Eldrus Wands

Eldrus Wands was the Magister and the patriarch of the infamous Wands House. He reigned from 409 DR to 516 DR.

History
Eldrus was a very enterprising wizard with many houses and disguises around the Realms. In his youth Eldrus discovered some usefully ubicated Gates, that permitted him to easily range up and down in the Sword Coast and travel to Vilhon Reach, and a wizard's tower full of potions, among they many potion of longevity. He had many adventures to his active; a time Eldrus found a wrecked Spelljammer ship in the Wood of Sharp Teeth and piloted it to a resting place in the depths of the Lake of the Long Arm just for fun; an other time he destroyed the fortress of Sorlauv of Athkatla that had captured some Treants to use in experiments to create a vegetale army for himself. Eldrus also thieved the Evard's black tentacles spell from Candlekeep and sold many scrolls of it for few moneys posing as a ex-adventurer. Eldrus was also a special kind of womanizer, he took lovers in all places but usually he set each of these ladies in a cottage. After went away he magically spied them in order to protect them and sometime send presents or money. If conceived with one of the ladies Eldrus send dreams with instructions for the future of his sons and daughters, posing the basis for the Waterdeep house of the Wands. In 409 he was hired to stop the Magister Eleedra Nathchant, that used her powers to seduce and influence the rulers of the Realms. After slaying her Eldrus become Magister. One of his legacy as Magister were many standing stones around the Realms; when Eldrus found a wizard being needlessly cruel or harsh he immediately transform them in stone and after used a second spell to sheathe them in more stone, in order to protect from element and to avoid to free them with a simple Dispel magic spell. despite his many longevity magic items and spells eldrus grown to become a kind of grandfather figure, interested more in jokes than moneys and using his magic doing kindnesses. He was so able to hide his true nature that no challenging wizards found him ever; he died in 516 in winter snow near Hill's Edge for some accidents or fever for his walking alone sick and raving in the storm.