Zwalt

Zwalt was a manservant to Nog the Furbious, one of the necromancers who made up The Tearful Three. Along with Abercrass and Swillstine, his fellow manservants at the necromancers' stronghold, he was a member of the Grand Union of Manservancy and had been inspired to take up the position by the example of Emancipor Reese.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 20, p.81 Eventually he came to regret the decision as an unrealistic fantasy, wishing someone had warned him how badly his clothes, breath, skin, hair, and food would stink of the dead when working for a necromancer.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 20, p.81
He possessed a weak stomach and took to coughing and retching whenever he was required to prepare his master's infamous baths of rendered gallbladders.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.14 He also took great pleasure in regularly tormenting Abercrass and getting under his fellow servant's skin.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 20, p.80-81
 
==In Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords==
Zwalt, Abercrass, and Swillstine were assigned to assist Castellan Bilious Drought with organising and arming the ten thousand undead that formed the Terrible Three's army.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 3, p.15 The necromancers plotted to capture the town of Earbeford that lay below their hillside keep. But the town council soon hired Bauchelain and Korbal Broach to protect them.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 1, p.1-2
On the day the army faced across the field with Bauchelain and Korbal Broach, Zwalt stood at Nog's side near the keep.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.88 When Bauchelain advanced on the undead army with his flaming longsword, the undead parted in fear allowing him to reach the Three. Nog attempted to stop Bauchelain's advance by sacrificing Pwet Terse's tetanus-stricken body at his feet. Bauchelain stepped over the paralyzed woman as Korbal Broach alit on Nog's head, removing the top of his skull and pulling out his brain and spinal column. Zwalt fell to his knees and vomited.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.88-90
When Trooth attempted to parley, Bauchelain decapitated him with his flaming sword before cutting Swillstine in half.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 25, p.88-90 Zwalt fled for the keep's door, arriving just as Abercrass shut it in his face. The manservant begged to be let in, claiming he had only ever tormented Abercrass as a joke. When he sensed Bauchelain approach from behind, Zwalt turned to face him saying, "I have always been against the idea of tyranny, sir, especially using all those undead to terrorise people." Then Bauchelain cut off his head.Upon a Dark of Evil Overlords, Section 27, p.91-92
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