Jallarzi Sallavarian
| Jallarzi Sallavarian | |
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| Error creating thumbnail: File missing Jallarzi, depicted in the 1992 Trading Cards. Art by Carol Heyer. | |
| General info | |
| Home: | Free City of Greyhawk |
| Former home: | Duchy of Urnst |
| Alignment: | Lawful good |
| Gender: | Female |
| Species: | Human |
| Ethnicity: | Suel |
| Class: | Wizard 13/Archmage 2 or Warlock[1] |
| Patron deity: | Pelor |
| Dates | |
| Age: | 33 (late 581 CY) 42 (spring 591 CY)[2] |
| Birthdate: | late 548 CY[note 1] |
| Death: | 581 CY |
| Raised: | 582 CY |
Jallarzi Sallavarian (pronounced /juh-LAR-zee sal-uh-VAIR-ee-en/ )[3] is a powerful human spellcaster who lives in Greyhawk City and is the only female member of the Circle of Eight. She is nearly always accompanied by her familiar, a red pseudodragon named Edwina. Jallarzi lives with her servants and Edwina in an exquisite tower in Greyhawk's Garden Quarter. She reveres Pelor.[4]
Description
Jallarzi is an attractive woman in her mid-forties (in the 590s CY). She stands 5' 7", and her fair skin and curly honey-blonde hair exemplify her Suel heritage. She prefers comfortable clothes of silk or satin, often wearing fashionable breeches (but is also seen in skirts). Her outfits are often complemented by a pair of bracers of red dragon hide, set with bloodstones and bound with platinum filagree.[4]
Abilities
Throughout the editions, Jallarzi has been detailed having various levels—a Mage 14,[5] Wizard 15[6], and Wizard 13/Archmage 2.
In fifth edition, Jallarzi is described as a "celestial patron warlock",[3][7][8] though details of who her patron is or what their pact is are not provided. However, it might be presumed to be Pelor or one of his agents, since she venerates him.[4]
Home
Jallarzi keeps at stately home in Greyhawk's Garden Quarter.
Activities
Jallarzi "enjoys wandering the Free City of Greyhawk in disguise, monitoring sinister elements of society there."[3]
Relationships
Marial (CG female human Wiz12) is a close personal friend and follower of Jallarzi. She is a Greyhawker, through and through. Native to the city, the pair met when Jallarzi approached her for advice about some of the darker sides of the City of Greyhawk.[9]
Jallarzi has been romantically linked to Kieren Jalucian, and is a close friend of Tenser.
Lady Xenia Sallavarian, fiancé of King Lynwerd of Nyrond, is one of Jallarzi's distant cousins.
She is also distant cousins with Duke Karll Lorinar.[10]
History
Jallarzi was born in 549 CY[6] into a minor noble family in the Duchy of Urnst. In her teen years, she studied magic under both the Seer of Urnst and Warnes Starcoat.
Sometime in the 570s CY, Jallarzi made her way to Greyhawk, where she studied under, and became good friends with, Tenser the archmage. Thanks to her training and natural talent, Jallarzi soon became the youngest wizard ever inducted into Greyhawk's Society of Magi. At some point during this period, Jallarzi became fast friends with another female mage, a native of Greyhawk named Marial, and also began a romantic relationship with Kieren Jalucian, master of Greyhawk's Guild of Wizardry.
In 581 CY, thanks to heavy lobbying by Tenser, Jallarzi became the youngest, and first female member of Circle of Eight, filling the seat left empty by Bucknard two years before. That same year, during the last week of her probationary period, Jallarzi, Tenser, and all the other members of the Circle save Mordenkainen were slain by Halmadar the Cruel, possessor of the Hand and Eye of Vecna, in the Kron Hills. Halmadar was under the control of Vecna himself, who sought to increase his divine power.
Once Vecna's plans were thwarted by adventurers recruited by Mordenkainen, the archmage began reassembling the Circle by cloning its fallen members. By the time the clones had matured and become aware, the Greyhawk Wars were in full swing.
At the end of the Great War in 584 CY, the Circle was sundered once more, when Rary's treachery resulted in the deaths of Tenser and Otiluke, as well as the destruction of all their clones, save one Tenser had hidden on the moon. In Goodmonth 585, Jallarzi was kidnapped, at the direction of Iggwilv, by Tuerny the Merciless, in a plot to create a distraction which would draw the Circle away from Iggwilv's true plan--to invade Oerth via a gate between Tenser's Fortress of Unknown Depths and an old lair of Iggwilv's on Luna. Tenser's clone on Luna had by this time matured, though it was discovered by Tuerny and transformed into a dretch. Tuerny had transported Jallarzi to the moon by this time, using dark magic to change her alignment, and gender, transforming her into an entity calling himself "Jay." Both Jallarzi and Tenser were rescued by adventurers recruited by the Circle, and restored to their former states. Tenser left the Circle at this time, though Jallarzi stayed.
