Lore24 Apr 2: Kug-Muti The Exiled, ???th of Five

Kug-Muti was said to be the craftiest of the Five Sorcerers of Satnak, but now no-one dares speak of him. He was there in the beginning, when the flames of rebellion first flared in the city, before mighty Nimir-Esh set foot on its soil. When the Five were first formed, he was among them, his name and likeness carved on walls and pillars across the city. It did not last. His name, his deeds, even his likeness was erased following his betrayal.

Yet Kug-Muti escaped with his life, and is now in hiding. None have seen him for the past forty-four years, but every time a band of raiders is sighted near the city, every time a caravan gets massacred to the last man, every time a convoy of ships is lost with no survivors his influence is suspected. This might be paranoia, or some may really be his doing. It doesn’t matter. For as long as he is out there, the would-be tyrants of Satnak can use his threat to further their own agenda in the city.

Kug-Muti’s magic is that of shadows and misdirection. He can take the shape of any person whose hair or nail-clippings he possesses, and it is said he can walk through the very shadows of the night to cover hundreds of miles between sunset and sunrise. He can also steal a person’s shadow to make them fall ill. Those that die from this soon rise again as horrible monsters intent on feeding on the blood and entrails of the living.

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