Thaalim Torchtower

Thaalim Torchtower was a bandit leader, warlord, and self-stylized king of the Tun Marshes. It is rumored that he was an exiled member of the Purple Dragons.

History
In Marpenoth of 1357 DR Torchtower rises to power as a bandit leader in the Tunlands. Rumors spread that he has spies and agents throught the Forest Kingdom of Cormyr and the Dragon Coast, but that is only true for the town of Eagle Peak. He steals an egg from the black dragon Skurge, putting it in temporal stasis with a scroll. This allows him to form an uneasy truce with the dragon so long as her egg remains within his fortress.

In Tarsakh of 1367 DR, Cormyrian forces from High Horn raid the Tunlands in response to the machinations of the Zhentarim who had taken over Darkhold and set upon training and directing the Tunlanders to raid the interior of Cormyr. The warlord's youngest son dies in these raids and Torchtower vows revenge against Azoun IV, starting an all-out war.