Karnquiza

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Greyhawk Character
Karnquiza
Names and titles
Title(s):Hidden Sickle
General info
Occupation:Inquisitor
Home:Zelradton
Alignment:Neutral Evil
Gender:Male
Species:Human
Class:Thief 15
Dates
Age:49

Karnquiza is a follower of Nerull and now Tharizdun[note 1], who also holds civic office of Inquisitor in Zelradton, formerly a city in the Great Kingdom, which puts him in charge of the city's prisons and of ferreting out enemies of the state. He is also the 'Hidden Sickle', the head of a secret society of assassins known as the Midnight Darkness.

Description

Appearance

Karnquiza is 5'11" male human with a medium build, and has black hair and green eyes. His stomach is rotting thanks to his disfavor with Nerull, forcing him to keep it covered and use perfume to hide the stench of the necrotic flesh.

Religion

Karnquiza was converted to the worship of Nerull by a charismatic and powerful priest just after he became the inquisitor, catching the favor of The Reaper with his lust for power and his enjoyment of being able to kill, torture or spare anyone in the Kingdom. He has since lost the favor of The Reaper since he began spying for the Scarlet Brotherhood, though he still begs Nerull for forgiveness.

Equipment and possessions

Karnquiza is known to carry numerous magic items including: ring of free action, ring of invisibility, amulet of proof against detection and location, bag of tricks, +4 short sword (with detect lies 3x per day and undetectable lie x3 per day), bracers of defense +2, and a cloak of protection +4.

Relationships

In his duty as the Inquisitor, Karnquiza is working for Graf Reydrich, ruler of the South Province, of which Zelradton is the Capital. Reydrich has placed several "assistants" with him, giving him less unilateral control over the city.

Recently, Karnquiza has also been roped into spying for The Scarlet Brotherhood, placed under a Geas to send them coded messages about the goings on in Zelradton and the surrounding area on pain of a fate worse than death.

Enemies

Allies and minions

As the "Hidden Sickle", the leader of The Midnight Darkness, Karnqiza has Preceptors who do his bidding, which include Jipzinker and Erkann the Antiquary.

References

Notes

  1. [Listed as a priest of Tharizdun in parts of the book, but class is given as Thief]

Citations

Bibliography

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

Karnquiza Non-player character Male, Human, [T15], Ivid the Undying 24, 133, 134, 135, 155
Karnquiza Non-player character Male, Human, [T15], Oerth Journal #18 5