Villains' Lorebook.pdf - Department of Political Science

hands-once the wand that controlled him was
removed from her person, of course. While he
lived, Zrie was as cruel, vicious, and mean-spirited
as the sorceress.
Locales Frequented: Westgate.
History: Few details of Zrie’s life are known. He
and Cassana fell in love while young, but they were
separated. When they were reunited, they fought
over who was more powerful. Zrie died in the battle,
but Cassana saved his remains and later made him
into a lich. He died when the wand that allowed
Cassana to control him was hurled into another dimension,
severing his link with its unlife-sustaining
power.
Motivations/Goals: Zrie Prakis is a vengeful creature
capable of great evils. While a lich, he served
Cassana well but plotted her downfall from the moment
of his “awakening” as a lich. He longed to be
free of her control. He also desired Alias, perhaps because
she reminded of a younger Cassana, whom he
once loved.
Campaign Uses: Zrie might be returned to “life”
if Cassana’s wand is found by a party or parties who
are aware of its properties. With Cassana supposedly
gone, he’d begin some diabolical scheme of his own.
For an interesting campaign hook, set up the PCs
as unwitting pawns of Zrie’s bid to return to the
Realms from his dimensional exile. As a lich, Zrie is
at least powerful enough to establish a communication
link between himself and his phylactery, back
in Faerûn: perhaps a totem doll or enchanted gem
that the PCs discover in a treasure trove or abandoned
in some obscure place they visit. The means
of freeing him can be as simple as casting a plane
shift or similar spell, or it can require an adventure
of its own to locate and activate a magical gate
through which the object should be thrown. Zrie
should prove most helpful to the PCs in order to
convince them he’s a friend.
Once freed, Zrie can become the genie that the
PCs must put back into the bottle, even becoming
the party’s major nemesis for years. He’ll make no secret
of the fact that the PCs freed him, enraging
both good and evil people against the PCs wherever
they go. He’ll taunt them at every turn for playing
into his hands, and he can continue to frustrate their
attempts to deal with him for as long as the DM
likes.
Sources: Azure Bonds.
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