This (apparently) handsome young man
always wears black robes, and carries a
thick book under one arm. The tome consists
of reams of loose scrap paper clamped
together with clasps between two covers,
upon which Coril scribbles (execrable: DMS
are encouraged to freely invent samples)
verse from time to time. Coril may be
encountered in any of Waterdeep?s inns and
taverns, where he likes to sit in a corner and
just watch people. Coril is willing to cast
spells for fees, trade spells for magical items
or (useful) spells he does not have, and tutor
magic users for fees, too.

Coril knows the following cantrips and
spells.

Cantrips: clean, color, dampen, freshen,
stitch, tie, warm/tangle, untie/distract, hide,
present/giggle, wink, yawn/bluelight, firefinger,
smokepuff, unlock/footfall, groan,
whistle

Spells: armor, comprehend langages, dancing
lights, detect magic, hold portal, magic
missile, mending, read magic, shield, shocking
grasp, unseen servant, write

Coril is actually female, and an agent of
the Harpers, about whom she (deliberately)
knows nothing useful. Once a month she
meets the bard Shalar Simgulphin (q.v.) in a
tavern somewhere in Waterdeep. She tells
him details of people she?s seen. He tells her
things to look for in the month ahead for
him, and he hands her 50 gp for living
expenses in the month to come. Coril has no
magical items, keeps her spell books hidden
in a cavity behind a loose stone in a minaret
on the roof of Mariners? Hall (her Dexterity
and climbing proficiency allow her to reach
it easily in night?s darkness). She is the illegitimate
daughter of the cavalier Sarraver
of Baldur?s Gate, who does not know her
current whereabouts.