Erich Zann

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Erich Zann

(Person)

Alignment

Chaotic neutral

Ancestry/Species

Human (German)

Class

Bard (mute musician) 16

Gender

Male

Homeland

Formerly Paris, France;
now Carcosa

Source: Black Stars Beckon, pg(s). 62

Erich Zann is a mute bard native to the distant planet Earth who leads the Leng ghouls in the Paris nexus of Carcosa.

Background

During his time on Earth, Erich Zann lived in the Rue d'Auseil in the city of Paris, worked for a local orchestra and tapped into a form of primal magic.

During a failed performance of The King in Yellow in Paris, Erich protected himself with his new masterpiece, the Fugue de Rue d'Auseil. Its magic mixed with The King in Yellow, excising the Rue d'Auseil from Earth's temporal continuity and transporting it to Carcosa. At Carcosa, his knowledge appealed to the local civilised Leng ghouls, who keep their evil nature in check and accepted him as the leader of the new Paris nexus. He has gained a reputation of circumventing many of Carcosa's worst degradations with his masterpieces.

The Azlanti ghost Lord Eldarius of the nexus of Aevan-Vhor once invited Erich to his home to beseech him to free his family from Carcosa. Erich knew certain bardic masterpieces that might help Eldarius but warned him that his masterpiece's chance of success was low. He nonetheless played it at Eldarius' request, which resulted in Eldarius' daughter Delmaria becoming a vampire.

Enraged, Eldarius arranged for Erich to be imprisoned by another undead noble, Lord Avaric, who subsequently imprisoned Zann in the Gaol of the Damned beneath Avaric Manor.

Possessions

Zann owns a magic violin known as the viol of potent summoning.

References

Paizo published a major article on Zann in Black Stars Beckon pgs. 62–63.

External links

• "The Music of Erich Zann" (real-world short story) on Wikipedia