Lorre Petrovich is the Chief Thief of Mordavia who is initially cursed to be in Transmogrification form.
Background[]
He is the uncle of Ugarte. He sent a letter to his nephew in Silmaria calling him a little sneak.[1] His nephew hopes to win the Chief Thief contest in Silmaria to win his praise.
If the hero has enough Thief skills to be able to enter Mordavia Thieves' Guild and work out its puzzles then the Hero can meet Lorre. Lorre at first resembles an enormous beetle, but with the hero's help can manage to return to his human form by grabbing a statue from the Monastery of the Mad Monk using a Shopping Bag.
Titles and nicknames[]
- Chief Thief
- Chief
- The Cockroach
- Chief-Monster
See also[]
Behind the scenes[]
- Looking at him gives a nod to Ugarte, as looking like an "older Ugarte".
- He foreshadows pickpocketing, saying that it would be a skill that the Hero could learn in Silmaria.[2] Likewise, he predicts the hero's potential to become Chief Thief of Silmaria.[3]
- Lorre appears to be quite accomplished at the Throwing skill, as he notes how he "showed" how fast he could throw daggers to a thief who questions his speed.
- Lorre's character is likely based on the Hungarian-American cinema actor Peter Lorre[4] ("Petrovich" means "son of Peter").
Trivia[]
- Though he's Moravia's only thieves' guild member, the Chief Thief can't fence stolen goods.
- It's possible to attack the Chief Thief with a dagger or sword. If he is still a monster, he instantly kills the hero in self defense. But if it happens after he is turned to human again then attacking him instantly kills him, but it makes the hero lose his entire Honor, setting it to an unrecoverable 0.
References[]
- ↑ Ugarte (QFG5):""
- ↑ "Some place such as Silmaria, perhaps."
- ↑ "You seem to be most daring. Is there nothing that you fear? You will make a truly excellent Chief Thief someday.", QFG4 transcript
- ↑ Peter Lorre at Wikipedia
- ↑ "Moving almost faster than the eye can see, you launch an attack at the Chief Thief!", QFG4 transcript