Aznar Thrul, Zulkir of Evocation, Tharchion of Priador, was one of the eight rulers of Thay and its Red Wizards.[5]
Personality[]
An exceedingly cruel and evil man, he was the greatest rival of the lich Szass Tam, Zulkir of Necromancy.[3]
Relationship[]
Ibbalar Thrul, a Red Mage of Thay and one of the apprentices of Halaster Blackcloak from mid-14th century DR, was likely Aznar's relative.[6]
History[]
He was originally trained in the Art at Blackstaff Tower by Khelben "Blackstaff" Arunsun.[7] In his youth, Thrul bargained with Kossuth, god of fire, to aid the Red Wizards during the Salamander War. Their victory led to the capture of the Priador march and the appointing of Thrul as its tharchion.[5]
Aznar was credited with rediscovering the ancient Mulhorandi secrets for creating gemstone golems in 1368 DR,[8] and set about building an army with which to conquer Rashemen. However, he underestimated how difficult it was to control these constructs. By 1372 DR, they were largely no longer under his control, and had spread out across the continent.[1] His personal army also included the Sisters of Cyric, a regiment of Cyricist priestesses who rode into battle on black unicorns.[9]
In the wake of becoming the tharchion of Priador, Aznar Thrul captured the former tharchion Mari Agneh and kept her as his slave and sexual play-thing.[10] In 1375 DR, Mari was transformed by the blood fiend Tsagoth into his likeness and finally killed Thrul.[11]
Aznar Thrul's position as Zulkir of Evocation remained filled for a time.[10]
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Notes[]
- ↑ On page 278 of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition, Aznar is quoted as being chaotic evil, but in a later book, Unapproachable East, page 168, he is lawful evil. It also changes two of his archmage levels to epic wizard levels.
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Appearances[]
External links[]
- Perilous Gateways: Portals of Thay - The Portal of Fire, a free web supplement by Robert Wiese (2002).
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 James Wyatt, Rob Heinsoo (February 2001). Monster Compendium: Monsters of Faerûn. Edited by Duane Maxwell. (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 54–56. ISBN 0-7869-1832-2.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Anthony Pryor (June 1995). “Campaign Guide”. In Michele Carter, Doug Stewart eds. Spellbound (TSR, Inc.), p. 9. ISBN 978-0786901395.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 278. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 168. ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Anthony Pryor (June 1995). “Campaign Guide”. In Michele Carter, Doug Stewart eds. Spellbound (TSR, Inc.), p. 115. ISBN 978-0786901395.
- ↑ Interplay (December 1997). Designed by Chris Avellone, Robert Hanz. Descent to Undermountain. Interplay.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (June 2005). City of Splendors: Waterdeep. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 24. ISBN 0-7869-3693-2.
- ↑ Anthony Pryor (June 1995). “Monstrous Compendium”. In Michele Carter, Doug Stewart eds. Spellbound (TSR, Inc.), p. 6. ISBN 978-0786901395.
- ↑ Anthony Pryor (June 1995). “Monstrous Compendium”. In Michele Carter, Doug Stewart eds. Spellbound (TSR, Inc.), p. 15. ISBN 978-0786901395.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Richard Lee Byers (April 2007). Unclean. (Wizards of the Coast). ISBN 978-0-7869-4258-9.
- ↑ Richard Lee Byers (April 2007). Unclean. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 233. ISBN 978-0-7869-4258-9.