She barely escaped when K'Varn psychically attacked her.įan art of K'Varn after stealing Grog's soul, by Wendy Sullivan Green. He had also erected a crystal-like structure above the elder brain to secure his control over the illithid city. Īs the party rested in preparation to attack the elder brain temple in Yug'Voril, Keyleth discovered, while in spirit form, that K'Varn was a beholder that merged with one of the Horns of Orcus, and had also attached metal plating to his body. Official art of a Critical Role poster showing Keyleth and K'Varn, by Kit Buss. He then psychically killed the duergar queen. While interrogating the duergar queen Ulara, K'Varn took control of her mind and "welcomed" Vox Machina to the Underdark, telling them that he would be waiting for them at the illithid city. It was here that the first mention of the Horn of Orcus came up. Once again, the group heard about K'Varn after capturing and interrogating a duergar general. They then allied with Clarota, not only to find Lady Kima, but also to kill K'Varn. Later, once Pike joined the group down in the Underdark, she mentioned that she'd had a vision of a very dark, unseen being deep beneath the surface.Īfter meeting Clarota, the party once again heard about K'Varn and how he had united the illithid and duergar into a single military force. K'Varn was first mentioned to the party by a duergar that they had taken prisoner, which revealed to them that he was responsible for the modifications to the monsters that have been coming up to the surface. They quickly learned she had been driven down into the Greyspine Quarry by the Carvers, and after learning about more abominations coming up out of the ground and even fighting one while they were there, the party followed. After learning Kima had traveled to Kraghammer to stop a great evil from reaching the surface, the party traveled there. Originally, Vox Machina was tasked by Allura Vysoren with finding and returning Lady Kima to Emon. Whether or not these were K'Varn's creations is unknown. Vox Machina had also previously dealt with mutated abominations coming from deep underground. While the dwarven military dealt with these abominations, he sent duergar to collect any dwarves caught inside the mines for slave labor and experimentation. He began to test the strength of the dwarven city of Kraghammer, using the mithral mine network below the city to send his new mutations through. He even mutated and modified his own body to strengthen himself. He began to enslave the creatures that lived in the tunnels near both colonies, and used his newfound power from the horn to twist and remake these creatures into aberrations for the upcoming war. With both the illithid and the duergar under his control, he started to make plans to assault the surface world. Using this as a distraction, he infiltrated the elder brain temple and seized control of the hive mind, forcing the illithid to surrender. He then ordered the duergar army down to Yug'Voril where they attacked. įour months prior to Vox Machina entering the Underdark in search of Lady Kima of Vord, the duergar captured an illithid from the colony, which K'Varn most likely interrogated and either enslaved or killed. Using his power, he waged a battle with the duergar and won, enslaving them through fear and the promise of power. He would later discover the duergar fortress of Emberhold. Either not knowing about the colony's existence or deciding that the risk was too great to try and control the mind flayers' elder brain, he made his way upwards.Īt some point, he became aware of a holding vault containing Horn of Orcus and, over time, was able to open the vault and merge with the evil artifact. K'Varn entered the Material Plane through a rift near the edge of the illithid city Yug'Voril. K'Varn originally hailed from the Far Realm. Whether or not he was under Orcus's direction or his own is not entirely clear. However, he was very intelligent, and one of the most dangerous creatures Vox Machina has ever fought. He clearly believed himself to be all-powerful and indestructible. K'Varn was a twisted and evil creature, and the horn most likely strengthened these traits within him.
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