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Every century the rule of the domain passes to him for a year outside of that year he is a powerless geist that can only watch things fall apart. Abd-Al-Mamat has no way of closing his domain so if he wants to prevent people leaving he needs to send the city gaurd after them. During that year he rules with an iron fist with mutilations and executions being common. After a year of rule a whirlwind of swords comes out of the desert and cuts him to pieces. After about a century parts of his body start returning and when the last piece is put into place he returns fully and rules again for a year. | This dark lord was born the son of a slave but wound up as advisor to the local shiek. For many yearshe did the job well and wisely. That changed when the old shiek died and the shiek's son treated him less respectfully. He later met with the Dark Lord Malbus. Malbus played on the fact that although he was recognized as the wisest of his people he was only an advisor and not ruler. Over time and repeated secret conversations Abd-al-Mamat was corupted. He arranged for the new shiek to be found in circumstances that made him appear guilty of murder. After the shiek was executed he took power. He pretended to be reluctant to do this so as not to appear as power hungry as he now was. One day he lusted after a woman and kept asking for her as a concubine. He kept pushing the young husband to give her up. Eventually he had him executed and the young bride killed herself rather than submit to him. Every century the rule of the domain passes to him for a year outside of that year he is a powerless geist that can only watch things fall apart. Abd-Al-Mamat has no way of closing his domain so if he wants to prevent people leaving he needs to send the city gaurd after them. During that year he rules with an iron fist with mutilations and executions being common. After a year of rule a whirlwind of swords comes out of the desert and cuts him to pieces. After about a century parts of his body start returning and when the last piece is put into place he returns fully and rules again for a year. | ||
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WIKISEED FROM CATALOGUE : Darklord of The Wounded City in al Kathos(Please edit freely, then remove this note and WIKISEED label)
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Tales of Ravenloft:The Judgement of Abd-al-Mamat - pp157-173 |
This dark lord was born the son of a slave but wound up as advisor to the local shiek. For many yearshe did the job well and wisely. That changed when the old shiek died and the shiek's son treated him less respectfully. He later met with the Dark Lord Malbus. Malbus played on the fact that although he was recognized as the wisest of his people he was only an advisor and not ruler. Over time and repeated secret conversations Abd-al-Mamat was corupted. He arranged for the new shiek to be found in circumstances that made him appear guilty of murder. After the shiek was executed he took power. He pretended to be reluctant to do this so as not to appear as power hungry as he now was. One day he lusted after a woman and kept asking for her as a concubine. He kept pushing the young husband to give her up. Eventually he had him executed and the young bride killed herself rather than submit to him. Every century the rule of the domain passes to him for a year outside of that year he is a powerless geist that can only watch things fall apart. Abd-Al-Mamat has no way of closing his domain so if he wants to prevent people leaving he needs to send the city gaurd after them. During that year he rules with an iron fist with mutilations and executions being common. After a year of rule a whirlwind of swords comes out of the desert and cuts him to pieces. After about a century parts of his body start returning and when the last piece is put into place he returns fully and rules again for a year.
