The Pygmalion

[Havard]

I'll note that the Wizard's Pit in Blackmoor's Catacombs is marked with the letter D. If "D8" isn't simply the eighth dungeon level, perhaps the Pygmalion is in Room 8 in the Wizard's Pit. Perhaps she was created by the wizard who was once imprisoned there 500 years ago (Dave Arneson's Blackmoor places the Wizard's Pit beneath the University, and dates him as at least 500 years older. Maybe there were two wizards, imprisoned there 500 years apart).

I based Master Graelwende from this story on the wizard from the Pit. Do we have any clue to how long the Pygmalion has been around?

I also thought the Pygmalion might be the same as the Wife of Ilmarinen described in the Master DM's Book.

That is not a bad idea, though the Pygmalion Legend is more optimistic than the version from Finnish myths.

In my campaign I have connected the creator of the Pygmalion to the Gargoyle Hills. Basically my idea is that after creating the Pygmalion, the wizard kept his ability to create living statues. The Pygmalion left her creator, but the wizard went into the Hills and kept making new statues. However, these statues were terrible in appearance and would attack anyone seeking out the wizard.


-Havard