Noor
Noor, the Red Sultana is a female kholo1 who leads the most violent and sadistic faction within the White Canyon tribe in Katapesh.2
History
Noor gained her title in 4701 AR, during the Siege of Solku where she fought next to Rath Sandstalker at the head of his small army of kholo. After the kholo failed to hold Solku, Noor left the band of survivors and disappeared into the desert.
When Noor reappeared, she did so as the Red Sultana with enchanted hide armor that shone with a slick red sheen as if dripping wet with crimson gore, and her eyes burn with an intense light. The Red Sultana drew to her crimson banner the most depraved, sadistic, desperate and violent kholo in the region. Sandstalker lost some of his tribe, while others came from small packs in the mountains.
She cares nothing for preserving or defending kholo settlements, nor does she march for gold or power. She cares only for slaughter and seeks to begin it with those who resisted her last siege on Solku.2
A rumor suggests that a band of depraved adventurers known as the Marrow Reavers saved Noor during the Siege of Solku. Others claim that the Marrow Reavers found her dead body and brought her back to life, and that it was this rebirth that brought about her change. Whatever the truth might be, neither the Red Sultana nor the Marrow Reavers speak a word of it.3
Status
As of 4711 AR she was rumored to be attempting to unite the kholo of White Canyon under her banner, with the intention of assailing the city of Solku again before sweeping down upon the rest of Katapesh.4
References
- ↑ Paizo referred to all kholo as gnolls until the publication of The Mwangi Expanse, and renamed all gnolls to kholo across Player Core, GM Core, and Monster Core. For details, see Meta:Kholo.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 . “Land of Adventure” in Dark Markets, A Guide to Katapesh, 24–25. Paizo Inc., 2009
- ↑ . “Marrow Reavers” in Rival Guide, 40. Paizo Inc., 2011
- ↑ . “Katapesh” in The Inner Sea World Guide, 93. Paizo Inc., 2011