Large Luigi is a beholder who ascended the Spindle on the planet H'Catha and thereby obtained ultimate knowledge of the universe. With that knowledge, he settled down to become the proprietor, bartender, and bouncer of his tavern, @[The Happy Beholder](landmark:c07ed825-b3d6-4da5-b5e5-5e7aa390f72e) in the city of Bral. He is a well-known citizen of @[The Rock of Bral](article:133dae43-e633-4ca2-a5c7-b21c3fb150d6) and the greatest mortal broker of information in the universe.

Description

• Round


• Purple


• Stalks always busy


• Hyper


• Smiling


• Beholder

Current Location

The Happy Beholder , The City of Bral
 

Personality

• Wise and intelligent


• Means what he says


• Likes neutral characters


• Believes in balance


• Does not like trouble in his tavern

Luigi's journey to obtain knowledge changed him. He gained great intelligence and wisdom, and no longer a lawful evil creature, he grew more lawful neutral in his moral outlook. He only made friends with those of a similar lawful mindset and had no close friends who did not also maintain a balance between evil and good. He believes that good and evil must be balanced, that each had a purpose and one could not exist without the other, and he never gives out information that he feels will upset that balance, even if it was vital information to the one asking, which can be frustrating to those in need—even simple things like the location of a legendary ruin or the home of a wise hermit might need to be withheld. Otherwise, he is quite happy to give out information if asked, his only requested payment being a song or story for his other customers.


 
Luigi has a sense of humour, though not a well developed one. He occasionally playes harmless jokes on his patrons. He is also civic-minded and has no political designs.

Abilities

As beholder knows a number of spells, including charm person, charm monster, and sleep. After his ascent, one of Luigi's eyestalks has the detect lie spell instead of the death ray spell that most beholders had. He uses his telekinesis eye ray to mix his drinks and to deliver them through the air directly to a patron.

Possessions

The most important possession of Luigi is the tavern itself.

History

Luigi used to live on H'Catha, the beholder discworld at the far reaches of Realmspace. While many attempted the challenge, Luigi was one of the few of his kind to successfully reach the summit of the Spindle, a 1,000-mile-high (1,600 kilometer) peak, interacting with each of the hundreds of "mind-readying stations" along the way. It was said that any being who succeeded, as Luigi did, would have their mind filled with all knowledge collected since the creation of the phlogiston. Luigi realized that the true purpose of the beholder race was to learn all that there was to know and to teach and share that knowledge as the supreme information brokers of the universe.


 
In any case, Luigi's entire outlook—and even some of his inherent magical powers—were changed, and he returned to the surface a new beholder. So, of course he was soon scorned and shunned by his kin and, when they learned of his changed powers, he was forced to flee for his life. He actually crossed the Spindle a second time to get away.


 
He managed to find a human-run tradesman and convinced the crew to take him on and let him work off his passage. Eventually, they let off on the Rock of Bral, where he purchased his own tavern, the Laughing Beholder. It was his patrons who gave him the name 'Large Luigi.' He is a famous citizen and business-beholder of the city.

Rumours & Legends

While running his tavern, Luigi spends most of his time listening to rumours from other crystal spheres and hearing the tales of adventurers. Most patrons have no idea that Luigi had more collected knowledge than some of the gods.

Relationships

Employee:

Affiliations

None