From obscurity to major players

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Over the course of Mystara's history, Bargle became much less comical. Even when his fortunes soured late in life, he was decidedly evil.

I second Emirkol, the ray specialist sorcerer (?) with the Mounted Casting feat from Miniatures Handbook, or something. I'd love to see him written up for Dungeon.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Some of these are obscure! I never heard of Kyuss, any of the stuff Shemeska referred to, or a few of the others.

Few people have heard of most of the NPCs Shemeska gushes over.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

Emirikol the Chaotic.

He made an appearance in one of the last 2e modules, A Paladin In Hell. I'd like to see him updated for 3e.

 

[Voadam]

Some of these are obscure! I never heard of Kyuss, any of the stuff Shemeska referred to, or a few of the others.

Sons of Kyuss, 1e Fiend Folio. Disease undead with worms coming out of their eyes IIRC. I think they might have had a greyhawk article in Dragon on him as well in the 3e era.

 

[ColonelHardisson]

I know they appeared in the Rod of Seven Parts boxed set, but I'd love to see Miska the Wolf Spider and the Queen of Chaos make a reappearance.

 

[Shemeska]

Few people have heard of most of the NPCs Shemeska gushes over.

*grin* I'll give sources then

Pale Night (Obyrith lord, mother of Graz'zt, Lupercio, and Vucarik) - Faces of Evil: The Fiends, 3e Manual of the Planes, Fiendish Codex I

Quimath, the Kyton lord of Jangling Hiter - Tales of the Infinite Staircase, late 2e mega module.

Apomps the Triple Aspected (exiled Baernaloth and creator/god of the Demodands/Gehreleths) - Planes of Conflict, On Hallowed Ground, Faces of Evil: The Fiends, Hellbound: The Blood War

Mydianchlarus, Anthraxus, Bubonix, Cholerix, Typhus, Taba, Xenghara, and Charon. - various sources such as 1e MM2, 2e Planes of Conflict, Faces of Evil: The Fiends, Dragon Magazine Annual #2, Fiendish Codex I

Helekanalaith and Larsdana Ap Neut (Respectively, the current Keeper of the Tower Arcane in Gehenna, and the tower's first Keeper and designer) - Planes of Conflict, Faces of Evil: The Fiends. But I'd need to check to see which is which, I might have mixed one up. About three lines total.

Daru Ib Shamiq (Baernaloth, responsible for the corruption of one the first natives of Mount Celestia, granted the fiends their teleportation abilities) - Hellbound: The Blood War

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

Few people have heard of most of the NPCs Shemeska gushes over.

Who aren't hardcore Planescape fans, that is. I've heard of all of 'em.

 

[GwydapLlew]

I'm loving this thread! This is truly one of the things I enjoy the most about Paizo's current staff - between Age of Worms, the Fiendish Codices, and various other items they have worked on, they've truly fleshed out some of the one-line entities that we've read over the years.

I would love to work on bibliographies on these various entities - I know BOZ and crew are hard at work on the creatures and on wikipedia, but I'd love to set up a database for this sort of information. Unless I'm completely clueless and there already is such a beast.

 

[BOZ]

talk to Echohawk - he's hard at work on that very thing.

 

[Ciaran]

Gutboy Barrelhouse.