Tera Nightshade by John Zinser Occupation: Kolat Monk Skills: Stealth, HTH Combat, Weapons Motivation: World Domination Weaknesses: Fear of Magic The Kolat Monks are a secret organization of warriors dedicated to the eventual takeover of the civilized world. Tera Nightshade is a Terrorist; she and Dejal travel the world enforcing the Kolat's rule through terrorist activities such as assasinations, kidnappings, infiltration of local governments, bribery etc. As a member of the Kolat she is a master of disguise and deception and she uses this to the best of her abilities. She currently has lovers in riding parties of seven major kingdoms and she uses these men to manipulate activities in the governments to help the Kolat. She and Dejal are wanted in almost every kingdom, under various names. She currently has her sights set on the crown jewels. They plan to use them to bribe a Dragon into attacking and destroying the castle of Lord Keltar who has been causing quite a bit of trouble for the Kolat lately. Dejal by John Zinser Occupation: Kolat Monk, Assassin Skills: Martial Arts,Stealth, Thieving Skills Motivation: To become Grand Master Weaknesses: Loyalty to Tera Dejal is one of the few masters who has been trained both as a Monk and an Assassin. He is personally responsible for over 20 political assassinations, including three within the Kolat organization itself which furthered his quest to become Grand Master of the Kolat. Dejal is a lawful warrior and prides himself on the fact that innocent people are never harmed during his assassinations and other terrorist activities. For the past three years he has been working with Tera and has grown to like and respect her. Unfortunately, she is two ranks higher in the organization than he is and killing her is a sure way to create an opportunity to battle for leadership of the Kolat. He and Tera often use other criminals in their schemes as scapegoats as they did with Quaglern; almost half of their crimes get blamed on other people. He is currently involved in a elaborate sceme to set up a Baron: he plans to kill the Baron's wife and leave the Baron holding the murder weapon and the blame. Aklayvedru by Wayne Wallace Occupation: Priestess Skills: Dark Elf Tactics, Spider Lore Motivation: Serve the Spider Goddess Weaknesses: Single-mindedness Aklayvedru was one of Klink's main opponents while in the spider tunnels. She was only peripherally involved in making trouble for Klink's adventuring party while she advanced the schemes of the spider goddess. Unfortunately, Klink's party made those schemes their business, and in an epic battle, Aklayvedru was slain, along with her retainers. However, death is not always permanent for those of great faith, and Aklayvedru was later brought back to life. Her goddess has forbidden her to seek revenge, and has instead instructed her to begin rebuilding the priesthood. Her anger has not disappeared, however, and she is always examining every dwarf she sees while obtaining supplies and allies to see if he is the one. She is not always in the right frame of mind, so, given enough fine wine, she may see an innocent dwarf as the object of her hatred and take action. Aklayvedru is a brilliant tactician and is both intelligent and beautiful enough to seduce any man if he has something she wants. The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly The Good The Bad The Ugly Back to Shadis #17 Table of Contents Back to Shadis List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master List of Magazines © Copyright 1995 by Alderac Entertainment Group This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com