Theron Silvermace

Theron Silvermace was a life-long adventurer and explorer of the Society of Stalwart Adventurers, a Harper, and a member of the Silvermace noble family of Cormyr.

"No matter what or who stands in your way, Artus, you must struggle on. The thing you seek must be found, then turned to good. Beware the goblins and the dinosaurs - the giant lizards the locals call Ubtao's Children. They are the greatest dangers you will face."

- Theron Silvermace

Description
At the age of fifty, Theron looked much older than other men his age. Rugged by stress, danger, and suffering, Silvermace looked almost corpse-like, with long white hair and circles around the eyes. His skin was loose, and he had a scar on the bridge of his nose and eviscerated ear, the souvenirs from his time in Chult.

Abilities
Silvermace was a skilled painter, as evident by a stunningly realistic self-portrait he had in his home in Suzail.

Possessions
Theron Silvermace accumulated a collection of exotic artifacts from across the world he kept in his sprawling mansion in Suzail. He had a mummy in its glass sarcophagus, many various polearms and shields decorated his home's walls, and a jeweled stature of a mysterious woman with fangs. The statue was depicting an unknown entity, and sages theorized that it was an ancient, long-forgotten demigod. It possessed strange magic that kept it coated in light even when the rest of the room was in deep darkness. The artifact was the only one in Theron's collection that he refused to sell for any amount of coin.

Relationships
Theron Silvermace's loyal friend and ally was Kwee Chan Sen who fled his home to avoid being executed in Shou Lung and, for the last four years of explorer's life, lived alongside Theron in his sprawling home.

History
Theron Silvermace had a long and respectable career of adventuring.

Later in his career, he was captured and experienced unspeakable horrors in prisons of Menzoberranzan. That experience left him mentally damaged and traumatized, something that was the source of contempt and amusement among the younger generation of the Society of Stalwart Adventurers. One such young condescending, and empathy-less youth was Ariast who boldly gossiped about the man's suffering and made fun of him to Artus Cimber's face.

On Marpenoth 5, 1357 DR, Theron Silvermace was present at the trial of Kaverin Ebonhand of the Cult of the Frost. Representing Harpers, Theron was there to oversee Artus Cimber in hopes of convincing the young man to rejoin his organization. During the conviction, Theron witnessed Kaverin's hands being cut off as the punishment for murder and the creation of his infamous magical black stone prosthetics.

In 1358 DR, Theron ventured into the Hordelands, to the east from Cormyr. There he met Kwee Chan Sen, a Shou warrior who fled home and was given the new one in the Silvermace manor when they returned to Suzail together.

Sometime in 1362 DR, Theron Silvermace, joined by a fellow Stalwart Sigerth, ventured on the expedition to the dangerous jungles of Chult in search of Mezro, the ancient city believed to be ruined and lost to time. There, he was based from Port Castigliar and befriended a fellow Harper and the local general store owner, Ibn Engaruka. Five days into the jungles, Theron's expedition started suffering losses. The heat of the jungles killed two of the hired bearers and Sigerth. At night, they were ambushed by the cruel and cannibalistic Batiri goblins. The guides were certain that the expedition was at a safe distance from the Batiri territory, but that obviously was a false notion. Theron and other surviving members were captured and tortured, being devoured by the goblins one adventurer at a time. Silvermace found himself sharing his tortures in the underground prisons with the young bara of Mezro, Negus Kwalu. Theron and Kwalu were kept live and were to be sacrificed to the Batiri "god", Grumog.

Luckily for the adventurer, he and Kwalu Were rescued from the cannibals. The rescuer was Dhalmass Rayburton, the Society of Stalwart Adventurers' founder, thought to be dead for a thousand years. The rescuer arrived in a bizarre of snow and ice, an unnatural occurrence in Chult. Silvermace concluded that Dhalmass Rayburton was kept alive by the fabled Ring of Winter. Suffering through mind haze, confusion, and being lost and disoriented, the adventurer eventually returned to Port Castigliar. Before departing Chult in defeat, Theron left supplies and bought services for his friend Artus Cimber who would likely follow on his footsteps in his obsessive quest for the Ring. Theron Silvermace left his tunic with the Silvermace family crest, enchanted to keep its wearer cool in the sweltering heat of the jungles, a masterfully crafted elven longbow from the royal court of Evermeet, and pre-ordered a feast for Artus and Hydel Pontifax once the arrived at Chult.

Back in Suzail, the surviving adventurer told of his failed expedition to Artus Cimber. Theron wanted Artus to contact Harpers to help with the quest, and likely danger posed by the Cult of Frost on the same path, the request Artus shut down. Soon after Artus' departure, the Cult's threat materialized. An ice golem assassin who was the eyes, ears, and blade of Kaverin Ebonhand, murdered the older adventurer and Kwee Chan Sen to keep the possible location of the Ring of Winter secret.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Ring of Winter