Alustriel (not in FR0)
Selected NPCs of the Realms
Alustriel (not in FR0)
NOTE:
Add dismind to Khelben's spells.
Khelben: khelben's warding whip
Add Laeral's dancing dweomer to Laeral's spells.
Add Ghost pipes to Vangy
Simbul
Alustriel
Laeral
Simbul
Storm
KING AZOUN IV (Azz-OO-un)
"The Purple Dragon," King of Cormyr
Suzail
20th level cavalier
LG, Tyr and Tempus
Human male, born 1282
(has reigned from 1311 to present)
Azoun is a stocky, bearded man of average
height, brown hair shot through
with silver, and the possessor of a collection
of magical swords. Azoun is
practical, good-natured, careful, and
prudent. He is devoted to his wife Filfaeril
Selzair ("the Dragon Queen"), and
the great sorrow of their lives has been
the early death of their son and firstborn,
Foril (1307-1309). They have two
daughters, Tanalesta (1309-????), and
Alusair Nacacia (1310-????), the latter of
whom recently went missing, and is
currently sought all over Faerun.
Azoun's father was Rhigaerd II, his
mother Tanalusta Truesilver, and his sister
Sulesta; all are now dead.
Azoun's reign has been largely peaceful.
There have been threats from Gondegal
and Lashan of Scardale, and
ongoing skirmishes in the Stonelands,
but no major wars. Cormyr has recently
annexed Tilverton, but Azoun does
not seem to plan any other expansions,
preferring to keep his kingdom strong
within its traditional borders. He is a
just king, commanding the love as well
as the loyalty of his people.
ELMINSTER +
Shadowdale and the Known Planes
26th level MU
CG, None
Human Male
FZOUL CHEMBRYL (Fzz-OOL CHEMM-bril)
Zhentil Keep
High Priest of the Dark Shrine
13th level cleric
LE, Bane
Human male
Fzoul is second-in-command of the
Zhentarim, but his influence within the
organization is greater than Lord Manshoon's
due to his command of the clergy
of Bane who are part of the
organization (clerics of Bane who think
the Zhentarim a force unworthy of
Bane's support, the majority, are commanded
by the High Imperceptor of Bane, a 19th level High Priest). Fzoul
seeks to enhance his personal power
through diligent service to the God of Tyranny,
and he sees the best way to do this to be supporting and working with
the man he judges best able to succeed
as a tyrant: Manshoon. Fzoul is careful
to remain necessary to and friends with
Manshoon, while keeping as much
power as possible in his own hands, so
that Manshoon will never consider him
expendable, or a threat so powerful
that it mus be destroyed.
Fzoul is wily, glib-tongued, burly, red-haired,
and handsome. He wears bracers
of defense AC2 at all times,
and full plate when expecting
battle. He bears a mace +4,
a silver flail, and a morning star
+1,
and wears a ring of free
action and a ring
of spell storing (contents unknown).
His most treasured magical item is a rod of cancellation, which
he
carries in a sheath inside his left boot.
In his temple, Fzoul has hidden three
blocks of incense
of meditation and a
staff of the serpent
(adder) for his personal
USE in emergencies; he also has a
hidey-hole somewhere in the wastes of
Thar that a word
of recall will take him
to, in extreme peril (Manshoon does not
know of this item).
KHELBEN "Blackstaff" ARUNSUN
(KEL-ben AIR-un-sun)
Waterdeep, though travels widely
(including extraplanar)
(Probable Lord of Waterdeep)
26th+ level magic-user
LN, strong Good tendencies, Mystra
Human male
Khelben is the most powerful and influential
archmage of the Sword Coast,
and is one of the rulers of Waterdeep
(although he does not admit this openly,
most in the North suspect him of being
so). Allied to the Harpers, and instrumental
in keeping the Lords' Alliance
(of Silverymoon, Sundabar, Neverwinter,
and other 'good' cities of the North,
with Waterdeep) intact, Khelben is
always working to influence this or that
occurrence or trend, seeing years
ahead. He is a forester and painter, and
has tutored many mages of note and is
more fully detailed in FR1, Waterdeep
and the North. Khelben appears as a tall
(6'), well-muscled, bearded man with a
receding hairline, black hair shot
through with white hairs, and a distinguished
manner. He is gravely wise, not
pompous, and is fully learned in the history,
lore, and traditions of magic as
practiced by humans in the North since
the rise from barbarism.
MANSHOON (Man-SHOON)
Zhentil Keep
16th level M-U
LE, Mystra (with lip service to Bane)
Human male
This cruel, calculating man heads the
Zhentarim; its power and success are
largely due to his efforts, and its collective
control of Zhentil Keep, the Citadel
of the Raven (and through it, dominance
over Thar and the cities of the
Moonsea's northern coast), Darkhold
(and through it, maintenance of the
shortest overland trade route between
the Inner Sea and Waterdeep) have
made him very rich. Manshoon, a noble
of Zhentil Keep, slew his older brother
Asmuth and seized control of the city's
governing councils by skillful intrigue,
staunch allies (such as Lord Chess, a
lifelong friend), and the aid of that faction
of the priesthood of Bane controlled
by Fzoul Chembryl and of the
beholder Xantriph. Manshoon's own
alliances with Dark Nagas, and his
manipulations of the Cult of the Dragon,
increased his influence and bought
him the time necessary to build
his personal mastery of the magical arts
without allowing stronger rivals to
assume control of the city until he was
ready to take it. Take it he has, and has
flourished; his spell library is thought
to be the equal of Khelben Arunsun's,
and his arsenal of magical devices and
weapons the largest held by a single
mage anywhere in the Realms
(although it is scattered, hidden, and
guarded by spells and monsters). He is
known to possess a staff of the magi and <>
wear black robes of the archmagi, to
wear a ring of spell storing and a ring of
wizardry (that doubles fourth and fifth
level spells), and is quite content to flee
danger. Many have tried to kill him, and
none have succeeded; he is careful, never
lets his temper master his reason,
and is always alert. He seems an unbeatable
foe; others face danger to do his
bidding, but he's "never there."
