Kargat
At a glance
A secretive supernatural organization operating above the mortal Kargatane. The party currently understands its senior agents to include vampires, though the full nature of its membership is unknown.
Known facts and claims
- Black Lily reports monthly to a contact or superior within the Kargat.
- He described that contact as his point person and reacted to the thought of the meeting with an unsettling shudder of pleasure or longing.
- Black Lily’s human companion at the Last Breath appeared to outrank him, but was not explicitly identified as a Kargat member.
- Darian Corvrick is a supernatural vampire, full Kargat member, and Black Lily’s patron.
- Darian gives Black Lily a monthly drop of his blood; the latest dose visibly restored Black Lily’s youth.
- Darian praised Ablander’s death and rewarded the party at the Pale Lantern.
- Darian described the Kargat as striving for power in order to become great.
- Alcio “Baron” Metus is the scarred head of the Kargat and ruler of Martira Bay.
- Wererats operating from a Martira Bay hideout serve Baron Metus.
- Darian sent Black Lily blood-sealed instructions concerning Neblus and zealots in Nevuchar Springs.
- The Kargat may maintain a headquarters or tunnel network beneath Martira Bay.
- Two presumed Kargat vampiric thralls accompanied Vermoth’s attempted betrayal outside the city.
- Black Lily’s note suggested that a phylactery is hidden in Castle Avernus.
- Darian’s name is absent from Castle Avernus’s Library of Names; he says it was erased.
- The vampire Allaric Van Stradleheim urged the party to seize Darkon through the Kargatane and target Il Aluk next.
- The party killed Black Lily, Darian’s Kargatane intermediary, after returning to Martira Bay.
Relationship to the Kargatane
The Kargatane are mortal followers, recruiters, mercenaries, and henchmen serving beneath the Kargat. The party believes vampires occupy the higher organization, but has not established whether every Kargat agent is a vampire.
Current relationship
Dangerous former patron. Darian welcomed and rewarded the party for killing Ablander, but the party has now killed his intermediary Black Lily; retaliation or scrutiny may follow.