Ketchaval

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Ketchaval

Graphical portrait from Ultima Underworld of a grey goblin against a red background.

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Graphical portrait from the PSX version of Ultima Underworld of a grey goblin against a red background.


Ketchaval, from Ultima Underworld
Species: goblin
Profession: king
Association: Gray Goblins
Ultima Underworld pixel art of a blue, vertical banner depicting a yellow ankh.
Appearances

Ultima Underworld
Location: Gray Goblin home
Ultima Underworld animation of a gray goblin holding a sword, scratching its head and rotating.
Name: a gray goblin
Description: a goblin
Height: 40
Mass: 60.0
Vitality: 25
Passiveness: 22%
Movement speed: 6
Poison: 0
Sight: 89
Experience given: 12
TechnicalInfo
critter number: 16
string block: 3591

Ketchaval is the king of the Gray Goblins living on the first level of the Abyss. He appears in Ultima Underworld.

Description[edit]

The Avatar met him after being granted permission by his wife Retichall. Ketchaval had no information about the kidnapped Arial, complaining that he had other worries and many enemies surrounding them. Besides his feud with the green goblins, he complained about a horrible wolf spider named "Navrey Night-Eyes", mentioning that her web had special properties – it is non-flammable and is as strong as steel.

Ketchaval also spoke about how the goblins had been invited by Sir Cabirus years ago, referring to the human as a 'fool' whose 'dreams were shown to be mere folly' and who had abandoned them to their fate.

Lore[edit]

Scan of the cover of the Ultima Underworld Clue Book, depicting an adventurer descending a flight of dungeon stairs, with an armoured monster at the bottom, in the foreground.

Here, you will find Ketchaval, pitiful king of the gray goblins who inhabit the depths. He is the sworn foe of Vernix, king of the green goblins, as though their pathetic internecine conflict were of any importance. He knows a little about the Abyss; mostly, he knows that the charming spider-thing Navrey Night-Eyes has an appetite for his loathsome subjects. He is no danger to travellers who speak courteously to him.

Trivia[edit]

  • Ketchaval will react hostile should the Avatar claim to be a friend of Vernix, the king of the Green Goblins. Thus one has to claim not to be friends with him or not know him at all.