Surgath Ilder

Surgath Ilder was a prospector of the Western Heartlands in the early mid-3 century DR.

Description
He was a bearded and weatherbeaten man. On the night of his death, he was wearing tattered clothing, boots, and wielding a stout, worn sword.

Personality
Surgath was greedy and somewhat boisterous.

Possessions
Amongst other possessions, he had a wardstone with fire-based defenses, and a wyrmtongue scepter. He later sold the scepter to Elminster.

Activities
He claimed to have ransacked a number of elven tombs.

Relationships
He appeared to have a rivalry with Karlmuth Hauntokh.

History
Two summers prior to, Surgath had traded two rubies for his wardstone. On that year, he discussed at length his activities one night while in the Herald's Horn inn; there, he mentioned having acquired a scepter roughly a tenday prior to the date. He sold that scepter on the same night to a young Elminster for a hundred rubies, but died later when attacked by Heldebran.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Elminster in Myth Drannor