Monk with No Name

Greyhawk Character

The Monk with No Name
General info
Home:	Domain of Greyhawk
Alignment:	Lawful (non-good)
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Class:	Monk 8

The Monk with No Name was an extortionist and brigand who plagued the barony of Ayelerach and elsewhere in Gary Gygax's and Robert J. Kuntz's original Greyhawk campaign.

Description

The Monk with No Name did not hesitate to burn and steal for the sake of greed, but he drew the line at murder.

History

When he grew in mastery sufficiently to challenge the Master of the North Wind for his title, the Monk with No Name lost the bout. The Monk petitioned the Mage of the Tower in the Free City of Greyhawk for aid in a rematch; however, the prankish Mage only humiliated the Monk, electrifying his door, pouring slops down on his head, and worse. Enraged, the Monk with No Name stole paints and pigments and, working feverishly in the night, painted the Mage's entire tower with comical red and white stripes. Rather than being embarrassed, however, the Mage took full credit for the change, and announced to the crowds that henceforth he would be known as "The Striped Mage of Greyhawk." And so he was to this day.

Having growing bored with his adventurers, the Monk decided to take to the life of an extortionist, communicating to the fighter Ayelerach by means of squirrel messengers that if he did not send him 25,000 gp worth of precious gems the monk would lay waste to his fertile lands. When Ayelerach refused to accede to the monk's demands, the Monk proceded to do as he had threatened, sowing Ayelerach's fields with salt, robbing tax collectors, and committing arson. The Monk used his animal minions to spy on Ayelerach and his captains, using the information he gathered to avoid many attempts at capture.

After the increasingly frustrated Ayelerach armed his peasantry and hired many mercenaries, the Monk was finally flushed out, but he escaped by going into a catatonic state and falling into a river. Ayelerach's final plan to attack the Monk while the gems were being delivered was thwarted by the Monk's hawk.

The Monk with No Name went on to attempt the same extortion scheme on an evil high priest, but the priest's hordes of undead soon put a stop to that. A vampire was sent to hunt the Monk, ensuring the monk would not profit from his plan.

Creative origins

The Monk with No Name was played by Terry Kuntz, the third and most notorious character that he would play in the Greyhawk campaign. The Monk with No Name was the first monk character to be played in the D&D game. Terry Kuntz also played Terik.

Bibliography

• Gygax, Gary. "Up on a Soapbox." Dragon #305. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.

• Kuntz, Robert J.. "Up on a Soapbox." Dragon #308. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2003.

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