Noor

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Noor
(Person)

Titles
Red Sultana
Ancestry/Species
Gender
Female
Homeland
Organization
Source: Dark Markets, pg(s). 24-25

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, 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 exists that Noor was saved during the Siege of Solku by a band of depraved adventurers known as the Marrow Reavers. Others claim that the Marrow Reavers found her dead body and brought it back to life, and that it was this rebirth that brought about her change. Whatever the truth might be, neither the Red Sultana or the or 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

  1. 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. 2.0 2.1 Stephen S. Greer & Amber E. Scott. “Land of Adventure” in Dark Markets, A Guide to Katapesh, 24–25. Paizo Inc., 2009
  3. Amber Stewart. Marrow Reavers” in Rival Guide, 40. Paizo Inc., 2011
  4. James Jacobs, et al. The Inner Sea World Guide, 93. Paizo Inc., 2011