Large Luigi

Large Luigi was 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 Laughing Beholder in the city of Bral. He was a well-known citizen of the Rock of Bral and the greatest mortal broker of information in the universe.

Abilities
Large Luigi was exceptionally intelligent and wise. He had complete knowledge of everything, rivaling even the gods.

After his ascent, one of Luigi's eyestalks had the detect lie spell instead of the death ray spell that most beholders had. His other rays were quite intact, and he used them to good effect in keeping his tavern customers well-behaved, namely charm person, charm monster, and sleep.

Personality
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 believed that good and evil must be balanced, that each had a purpose and one could not exist without the other, and he never would give out information that he felt would upset that balance, even if it was vital information to the one asking. Otherwise, he was quite happy to give out information, his only requested payment being a song or story for his other customers.

His customers considered him to have a good sense of humor, and he occasionally would play harmless jokes on his patrons.

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 share that knowledge as the supreme information brokers of the universe.

In any case, Luigi's entire outlook&mdash;and even some of his inherent magical powers&mdash;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, and became a famous citizen and business-beholder of the city.

Luigi spent most of his time listening to rumors from other crystal spheres and hearing the tales of adventurers. Most patrons had no idea that Luigi had more collected knowledge than some of the gods.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Maelstrom's Eye (mentioned only)


 * Adventures
 * Light of Xaryxis (mentioned only)