Raulothim

Raulothim was a paranoid emerald dragon who lived on Axard, the northernmost outer isle of Ruathym.

Personality
Raulothim was a solitary dragon who actively avoided contact with others. However, he was also highly curious, had a love of flying, and hated feeling left out. He enjoyed spying on people and important events from afar, never speaking to anyone and flying away if approached, thus earning the nickname "the Silent Shadow." Even if he never got close enough to understand the context of the things he saw, he was content merely bearing witness.

After encountering a spelljammer crew near his lair, Raulothim grew more introspective and fearful. He was deeply concerned at the implications of gate magic, wondering how many different worlds existed, and how many powerful spellcasters they contained. As his paranoia grew, Raulothim stopped ranging far afield of his lair, preferring instead to remain at home and lose himself in deep contemplation. He resolved to gather up as much magic as he could&mdash;even if he could not master it all, he felt safer keeping dangerous items and spells from potential enemies.

Abilities
Well versed in the Art, Raulothim commanded roughly four hundred battle-related spells, and was able to cast around three hundred of them. Draconic sages believed he could cast analyze portal, dimension door, fireball, lightning bolt, and magic missile without having to prepare. Raulothim's collection of spells also included analyze portal, blink, blur, burning hands, cat's grace, cloud of bewilderment, cloudkill, color spray, cone of cold, confusion, daze, dispel magic, forcebarb, forcewave, Ghorus Toth's metal melt, greater invisibility, Grimwald's graymantle, Kaupaer's skittish nerves, Khelben's suspended silence, levitate, mage armor, mage hand, open/close, polymorph, read magic, shimmermantle, summon undead II, teleport, Tirumael's energy spheres, and web.

Raulothim was also extremely proficient at psionics, being able to use the powers aura sight, body adjustment, burst, catfall, clairvoyant sense, claws of the vampire, compression, concussion blast, control body, control sound, defensive precognition, destiny dissonance, detect psionics, dimension slide, divert teleport, ectoplasmic cocoon, ego whip, empty mind, energy conversion, id insinuation, intellect fortress, know direction, mental barrier, metafaculty, mind blast, mind thrust, missive, object reading, psionic dimensional anchor, psionic disintegrate, psionic dismissal, psionic dominate, psionic grease, psionic mind blank, psionic minor creation, psionic sequester, psionic true seeing, psychic crush, remote view trap, telekinetic force, telempathic projection, thought shield, tower of iron will, trace teleport, ubiquitous vision, and vigor.

Lair
His primary lair was in the Pit of Stars, the cauldron of the extinct volcano Xardmount on Axard. The Pit was lined with large blobs of gleaming, volcanic glass, making it look like a canopy of stars.

Activities
Prior to his encounter with the spelljammer crew, Raulothim was frequently seen observing important events at a safe distance. This happened so often that some barbarian tribes mistakenly venerated him as a "watching spirit" who reported to their own gods. Certain magical organizations also falsely claimed Raulothim was a spy in their employ.

Raulothim occasionally plundered wizard towers and tombs, hoping to amass more magical items and knowledge.

History
One day Raulothim chanced across the crew of a spelljammer attempting to bury treasure near his lair. When the crew realized they were being watched by a huge emerald dragon, they fled through a gate to another plane. Raulothim was previously unaware such magic existed, and immediately had his world view shattered. He became even more reclusive and paranoid, spending much time brooding over the dangers of gates and other magic to himself.

Rumors & Legends
Little was known about Raulothim in Ruathym, save for the fact that he guarded powerful magic and was once far more active. He was also known to hurl spells at travelers who came too close to his island.