Hazard

The name of Hazard the trapper is known throughout Serpent Isle. He is a skilled and famed poacher, working out both a primary base in the Northern Forest and a smaller lair in the frozen north to supply the cities with pelts of animals and Gwani. He had a fair number of Trappers who assisted him.

When confronted by the Avatar at one of his outposts in the Icelands, Hazard says he likes to hunt Gwani because they are such a challenge. In truth, Hazard just loves to kill in the most bloody ways he can think up. Hazard himself says he skins the Gwani while they’re still alive. He considers them animals and sees no difference between killing them as he does in killing a snow leopard, wolf, or polar bear.

Hazard was apparently in the Northern Forest when one of the Teleport Storms replaced a nearby pine cone with a Glass Sword belonging to the Avatar. Hazard was delighted to have such a weapon, and gloated over having it in a note he left for his fellow trappers before taking off on an expedition to the far north. Hazard and his crew (at the urging of Batlin) tracked down and murdered Gwenno (though she was later revived by the Monks of Monk Isle).

After the Banes of Chaos are released, Hazard makes a devastating attack on the Gwani village, slaughtering all but three of the Gwani who lived there. Ironically, while this was happening, all of the cities of Serpent Isle were being destroyed by the Banes, leaving no one left alive to purchase cloaks or pelts of any kind.

Hazard finally meets his end at the hands of the Avatar, who tracks him to his northern lair to avenge the Gwani and recover a medallion of theirs that was stolen off a corpse by the poacher.

Trivia

 * During the game, Hazard attacks the Gwani camp and kills all of them except for Yenani, Neyobi and Myauri. This does not include the Gwani inside Skullcrusher.