# Khazan

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> [!infobox]
> ![exethanter](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/img/portraits/exethanter.webp)
> **Title:** Archmage of the Old Kingdom
> **Region:** [Van Richten's Tower](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/regions/van-richtens-tower.md)
> **Starting attitude:** indifferent
> **Pronouns:** he/him
> **In a fight:** [Khazan](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/bestiary/khazan.md)

## About

The archmage who built the tower on Lake Baratok before the count was born, and who never quite died. He keeps himself in the world with his own name, cut over his door, and collects the names of everyone who says it.

## Where to find them

> [!note]- At points in the story (2)
> - [Under Van Richten's Tower](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/under-van-richtens-tower.md), Khazan's study: when not khazan withdrawn and not khazan destroyed
> - [Under Van Richten's Tower](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/locations/under-van-richtens-tower.md), Khazan's study: when khazan withdrawn and khazan name broken and not khazan destroyed

## Quests

- [The Name Over the Door](https://curseofstrahd.app/wiki/quests/the-name-over-the-door.md)