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'''Maligor''' was the [[Zulkir]] of [[Transmutation|Alteration]] in [[Thay]] until the {{YearlinkName|1362}}.<ref name="VL-p44" />

{{quote|''Maligor detested age. He considered it his only weakness and the one thing that could possibly stand in his way of eventually becoming the ruler of all of Thay. So he fought it the only way he knew howwith his elixirs, powders, and arcane scrolls that hinted his soul was no longer his own. But Maligor never feared the repercussions of his magic or the well-being of his immortal spirit. He fully intended to live forever and let the dark forces that hungered for him be damned.''<ref name="TRM-192">{{Cite book/Red Magic|192}}</ref>}}

==Description==
The Zulkir was a bald, pale, thin man with a tattoo atop his skull demonstrating his devotion to [[Myrkul]].<ref name="VL-p44" /> Maligor was five and a half feet tall.<ref name="TRM-41">{{Cite book/Red Magic|41}}</ref>

His preferred clothes were the Red Wizards robes of Thaydark red color. The robes' sleeves were long enough to cover his fingertips, the folds hid his body shape, and its hood hung over his wrinkled face. <ref name="TRM-742">{{Cite book/Red Magic|1}}</ref>

==Personality==
Reckless and evil, the wizard enjoyed the suffering of his victims. Like all [[Red Wizard]]s, Maligor constantly plotted the downfall of his fellow wizards.<ref name="VL-p44" /> Maligor owned plenty of slaves to match his status in Thay, some of them were young women and children. He was cruel to his slaves, often torturing and experimenting on the ones who upset him in minor ways, like accidentally cutting his scalp while shaving his head.<ref name="TRM-41">{{Cite book/Red Magic|41}}</ref>

==Possessions==
Maligor owned a pair of ''[[bracers of defense]]'', along with a ''[[cloak of protection]]'' and a ''[[ring of flying]]''. He wielded a ''[[staff of the magi]]'', a ''[[crystal ball]]''<ref name="TRM-197">{{Cite book/Red Magic|197}}</ref> and wore a ''[[robe of the archmagi]]''.<ref name="TC-742">{{Cite card/AD&D Trading Cards/1992|742|Maligor the Red Wizard}}</ref>

Maligor’s numerous slaves had a thorny vine tattooed around their necks forming a collar of sorts.<ref name="rm-p160">{{Cite book/Red Magic|160}}</ref>

==Relationships==
The Zulkir of Alteration built an army of 300 [[human]] troops and 1200 battle-hardened [[gnoll]]s which he wished to unleash upon Thay. Using his magical talents, the Red Wizard created a multitude of [[darkenbeast]]s to comprise his second force. Aiding Maligor in controlling his empire was the [[spirit naga]] [[Asp (spirit naga)|Asp]], who fed off her master's desire for power. [[Jutta]] was his trusted apprentice.<ref name="VL-p44" />
[[File:Maligor’s head tattoos.png|thumb|320x320px|''Maligor’s tattoo: flame, a common symbol of the [[Red Wizards of Thay|Red Wizards]], and a white skull on a black triangle, a symbol of [[Myrkul|Myrkul.]]'']]

==History==
Around [[1218 DR]], the younger red wizard managed to kill a dragon, an achievement he often reminisced about later in life.<ref name="rm-p191">{{Cite book/Red Magic|191}}</ref>

By 1362 DR, Maligor appeared, softspoken, and frail, but he was over 200 years old prolonging his life with his secret elixirs and concoctions.<ref name="RM-5">{{Cite book/Red Magic|5}}</ref> He has been a Red Wizard and a Zulkir for many years when he plotted to seize control of both Thay and then [[Aglarond]]. His plan comprised of an assault on a minor Red Wizard holding by his gnoll army while his main force of magically transformed darkenbeasts seized control of the main [[Thayvian gold mines|Thayan gold mines]]. However, an unlikely alliance between the [[Zulkir]] of [[Necromancy]] [[Szass Tam]] and the [[Harpers]] [[Galvin]], [[Brenna Graycloak]], and [[Wynter]] the [[centaur]] thwarted his plot and Maligor died when the mines he had planned to seize collapsed on him.<ref name="VL-p44" />

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