Wartle

Wartle was a slaad lord and a rival of Ygorl.

Description
Wartle appeared as a bloated, slaad with grayish brown skin with sickly green spots.A row of small, backward pointing horns on the top of his head gave the appearance of a crest. Wartle could take the form of a short, pudgy human; he had a whiny, raspy-sounding voice while in human form. In either form, however, he was covered in warts.

Personality
Wartle acted as though he were weak, cowardly, and incompetent, but in truth he was highly intelligent and a more than capable combatant. He was also flippant, being prone to insulting the other slaad lords regularly, inconsistent, whimsical, and very crude. He also was a frequent and proficient liar. However, Wartle was not evil so much as a creature of sheer chaos.

Abilities
Wartle possessed a number of magical abilities he could use at will or once per day, depending on the ability. For instance, at will he could shift between his slaad and human forms and could also attempt to summon green slaad to aid him; he could also replicate the spells advanced illusion, darkness, 15' radius, flaming sphere, fireball, teleport without error, and true seeing. Once per day, he could replicate the effects of the spells power word, stun, transmute rock to mud, and wall of stone or iron

In combat, Wartle could utilize his claws, his fangs, and an enchanted morning star that was his favored weapon. The morning star was enchanted to fight on its own. His bite, however, not only did physical damage but also drained the health of victims.

History
Wartle was a slaad lord living in Limbo until a conflict with another slaad lord, Ygorl, resulted in Ygorl imprisoning him in a meteor. Ygorl then hurled the meteor at Mount Celestia, where it landed in the ocean of Lunia. Being an artifact of extreme chaos, the rock was repulsed by the holy water and landed upon an island. The island housed a citadel, whose astral deva commander ordered the rock brought into his fortress for further study. Unfortunately, while the commander was away on urgent business in Solania, the chaotic radiation from the transformed Wartle drove the other celestials completely insane.

It was unknown what the celestials did with the meteor after containing him. It was possible that Wartle, encased in the metorite, was brought to Chronias to be completely destroyed; or that the lords of Celestia sent him back to Limbo to continue annoying the other slaad lords and to teach them that Mount Celestia was not to be used as the slaad lords' dumping ground.