A familiar is a magical creature which serves as a sort of servant to an accomplished wizard or Magic User.
Background[]
The ritual of Summoning is performed only once in a Magic User's life, and the power of the Familiar seems to be in direct proportion to the power of the Wizard to whom it is a companion to (which probably means that it's better if the Wizard summons their familiar later in life). The two remain bound for all their lives. The shape of a familiar isn'trelative to their power.
It is known that the Familiar can exist when the Wizard is unconscious, and is able to continue spells that the Wizard had cast. (For example: Fenrus able to keep Erasmus' house afloat in QfG5.)
Notable familiars include:
- Fenrus, familiar of Erasmus (or is that the other way around?)
- Damiano, familiar of Zara
- Archimedes, familiar of Merlin.
- Cedric (familiar of Crispinophur in King's Quest V)
- Scarlet
- Bats
See also[]
Behind the scenes[]
In some early development ideas for QFG they had hoped to implement familiar summoning for the Wizard/Magic User character.