Neferet the Green

@ Neferet the Green
Difficulty	23
Attacks	Weapon 1d6, spell-casting

@ Neferet the Green
Difficulty	23
Attacks	Weapon 1d6, spell-casting
Base level	20
Base experience	593
Speed	12
Base AC	0
Base MR	60
Alignment	0 (neutral)
Frequency (by normal means)	Unique
Genocidable	No
Weight	1450
Nutritional value	400
Size	Medium
Resistances	None
Resistances conveyed	None
Neferet the Green: has a head, a couple of arms, and a torso. is omnivorous. is not a valid polymorphable form. is a human. is female. is normally generated peaceful. is strong. can pick up weapons and food. can pick up magical items. lets you close unless attacked. can be seen through infravision.
Reference	monst.c#line3179

Neferet the Green, @, is the Wizard quest leader. She is made slightly more dangerous than most quest leaders by the fact that she can cast spells. As she has quite a high base level, some of those spells can be quite nasty. Of course, if you are attacking your quest leader, you've probably already lost your game.

History

Neferet the Green replaced the Wizard of Balance as Wizard Quest Leader in NetHack 3.4.0, perhaps because Wizards, who were always Neutral up to and including NetHack 3.2.3, can now be Neutral or Chaotic. Your quest leader's alignment is adjusted to match your starting alignment, and it doesn't make sense for a Wizard of Balance to be chaotic.

Encyclopedia entry

Neferet the Green holds office in her hidden tower, only
reachable by magical means, where she teaches her apprentices
the enigmatic skills of occultism. Despite her many years, she
continues to investigate new spells, especially those involving
translocation. It is further rumored that when she was an
apprentice herself, she accidentally turned her skin green, and
has kept it that way ever since.