Red Bishop

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Red Bishop
(Person)
Unique
Medium

Alignment
Ancestry/Species
Level
14
Class
Gender
Male
Homeland
Deity
Source: Sandpoint, Light of the Lost Coast, pg(s). 82 (1E)
Seven Dooms for Sandpoint, pg(s). 196–197 (2E)

The Red Bishop is a mothman cleric of Pazuzu who seeks to attract the attention of the demon Uvaglor to the Lost Coast and turn the Pit into a portal to Uvaglor's realm in the Outer Rifts. However, the Red Bishop cannot do this until a ward left in the Pit by Sazzleru, a long-dead priestess of Ashava, is destroyed, which can only be done by powerful non-evil mortals.2

As a result, the Red Bishop has committed numerous atrocities, from corrupting Jervis Stoot into a serial killer to enslaving the inhabitants of Grubber's Hermitage, in order to attract heroes to the Sandpoint Hinterlands. At such a point he plans to appear in front of the heroes to ask them for their help in destroying the ward, so that he and his minions would leave Sandpoint alone.2

Otherwise, the Red Bishop would burn Sandpoint to the ground and ensure that everyone who dies would blame the heroes for their refusal to help him. If they accept, he would keep his word, but the devastation wrought by the unleashed Uvaglor and his minions would be far greater.2

The Red Bishop sometimes disguises himself as a red seagull, which has been noted as accompanying strange or unfortunate occurrences in the waters around Sandpoint.34 Some fishers suggest the bird's color and behavior associates it with Stoot and have nicknamed it the Stoot Bird.35

References

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  1. Sandpoint, Light of the Lost Coast 82 lists the Red Bishop as being chaotic neutral. This is an error and the Red Bishop should be chaotic evil, per James Jacobs. (October 17, 2018). >>Ask *James Jacobs* ALL your Questions Here!<<, Pazio messageboards.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 James Jacobs. “The Sandpoint Hinterlands” in Sandpoint, Light of the Lost Coast, 81–82. Paizo Inc., 2018
  3. 3.0 3.1 James Jacobs. Sandpoint” in Sandpoint, Light of the Lost Coast, 7. Paizo Inc., 2018
  4. James Jacobs. “Your First Adventure” in Seven Dooms for Sandpoint Player's Guide, 30. Paizo Inc., 2024
  5. James Jacobs. Sandpoint Hinterlands” in The Brinewall Legacy, 64. Paizo Inc., 2011