Guide to the Immortals

only in woodland areas; free Nature Lore and Survival
(Forest) general skills; +2 bonus to Herbalism skill
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Time, Good, Plants, Protection, Fertility
Favoured weapon: Club (any)
Source: GAZ5, GAZ9, HW, WotI, SCS
PAARKUM
Patron Law and Order, Patron of Sincerity and
Loyalty
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 8 th (Temporal), LG,
Matter
Symbol: A triangle divided into three sections, each of
which contains a different element: balance (bottom),
sword (right) and book (left)
Portfolio: Order, justice, virtue, fidelity, loyalty,
sincerity
Worshipped in: Davania (Brasol, Vulcania)
Appearance: Paarkum looks like a human of about
sixty years. He has an imposing build and stature (1.95
metres tall; weighing 110 kilograms), with rippling and
toned muscles, jet-black hair and black eyes. The sun and
wind have weathered his tanned complexion. He wears
plate armour that bears his symbol on the breastplate and
carries a broadsword on his shoulder.
History: After years spent fighting a long and
ultimately victorious campaign against the Milenian
enemies and the Simbasta of the Aryptian Basin,
Paarkum, a noble paladin of Varellyan origin, sought the
path for Immortality. His only aim was to continue
working to bring order to the world, feeling he must
serve the cause of Law for eternity. His sincerity and
dedication affected his patron Maat so much, that she
gave him a lot of help on his journey, impressing on him
the need to recover the Ivory Feather, which was sacred
to her. Paarkum’s first incarnation as a priest took him to
serve a lawful church with renewed vigour, and he
managed to recover the artefact in just two years. Because
of the new style of life and of the tasks to which he wasn’t
accustomed, his second incarnation as a thief instead gave
him many more challenges. He completed his quest over
four arduous years even requiring the resurrection of one
of his companions -- a responsibility that Paarkum has
alleged enhanced his reputation. In his incarnation as a
mage, Paarkum was amazed to discover the incredible
powers and knowledge to which arcane spellcasters have
access. This time, because it was so well guarded, finding
the Feather was a more difficult task than expected, but
he finally achieved it. Returning to his homeland, he
erected an obelisk on which he inscribed his deeds – from
the engagements with evil beings to the list of lawful
actions he had completed while trying to bring order
where chaos reigns. Completing this, he left to adventure
only in the wild lands of southern Davania, and at the
end of an epic adventure in which he defeated an evil
wizard on the path of Entropy, freed slaves and saved
98
many innocents, he finally gained immortality in the
Sphere of Matter during the I century AC.
Personality: Paarkum is the quintessence of legality
and order, a person incapable of conceiving an existence
that is not regulated by laws and codes of moral conduct.
He doesn’t tolerate injustice, and he feels that he must
immediately avenge the wrongs suffered by the
defenceless. He instructs his followers to respect justice
and take order everywhere and at any cost. He is a fervent
ally of Maat and has become a friend of Shaper, who
converted to Good himself after having met Paarkum
during his mortal existence, and of Finidel, who has
welcomed him among the protectors of the region of
Brasol.
Patron: Unknown [presumed Maat]
Allies: Maat, The Shaper, Finidel
Enemies: any Entropic
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Lawful or Neutral; clerics
must be Lawful
Favoured weapon: Broadsword (allowed all thrown
weapons, the mace and morningstar)
Clerics’ skills and powers: +1 bonus to Wisdom, +2
bonus to knowledge of codes and laws (not free), obliged to
respect the Codex of Maat
Paladins’ skills and powers: Lay on hands, free detect
lies ability. Clerics of Paarkum cannot cast inverted spells.
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Matter, Law, Good, Justice
Favoured weapon: broadsword
Source: IM2
PALARTARKAN THE LOFTY ONE
Patron of Ar, Lord of the Air
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 12 th (Temporal), N,
Energy
Symbol: A flying mountain
Portfolio: Alphatia (Kingdom of Floating Ar in
particular), astronomy and astrology, elemental plane of
air, magic regarding gravity, air and flight
Worshipped in: Alphatia, Alatian Islands, Hollow
World (Hiakrai Neathar)
Appearance: Palartarken is a large, muscular, with
thick, pure-white, well-groomed hair, beard and
moustache, dressed in clothes of blue and white tones
that recall the clouds. He usually appears floating in a
position of meditation, with crossed legs.
History: During his mortal life, Ar was an Alphatian
mage who lived on Old Alphatia during the reign of
Alphaks. When the world exploded because of the magic
war and the Alphatians migrated across the planes, Ar
had just started on the Path of the Paragon, and followed
the exiles to Mystara. Here he decided to mould a part of
the continent in which the Alphatian expatriates had
settled in order to complete his test. Being fascinated by
air and by flight, he decided to create the Floating
Continent of Ar. He then taught his students the