Dunstanny

Dunstanny was a halfling personal assistant to the wizard Parwyyd Hanifar in the mid–14th century DR.

Activities
Owing to his great absentmindedness and poor memory, Parwyyd hired Dunstanny to assist him in his work. Dunstanny organized his library, carried his books, and kept track of which spells Parwyyd had studied each day and which he had cast, as he soon forgot even that. Dunstanny even knew the details of each spell, their dimensions and effects, and could suggest to Parwyyd the ideal spell to cast in any given situation. He had a good grasp of magical tactics. He even alerted Parwyyd to danger when he was distracted or deep in thought, and defended him when he had to.

History
In the Year of the Prince, 1357 DR, Parwyyd's tower was besieged by a force armed with catapults. The Great Door once built by Parwyyd had been opened, disgorging monsters and the attackers believed that killing him would close it. As Dunstanny tried to maintain the library, he suggested that Parwyyd employ an incendiary cloud spell, which quickly drove the attackers off.

Dunstanny later accompanied Parwyyd to the Great Door, to which he had lured Kyriani Agrivar, and with her Onyx the Invincible. Dunstanny defended Parwyyd from an irate Onyx, nimbly evading and tripping the battle-hardened dwarf, and suggested a web spell to end the fight. He counselled Kyriani on Parwyyd's plan to close the Door. He later advised Parwyyd on the spells to use to defeat the gargoyles and kenkus that emerged from the Door, and how to defeat the one who waits who'd seized control of the Door.