Shoon III

Shoon III was the fourth emperor of the Shoon Imperium.

Personality
The qysar was known to regularly show cruelty towards his palace staff, causing him to be disliked by most servants.

Activities
Shoon III moved the government of Calimshan and the Shoon Imperium back to Shoonach from Calimport, where it would remain until the end of the Imperium.

Relationships
Shoon III was the first grandnephew of Shoon II, and the aging ruler adopted Shoon III as his own son and heir only moments before his death.

Shoon III had at least two brothers, both of whom would also become emperors of the Imperium.

Possessions
Shoon III had a powerful magic ring known as the Annulus Conflagros. It had the combined powers of a ring of fire resistance and a wand of fire and was the second of the so-called Qysari Rings ever made.

History
Born Aleph yn Jadhar el Shoon in 107 DR, to the niece of Shoon II, Shoon III never saw a day not surrounded in luxury. He was trained from a young age to become the next emperor and told never to trust his regent, Hazamir al Aktorral, who ruled the Imperium until the boy came of age. Shoon III obeyed what he was taught by his mother and his advisers&mdash;he began his reign in 123 DR by ordering Hazamir to be executed by beheading.

In the same year as his death, Shoon III hired the mage Halaster Blackcloak, then known as Hilather to perform magical research for him and invited him to Shoonach, where he was supposed to be experimenting with how to ensnare demons for the qysar to control.

Shoon III had a short reign of only eight years. He made many efforts to protect himself from the schemes of those outside the family, but he never expected to be murdered by his own brother, who stabbed him to death during a feast in his harem in 130 DR.

Trivia
In 194 DR, a statue of Shoon III was erected in the Bakkal Sabban of Calimport as part of the Fountain of the Qysars, a monument to the first seven rulers of the Shoon, which was commissioned by Qysar Amahl Shoon V, Shoon III's own brother. Shoon III's statue was the one on the northwest side of the octagonal palisade.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * Mistress of the Night
 * Licensed Adventures & Organized Play
 * A Wrinkle in the Weave
 * A Wrinkle in the Weave