Elminster

Elminster de Valombre (called also sometimes Eglisorme in French) is one of the largest heroes of the imaginary world of the forgotten Royaumes, campaign play of Donjons & Dragons, created by ED Greenwood. Elminster comes from the lost kingdom of Athalantar, whose his/her Elthryn father was the suzerain. Following an attack which caused the destruction of its native soil, the Elminster young person left to the adventure to become one of the most powerful mortals of the Royaumes, and one of the more scholars. It is a recurring character in works of Donjons & Dragons. Elminster, which was a small shepherd, became the elected official of Mystra, the divinity of the magic, in the Pantheon of Féérune. Elminster a long time carried out a fight against the magi who in his youth terrorized the population, before becoming itself most famous archimage of all times. It took part in mythical combat, controls the most complex magic spells and most powerful, and travels easily between the plans. It is a friend of the Ménestrels and Elfes, a good, wise and especially intelligent being.

Its youth is told in the novel: “ Elminster: The Youth of a Magus ”.

Card-index of character

Elminster Aumar; Human male (Elected of Mystra); Warrior 1/Volor 2/Prêtre 3/Mage 20/Archimage 5/Epic 4: FP 45; Human; 1 meter 87.

Fates of Priest (4/4/3) .

Fates of Magician (6/4/6/5/6/4/3/5/3/1/3/1 /1/1) : Like Elected official of Mystra, Elminster knows and can launch any fate (it is exempted rule which stipulates that a magus with 18 in intelligence can know only 18 fates per level). He generally scorns the fates of the schools of Conspiracy and Invocation, but beside that, its personal preferences tend to make it precisely choose the magic which he can need to treat does not matter that it situation to which he should face.

History

The hundreds of years of its existence are impossible to report in this page. But one can give a summary of it (very) in short.

The old writings show the fact that a son of the name of Elminster was born there is more than 1.150 years of Elthryn, the lord of the village of Heldon, and his Amrythale wife. Its family was killed by a Maître Shades named Undarl, one of the lords magi of the old kingdom of Athalantar. Taking again the broken sword of his/her father, Elminster became a brigand and a robber as of the 12 years age.

It realized very quickly that it did not have the taste to kill, and gave up to become a henchman in the city of Hastarl, the capital of Athalantar. It was here that Elminster met for the first time the Magistère of this era, the magus who supports the coat of being able of Mystra. When it was asked to him whether it were interested by the study of the magic, it refused.

After a great number of adventures, Elminster was visited by Mystra, the goddess of all the magics. She discussed with him and left amazed Elminster with a message saying to him to learn the magic and to venerate it.

A little later whereas he was a young adult, perhaps to increase its knowledge of the world, Elminster became Elmara, priestess of Mystra. This change also enabled him to penetrate the circles of its enemies without them not realizing there.

After other adventures, Elmara was finally ready to become a magus, and reappeared Elminster. In the time which followed, he learned much on the magic on behalf of the Myrjala witch - reaching a point which enabled him to take its revenge on the lords bad magi who had usurped the kingdom. After a terrible combat, Elminster persevered and assumed the throne of Athalantar.

However, hardly it obtained it kingdom that it yielded it to the one his friends, Heaume, a knight of Athalantar. Elminster announced that he wanted to avenge death for his parents, and not to become a monarch.

As him and Myrjala left the kingdom, the witch revealed to him that it was in fact Mystra. She offered to him to do of Elminster one of her Elected officials, and it accepted immediately.

Many of its following adventures are not detailed but it is known that it visited places like Cormanthor, the Tower of the songs, and Myth Drannor before its fall where there remained a score of year there. For the others of its voyages, little of things are known and only him (and perhaps Lhaeo, its scribe) really know them.

It was also used as tutors to three others of the Elected officials of Mystra (three of the Seven Sisters) 600 years ago: Dove, Oragie, and Laérale.

One suspect also that it have a bond with the foundation of Eauprofonde, or at least the organization of the lords of the city.

The other major adventures where it took share and whose files exist were during the chaotic events of the Temps of the disorders.

It was an instrument in the formation of the Three Prowlers, who helped it in recurring combat with mysterious Maîtres of the Shades. Elminster took also time to demolish Valombre of an army of the Zhentarim carried out by a misadventure of Baine. The misadventure and Elminster made a combat in the tower of the old magus, and both were taken in a fate that Elminster launched to destroy the misadventure. Elminster was regarded as destroyed, but when it appeared later, it became obvious that it had been transported in another plan of existence during a certain time.

During its absence, the enemies of the Good tried to gather, but the other Elected officials, the Chevaliers of Myth Drannor, and the Three Prowlers contained them until the return of the magus.

With the crisis present avoided, very appeared calm, but the Masters of the Shades had other plans. Elminster and the Three Prowlers, with their allies, succeeded in thwarting the plans of this race of métamorphes. Elminster was also confronted with supreme God, the Lord Ao, during its investigation over the Time of the Disorders while the innocent ones were killed.

Whereas the Time of the Disorders approached dangerously, known Mystra what was going to arrive and transferred the majority from its capacities in another, a mortal, in order to avoid with his gasoline disappearing. (This mortal was the magus Minuit, which became the new demonstration of Mystra). As Elminster (among much of other magi) obtained its capacities of Mystra, this change personally left it without any capacity at one critical time. It recruited one of the Three Prowlers, Sharantyr, and they were equipped in the hiding place with magic objects with Elminster, which still functioned.

These deux-là was joined later by the two other members of the band, Itharr and Belkram, but even the Three Prowlers could not prevent that Elminster is not wounded. In spite of this blow, Elminster and the Prowlers, with their allies, did not make that to release the High Valley and beat Manshoon of Zhentarim, but they spent the Time of the Disorders, and Elminster regained its capacities.

What Elminster currently does is unknown, but a rumor says that it made a meeting in a remote plan with other powerful magi of the other worlds to discuss subjects of great importance. Perhaps in this world, some writings speak about these conversations (these meetings are with large magi of the Kingdoms but also of others like Mordenkainen of Greyhawk and also Dalamar of Dragonlance).

In any case, the Kingdoms and all its enemies are sure to see themselves expressing the magus of Valombre if they try to break the balance of this world.

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