Shal Desanea

Shal Desanea is a wizard lives in Phlan, she is happily married to Tarl Desanea. She hails from Cormyr.

Appearance
Shal is a big, brawny woman being well over six feet tall and over 200 pounds. She has shoulder length red hair, silky skin and green eyes.

History
Shal Bal was an apprentice magic user when her master, Ranthor of Cormyr, was struck down by an evil foe with a dagger adorned with a bizarre snake's-head armlet. Her master was thoughtful enough to leave certain magical artifacts about to enable her escape. One of these artifacts was a ring of wishes that she accidentally used. It transformed her small female frame into a tall, well-muscled body when she wished she was strong enough to remove the saddle and packs off of her magical horse's back. . This accident was beneficial as it added to the proficiency of her magical skills while she traveled with Ranthor and Tarl in their adventures across Phlan to assist her friends and avenge her master's death.

Shal entered into apprenticeship at sixteen years of age when her parents heard that the great Ranthor of Cormyr was interviewing for an apprentice. . At the time of Ranthor's death, Shal had been under Ranthor's instruction for three years.

Magical items
Shal possesses a cloth of many pockets, a magical dagger, a crystal ball, a ring of wishes, a magical flying horse originally named Cerulean, then Mulberry (although in Pool of Radiance, the horse is again called Cerulean) that she inherited from her deceased mage master and a wand of wonder.