels between the [[Outer Planes|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==
==History==
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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.
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==
==Artifacts==
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==Gallery==
==Gallery==
[[Image:Catlord02.jpg]]
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==Bibliography==
== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Citations ===
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=== Bibliography ===
*Collins, Andy and [[Bruce R. Cordell]]. ''Epic Level Handbook''. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2002.
*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." ''[[dragmag|Dragon]]'' #100. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1985.  
*Gygax, Gary. "At Moonset Blackcat Comes: A Tale of Gord of Greyhawk." ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #100. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1985.  
:———. ''[[Come Endless Darkness]]''. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.  
*-----. ''[[Come Endless Darkness]]''. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.  
:———. ''[[Dance of Demons]]''. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.
*-----. ''[[Dance of Demons]]''. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.
:———. "Evening Odds." ''Pawn of Chaos.'' Clarkson, Ga: White Wolf Publishing, 1996  
*-----. "Evening Odds." ''Pawn of Chaos.'' Clarkson, Ga: White Wolf Publishing, 1996  
:———. ''Monster Manual II''. Lake Geneva, WI, 1982.
*-----. ''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.
*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.
*McComb, Colin, Dale Donovan, and [[Monte Cook]]. ''[[Planes of Conflict]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995.
 
*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''From the Ashes''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
*[[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''From the Ashes''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
*Vallese, Ray. ''Something Wild.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.  
*Vallese, Ray. ''Something Wild.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1996.  
*Varney, Allen, ed. ''Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994.
*Varney, Allen, ed. ''Planescape Monstrous Compendium Appendix.'' Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1994.
 
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[[Category:Characters of the Beastlands]]
[[Category:Characters of the Beastlands]]
[[Category:Nature deities]]
[[Category:Deities]]
[[Category:Animal lords]]
[[Category:Deities of nature]]
[[Category:Shapeshifter deities]]
[[Category:Shapeshifter deities]]

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Greyhawk Divinity
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.

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

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
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