Rhauntides
Character
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| fgcolor | #fff |
| bgcolor | #000 |
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| name | Rhauntides |
| aliases | The Sage of Deepingdale |
| gender | Male |
| race | Human |
| dob | ? |
| pob | ? |
| occupation | Sage, Loremaster, Archmage |
| affiliations | Highmoon |
| spouse | Shaunil Tharm |
| children | None |
| class | Wizard 14 |
| alignment | Chaotic Good |
The Sage of Deepingdale, Rhauntides, is a cultured man who devotes himself to the study of human and elven magic, specifically to its present development and the history of its use and users in the past. In this, his expertise is such that Vangerdahast and the Harpers both consult him.
For the past 30 years he has dwelt in a tower of his own making in Highmoon, the capital of Deepingdale, where he trains his beloved wife and intended successor as Loremaster of Magic to the Realms and Guardian Mage of Deepingdale. His wife is the soft-spoken and beautiful Shaunil Tharm (CG hf M9), an impish, tall, lithe mage of skill who was originally born in Amn whose hair sweeps the ground behind her.
Shaunil much enjoys drifting around the skies of Deepingdale by night, flying with a bottle of elverquisst in one hand and her lord at her side, taking in the beauties of the Dale below and watching the doings of its beasts and folk. Rhauntides is tall and thin, and has piercing blue eyes, handsome features, and a small, pointed white beard. His movements are still smooth and supple, and his dark, shoulder length hair is going white at the temples. He is sometimes mistaken for Khelben Arunsun of Waterdeep by folk who have never actually seen either mage close up.
Where once Rhauntides was driven by his hunger to learn as many new spells as he could find as fast as possible, now he revels in learning and fixing in his mind every last nuance and variant of all the known spells. Because of his depth of learning, in spell battle he is a fearsome foe: He can never be surprised by any combination or application of magic. His amusements center on going to Candlekeep and various mage fairs in disguise and humbling overly arrogant mages or sages by besting them with his knowledge of and power over magic.
Rhauntides' past adventuring prowess gained him not only fabulous wealth and magic but a magical item of fearsome power: the belt of stars. He is said to have cav- erns full of gems and coins, and he is the only known mage who can command 14 golems into battle at once!
Rhauntides is trying to bring his wife to a greater raw mastery of magic than he has by keeping her reliance on items to a minimum and her roster of learned spells spare and useful. She understands and accept these restrictions for the time being, and they share a deep, unshakable love.
Thrice the elves of Evermeet have tried to get Rhauntides to move to their realm, ostensibly so that he could have and raise children in carefree surrounding but really to gain his knowledge and spell mastery as one of their resources. Each time he has politely refused the invitation, but as a token of his respect for the offer, he has on each occasion brought a spellbook to Queen Amlaruil Moonflower in Evermeet, filling her courtiers with astonishment and fear due to his effortless and undetected passage through all the elven wards and magical defenses.