| Netherworld Sorcerer | |
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The Netherworld Sorcerers are mysterious beings with great powers, servants of Logaan and the other Trickster Gods who live in Cragrock Peaks and the area to the north of the Old World continent.[1][2]
Description[]
According to historians, the Netherworld Sorcerers were "dwelling in their remote towers in the Northlands for many centuries before man settled there."[1] Described as an "ancient race",[3] it is not known if the Sorcerers are magically-altered Humans or some other species. They keep a close watch on the Old World, and intervene to ensure the balance between Good and Evil.[1]
According to Vermithrax Moonchaser, the influence of the Netherworld Sorcerers meant that the magical tradition of sorcery "became entrenched in the continent of the Old World". [4]
Examples include their forging of the Ting Ring, their finest achievement, which they gave to the nobles of Gallantaria, and conjuring the Demon Fish to ravage the coast of the Onyx Sea until it was destroyed by the Hero of The Tasks of Tantalon. They are not infallible, however, and were tricked into helping Myurr create a portal between the planes, until they were convinced of his deceit by the Demon-Stalker.[1][2][3]
The Demon-Slaying Sword kept by the Sorcerers.
According to one apocryphal source, there is a legend in Gallantaria. It is about group of men in the region that would one day become Gallantaria (before the Splitting of Irritaria) who were trapped underground in an earthquake.[5] Centuries later, the Netherworld Sorcerers were first recorded appearing to humans, around the year 700 OT.[5] Some scholars believe the Sorcerers may be the descendants of the trapped earthquake men, and that it was Sukh or Logaan who taught them magic.[5]
According to one source, Marrangha was an evil sorcerer that lived in what later became Mauristatia, but originally he was part of the Netherworld Sorcerers.[6]
On Seaday 26th of Warming, 160 AC, the Netherworld Sorcerers appeared to Prince Hajerlin.[7]
Further Information in Canon[]
More information can be found at:Source[8]
The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook
(pg121, pg181)
Dead of Night
(para7, para42*, para64, para79, para88, para136, para137, para174, para189, para217, para237, para240*, para267*, para297, para347, para348, pa
ra384, para386, para398*, para400)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Large) (pg36, pg44, pg67)
Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World'(Small) (pg69, pg89, pg143-144)
The Tasks of Tantalon
(Hardback)'(pg5, pg22)
Notes[]
# - denotes a reference with statistics
* - denotes a picture
See Also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Titan - The Fighting Fantasy World - 36/69, 44/89, 66-7/143-4
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Dead of Night - 7, 42, 64, 79, 88, 136, 137, 174, 189, 217, 237, 240, 267, 297, 347, 348, 384, 386, 398, 400
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The Tasks of Tantalon (Hardback) - 5, 22
- ↑ "A History of Magic", Magic Companion, pg. 8
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The Origin of the Netherworld Sorcerers", at Advancedfightingfantasy.com, March 9, 2005. Retrieved 21 November 2019. Non-Canon.
- ↑ "A History of Mauristatia" by Otto Öviszódi in The Warlock Returns Issue 2, (pg. 25).
- ↑ The Fighting Fantasy 10th Anniversary Yearbook - 121, 181
- ↑ Complete list of references catalogued by FF Titan Bestiary