D&D movie’s villain revealed (and no it’s not Vecna)

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves’ latest trailer dropped on Monday, lifting the veil off the film’s big villain. While fans are excited for the film, Stranger ThingsCritical Role might believe they have an advantage, Chris Pine and his company may not. It is notFighting a Vecna the lich

Jonathan Goldstein and John Francis Daley, the co-directors of IGN, revealed Monday that the movie will star Szass Tam, the leader of Red Wizards of Thay. Tam is Also a lich — just like Vecna, the bad guy in Stranger Things and Critical Role’s Vox Machina storyline. Tam is a completely different character, as it can be found in many novels. Forgotten Realms: SpellboundA 2nd Edition Campaign was published in 1995.

In the lore of D&D, a lich is a wizard who, through the dark arts of magic, has transcended mortal life to become a powerful undead creature. According to the Forgotten Realms Wiki, Tam got the job done by killing off his mentor and using his life’s work as a springboard, and then joining up with a nefarious group of evil-aligned magic users known as the Red Wizards of Thay, a group that also features prominently in the D&D film. He’s also an old hand at raising armies — including armies of the undead — to try and take over areas of the material world.

Of course, please don’t get These particular red-robed wizards confused with D&D’s Other red-robed wizards. Those ladies and gentlefolk known as the Order of the Red Robes come from the world of Krynn — and an entirely different setting known as Dragonlance.

Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among ThievesIt will be available in theatres from March 31.