Zathuda

Sorrowlord Zathuda, Bearer of the Lightless Flame is the Grove Captain of the Unseelie Court who hired Yu Suffiad to retrieve Moontide Crown. As an NPC, Zathuda is played by Matthew Mercer.

Description
Zathuda speaks in a deep voice with a Scottish accent, and can be contacted by Yu Suffiad via a dark metal ring. He is impatient and demanding regarding the tasks he has set.

Zathuda is seven feet tall and has magic tattoos. His hair is dark and wavy, his eyes are dark gray, and his pupils are light rather than black. While commanding the guards at the Shiver Keep, he wore armor and a helm.

Biography
In Campaign 3, while the party was in Bassuras, Yu Suffiad contacted Zathuda while the rest of Bells Hells were sleeping. He asked them about their progress retrieving the Moontide Crown and locating the Calloway family, and they told him about the existence of Fearne. He told them Sammanar was becoming impatient, as was he, and that Yu was not his only servant, threatening to send them to the Yore Mirrors if they failed. She responded she had been the most effective servant.

When Bells Hells reached the Shiver Keep in the Feywild, they noticed Zathuda speaking with Otohan Thull. Orym was able to determine the nature of their conversation with his lip-reading; Zathuda warned Otohan that Sammanar was still extremely impatient, particularly with Ludinus. Otohan told him to focus on their goals instead of on ego, before leaving. Zathuda then mounted his fey dragon, Gloamglut, and took off.

After the party loudly and visibly destroyed the Malleus Key and killed many of the guards, Zathuda and Gloamglut returned. He threatened Bells Hells and began to chase them as Gloamglut's Fiery Gaze hurt the party and knocked Fearne unconscious.

Appearances and mentions

 * Campaign 3