Abon Duum Abon Duum was a human man and a pasha of Manshaka in Calimshan in the 14th century DR . History . For over half a century , Abon Duum ruled the city of Manshaka and its Arenas of Blood as a ruthless despot and crime - lord holding absolute power . In his intrigue - laden court served Ralan el Pesarkhal , together with his scribe , Abbas el Quaahl . Some time before 1347 DR , a thief and con - artist named Conner approached Duum with a scam , in which he claimed that his young protégé Vajra Valmeyjar was the intended bride of Hoar , god of revenge . So impressed by Vajra that he was , Duum believed it — at first . But even after he came to doubt the tale , he still desired Vajra . Thus , when Conner ' s scheme at last went awry , he was forced to sell Vajra into slavery to Abon Duum , so that he could go free with their money . Duum placed Vajra with his stable of gladiators at the Arena of Blood , and she became the most accomplished and profitable of them . Meanwhile , six months later , Conner tried to rescue Vajra , but Duum ' s men beat him and left him for dead in the desert . Countless plans followed , all without success . At some point , Abon Duum received a mighty and unexpected visitor : the Catlord , a minor god of felines . Mistakenly believing being respectable meant being civilized , the Catlord desired that Duum raise his heir , the kittenlord , and teach him the ways of civilization , and gave the boy over to him . However , Duum desired to corrupt and dominate the child and ultimately use a cat lord ' s power of planar travel to journey into the Outer Planes . Duum made a deal with Malar , a mightier god of hunting beasts , to keep the vengeful old Catlord off his back . In exchange , when he was done with the boy , he would give him to the Beastlord . Using the Claw of Malar , Duum even aspired to challenge the great Tyr , god of justice , and gain awesome power . Learning of Duum ' s wicked intentions for the boy , the Catlord came and rescued him . Malar pounced on the Catlord as he fled , but Conner appeared and took the child to safety . Meanwhile , after ten years , Vajra escaped on her own , seriously wounding several of Duum ' s best fighters in the process . Duum sent bounty hunters after her , seeking to punish and reclaim his champion gladiator ; his bounty was incredible but was only half if she was killed . Vajra was forced to travel further and further north . Duum longed to possess her again , desiring her spirit more than anything . Duum hired a trio of bounty seekers , who pursued Vajra to Waterdeep and ambushed her and her companions outside the city in the Year of the Prince , 1357 DR . They ultimately subdued Vajra and her companions , and intended to return her to Manshaka , back to Duum to fight for him again in the Arena . But the companions fought their way free and overpowered the bounty seekers . Vajra would remain at large . Eventually , Salabak , another of Duum ' s gladiators and Vajra ' s former comrade - in - arms , agreed to serve Duum : he would gain Vajra ' s trust and return her to him . Later that year , a second trio of bounty hunters caught Vajra again and rode off with her toward Manshaka , before Salabak and Vajra ' s companions rescued her . However , meanwhile , more bounty hunters and Duum ' s pet mage Chancil Crystalheart rendered all the patrons of the inn unconscious and kidnapped the kittenlord , who was also staying there with Conner . Chancil kept the boy prisoner in his house in Memnon prior to delivering him to Duum — he briefly contemplated keeping the magical child for himself , until , from afar , Duum used his captive heart to torture him into obedience . Conner , Vajra , and Salabak made a failed bid to rescue the boy . Afterward , Salabak secretly knocked out Vajra and delivered her to Duum to collect the bounty himself . In Manshaka , Duum had both Vajra and the cat child back in his power . He magically dominated the cat child so he would obey only him and would transform into more powerful feline forms . After threatening her with the cat , Duum gloated over Vajra , saying he would give all he ' d won off her in the Arena if he could control her spirit as well . She spat in his eye , and he sent her to the dungeons and back into the Arena of Blood , watching her fight a troll with his acquaintance Allamon Sorn . However , unwilling to wait for the cat child to grow into his powers , Duum desired to have the elder Catlord in his grip too . Therefore , Salabak had an illusion of a manticore attack Duum in the stands of the Arena of Blood , allowing Vajra to escape . She was joined by the Catlord and the duplicitous Salabak , while Conner was apparently slain by the Catlord . Vajra , Salabak , and the Catlord left Manshaka and hid in a swamp . In the night , Duum and his forces came and captured Vajra and the Catlord , and Salabak revealed his treachery , threatening the kittenlord to force the Catlord to comply . Duum went on with his scheme , demanding the Catlord take them all to the plane of Gladsheim , where he challenged the god Tyr with the Claw of Malar . However , what appeared to be Tyr revealed himself to be Conner , who ' d faked his death with the Catlord ' s aid . Duum was too shocked to resist as the Catlord snatched the Claw . He ordered the kittenlord to attack Conner , but the boy broke free of Duum ' s magical control . The real god Tyr appeared , took the Claw of Malar , and sent the others back to Toril , while Abon Duum was left cowering before Justice himself , his fate unknown . All anyone in Faerûn knew was that Abon Duum had disappeared in mysterious circumstances . Many claimed he was murdered by Vajra , while others believed that something happened when he sought to attain the power of the gods and he was killed or lost in the plane s . Following his disappearance , Ralan el Pesarkhal seized power as pasha , before becoming syl - pasha of all Calimshan . Possessions . Duum owned land in Calimshan , somewhere outside Manshaka . Personality . Abon Duum was a cruel and domineering figure who schemed to gain ever greater power . He was rumored to like his slaves feisty , so he could then break their spirits . Description . He was immensely fat , with a grim face and huge curling moustache . He commonly wore robes and a turban and with many rings . Relations . One of Duum ' s subordinates was the mage Chancil . Duum possessed Chancil ' s actual heart encased in a crystal and kept in his home in Manshaka , while a connecting crystal was embedded in Chancil ' s chest where his heart should be . With the heart , Duum knew when Chancil acted disloyally and punished him with agony as his heart beat more rapidly .