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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Voadam" data-source="post: 8248107" data-attributes="member: 2209">Versions plural? Anywhere besides that one 3.5 gazetteer?3.0's Secrets of the Dread Realms has his story on page 26 and only says:"Hazlik was quite ambitious, normally an asset in the Byzantine system of his homeland, but he rose too fast and made too many enemies. Seeking to curtail his advancement, they captured Hazlik and tattooed his head and chest with arcane symbols of femininity. Humiliated and ostracized, Hazlik devoted himself to his magical studies, revenge never far from his mind.As fate would have it, while searching the forests for arcane components, Hazlik stumbled upon one of his rivals, who was dallying with a lover. Hazlik ambushed the pair and slew them both, laughing as their blood ran. Mists rose to envelop him, and Hazlik became the lord of Hazlan."The Elena thing seems to only come up in that gazetteer as well. In 3.0 Secrets he only pins his hopes of revenge outside of his domain on her."For a long time, Hazlik brutally suppressed the practice of magic in his domain, intent on having no rivals to his power. Over time, Hazlik‘s attitudes have shifted, and he has taken apprentices as a means of expanding his own power base. Hazlik acknowledges the possibility that he will never find his escape from Ravenloft and hopes that one of his apprentices will carry on for him after his death. Unfortunately, at heart, his apprentices are much like him and are far too concerned with their own welfare to spend their lives pursuing an old man’s dreams of vengeance. While they can learn from him, they feign loyalty and obedience, but none will carry on his legacy when he passes. Hazlik is beginning to realize this and has placed all his hopes in a single student, a talented young Rashemani woman named Elena. Many Mulans have come to despise Elena for the special favor Hazlik shows her and spread jealous rumors about the exact nature of the relationship between Hazlik and his “pet.”"The gay and trans stuff is not inconsistent with prior presentations of Hazlik's story, its just not indicated in any fashion prior to that last 3.5 supplement. It fits well with his magical magic jar/phylactery amulet that turns the bearer physically into him (complete with tattoos) if he dies. Not a bad power/curse combo for a darklord who wants to change their body.</blockquote>

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