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GoLGARI NPCs                                      JARAD Von SAvo

           In its embrace of death and its claim over fetid, rotting   The Golgari guild  master is a Devkarin necromancer
           environments, the Golgari Swarm appeals to those who   and lich named Jarad Vod Savo. In life.Jarad was an
           are comfortable in a world of fungus, rot, and monsters.   archer and accomplished hunter, as well as the brother
            Every member of the Golgari Swarm has a func-    of the previous guild  master, the ambitious Savra.Jarad
           tion, working together like the parts of a single, larger   mastered the ways of necromancy so he could rise as a
           organism. At the same time, internal factions vie for   lich after he sacrificed himself to save his son from the
           authority. The most prominent faction is the Devkarin   demon Rakdos.
           elves, whose spiritual leader, Izoni, is no friend of the   As head of the Golgari Swarm.  Jarad commands elf
           guild  master, Jarad. The medusas are still struggling   and medusa assassins. legions of kraul, brutish trolls,
           to coalesce as a faction. The kraut are slowly gaining   and masses of undercity-dwelling creatures. Thanks to
           more influence in the guild under the leadership of the   the necromantic power he wields- and with the support
           death priest, Mazirek. These faction leaders can serve   of his loyal guards and soldiers- he has survived a num-
           as patrons for Golgari characters. They might send char-  ber of  assassination attempts from various upstarts.
           acters on missions to interfere with a rival or to increase   Undead  Nature.  Jarad doesn"t require air, food,
           the power and influence of their own faction. They can   drink, or sleep.
           also serve as major adversaries for adventurers who op-
           pose the Golgari Swarm.                           J ARAD'S TRAITS
            Golgari NPCs include reclaimers, who scavenge and   Ideal: "Death. There's wisdom to be gained in it,
           recycle corpses and other detritus, and assassins, who   whether it be your own or someone else's."
           belong to a secret society called the Och ran. The Gol-  Bond: "Ravnica, with all its structures and institutions,
           gari NPCs table summarizes key roles within the guild.   will eventually rot away, and it will be time for the Gol-
           Statistics for these NPCs are found in the Monster Man-  gari to bloom from the carcass."
           ual unless the table states otherwise.            Flaw: "I am beyond life and death and can't be harmed."

           GoLcARI  NPCs                                       IZONI ,  DEVKARIN  MATKA
                                                               The spiritual leader of  the Devkarin elves holds the posi-
           Role             Appropriate Stat Block
                                                               tion of  matka. lzoni, a Golgari shaman, has recently risen
           Devkarin warrior   Drow or drow elite warrior
                                                               to her position after the suspicious death of  her predeces-
           Ochran assassin   Assassin                          sor, Zdenia. lzoni is known for her ability to control insects
           Reclaimer        Scout                              and spiders, and she is never encountered without the
           Spiritual leader   Golgari shaman*                  company of  one or more swarms of  insects crawling over
                                                               and around her. When she walks, she appears to glide over
          *Appears in this chapter                             the ground.
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