Obmi

Greyhawk Character

Obmi
General info
Home:	Crystalmist Mountains
Alignment:	Chaotic Evil
Gender:	Male
Species:	Mountain Dwarf
Class:	Fighter 9/ Thief 11

Obmi, sometimes called Lord Obmi, is a murderous mountain dwarf fighter and member of Iuz's Boneshadow. Originally from the Crystalmists, he is known as "the Hammer of Iuz" due to his use of the dwarven throwing hammer, and "Obmi the Wily" for his cunning.

Obmi appears in the Gord the Rogue novels as an enemy of Gord, Leda, and Eclavdra.

Description

Obmi has iron grey hair, has a taciturn personality, and delights in playing power games.

Relationships

Obmi is sometimes accompanied by a deranged grey elf fighter/wizard named Keak and a gnomish illusionist/rogue named Gleed. In the past, Obmi was a slave of, then advisor to, the fire giant king Snurre Ironbelly. In an apocryphal timeline (the Gord the Rogue novels), Obmi was the nemesis of Gord of Greyhawk and rival of the dark elf priestess Eclavdra.

History

Obmi's early history is unknown. He has been a slave of the fire giant king, Snurre Ironbelly of the Hellfurnaces from 546-551 CY. By 551 CY, Obmi had proven his worth as an advisor, and served King Snurre for the next twenty-five years in that role.

In 576 CY, Snurre's hall was raided by adventurers. Obmi escaped by masquerading as a dwarven prince. Shortly after his escape, Obmi joined the service of Iuz.

In the timeline of the Gord the Rogue novels, Obmi was entrusted with a quest for the pieces of the Artifact of All Evil by Iuz. He succeeded in obtaining the second of three pieces, but was killed by Gord before he could recover the third.

In the canon Greyhawk timeline, Obmi remains alive and in Iuz's service.

Creative origins

Obmi first appeared in Gary Gygax's original Castle Greyhawk campaign between 1972 and 1973, where he was placed in an old magical laboratory in the center of the third level of the dungeon. Gygax gave him boots of speed, a dwarven thrower, and several gnoll henchmen. He also had a magical device that shot a ray that teleported the PCs to another part of the dungeon if they failed their saves. After many unsuccessful attempts, the PCs (the Citadel of Eight) finally destroyed the device, but Obmi escaped. Their hatred of Obmi did not diminish.

References

Bibliography

• Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
• Gygax, Gary. Against the Giants. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1981.

———. Artifact of Evil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.

———. Dance of Demons. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1988.

———. "Enter Obmi." Dragon #287. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2001.

———. Hall of the Fire Giant King. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1978.

———. Queen of the Spiders. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1986.

———. Sea of Death. Delavan, WI: New Infinities, 1987.

• Reynolds, Sean K. Against the Giants: The Liberation of Geoff. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1999.
• Sargent, Carl. Iuz the Evil. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1993.

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
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Artifact of Evil	113-117, 119, 150, 153, 164, 175, 193, 219, 224, 229, 230, 234, 235, 236, 263-269, 272, 273, 276-278, 280, 282, 283, 285, 287, 288, 300-305, 307-316, 318, 319, 321, 323, 325, 326, 330, 333, 334
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Against The Giants: The Liberation of Geoff	31
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Come Endless Darkness	12
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Dance of Demons	13, 14, 197
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Dragon magazine #019	4, 21
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Dragon magazine #287	26
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	G123 Against the Giants	20
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	G3 Hall of the Fire Giant King	6
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	GDQ1-7 Queen of the Spiders	38, 39
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Player's Guide to Greyhawk	25
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	Sea of Death	27, 28, 75-80, 89, 93, 134-142, 144-147, 149-153, 155, 222, 238, 239, 254, 256, 263, 264, 265, 275, 276, 277, 288, 314, 319-323, 325, 343, 346, 347, 349, 351, 355, 356, 358, 359, 372-382, 385
Obmi The Wily {Hammer of Iuz}	Non-player character	Male, Dwarf, [F9/T11],	WGR5 Iuz the Evil	90