Mantatlus

Mantatlus is a low-to-mid level wizard that operates criminal activities in Wydmoor Free City. He is primarily known as an assassin, and is alleged by his henchmen to work for the elusive Wydmoor Thieves' Guild. He is known to employ two poisoners, as well as random thugs, to execute his assassinations. He also has a long-standing--but poorly understood--relationship with the Platinum Quill, and is known to have used them to set up marks. After attracting the attention and ire of the Wydmoor City Guard, Mantatlus's properties were destroyed or confiscated, and he was forced to abscond the location under an invisibility spell. His current whereabouts are unknown.

As a wizard, Mantatlus is a transmuter, and makes heavy use of Alter Self and Invisibility to aid in his clandestine activities. His notes indicate that the Alter Self spell does not mask his excessive perspiration, and he may be recognized in any form by his excessive sweating (at least, formerly--there is a good chance this no longer applies, if he is truly undead). He is also known to employ necromantic magics, and has turned many of his targets into zombies to serve as guardians of his estate. Finally, he is an accomplished botanist, and used to maintain a private garden of exotic, often poisonous or deadly, plants called the Pillars of Misanthropy. The latter was destroyed by representatives of the Guard.

After the sacking of Wydmoor, the fate of Mantatlus and other prominent Guildsmen was unknown. The Azure Geese, through a contact in the Bandit Kingdom, tracked his location to Nia-Agliare, where he was had (under the name Arekson) consolidated control of the region under the sway of a powerful crime syndicate calling itself Category:The Cartel.

Grimm Gallant, the fallen Traveler, was a lieutenant of Mantatlus, but not a spawn of him. Levan, on the other hand, was turned into a vampire by Mantatlus personally.

In 1402 (?), Gnob's Folly, with the assistance of the Azure Geese successfully raided Mantatlus' compound, defeating him and recovering his body.

Player's Notes

• Dark haired and portly in his natural form
• Orchestrated the attempted assassination of the Peteran merchant Kathkallan, and the successful assassination of his assistant Galliad.
• Apprehended!