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A guest at Thema and Gulliver Vatticus’ wedding. Tall, thin, nerdy-chic. Strong chin, tall forehead, rakish swoop of perfect blond hair, fashionable spectacles, and a big smile. Burn scars cover his cheek.
He brought some books for Thema at Count Lowls’ request. Claims his parents hated him. Showed something in a book to Thema that changed her life forever.
According to vague memories of Gull’s, he had possibly been a hotshot student or teacher at the Sincomakti School in the 4680’s.
In Chapter 62, Dabwick revealed that they had once been employed as a ratter by Mun, and that he was known in Cassomir as a prominent philanthropist. He had paintings in his house that Dabwick came to associate as being related to Carcosa.
In Chapter 81, while heading down to the sub-basement of Iris Hill, Dora felt that her body had descended these stairs before, and she remembered that she had followed Mun up them to “her fate.”
In Chapter 83, Viktor discovered instructions in Iris Hill detailing Mun’s calculations for drugging Thema, Rony, Riptusk, Brayden, and Vatticus to keep them asleep without deadening their abilities, and a note to Lowls dated 1 Lamashan: “I look forward to seeing you again soon, my old friend. Perhaps early in the new year, it seems? I eagerly await news of your latest discoveries, and what the Mad Poet had to say.”
According to Lowl’s journals read in Chapter 86, he was a pretentious rich kid from Absalom who attended the Sincomakti school and had perverted interests and a deep, disturbing interest in the occult. Handsome, genius, and capable. Lowls provided him with the right research. A socialite, obsessed with Hastur. Seeded Thema with Xhamen-dor on her wedding day.
He was seen in the Act II Epilogue standing aboard the H.M.S. Ardent in the Cassomir harbor, along with other members of the Esoteric Knights of Evolvement, worried that Twain was going to be upset that “the skin suit didn’t fit Altheel.”
In Act III Interlude 1, eleven years prior to the beginning of the campaign, Mun had just acquired a “home” outside of Cassomir in the Blackwood Swamp: the infirmary of an infamous prison that had long ago sunk in the mire. According to Mun’s butler Ellisar, Mun worked for the Taldan Navy, conducting dangerous alchemical experiments designed for the preservation of the Grand Prince’s vessels, and needed a place to conduct those experiments in safety. When Dabwick was hired to remove some vermin from the house, they discovered a painting depicting Carcosa into which their friends were absorbed.
In Chapter 150 (Part 2), Lowls revealed that Mun knew where on Golarion the dread Necronomicon could be found.
In Chapter 151, Chester shared with Dabwick an overview of all that had happened since the party had last enacted the Dreamlands Excursion ritual. This is what they knew of Mun’s activities in recent months: Lowls’ ship, the Aurora, had docked in Cassomir several days before a big storm covered the region on 29 Abadius, 4719. Lowls was observed going ashore alone, with no servants or luggage. By the time the storm hit, Lowls had already set sail again, apparently with Mun, and bound for Absalom (according to Stazi‘s investigations).
In Chapter 153, however, the party learned from Glenborn Havermast that there had been some irregularities involved in the logging of the final destination of the Jeroboam (the ship aboard which Mun and Lowls had departed), and that the Harbormaster, Julius Caine, would know more about that.
In Chapter 154, the party learned that Mun had been friends with Ayah Boulos, Evie Taru, and Thomel Hewbern, all of whom committed suicide in the months following Mun’s departure from Cassomir, and that they had all been involved with a club that met regularly at the Sceptered House.
In Chapter 155, Mollie Mab revealed that during the short window of time she observed Mun and Lowls in conversation at the Sceptered House on the day Lowls arrived in Cassomir, they seemed to be disagreeing with each other.
In Chapter 156, Pandora learned from Julius Caine (via a Detect Thoughts spell) that Mun had originally logged the destination of the Jeroboam as being somewhere in Garund, had then changed it to somewhere in Casmaron right after Lowls’ arrival in Cassomir, but then on his day of departure he bribed Caine to log the destination as being Absalom and to erase all record of the previous destinations.
