Lore:Gandohar

Gandohar
Two Worlds II Emperor Gandohar promotional artwork.
Character's information Species Human Gender Male Age Unknown Family Unknown Occupation Emperor Title Emperor of Antaloor Status Presumed dead.
Background information Earliest appearance Two Worlds Most recent appearance Two Worlds II Cutscenes only.

This page is about Gandohar as a character. For Gandohar as a quest giver in Two Worlds, see Two Worlds:Gandohar.

Gandohar (formerly Emperor Gandohar) was a powerful dark wizard who seized control of the Kingdom of Cathalon and nearly drove the Orcs to extinction at the Battle of Oswaroh

Biography

Devilish Plans

Gandhar begins to make a name for himself in the year 339, he begins by uniting the Orcs under a prophecy in the year 340. In the year 345, Gandohar captures Kira, the sister of the Hero. After many months, a letter is sent to the Hero who meets up with Gandohar outside of the small village of Komorin. He appears to be acting on behalf of a mysterious, underground society who've kidnapped Kira. Gandohar sends the Hero on a quest to gather all of the fragments of a Relic, which he intends to use to free the God of Fire, Aziraal. He gains the Hero's trust by gaining Kira's trust, who then vouches for him while simultaneously playing the part of a friend with the Hero. Gandohar managed to keep up this charade for some time until it was revealed that he, was the ringleader of the underground society and was responsible for the kidnapping of Kira.

Reist Tungard, who played the part of the ringleader of Gandohar's dark brotherhood shows himself to be a horrific, demonic entity. When the Relic is destroyed and the Grand Pentagram is created, Reist and Gandohar head to Oswaroh where Reist serves as a guard to the Star of Oswaroh. Despite kidnapping Kira, playing the part of a friend before betraying the Hero, he still agrees to side with Gandohar, who later betrays him yet again.

Becoming Emperor

Emperor Gandohar instills himself in Oswaroh after imprisoning Aziraal in Kira's body. It's unclear exactly what became, of the Kingdom of Cathalon. The Orcs, unhappy with their betrayal and imprisonment of their God begin their assault at Oswaroh. An elite strike force led by legendary general Rogdor enter the castle and attempt to kill Emperor Gandohar, but are subverted. Emperor Gandohar's top general, Sordahon is sent to decimate the lead Orc camp and cut off all reinforcements. He's ordered to not leave a single Orc standing. Sordahon is successful and all of the Orcs are killed. The Orc race is brought to the brink of extinction. To sustain Aziraal in Kira's body, Emperor Gandohar needs to sustain her body by transferring the life force of another into her. To do so requires the use of ancient artifacts known as Maliel's Thrones. He begins to search the Drak'ar Desert and finds the first in the catacombs of a temple. One of Emperor Gandohar's search parties discovers the second throne on Elkronas Island in a burial ground. From there, Gandohar heads to overthrow Castle Vahkmaar.

Emperor Gandohar

Emperor Gandohar rules with an iron fist. During his reign, he commits several nefarious deeds such as officially disbanding the Mages Guild and wiping out nearly the entire Orcish race. He has been using Kira as his power source while draining the Hero of his life force to sustain her.

Downfall

The Hero assaults the Imperial Palace. When leaving the dungeons he encounters a group of soldiers who inform him that the Emperor is waiting and after a brief chat they take him. Gandohar is no longer hostile and is in a weakened state. When freed from Azziral's influence he helped Kira and summoned Dar Pha to his castle in order to imprison Azziral once again. The Prophet Cassara shows up and proclaims that she servers Azziral and is in fact, a dragon. Gandohar opens a teleport and orders the hero, his sister and Dar Pha to run while he will deal with the dragon. Unfortunately for the Emperor, in his weakened state, he was overpowered by and presumably killed by Cassara. It's never shown, so it's inconclusive, but Cassara drops his crown at the feet of the heroes in order to instill a sense of hopelessness. Dar Pha says that Antaloor cannot be allowed to descend into chaos and that an Emperor must be on the throne, so Kira accepts it and now poses as Emperor.

Appearances

• Two Worlds - (Questgiver, Antagonist)
  • Gandohar
• Two Worlds II - (Cutscenes only)
• Two Worlds II - Castle Defense - (Playable character)

Quests

• Tainted Blood

Gallery

• Gandohar 1.png

  Gandohar concept art.

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  Young Gandohar.

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  Gandohar in Two Worlds.

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  Two Worlds II Emperor Gandohar promotional artwork.

Trivia

• Unlike most of the other characters from between the Two Worlds games his appearance does not change all that much.
• He was once a student of the Veneficus University in New Ashos.
• He appears to be the original inhabitant of the Tower of Fangs. His journal can be found inside on the top floor.
• In Two Worlds II, he wears a mask that covers his face.
• He caused the destruction of the first University and the creation of The Swallows.
• His armor can be used in-game, but is impossible to spawn without using an external program.

In Other Languages

Language			Name
English		UK	Gandohar
Italian			Gandohar
Russian			Гандохар
Polish			Gandohar

Notes

Years:

• 3 Years. Two Worlds Official Website

Months

• Many months. Two Worlds official strategy guide, Topware website, Amazon summary.
• Several months. Two Worlds intro cutscene, Steam.

References

• Used in notes. The Hero spent many weary months searching for his sister.