I think the Eye and Hand were inspired by Corum, but that's about it. The eye of ?Kwll? and the hand of.. I can't remember. Or vice versa. They were a big deal though, those two beings. I stole them for my settings own hand and eye items
D&D 5E Chris Perkins Lays Down Some Lore: Who Was Vecna?
Paul Farquhar
Legend
No, the hand and eye were inspired by Corum, but they have different properties. And they were not originally Corum's hand an eye, he found them as loot, the same as the the PCs were expected to. In Moorcock's stories the Hand and Eye are an alternative plane manifestation of Stormbringer.
Vecna was invented (by Gygax AFAIK) purely to give the Hand and Eye a backstory. He did not appear as a character in any adventures until much later. Same goes for Kas. They wanted to include an artifact evil magic sword, so they invented Kas as backstory, and connected him to Vecna since they invented him at the same time. Neither are supposed to be specific characters, just generic fantasy villains.
Paul Farquhar
Legend
The art suggests his relationship with Kas was romantic in nature, which will ruffle some feathers!
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werecorpse
Adventurer
My understanding is that Vecna was from Greyhawk and was referred to as Flannae, specifically Ur-Flannae who were a group of Flannae mystics and necromancers.
Flannae people have a bronzed complexion varying from a light copper shade to a very deep brown, with dark wavy or curly hair. Flan eye color commonly ranges from brown to amber in hue.
This fits with my understanding of what should be his appearance
It looks like they are making Vecna Sueloise and Kas is Flannae
Mirrorrorrim
Hero
I prefer Vecna as Suel/Suloise. It fits his portrayed personality better, imo.
Maybe the legendary Sword of Kas isn't what we have been picturing all these years?
Charlaquin
Goblin Queen (She/Her/Hers)
Huh. I didn’t get that impression from the art myself. Now that you mention it, I can see it, but I could also see them being close friends. Kinda hope it is romantic though!
Kobold Avenger
Legend
Kas looks like Nandor the Relentless (aka Nandor De Laurentiis) in one of those pictures...
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