Warnes Starcoat

Greyhawk Character

Warnes Starcoat
Warnes Starcoat, as depicted in Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (2000). Art by Sam Wood.
General info
Home:	Duchy of Urnst
Alignment:	Neutral
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Class:	Wizard 20
Dates
Age:	63 (circa 597 CY)

Warnes Starcoat is a powerful human wizard, and a member of the Circle of Eight since 585 CY. He is also a Counselor to the Courts of Urnst and Chief Sorcerous Councilor (an office also known as "Chief Magical Councilor") to Duke Karll of the Duchy of Urnst.

Description

Warnes appears as a greatly-refined gentleman of Suel ethnicity, though his complexion is tanned from spending much of his time outdoors. His beard is short and well-trimmed.

Warnes wears the Starcoat, a magical coat as black as the night that glimmers with distant stars, and is rarely seen without his wide-brimmed, plumed hat.

Relationships

Warnes does not wish Agath of Thrunch to outshine him. He dislikes thieves. Alhamazad dislikes him. Jallarzi Sallavarian was at one time his student. Bigby only grudgingly agreed to admit him into the Circle. Theodain Eriason views him with suspicion, while Warnes in turn views Theodain as an unreliable firebrand whose methods are morally questionable at best.

Warnes' patron deity is Zagyg.

History

Warnes was born in 534 CY in Leukish, capital of the Duchy of Urnst, to a merchant family of moderate influence and wealth. The third son of four, he was sent to the city of Seltaren when he came of age, to study magic at the Wizardholme of Urnst. Warnes proved to be quite talented, becoming a well-regarded generalist mage before the age of thirty. He was soon made a junior assistant to the Seer of Urnst, but left the position due to philosophical differences. Warnes' victory over the Weird of Gnatmarsh made him the most respected wizard in the region.

Warnes helped retrieve the Crook of Rao from the Isle of the Ape, thwarting the machinations of Iggwilv.

Bibliography

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

• Gygax, Gary. Isle of the Ape. lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1985.

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Fred Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000.

• 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:[1]

• Moore, Roger E. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA:, 1998.
• -----. Return of the Eight. Renton, WA:, 1998.

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Topic	Type	Description	Product	Page/Card/Image
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Dragon magazine #290	108
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Dragon magazine #294	95
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Dragon magazine #297	91
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Living Greyhawk Gazetteer	126, 153, 156
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Living Greyhawk Journal #0	7, 8, 11
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	21, 23, 48
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	Return of the Eight	2, 4, 5, 8, 10-12, 18, 19, 53, 54, 58, 59
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	The Adventure Begins	7, 20, 31, 37
Warnes Starcoat	Non-player character	Male, Human, [M18][3e M20],	WG6 Isle of the Ape	28