Publishing history
Spells
- Jallarzi's Storm of Radiance—This fifth level evocation spell "unleashes a storm of flashing light and raging thunder", deafening and blinding those within it.[11] It is compared to being inside a tornado.[12]
In Living Greyhawk
 | This section contains content from the Living Greyhawk organized-play campaign. |
- Jallarzi's Teleportation—This seventh level spell acts like "greater teleport,[13] save that the caster need not travel with the recipients."[14][note 2]
Gallery
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Living Greyhawk Journal #0, art by Mark Zug. -
"Window on the World", LG Journal #6, Dragon Magazine #290, p108. art by Sam Wood
References
Notes
- ↑ The City of Greyhawk is set after summer of 581 CY, and Jallarzi is 33. But, in LGJ #0, set in spring of 591 CY (ten years later), she is only 42. Calculated from the date in CoG, she should be 43 in 591, which means she would have to turn 43 later in 591, after summer.
- ↑ Jallarzi's teleoprtation is similar to the officially published spell, Trobriand's baleful teleport.[15] However, the distinction between Trobriand's baleful teleport and Jallarzi's is that Trobriand's is based on teleport instead of greater teleport. As a 6th-level spell, it falls between teleport (5th) and greater teleoprt (7th).[16]
Citations
- ↑ Player's Handbook (2024), Ch.7: Spells.
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Aug 2000), p.8.
- ↑ a b c Dungeon Master's Guide (2024), p.358, Appendix A: Lore Glossary.
- ↑ a b c The City of Greyhawk (1989), p.27, Folks, Feuds, and Factions.
- ↑ Return of the Eight (1998), p.4.
- ↑ a b "Wheels Within Wheels". Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Aug 2000), p.8.
- ↑ Player's Handbook (2024), p.234, 289.
- ↑ Silverman, Riley. 4 Key Changes to Spells in the 2024 Player's Handbook. DnDBeyond.com. WotC, July 2, 2024. Retrieved on October 30, 2024. "... a Celestial Patron Warlock with the distinction of being a non-Wizard member of the Circle of Eight"
- ↑ WGA4 Vecna Lives! (1990), p.92.
- ↑ Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (2000), p.78.
- ↑ Player's Handbook (2024), p.289-290, Ch.7: Spells.
- ↑ Riley Silverman. Bring the Tempest to Your Enemies with Jallarzi's Storm of Radiance. DnDBeyond. WotC, October 11, 2024. Retrieved on 16 February 2025. ""They’re basically the people huddling in the pool during that scene in Twisters.""
- ↑ Player's Handbook v3.5 (2003), p.293.
- ↑ Syrul's Slander (2006)(RPGA), p.5
- ↑ City of Splendors: Waterdeep (2005) , p.157.
- ↑ Player's Handbook v3.5 (2003), p.292-293.
Bibliography
- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide to Greyhawk. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998
- Cook, David. Vecna Lives!. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1990.
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K. Reynolds, and Frederick 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. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- ———. Return of the Eight. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Niles, Douglas, and Carl Sargent. The City of Greyhawk. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1989.
- Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. Published online. PDF by William Allman with maps. Original RTF archived:Wizards.com. WGR7 or WGRx
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| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jallarzi Sallavarian, Tower of | Building | Defensive Structure, Tower, | Reference | SEE ALSO Sallavarian, Jallarzi |
| Jallarzi Sallavarian, Tower of | Building | Defensive Structure, Tower, | Return of the Eight | IC, 2, 6, 8, 10-18, 21, IBC |
| Jallarzi Sallavarian, Tower of | Building | Defensive Structure, Tower, | The Adventure Begins | 4, 88 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Bigby's Curse | 88, 89, 90, 106, 184, 185, 186, 187 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | The City of Greyhawk: Folks, Feuds and Factions | 16, 17, 19, 22, 24, 27, 63, 66, 82 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | The City of Greyhawk: Gem of the Flanaess | 61, 96 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Dragon magazine #225 | 54 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Dragon magazine #230 | 8 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Dragon magazine #290 | 108 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Dungeon magazine #042 | 34 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | From the Ashes: Atlas of the Flanaess | 15 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | From the Ashes: Campaign Book | 9, 30, 85 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | From the Ashes: References Card | #13 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Living Greyhawk Gazetteer | 78, 156, 157 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 6, 8, 9, 11 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Living Greyhawk Journal #2 | 5 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Living Greyhawk Journal #5 | 6 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 21-23, 31, 48 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | Return of the Eight | 2-6, 8-21, 23, 24, 26, 32, 37-39, 46-48, 50-54, 57 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | The Adventure Begins | 6, 7, 31, 43, 60, 63, 71, 87, 88 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | 1992 TSR Trading Cards - Gold Set | 173 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | LT1 The Star Cairns | 2 |
| Sallavarian, Jallarzi {Jallarzi Sallavarian} | Non-player character | Female, Human, [M14][3e M15], | WGA4 Vecna Lives! | 10, 14, 15, 20, 21, 85, 92 |