SEMEMMON (SEH-mem-on)
Darkhold
12th level M-U
LE, Mystra AND Bane
Human male
This able member of the Zhentarim is a
ruthless, haughty mage. He has trained
many evil magic users of the Zhentarim
over the years, and has been slain several
times. The Sememmon of today is a
clone of the original. He is trusted by
Manshoon as fully as Manshoon ever
trusts anyone, and alone is the second
rank of power in the Zhentarim network,
in the inner ring of power with
Manshoon and Fzoul Chembryl, but
subordinate to both. Sememmon has
many items of magic, and many safe-guards
and strategies. He is always
planning && plotting, and is a formidable
foe. Under his command, Darkhold
has been made almost impregnable, full
of traps and magical defenses. Sememmon
leaves it only rarely, in disguise, to
learn something for himself (i.e. to spy
on Manshoon's doings) that he dare not
|| will not entrust to his underlings.
Sememmon's personal sigil is a black
equilateral triangle, point uppermost,
with its base encircled by an oval.
THE SIMBUL
Ruler of Aglarond
Aglarond (wanders widely, in disguise)
27th level magic-user
CN (Good tendencies), Mystra
Human female
The Simbul is the ruler of Aglarond, a tall,
silver-haired lady of awesome magical
powers (and an impressive array of magical
items, which she rarely uses) whose
personal power has kept the forces of
Thay from overwhelming her kingdom.
She is a mysterious, lonely archmage
whose proper name is known only to her
sisters (Sylune of Shadowdale, now
deceased; Alustriel of Silverymoon; the
bard Storm Silverhand; and the ranger
Dove), and whose truename is secret
even from them. The Simbul travels
widely in many planes, shapeshifting constantly,
to work mysterious ends understandable
only to herself. She bears some
sort of magic that provides immunity to
fear, charm, hold, suggestion, and similar
magics, such as Serten's Spell Immunity.
deceased; formerly of Shadowdale
the Witch of Shadowdale
22nd level MU
NG, Mystra
Human female,
born in the Year of the Dancing Maiden (1202 DR).
Killed in the Year of the Worm (1356 DR)
Sylune, Witch and Lady of Shadowdale,
was slain by a huge ancient red dragon
under the influence of the Cult of the Dragon.
She slew the dragon as she herself
perished, breaking her staff
of the magi for
a retributive
strike. Sylune
was once Lady of Shadowdale, the wife
of Aumry, Lord of the Dale. Upon the
death of her husband, she fought
against a number of evil usurpers, overcame
them, and then kept peace in the
dale, working to achieve this with
Elminster, the bard Storm Silverhand,
and Mane's Band until a rightful Lord
(Doust Sulwood) came again. Sylune
was a friend and ally to Doust and his
companions, and by their accounts was
gracious, gentle, polite, and strikingly
beautiful, with long silver hair. She
dressed in nondescript brown robes,
and lived in a hut in the woods south
and west of most homes in the dale,
where she served all dalefolk as midwife,
comforter, and physician. Sylune was
the elder sister of The Simbul of Aglarond,
Alustriel of Silverymoon, and
the ranger Dove.
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Shadowdale
7th level bard (7th level fighter, 5th level thief)
NG, Milil
Human female
Long a resident of Shadowale, Storm Silverhand has used her home as
a base for long,
far-traveling adventures for her own gain (particularly when she was
young, and acquiring the skills of a thief) and to further hte ends of
the Harpers.
Storm is sometimes referred to as the "harper of Shadowdale", and has
hair of a silvery hue, and blue-grey eyes.
She wears a silver ring and tiara, and a silver bracer on her right
wrist bearing her badge: a silver
moon and a silver
harp on a black field.
Storm is sister to the ranger Dove, to Alustriel of Silverymoon, and
to the now-deceased witch Sylune.
Storm bears a luck blade +1 (one wish left), but is now largely
retired.
Her longtime companion Maxan, was recently destroyed by demons,
and Storm has turned away from the bold and wild adventures she enjoyed
with him.
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VANGERDAHAST
(VAN-jer-dah-hast)
Suzail
15th level magic-user
LN, Mystra
Human male
Vangerdahast is the Royal Magician of
Cormyr, Court Wizard of the Purple
Dragon, head of Suzail's Council of
Mages. A middle-aged, paunchy, whitebearded
man of kindly but stern manner
and lifelong loyalty to Azoun (one of
Azoun's childhood tutors, in the history
and lineages of Cormyr, and in matters of
magic), Vangerdahast aided the King in
his youth and supported Azoun?s rule
throughout his reign. Respected by his
fellow mages and the people of Cormyr
alike, Vangerdahast is quiet and unassuming,
although during court ceremonies he
can be very dignified, solemn, and
impressive. Vangerdahast is known to
possess many magical wands, and to have
equipped the King with magical rings (no
doubt some of the rings Vangerdahast
himself wears are magical, too).
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