Bucknard
| Bucknard | |
|---|---|
 Bucknard's ghost. Art by Eva Widermann. | |
| General info | |
| Gender: | Male |
| Species: | Human |
| Class: | Wizard |
| Dates | |
| Death: | 580 CY |
Bucknard is a powerful human wizard, and a founding member of the Circle of Eight. In Dungeon's Age of Worms adventure path, Bucknard is referred to as "Balakarde."
Description
[edit | edit source]Bucknard is described as affable, esteemed, talented and powerful, yet stubborn and headstrong.
Relationships
[edit | edit source]Bucknard is a member of the Circle of Eight.
He has one known sister, Maralee, who was murdered by Dragotha and reanimated as a Kyuss Knight. Maralee was responsible for killing Bucknarde.[1]
History
[edit | edit source]In 556 CY, Bucknard's sister and adventuring companion, Maralee, is slain by sons of Kyuss. Bucknard takes her death (and seeing her devoured by ghoulish worms) hard. Depressed for years, he emerges from his depression to become one of the most potent wizards of his generation. He dedicates himself to one overriding task: the destruction of Kyuss.
In 571, Bucknard becomes one of the founding members of the Circle of Eight, as Mordenkainen invites some of the most prominent mages in the Flanaess to join him in a successor organization to the Citadel of Eight.
At the height of his powers, Bucknard begins deeply obsessing over occult manuscripts relating to the Worm God and his cult. He grows increasingly secluded and paranoid, no longer confiding even with close friends like Tenser. Abruptly resigning from the Circle of Eight in 579 CY, he travels to Alhaster to research his theory that the Ebon Triad cult has been created there as a front for the cult of Kyuss. Lashonna, the town's most knowledgeable expert in the occult, agrees to meet with him and directs him to the Wormcrawl Fissure, where he is captured by Dragotha. The following year, after months of torture, Bucknard finally dies at the hands of his own undead sister, on Dragotha's orders. Bucknard's soul shatterd into three separate ghosts, representing his artistic, scholarly, and vengeful sides, which are bound to three different items, and they haunt the Fissure for decades afterwards.
In 581, Bucknard's position in the Circle is filled by Jallarzi Sallavarian.
In late 595 or early 596 CY, Bucknard's ghosts are discovered by adventurers in the Wormcrawl Fissure. During the course of trying to defeat Dragotha, Bucknard's soul is rejoined and he aids the group of heroes supernaturally, and telepathically imparts information to them relating to the Age of Worms. When Dragotha is slain (the object of Bucknard's ire and the reason he is still a ghost), he gives the adventurers a final boon, and passes on into the afterlife.[2]
Associated magic items
[edit | edit source]Bucknard crafted the magic item Bucknard's everfull purse, which is essentially a leather pouch or small bag which refills itself each morning. Each such coin purse can replicate a different number of coins or gems, depending on which type of bag it is. A variant of this item, Bucknard's everfood pouch, is mentioned in the second edition Rogues' Gallery.
Writings
[edit | edit source]Bucknard authored the following works:
- Inexplicable Reflections
References
[edit | edit source]Citations
[edit | edit source]Bibliography
[edit | edit source]- Brown, Anne. Player's Guide. Renton, WA: TSR, 1998.
- Gygax, Gary. Dungeon Masters Guide. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1979.
- ———. "Greyhawk's World: Quasi-deities." Dragon #71. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- ———. World of Greyhawk Fantasy Game Setting. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1983.
- Heard, Bruce. "Spells Between the Covers." Dragon #82. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1984.
- Jacobs, James. "Into the Wormcrawl Fissure." Dungeon #134. Bellevue, WA: Paizo, 2006.
- Mona, Erik. Age of Worms Overload. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2005. [1]
- Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels Within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 2000. Available online: [2]
- Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins. Renton, WA: Wizards of the Coast, 1998.
- Pett, Richard. "The Prince of Redhand." Dungeon #131. Bellevue, WA: Paizo Publishing, 2006.
- Prusa, Thomas, Walter Baas, and Jack Barker. Rogues' Gallery. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1992.
Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index
The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.
| Topic | Type | Description | Product | Page/Card/Image
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bucknard | Non-player character | Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition | 122 | |
| Bucknard | Non-player character | Dragon magazine #071 | 19 | |
| Bucknard | Non-player character | Dragon magazine #082 | 59 | |
| Bucknard | Non-player character | Living Greyhawk Journal #0 | 6 | |
| Bucknard | Non-player character | Player's Guide to Greyhawk | 18, 23 | |
| Bucknard | Non-player character | The Adventure Begins | 60 | |
| Bucknard | Non-player character | World of Greyhawk boxed set (1983) | 33 | |
| Bucknard's Everful Purse | Item | Epic Level Handbook, D&D 3.0 | 151 | |
| Bucknard's Everful Purse | Item | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume I | 133 | |
| Bucknards Everful Purse | Item | Artifact, | Dungeon Masters Guide 1st Edition | 122 |
| Inexplicaple Reflections By Bucknard | Item | Book, | Dragon magazine #082 | 59 |
| Inexplicaple Reflections By Bucknard | Item | Book, | Encyclopedia Magica - Volume III | 1181 |