Name: Nalgort "the Black Hand of Beshaba" (hm, 5th level doommaster
[specialty priest of Beshaba], CE.
Submitted by: Oli Kari Olason (oko@hi.is)
Stats: Str 13, Dex 11, Con 14, Int 12, Wis 15, Chr 11; AC 2 (plate mail and
shield), 37 hp. He uses a footman's mace +1.
Nalgort is a member of the Black Fingers, which is a secret
society of assassins who worship Beshaba. He is a short,
robust man in his late twenties. His long, midnight-black hair
is unkempt and hides the tattoo of Beshaba's antlers on his
left cheek. Born on a small farm near Waterdeep, Nalgort's
entire family was massacred before his eyes by a group of
barbarians. Only he was left alive to tell the tale. From under
the bed, young Nalgort watched the men who had just killed
his parents. When his mother's blood touched his face, he
could not stand it and crawled out from under the bed and ran.
He managed to get to the door before a black bearded barbarian
caught him. Nalgort was held into the air and presented to the
chieftain. "He's young," noted one. "Old enough to remember,"
added the chieftain, "Take him outside and kill him." The black
bearded man dragged Nalgort outside and raised his mighty axe,
then he hesitated. Maybe Nalgort reminded him of his own sons;
maybe he'd had enough killing for one day; maybe Beshaba showed
her favor; or perhaps all of the above. For whatever reason, the
barbarian lowered his axe and said, "Run boy, run!"
Nalgort was adopted by a doommaster named Satorphia who
was posing as a simple tradeswoman. She was traveling
through the area when the attack occurred. At first, Satorphia
only wanted to further Nalgort's bad luck by selling him to slavers,
however, she decided keeping him as her personal servant would
be even worse. Since Satorphia was very twisted and evil, Nalgort
now fears and hates all strong women. He was raised by the
cruel Satorphia from the age of 10. He managed to
survive the doommaster's abuse, or at least hide his dementia
well enough, so that at age 15, Satorphia decided he was
talented enough to become a doommaster. He began to
emulate the doommaster, becoming abusive, cold, and ruthless.
He changed from a normal boy into a man who could kill
anything that was in his way, and he even began to worship
the goddess he had originally blamed for all his misfortune.
Satorphia saw in Nalgort an agent who would both obey
and fear her, thus, she sent him to a citadel where males
are trained for the Black Fingers.
Nalgort was sent to a cell, operating near Waterdeep in the
North, that was involved in slaying priests of Tymora. It was,
however, against Beshaba's other main enemy, that he
became famous. His cell surprised four rangers and a
mage in the service of Shaundakul near a wild magic zone. In
the battle that followed, the Shaundakul mage accidentally
blasted himself and most of his companions with a fireball spell.
Only Nalgort and one other cell member survived this battle.
Nalgort returned a hero, bringing with him much loot and the
five holy symbols of Shaundakul. After this triumph, his
superiors decided to give him a chance to lead a cell of his
own.
Tattooed at age 16, he was transferred at age 25 to lead
a cell of the Black Fingers in Baldur's Gate, where he began a
short lived career as a blackmailer. When Nalgort tried to extort
money by kidnapping the wife of a Baldur's Gate merchant, the
merchant hired some adventurers to rescue his wife. The
adventurers managed to capture Nalgort but killed all the other
members of his cell. He escaped his captors, but had to flee
Baldur's Gate, ending up in Arylon, where he is beginning to form
a new cell of the Black Fingers.
Recently, Nalgort met a female thief named Saen and has
converted her to Beshaba. She, in turn, became the first new
member of his cell. Nalgort wears a torn, mauve-colored tunic
around town, but he has a suit of plate mail to wear in combat.
His only magical item is a +1 footman's mace which was the
only thing he received in his victory over the Shaundakulians. It
has a simple decoration of black roses carved into the handle.
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