Rary

In the Dungeons & Dragons World of Greyhawk campaign setting, Rary of Ket is an archmage.

He is also called Rary the Traitor, a former member of the Circle of Eight. He was responsible for the deaths of Circle members Otiluke and Tenser at the end of the Greyhawk Wars. After his betrayal, Rary fled with his ally Sir Robilar, to the Bright Desert, where he established the Empire of the Bright Lands.

His younger brother, the renowned sage Arkalan Sammal who resides in the Free City of Greyhawk, has renounced Rary, as have most of his former allies.

Spells

Rary is responsible for developing such commonly known spells as

Rary's mnemonic enhancer
Rary's telepathic bond

Rary has also developed the following additional spells:

Rary's aptitude appropriator
Rary's empathic perception
Rary's interplanar telepathic bond
Rary's memory alteration
Rary's mind scan
Rary's mind shield
Rary's plane truth
Rary's protection from scrying
Rary's replay
Rary's spell enhancer
Rary's superior spell enhancer
Rary's urgent utterance

References

Broadhurst, Creighton. "Into the Bright Desert." Dungeon #98 (Paizo Publishing, 2003).

Cook, David. "History of the Greyhawk Wars." Wars (TSR, 1991). Available Online: http://www.nyrond.org/turbine/page/university/greyhawkwars.html
Cook, David. Vecna Lives (TSR, 1990).

Holian, Gary, Erik Mona, Sean K Reynolds, and Frederick Weining. Living Greyhawk Gazetteer (Wizards of the Coast, 2000).

Mona, Erik, and Gary Holian. "Wheels within Wheels: Greyhawk's Circle of Eight." Living Greyhawk Journal #0 (Aug 2000). Available online: http://www.wizards.com/rpga/downloads/LGJcircleof8pdf.zip

Moore, Roger E. The Adventure Begins (TSR, 1998).
Moore, Roger. Return of the Eight (TSR, 1998).

Pryor, Anthony. Rary the Traitor (TSR, 1992).

Sargent, Carl. The City of Greyhawk (TSR, 1989).
Sargent, Carl. From the Ashes (TSR, 1993).

Ward, James M. Greyhawk Adventures (TSR, 1988).

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