"No longer will Gulg be solely concerned with the wellbeing of Gulg. Wherever the rains falls, there will the forest grow. And wherever the forest grows, the forest goddess will be there, for all the forest belong to the Oba" -- Lalali-Puy.
Gulg's sorcerer-queen, Lalali-Puy (female human / 23rd level dragon / LE) is the absolute monarch of her realm.
Her subjects consider her to be the Oba, the forest goddess. Over the centuries that she's been in power, Lalali-Puy has come to relish the worship and adoration of her subjects heap upon her.
Lalali-Puy is a third-stage dragon king. She uses the Way and her powerful magic abilities to appear before her people as a beautiful young woman with long, silky hair and dark skin. She never appears in public without her illusions in place, for she doesn’t want her people to see her in her true dragon form.
Personality[]
Lalali-Puy
In fact, though she remembers her origins as a Champion of Rajaat and a sorcerer-queen, she prefers to think of herself as the goddess her people believe her to be.
To the Oba of Gulg, the abundance of rain --even the violent rain that accompanies a Tyr-storm-- is a blessing to Athas. She has proclaimed this blessing to be a gift from the forest goddess.
Behind the rhetoric, Lalali-Puy actually wants to help restore the vitality of Athas.
She treated the forest as a precious resource that must be maintained and not depleted. This attitude comes right from the Oba herself, which may seem strange as she is a defiler of extreme power. Since taking over Gulg, however, she has learned to temper her use of defiling magic in favor of keeping her forest healthy.
Of course, this attitude was one of the contributing factors to the problems with Nibenay. Nonetheless, Lalali-Puy has made the first moves toward a peaceful existence with Nibenay, going so far as to teach the sorcerer-king how to preserve the life-giving environment of the Crescent Forest.
The Oba’s motivation isn’t entirely selfless. She believes that when the forests return to Athas she will be deified by all races, just like she’s been in Gulg. “Let Nibenay and Hamanu play as sorcerer-kings,” she has decided, “for in the end I will be as a god to all of Athas.”
Conditions[]
The Oba’s newfound crusade to restore Athas has made her more forgiving of and generous to her loyal citizens. In the spirit of cooperation, she has selected her best templars to travel the Tyr Region and spread the word of restoration.
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Sources[]
- TSR02412. Asticlian Gambit (1992). TSR, Inc. by Anthony Pryor
- TSR2438. Dark Sun Campaign Setting Boxed. Expanded and Revised (1995). TSR, by Bill Slavicsek with Dale Donovan.