YMMV / Al-Qadim

• Complete Monster:
  • "Broken Talons", from The Golden Voyages: Melisende is a cruel, cold-hearted sorceress who works with her father on the island of Kaff. Using her magics, Melisende crashes sailors onto the island, lures them to her father, then works with the man to torture and experiment on their captives, turning them into ghoulish pirates that Melisende then releases into the seas to cause chaos. Melisende has done this to countless men, leading to untold pain and death, and when the PCs arrive on Kaff, Melisende tries to repeat the process on them, successfully subjecting half of the PCs crew to the horrible fate.
  • Cities of Bone: Sumulael has made himself master of a lost city. Without any regard for even his wife, Sumulael kills many people to be raised as zombies to serve him, even killing women to populate an undead harem to satisfy his perversions. Sumulael also subjects his victims to grotesque tortures and experiments, letting his creations tear slaves apart for his amusement, always seeking to add more to his twisted kingdom.
  • Corsairs of the Great Sea: Faizah, the ghul-kin High Priestess of the Cult of Istishia, takes advantage of her god's neutrality to sacrifice innocent people in his name while reaping the benefit of his powers. Faizah has a special predilection for child slaves, using the Waters of Devotion to fully snuff out the will of her victims, to the point most of the cult are victims of the Waters of Devotion. Children who prove immune to the Waters are simply murdered.
  • "Weave of the Carpet", from A Dozen and One Adventures: Ali al-Lazan is a member of the Brotherhood of the Flame who burns people and pets alive for fun, loving nothing so much as consuming innocent lives in fire. Savoring the torture by fire of his victims, Ali intends to burn down the local palace by flying over it and raining flame down upon innocent lives. Should he be exposed, Ali will attempt to annihilate the local market.