Kas the Bloody-Handed
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| Ravenloft Character | |
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Kas the Destroyer |
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| Universe | Greyhawk/Ravenloft |
| Homeland | Tovag |
| Gender | Male |
| Race | Human Vampire |
| Age | 400+ |
| Class | Avenger |
| Alignment | lawful evil |
In the World of Greyhawk campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game, Kas the Bloody-Handed was the most trusted lieutenant of the despotic arch-lich Vecna, who wielded the Sword of Kas in his master's name.
The sword's mind whispered to Kas, convincing him to slay his master and usurp his power. The battle destroyed Vecna's black tower, cost him his hand and his eye, and Kas himself was flung across the multiverse to Vecna's Citadel Cavitius on the Quasielemental Plane of Ash. The time he spent so close to the Negative Energy Plane changed him into a vampire, and he decided he would be called "Kas the Destroyer."
When Vecna was defeated during his bid for control of Oerth, Kas was freed from his centuries of imprisonment, only to find himself facing a shapeless wall of mist. When it cleared, he was master of the domain of Tovag, across the Burning Peaks from Vecna's domain of Cavitius. Kas wages an endless war of attrition with Vecna's forces in the hopes of retrieving the Sword of Kas from Vecna's citadel, where he erroneously believes Vecna holds it.
The Burning Peaks cluster did not appear in the 3rd Edition Ravenloft Campaign Setting, because White Wolf Game Studio did not license characters that are explicity tied to other D&D campaign settings.
[edit] Writings
Kas is known to have authored the Legendry of Great Arms and Fabulous Heroes.
[edit] The False Kas
In the adventure Die, Vecna, Die!, a death knight calling himself "Kas the Bloody-Handed" serves Vecna in the deity's palace in Ravenloft. This death knight is not the true Kas, though he believes himself to be, and his real name is not given. This False Kas seeks to redeem himself for "his" betrayal of Vecna centuries ago.
[edit] References
- Cook, David. Vecna Lives! (TSR, 1990).
- Connors, William W. and Steve Miller. Domains of Dread. (TSR, 1997)
- Cook, Monte. Vecna Reborn (TSR, 1998).
- Cordell, Bruce, and Steve Miller. Die Vecna Die! (TSR, 2000).
- Gygax, Gary, and Brian Blume. Eldritch Wizardry (TSR, 1976).
- Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).
- Mona, Erik. "Ancient History: Vecna's Realm." [1]
- Sernett, Matthew. "Spellcraft: The Ties That Bind." Dragon #341 (Paizo Publishing, 2006).
- Thorsson, Modi, and Kevin McCann. Vecna: Hand of the Revenant (Iron Hammer Graphics, 2002).
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