Uzzak-Szalzik

Uzzak-Szalzik was the shaman of Chieftain Saslik's lizardfolk tribe who resided in the Lizard Marsh circa 1372 DR.

Description
Uzzak-Szalzik was an old and wrinkled lizardman.

Abilities
The lizardman was a powerful shaman who brewed potions of frenzy and knew how to craft effigies of creatures allowing Uzzak to curse them with afflictions and even cause death.

Possessions
Uzzak-Szalzik wore enchanted +1 hide armor, carried a large magical +1 wooden shield, and was armed with an enchanted +1 club. He kept a potion of speed on his person to use in case of trouble.

The shaman craved a magical knife in the likeness of the black dragon Thuraskulusk his tribe worshiped as a god. He expressed devotion to the pseudo-deity by affixing his own tooth onto the enchanted knife's leather handle.

History
Sometime before 1372 DR, Uzzak-Szalzik and Saslik pledged allegiance to the ancient dragon Thuraskulusk, who protected the tribe from invading outsiders and the opposing lizardfolk under Redeye. Uzzak worshiped the wyrm as a god, while the tribe erected a statue to the dragon at the village's center to be used as a temple. Sometime along the way, the shaman started feuding with an old hag who lived across the swamp from Saslik's tribe. One day, the Green Hag of Lizard Marsh was away from her den picking ripe stinkberries. The shaman sent his servant to steal the hag's hairbrush that was soon used to craft an effigy of the old witch. Using the poppet, Uzzak-Szalzik started toying with his adversary, sending small curses her way, including covering the Green Hag's skin with red rashes of fire ants' bites. The witch attempted to retrieve the effigy via an army of swamp toads but lizardfolk fried up the beasts and used them as snacks.

In 1372 DR, Redeye and the Green Hag sent the individual known as the Hero of Daggerford to infiltrate Saslik's tribe in a magical guise of fellow lizards. The Hero stashed one of Thuraskulusk's stolen eggs in Chieftain Saslik's hut, enraging the tribe's protector. While there, the Hero also stole the hag's effigy, her precious hair comb, and Uzzak-Szalzik's knife. The hag was delighted to have avoided death via a magical poppet and created an effigy of Uzzak-Szalzik using the lizard shaman's tooth from the knife's handle. The hag placed an ironic curse on the dragon-loving shaman, cursing him with a nasty case of dragon lice. Her vengeance was to be slow and deadly.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter Nights: Darkness over Daggerford