Iommi-Tyr Magnusson wrote:
Is there any way to recognize that the undead in front of us was once Sir Grimulf? And um, who was Sir Grimulf?
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And what do I know about Graveknights? (Can we talk to this guy; could he be a cursed Guardian not unlike the Gargoyles upstairs?)
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Ritter (Sir) Grimulf Von Spee was a robber baron with a castle on the Rhine River within the Palatinate of the Rhine in the Holy Roman Empire, known for having captured several other nobles and holding them for steep ransoms during his lifetime. He died of the Black Plague in 1350, and was entombed in family crypts beneath Schloss (Castle) Von Spee.
As for how a Teutonic robber baron who died and was entombed near the Rhine came to be an undead graveknight in a Satanic Necromancer's house in Paris, Iommi-Tyr can reasonably speculate that Pierre Le Necromancier either traveled to Schloss Von Spee and broke into Sir Grimulf's tomb to work vile necromancy on his remains, creating a graveknight of him.... Or perhaps he had become a graveknight by the work of other dark powers--perhaps the demon lord Orcus, or Satan himself--and wandered down to Paris in answer to the Necromancer's dark call....
At any rate, Iommi-Tyr also recognizes the graveknight as a powerful undead monster, rivaling liches in power and malice, and capable of using deadly acid-based evocation attacks in addition to being formidable warriors!
