Kharza-kzad

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## Basic Information

 ### Former home(s)

 Menzoberranzan

 ### Gender

 Male

 ### Race

 Elf, Drow

 ### Age

 Deceased, undead

## Family

 ### Parent(s)

 Zeerith Xorlarrin

## Succession

 ### Dynasty

 Xorlarrin

## Rules Information

 ### Alignment

 Lawful Evil

 ### Class

 Wizard

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The powerful drow wizard Kharza-kzad successfully made the transition into lichdom roughly two decades ago and now scours the Underdark in search of all of its forbidden secrets. He is an active member of the Council of Spiders and seeks to further its goals by ending the demon incursion in the Underdark and using the ensuing Abyssal chaos to strike Lolth down.

Kharza-kzad plays an ancillary role in Out of the Abyss, but plays a larger part in the Queen of the Demonweb Pits and the Rage of Demons saga.

## **Description**

Kharza-kzad's body failed him years ago. He maintains his form through the magic of glowing red arcane runes carved into his chalky, necrotic flesh.

He wears the voluminous dark robe worn by many spellcasters of his house. When pulled low, the hood of the robe conceals the wearer's face with a thin veil. The spellcasters of House Xorlarrin take great pains to keep their identities concealed when traveling in public, which serves to obfuscate Kharza'kzad's undead state nicely.

## **Personality**

Kharza-kzad does not waste words, he speaks only when there is a reason. He sees little use for those who do not directly serve his needs.

## **Abilities**

Kharza-kzad retained many of his elven traits on his transition into undeath.

Kharza-kzad uses the statistics found here:

**http://homebrewery.naturalcrit.com/share/S1GoXUSyM**

## **Possessions**

Kharza-kzad wields a *staff of the Spider Magi* (found in the Armory) that was crafted by the Council of Spiders.

Kharza-kzad also keeps the location of his phylactery a closely guarded secret. While many family members have heard that it rests somewhere below Spelltower Xorlarrin, its exact location is a mystery.

## **Activities**

Kharza-kzad's plots serve to further the cause of the Council of Spiders. He has been serving as a liaison between the Council and a fiend known as the Blooded Baron in a cooperative attempt to strike at Lolth.

## **Relationships**

Kharza-kzad is a high ranking member of the drow secret society known as the Council of Spiders. Although he has joined the organization relatively recently, he has brought the considerable magical resources of House Xorlarrin with him.

Kharza-kzad has placed himself in self exile to better pursue his endeavors without the prying eyes of Lolth's priestesses breathing over his shoulder. His sister, Zeerith, Matron Mother Xorlarrin, is aware of his machinations and does her best to keep his comings and goings a secret. In turn, the loyal Kharza-kzad delivers his sister any relevant information he discovers while on his journeys.

Kharza-kzad is the uncle of Severa Xorlarrin, and has updated her of the Council's efforts to overthrow the matriarchy. He, his sister, Severa, and his sister's patron Horrood are the few family members he keeps informed.

While Kharza-kzad was alive and an instructor at Sorcere, he served as the private tutor for Gromph Baenre's young daughter, Liriel.

## **History**

Kharza-kzad was first introduced in the novel Daughter of the Drow, by Elaine Cunningham, published in 1995.

## **In Rage of Demons**

Unknown to the Underdark Expeditionary Force, Kharza-kzad accompanied Vizeran DeVir on an expedition to a forgotten Amber Temple high in the mountains of Barovia in search of ancient knowledge that Vizeran had located. On this expedition he encountered his niece, Severa Xorlarrin, who was still completing her studies in the temple after the defeat of the dark lord Strahd von Zarovich.

Khuuhrukehul, Mauser Crystalfist, Tik-Tik, and Grin Ousstyl traveled to the same temple some time later to recover a shard of eldritch amber for Vizeran's *dark heart* ritual.