Robilar

Greyhawk Character

Lord Robilar
General info
Home:	Bright Lands
Alignment:	Lawful Evil
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Class:	Fighter

Robilar (also known as Lord Robilar or Sir Robilar) is a powerful warrior who serves as commander of Rary's forces in the Empire of the Bright Lands.

History

Robilar first came to prominence in the early 560's, when he joined Mordenkainen's Citadel of Eight. Later, he gained more fame in the Free City of Greyhawk in 565 CY, when he and Yrag captured Sir Bluto Sans Pite, the perpetrator of the River of Blood mass murders. For their efforts, both men were ennobled by the city directors.

In 570 CY, Robilar, with his orc henchman Quij, accidentally released Iuz from his captivity beneath Castle Greyhawk. Robilar, realizing his mistake, tried to slay the weakened demigod, but was unable, and was fortunate enough to escape with his own life. This incident resulted in Robilar's being forcibly evicted from the Domain of Greyhawk and being named persona-non-grata throughout the region. It may have been around this time that Robilar took a journey to the eastern land of Lynn to study with the Dragonmasters, where he gained their respect through his own skills in handling dragons. .

Shortly before the outbreak of the Greyhawk Wars, Robilar returned to the dungeons underneath Greyhawk Castle, where he encountered a potent artifact called the Orb of Opposition, which swapped him with a somewhat ideologically different double from alternate Oerth called Uerth, named Bilarro.

In 584 CY, At the end of the Greyhawk Wars Robilar/Bilarro, with Rary, betrayed the Circle of Eight. Whilst Rary (himself a Circle member), killed Tenser and Otiluke, Robilar helped destroy their clones in order to prevent the wizards from returning to life. Rary and Robilar were unmasked and have now fled to the Bright Desert where they established the Empire of the Bright Lands. Tenser in the meantime has returned to life, while Otiluke is still dead.

In 597, Robilar was returned from Uerth through the aid of adventurers who had foiled the plans of Iuz underneath the castle.

Heraldry

Robilar bears as his coat of arms the following blazon: Or, a dragon rampant vert.

Creative Origins

Robilar was named by, and after, original Dungeons & Dragons player and co-DM of Gary Gygax's Greyhawk campaign, Robert J Kuntz, who played Robilar in Gygax's campaign. The character Robilar accomplished many impressive feats in Gygax's home campaign, including being the first to successfully complete the adventure Tomb of Horrors.

Kuntz is unhappy with Robilar's more recent storylines, believing that Robilar would never turn on Mordenkainen, the head of the Circle of Eight and Robilar's old adventuring companion. He has speculated that this is not actually Robilar, but a rogue clone, though this may be wishful thinking on his part.Template:Fact

References

• Blume, Brian, David Cook, and Jean Wells. The Rogues Gallery (TSR, 1980).

• Broadhurst, Creighton. "Into the Bright Desert." Dungeon #98 (Paizo Publishing, 2003).

• Brown, Anne. Player's Guide (TSR, 1998).

• Cook, David. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." Wars (TSR, 1991). Available Online: http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html

• Gygax, Gary, and Frank Mentzer. The Temple of Elemental Evil (TSR, 1985).

• Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

• Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Aug 2000). Available online: http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip

• Moore, Roger. Greyhawk: The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
• Moore, Roger E. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).

• Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).

• Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1993).