Name Durza
Gender Masculine
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Meaning & History
Used by author Christopher Paolini (1983-) as the name of an antagonist in his Inheritance trilogy. The character Durza is a Shade, i.e., a sorcerer possessed by demonic spirits; born #Carsaib#, he was transformed into a Shade when he summoned spirits too powerful to control, which then took possession of his mind and body. The spirits renamed his body Durza.