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Ad Avis, also known as Wizard of the Southern Sands or Enchanter of Elements (also referred to as Dark One in Quest for Glory II) is the main antagonist of the Quest for Glory franchise, serving as the overarching antagonist of the first game, the main antagonist of the second and fourth games, as well as an overarching antagonist of the third game.
He is an evil wizard of immense power, who desires to take over Gloriana.
Background[]
Ad Avis had always been an evil meglomaniac who wanted to rule the world. He hated women, believed they should all be locked away in harems. He studied magic, and soon he entered the Wizard's Institute of Technocery and obtained the rank of Wizard, but he desired greater knowledge and power. Around this time, he learned about the prophecy concerning the ancient Marid Iblis but needed more power before he would be ready to summon it. Therefore he sought the great necromancer, the Dark Master in the land of Silmaria, to learn forbidden spells and dark magic.
It was to his horror that he discovered that the Dark Master was a woman, Katrina; he was quite appalled by the fact. Moreover she was a more powerful wizard than he, and though she taught him many things over the years he studied under her eventually he could not stand to be subordinate to her. He challenged her to a duel and lost. She bound him to her will, and made him her servant for fifty years until she grew bored with and turned him loose. Ad Avis had spent most of his time following this learning the magic that controls men's minds and waiting for a fool to fulfill the prophecy for him. In the end he had served the Dark Master for fifty to seventy years total.
He fled from her to Shapeir, a land close to his home, but not before she gave him the "gift" of "Life Eternal after Death" by biting him and forcing him to drink her own blood. He travelled to Raseir where he pulled his power play, becoming Vizier, and took over the city, hoping to gain enough power that he would never die and have to serve Katrina. He knew from research that the time would soon be right to release the terrible Marid Iblis, and that he needed a Hero, to find Iblis in the Forbidden City.
Powers and Abilities[]
As a Wizard, Ad Avis possesses the ability to use magic. As seen in the games, he can toss Flame Darts, summon Necrotaurs, teleport himself and other people, as well as put people under a hypnosis.
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Trivia[]
- He has some similarities to Abdul Alhazred from Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos. Like Alhazred, Ad Avis is horribly devoured by translucent/invisible manifesting of cosmic horror, and pulled into chaos. He was an indifferent Moslem, worshipping unknown entities whom he called Yog-Sothoth and Cthulhu. Also in Cthulhu Mythos is another cosmic horror who in human form frequents the Middle-East (Damascus, Egypt, etc) known as Nylarthotep who among his nicknames and avatars is known as the Dark One, Strange Dark One, Dark Man and allusions to bats as well; Father of All Bats, The Dark Wing, The Sand Bat, and Bat God of L'gy'hx. He took human forms was highly manipulative being who wanted to bring elder gods into the world and rule it. He was capable of telepathy, mind control and hypnosis. Nyarlathotep delights in cruelty, is deceptive and manipulative, and even cultivates followers and uses propaganda to achieve his goals.
- Abdul Alharazed was also the main antagonist of King's Quest VI: Heir Today, Gone Tomorrow, another video game created by Sierra Entertainment.
- He is named in honor of Sierra's creative director Bill Davis.
- He is described as “a Dark one”, and has the nickname, the Dark One, similar to Avoozl.
- He is known as Adavis in Hoyle 3, but also in the parser in QFG2.