Dora Kaa

This is indeed the name given to this ramshackle woodsmen's village by its new ruler. The mage Zemyatin who slew all the people here and animated them as zombies is hopelessly insane, an escapee from the Legions of the Deranged, and he now believes himself to be the one true priest of Iuz left on Oerth. Zemyatin's mind has compensated for the insanity and horror of his later years by returning to what he thinks of as an early golden age, the time when Iuz first unified his homeland and established Dora Kaa, which would later become Dorakaa. He thinks that he lives in Dora Kaa, awaiting Iuz's arrival. In the interim, he busies himself collecting skulls from any humanoid he can find and slay. Zemyatin is paranoid, but he has reasonable self-control and he has learned the skills of foraging and survival. Zemyatin's major significance is that he knows the layout of Gibbering Gate perfectly, having memorized every nook and cranny with the obsessiveness of the truly paranoid. If somehow his confidence could be gained, he could reveal a great deal of that citadel's defenses and prisoners.

Zemyatin also has a group of allies, some 20 quicklings around the village who converse with the mage. Why they choose to do so, only they know, but the effect on the viewer is generally that of observing the mage talking to thin-air, since the quicklings are invisible. The quicklings often perch on the mage's shoulder and whisper into his ear; their replies are not audible unless one is standing very close by. So, the mage simply appears madder than ever and his dangerous little acquaintances may go undetected unless the observer is very watchful and vigilant.