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==Origin==
 
==Origin==
  
Karnov is a reference to an old 1987 platform arcade game. He is an ex circus strongman of the east soviet union. He has huge muscles and he also breads fire.
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Karnov is a reference to an old 1987 platform arcade game. He is an ex circus strongman of the east soviet union. He has huge muscles and he also breathes fire.
  
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==

Revision as of 12:03, 13 April 2015

Shaman Karnov, @, is the Caveman quest leader. Despite his name, he is not a priest or a spellcaster of any kind, and is in fact mostly indistinguishable from other quest leaders.

Origin

Karnov is a reference to an old 1987 platform arcade game. He is an ex circus strongman of the east soviet union. He has huge muscles and he also breathes fire.

Trivia

A random ghost can be called Karnov.

Encyclopedia entry

Note: Tiamat is actually the Chromatic dragon.

Making his quarters in the Caves of the Ancestors, Shaman
Karnov unceasingly tries to shield his neanderthal people
from Tiamat's minions' harassments.