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Kaverin
Ebonhand
Human male 11th-level fighter
ARMOR CLASS: 6
MOVE: 12
HIT POINTS: 57
THAC0: 10
NO. OF ATTACKS: 3/2
ALIGNMENT: Lawful evil
STR 15**, DEX 5, CON 16, INT 16, WIS 14, CHA 11
**See “Magical Items” below.
Weapons of Proficiency: Long bow, dagger
(thrown and wielded), footman’s mace, staff, long
sword, short sword.
Nonweapon Proficiencies: Animal training and
animal handling (his winged, taloned monkey, Feg),
blind-fighting, endurance, modern languages (three;
those of Chult’s humans, goblins, and pteramen*),
religion (Cyric), survival (jungle).
Equipment: Kaverin is never far from a supply of
standard adventuring gear. Even if he appears to
have no baggage, he doubtless has some lackey toting
it for him or a stash not far from his person
Magical Items: The only magical items that
Kaverin is known to possess are his ebon hands. After
his normal hands had been chopped off for conspiring
to commit murder, a mage in his employ magically
grafted two unshaped masses of black rock to
Kaverin’s bleeding stumps. These black stones immediately
took the shape of otherwise normal
human hands. These hands grant him 18/00 Strength
for crushing or damaging items small enough to be
held in both human hands (such as keys, jewelry, a
hand, wrist, ankle, or even skull). They grant no attack
bonuses at all, though they do add +2 points of
damage to any successful unarmed attack Kaverin
makes. The hands also save as “rock” on the Item
Saving Throw Table of the DMG.
Combat/Tactics: Kaverin has been more of a behind-the-scenes
person for several years—since Artus
Cimber and Sir Hydel Pontifax caught him out in the
open several years ago and killed him on the spot.
Since then, he uses his lackeys among the mysterious
Cult of Frost, the cult’s frost minions, and any other
tools Kaverin can coerce into doing his dirty work.
Allies/Companions: Phyrra al-Quim, a cult mage;
Feg, his “pet”; Skuld, a magical servant; and the cannibal
goblins and other monsters of Chult’s jungle,
including the PTERAMEN.
Foes/Enemies: Artus Cimber, Sir Hydel Pontifax,
Alisandra Rayburton.
Appearance: Tall and flame-haired, Kaverin cuts
a striking figure, even discounting his two hands of
jet-black stone. He has angular features, a small,
tight mouth, a sharp nose, seemingly bloodless lips
and skin, and dark, lifeless eyes. Kaverin wears
leather armor in the jungle when he’s expecting conflict,
otherwise he prefers loose-fitting clothes with
high boots and a wide-brimmed hat-at least those
are his choices for the heat of Chult’s jungle.
Personality: Kaverin is ruthless, vindictive, and
obsessed with obtaining the ring of winter or another
means of immortality. If this is presented to him,
there is no one he’d not betray or kill outright in
order to avoid final death-and eternal torment.
Locales Frequented: Tantras, Baldur’s Gate,
Chult; he’s ranged everywhere across Faerûn and
perhaps beyond, in search of Artus Cimber and the
legendary magical artifact, the ring of winter, a powerful
item that also grants its wielder immortality.
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