In Chapter 161, the party entered Mun’s home in the Blackwood Swamp and discovered that he had created a Hollow One version of himself to answer the door.
In Chapter 162, Pandora recalled that Mun—despite having gone out of his way to seed Thema—never particularly cultivated his Xhamen-Dor infestation. He was always much more of “a Hastur guy.”
In the same chapter, the party encountered a second Hollow One version of Mun.
In Chapter 164, they encountered a third Hollow One Mun.
In Chapter 166, the party learned that Mun believed the Necronomicon was being held in a location known as the Mysterium and that that was where he and Lowls traveled to after leaving Cassomir.
In the same Chapter, they learned that Mun keeps a secret entrance to Corgunbier in his basement.
According to Devin, Mun hates losing control. Nothing makes him angrier than failed experiments, unexpected developments, or surprise visitors.
In Chapter 168, Pandora dreamed of the shame she felt over having been in relationship with Mun for so many years during her time as Thema.
In Chapter 173, Sister Thyrr informed the party that Mun and Lowls entered the Mysterium on 23 Pharast, 4719, pursued by Elder Lythiin and a dozen Stewards, along with Stazi, Stanhope, Tharivol, and Nheb, and as of the 28th, had not re-emerged.
In Chapter 174, Pandora was able to learn more from Sister Thyrr about the timeline of events leading up to the triggering of the wards in the Mysterium:
- On 19 Pharast, Miacknian Mun met privately with Elder Lythiin and paid him a large sum of money for “unfettered access” to the Soul. Elder Lythiin kept the details of this transaction from the rest of the Stewards, but Sister Thyrr later learned that the Stewards were almost entirely out of money and Lythiin accepted the funds in order to continue their operations.
- On 20 Pharast, Mun entered the Mysterium with Count Lowls and their group of mercenaries. They remained inside the Soul all day and overnight.
- On 21 Pharast, Mun and the mercenaries emerged from the Soul near the end of the day and left the Mysterium. Lowls again remained inside the Soul overnight.
- On 22 Pharast, Lythiin had a change of heart or conscience and confronted Mun in a private conversation only partially overheard by Brother Ebrahim. The Elder put his foot down and told Mun that he and his companions must depart the Mysterium for good at the end of the day. Mun returned to the Soul, emerged with Lowls, and they both left.
- On 23 Pharast, Lowls appeared alone and met with Elder Lythiin. Something unknown passed between them and afterwards Lowls returned to the Soul. Soon, Mun came racing up looking for Lowls, learned that the count had gone back inside the Mysterium, and went in after him. Very shortly thereafter, Stazi, Tharivol, Stanhope, and Nheb arrived and found a Seeded Elder Lythiin gathering his forces to go after the scholar and the chemist.
In Chapter 179, the party encountered two construct versions of Mun in the alchemy lab on the Cipher Obscura level of the Mysterium: a Simulacrum and a Homunculus. Bash deduced that this meant Mun was what was known as a Promethean Alchemist: unable to create bombs, but skilled at crafting constructs through alchemical means.
In Chapter 180, the party joined together to kill Mun in the hallway outside the alchemy lab. He had experienced a psychotic break during his week of being trapped inside the Mysterium and seemed capable only of violence.
Count Lowls’ abandonment of Mun in the Mysterium was witnessed in Pandora's psychometry reading of the Ring Gate during Chapter 183.
First Reference: Chapter 34
Other Notable References: Chapter 62, Chapter 81, Chapter 83, Chapter 86, Act II Epilogue, Act III Interlude 1, Chapter 150 (Part 2), Chapter 150 (Part 3), Chapter 151, Chapter 153, Chapter 154, Chapter 155, Chapter 156, Chapter 161, Chapter 162, Chapter 164, Chapter 166, Chapter 168, Chapter 173, Chapter 174, Chapter 179, Chapter 180, Chapter 183