Othiiyr Velthrann was a sage of the city of Tsurlagol in the Vast in the mid-to-late 14th century DR.[1][2][3]
Activities[]
His life's work was his study of the magic swords of the Royal Guard of King Imphras I and King Imbrar I of Impiltur. These swords were among Soargar's Legacy, a collection of the relics of Old Impiltur put together by Mage Royal Soargar, but long since lost. Othiiyr dedicated himself to recording the legends around them, and pieced together the histories of eleven surviving swords: Ashram; Dornavver, or Demonbane; Ellendrin, the Weeping Blade; Felthann, or Liluth's Summertongue; Galathos; Iltornar, the Goretooth; Malagar, the Burnfang; Palreth; Sarghathuld, or Orcbane; Tendar, the Wailer; and Ulfindos, the Corsair Scourge.[2][3]
Othiiyr assisted the Knights of Imphras II in their continuing quest to find the lost swords of Soargar's Legacy.[3]
History[]
He was able to examine at least one of these swords himself when, in the Year of the Behir, 1342 DR, the thief Gort brought him Ellendrin to identify. Othiiyr offered to buy the sword, but Gort refused, hinting that a contact in the Moonsea had already contracted him to retrieve it. Gort left Othiiyr's house and that was the last anyone admitted to seeing the thief and Ellendrin again.[4]
In the late 1350s DR, an unnamed female human adventurer presented another magic sword to Othiiyr for identification. He found it to be the famed lost Telvaran's Enchanted Blade. But the client teleported away without even paying, so Othiiyr revealed the finding to others—when a client didn't pay, it was permitted to break the traditional bond of secrecy meant to exist between sages and clients.[1]
He was still working with the Knights as of the Year of Lightning Storms, 1374 DR, though the above swords were still missing.[3]
Relationships[]
Othiiyr was a regular correspondent with fellow sage Elminster of Shadowdale, and told him all about the swords Ashram, Ellendrin, Galathos, Malagar, and Sarghathuld.[2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ed Greenwood (September 1990). “The Everwinking Eye: A Closer Look at Maskyr's Eye”. In Jean Rabe ed. Polyhedron #55 (TSR, Inc.), p. 25.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 George Krashos (November 2000). “Bazaar of the Bizarre: Soargar's Legacy”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #277 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 86.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Thomas M. Reid, Sean K. Reynolds (Nov. 2005). Champions of Valor. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 91. ISBN 0-7869-3697-5.
- ↑ George Krashos (November 2000). “Bazaar of the Bizarre: Soargar's Legacy”. In Dave Gross ed. Dragon #277 (Wizards of the Coast), p. 88.