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Message: <blockquote data-quote="reveal" data-source="post: 2487911" data-attributes="member: 1236">#62 - Elminster - Forgotten RealmsElminster is a white haired, grey bearded human with a gruff voice, a twinkle in his dancing eyes and non-descript clothing.  His weathered face is now finally showing the signs of his age. Like his onetime apprentice Vangerdahast, this ancient wizard is finally starting to seem truly old, prone to long reveries in which he sees again people and places now long vanished.  This is not surprising as records place his birth in Athalantar at 212 DR; and his entry to Myth Drannor as a young prince at 241 DR. The strongest of Mystra's Chosen now rarely moves directly against his foes, preferring to work through younger and more vigorous heroes.  His said to rarely travel in the Realms, preferring these days to explore other worlds. When he does travel, it is usually in the disguise afforded by a shape change spell, or under cover of invisibility. Elminster travels to acquire information; his great love is the discovery of the long forgotten, or of creatures and magic totally new to him. Elminster smokes a meerschaum pipe and can drink heavily without apparent ill effects. He can be witty and clever in conversation if he so desires, or haughty, or charming or terrible and commanding. As he has grown older, Elminster has become more whimsical, given to sudden impulses and doing things "for the hell of it."Elminster is a consummate actor and delights in acts of whimsy, helping the needy and lovelorn, and dispensing poetic justice to those who deserve it. He has a heart of gold, a deep need to bring tyrannical, pompous, and cruel persons low, and a crotchety, "Don't push me" manner. After knowing the love of the goddess Mystra, nothing awes him or leaves him much afraid.He is not aggressive, but is fearless, and will fight if crossed, threatened, or attacked. Officially, he maintains a sage's neutrality; in fact, he prefers to see peace, freedom from slavery, and oppression for all peoples (of all races), tolerance, and maintenance of a wilderness and natural beauty. He often works with circles of druids and allied rangers, magic-users of like mind including The Harpers, working covertly to prevent war and limit the influence of rulers and groups viewed as evil.Adventurers come to him from all over the Realms, and he is said to be fabulously wealthy as a result of the fees they pay (having only to sell the right to copy a spell to certain mages, if he ever desires more wealth). Rumors of his wealth are borne out by the fact that he aids those it pleases him to aid, and turns away others, regardless of how much or how little any of them offer in payment.Despite this fabled wealth Elminster lives in a very unpretentious manner indeed. His tower can be found overlooking a fish pond on the south side of Old Skull, a white granite promontory in the verdant farming valley of  Shadowdale. It looks like nothing more than an abandoned windmill or silo and certainly not the dwelling of the man who is arguably the most powerful being in mainland Faerun. He lives quietly, respected by the townsfolk who consult him on matters of history and genealogy and advice on the upbringing of their sons and daughters. He shares his cluttered, two story tower with Lhaeo, a scribe of great renown.</blockquote>

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