Introduction
The Game Master is a villainous wizard, who forces people to play in strange games he makes up. He is wanted on all six continents of Buryadeen and in five different planes. The Shitwatchers consider him a "Matter of Growing Concern".
Origins
Not much is known about the background of the Game Master. The historian Morn Tallstag once decided to write a biography of the Game Master. Four months later, his corpse was found in a burned-down library, with "SPOILERS" carved into his chest. Needless to say, this has scared off all but the most powerful entities from investigating his past, so only information about after he adopted the "Game Master" title is available.
The Game Master's first known appearance was in 1388 PGD, when several princesses were mysteriously swapped with juvenile dragons. The outcomes range from a simple "prisoner swap" to the Dragon Princess vs. Princess Dragon War of 1389-1393 PGD. Since then, his "games" have gradually grown more complex, although he is still not beyond juvenile pranks.
Best-known "games"
Out of all the "games" the Game Master has played, the following are the most notorious:
- 1393 PGD. Bloody Good Fun: secretly added razor blades to the popcorn sold during a performance of the Mifast circus. Outcome: 107 injured, 1 dead (the clown Grimaldi, who threw three knives into the chest of the Game Master before being killed by a dozen Fireballs).
- 1399 PGD. Snakes in a Plane: transported a Yuan-Ti temple into the Elemental Plane of Water (as claimed by letters written in the ground where the temple used to stand). Outcome: unknown.
- 1407 PGD. Twice The Fun: built a duplicate of the city of Kegas 20 miles away, filled with doppelgangers (each of which had their shape "fixed" into that of someone living in Kegas), then randomly swapped about 10% of the population, falsely telling each swapped pair they were the only ones he swapped. Outcome: approximately 7% of total population killed by inquisition, angry mobs, or starvation due to food shortage, before a Shitwatchers group intervened. Current status: Kegas and New Kegas at peace.
- 1418 PGD. The Floor Is Lava: replaced all roads in the city of Paxvale with lava moats. Outcome: 31% of population dead, city abandoned.
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