#kirk botula

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"Lady Silith is an art dealer. Her enormous caravan of extraordinary artworks is legendary." Nobles from throughout the region have purchased her carpets, paintings, and especially the remarkable sculptures that she supposedly purchased from duergar artists. She usually keeps her serpents hidden behind her veil. (Bruce Eagle, The Complete Book of Villains for AD&D 2e by Kirk Botula, TSR, 1994)

This is missing a signature or direct attribution, but Bruce Eagle is listed on the credits page as one of three artists responsible for color art in this book, and the other three paintings are credited clearly to Jeff Easley and Keith Parkinson here or in other products.

Bruce Eagle was an Oklahoma-born musician turned visual artist better known for movie poster art, his work for Disney, and children's book illustration. In between he created a few paintings for TSR that appeared in D&D books, posters, and puzzles.

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"Villains motivate the player characters to action." At first glance I thought a black dragon lurked in the back, but the blunt face with a relatively small nose, twin horns, and scaled back of the neck all look like the 1e/2e tarrasque. (Keith Parkinson, AD&D 2e supplement DMGR6: The Complete Book of Villains by Kirk Botula, TSR, 1994)

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Interviewing candidates for the position of villain (Terry Dykstra from The Complete Book of Villains by Kirk Botula, TSR, 1994)  This guide includes a section of questions for “Interviewing Your Villain” to better understand their motivation and perspective