Guide to the Immortals

Verthandi, and Skuld were a group of closely linked
Immortals known by various names among mortals (the
Norns according to the Northmen). They marked the
dominions of fate and destiny of both mortals and
Immortals. Urd represents the past and birth; Verthandi the
present, the unending flow of time and life; while Skuld
embodies the future and ultimate death. According to theory,
Verthandi existed before as Urd (the unchangeable past),
and is now Skuld (the chaotic future), and like a wheel that
turns, when she becomes a Hierarch she will vanish to return
as Urd. Another, more popular, theory is that this will
happen at the end of this turn of the Great Cosmic Cycle
and the rise of Entropy as the new cosmic order. Others
instead prefer to believe that the three Immortals are simply
three aspects of just one Immortal called Holle, who often
appears in mortal myths (a female Immortal represented
with three faces: the Maiden, the Mother, and the Hag). A
mysterious source, in the past, had split Holle’s vital essence,
causing it to become three different Immortals in three
different Spheres, probably in order to maintain the balance
of the Multiverse. There are some willing even to believe that
this Immortal was an Old One, who sacrificed himself to
seal the Multiverse after the completion of the Dimensional
Vortex and balance it, always reminding the mortals and
Immortals that all must submit to their Destiny. It maybe
that the inexplicable disappearance of (his aspects) Urd and
Verthandi is a portent of the imminent end of the recognized
balance. One thing certain is that, even if Urd and
Verthandi have disappeared, their priests (Norwold’s three
Crones of Crystykk are the most famous on Mystara)
continue to receive spells, probably from Skuld.
Personality: Skuld is a shy and solitary creature, who
never leaves her outer plane and always seems to withhold
information and precious knowledge. Each of her
interventions have a specific purpose in the order of things,
and when she expresses herself it is always in a cryptic
manner, both with her own followers and with the other
Immortals.
Patron: Unknown (probably none)
Allies: None
Enemies: None
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Any; clerics must be Neutral
Favoured weapon: Short spear (allowed all
bludgeoning weapons)
Clerics’ skills and powers: Anyone killed by a cleric
of Skuld must make a ST vs. Spells, and if they fail, they
cannot be resurrected with anything but a wish or a raise
dead fully cast by a priest of equal or higher level; free
predict the future general skill but based on Wisdom, and
with a probability of really knowing the future of the
person if the result rolled is at least 4 points higher than
the value of the ability.
D&D 3E Stats
Domains: Entropy, Luck, Death, Oracle
Favoured weapon: Half spear
Source: Master and Immortal set
SLIZZARK THE LURKER
Patroness of the Kopru, The One Who Waits In
Ambush
Level, Alignment, Sphere: 15 th (Celestial), NE,
Energy
Symbol: An eye with a hypnotic spiral at the centre
Portfolio: Kopru, domination of the weak, power,
corruption
Worshipped in: Undersea, Thanegioth, cold seas
Appearance: Slizzark is a kopru with greasy black skin
about 3m long, with yellowish claws, protruding eyes with a
bluish glare within which are oddly hypnotic flashes. She
wears a gold tiara on her head and carries a coral sceptre in
her hand.
History: Slizzark was the first kopru to develop the
ability to resist magic, thus ensuring her descendents
supremacy over other races.
(PROBABLE THEORY): In effect, she was one of the
first kopru to earn her freedom and carve out her own
dominion following the disappearance of the Serpentine
Empire, which comprised the continent of Davania and the
Thanegioth Archipelago. Slizzark, unlike the other kopru,
independently developed an amazing ability to resist magic
and a strong ability with mental domination. This power
helped her surround herself with loyal slaves (both kopru and
humanoids like troglodytes and other lizardkin) and build a
kingdom based on the worship of her own persona. In order
to increase the number of her subjects and resist the pressure
of the nearby enemies, she mated with numerous other
kopru, creating offspring that exhibited all her qualities, and
who were her subjects from the start. Using them, she began
the expansion of what would become the great Kopru
Empire (both in the seas and on the mainland). Because of
her abilities and willpower, Slizzark completed the path of
the Paragon in 2740 BC (though she has never wanted to
reveal the name of her patron). A few decades after however,
she began to lose the heart and the intelligence that had
helped her create the kopru’s pyramid of power. The empire
broke apart following internal rivalries, ending the golden
age of the kopru forever.
Personality: Slizzark is unfaithful and egotistic, but also
profoundly indolent. Since she achieved immortality, she has
only been interested in gaining power and receiving the
adoration of her followers. She demands frequent bizarre
sacrifices of the clergy that worship her, with the only aim to
exert power over them: her followers on the one hand are
slaves and on the other seek to put into effect the same
despotic demands on all those who find themselves within
their own reach. Because of this, Slizzark is the enemy of
Calitha, who wants to protect the creatures of the sea, and of
Sharpcrest, whose kna are targets of the kopru.
Patron: Unknown [presumed Zugzul]
Allies: None
Enemies: Calitha, Sharpcrest
Classic D&D Stats
Followers’ Alignment: Neutral or Chaotic
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