Kwalish (kway-LISH)

Kwalish is a human archmage and renowned inventor. Born over 400 years ago, he is best known as the creator of the Apparatus of Kwalish, among other magic items. He held a fortified offshore laboratory in the southern Pirate Isles, known today as the Arm of Kwalish. Following his disappearance, it is rumored that he is still alive today in some form.
Kwalish is an inventor more interested in machines than absolutely anything else. A skilled wizard, and an expert in both architecture and engineering, he is best known for inventing the Apparatus of Kwalish, a large crab-shaped aquatic vehicle which he made to explore the ocean and make contact with aquatic species.

Mental characteristics

Personal history

Kwalish was a wizard skilled in architecture and arcane engineering. He built the original "Apparatus of Kwalish" to explore the ocean and make contact with aquatic races.
Kwalish, a scholar, joined an ill-fated expedition into the Barrier Peaks trying to find Daoine Gloine, a legendary city of glass creatures. The rest of the party perished, but Kwalish found a wrecked planar craft of unknown origin. He spent years exploring it, and used much of the craft’s unique magical technology as a laboratory building planar gates of his own design. One gate resulted in a bone devil driving him out of the laboratory, and turning it into a monastery for its own cult. Kwalish then relocated to Daoine Gloine, inhabited by kenku worshiping a medusa than turned victims to glass. Kwalish opened a gate to Jubilex's Slime Pits to clear the city to use for his new laboratory, which he then cut off access to allow him to research further.
Kwalish is best known as the creator of the Apparatus of Kwalish. Later in his life, he created a superior Greater Apparatus of Kwalish, an iron barrel which transforms into the shape of a small dragon capable of flight, and capable of firing a small cannonball from its mouth. However, the risk of accidental backfire is significant. Other items of his creation include Heward's Hireling Armor, part of his research into the archmage Heward.
The Ark of Kwalish, a grand flying machine, was once used by the giant demon lord Kostchtchie, in a raid against the City of Brass. Whether Kwalish created this vehicle is unknown.
Others have followed in Kwalish's footsteps in seeking out magical inventions.

Accomplishments & Achievements

Kwalish was credited as creating various mechanical inventions including:

• Apparatus of Kwalish.

• Greater Apparatus of Kwalish.

• Heward's Hireling Armor.

• Possibly the Ark of Kwalish.

He created various murals, sculptures, and bas-reliefs, and designed the Dome of the Reef for the sea people.
Kwalish wrote at least one book which was circulated widely enough to become well-known:

• Extreme Powers of Observation

Species

Human

Year of Birth

3668 467 Years old

Sex

Male

Gender

Man