Robilar and Iuz

Outlaw658 · October 6th, 2004, 3:09 pm #1 2004-10-06T22:09

I was doing some refresher reading in the Living Greyhawk Gazetteer for some adventures I'm writing for next year and I saw that it said Robilar was the person who freed Iuz from beneath Castle Greyhawk.
Did this actually happen or was it a 3e explanation of how Iuz was freed?
Thanks.Outlaw

Doors and Windows

October 6th, 2004, 3:21 pm #2 2004-10-06T22:21

Yes indeedy! Robilar by himself released Hextor, which in turn caused the whole panoply of the nine to be released, to fight each other and then flee to separate ways.
R

GT.piedpiperpublishing · October 6th, 2004, 10:45 pm #3 2004-10-07T05:45

I trust that the statues of the Nine will be worked into Castle Zagyg somehow... ^__^

Merkholz · October 7th, 2004, 3:50 am #4 2004-10-07T10:50

It seems almost foolhardy that Robilar, deep in the dungeons, reckons that the strange but probably powerful beings will be released by his actions - and then proceeds!
I wonder how Gary had intended for that encounter to play out.
M

October 7th, 2004, 4:01 am #5 2004-10-07T11:01

Ah, but the nine were not "deep" in the dungeons; they were on one of the newly expandedlevels (Core levels went straight down, then there were 8 for each N, for S, for E, and for W, which made about 44 (12 core plus 8x4 for the N-W levels, plus there were many sub-levels and specials). The encounter occurred on one of the N-W (can't remember correcty, think it was E) levels, range 4-6 at a guess, probably the 4th, IIRC).
Wish I hadn't lost my copy of the castle to a fire.... erh.
After Hextor properly chopped me up I retreated from the room to later hear more sounds of battle issuing from it as I hung around a little distance from it. I returned to find all nine pedestals empty. The statues had animated and fought, then fled.
Rob

GT.piedpiperpublishing · October 7th, 2004, 7:18 am #6 2004-10-07T14:18

Too bad Robilar wasn't able to "disarm" Hextor! ^__^

Keolander · October 7th, 2004, 2:14 pm #7 2004-10-07T21:14

Didnt Erac's Cousin free Graz'zt in a similar fashion in Castle Greyhawk?Paladin of Mayaheine
Follower of the Hospitaller Way
Knight of the Watch

October 7th, 2004, 3:27 pm #8 2004-10-07T22:27

GT--
The likelihood of disarming Hextor then is equal to the possibility now of squelching your puns... ; )

GT.piedpiperpublishing · October 7th, 2004, 8:01 pm #9 2004-10-08T03:01

That was Fraz-Urb'luu... Graz'zt was freed (apparently) from some carelessness on the part of Iggwilv (who had bound him in the first place--and produced Iuz as a result)! ^__^

GT.piedpiperpublishing · October 7th, 2004, 8:04 pm #10 2004-10-08T03:04

...and that was the famous "talking face" episode, partially inspired by A. Merritt's "The Face In The Abyss"--IIRC!