Porphyrys Cadorna

Porphyrys Cadorna was briefly the head of the Council of Ten in Phlan in 1340 DR.

History
Porphyrys born as the son of Eugenia Cadorna, once master of the Cadorna cloth merchants. In his youth, after escaped from Phlan after Tyranthraxus's invasion, Eugenia always told to his son about their lost fortunes. When Phlan regrow quickly Porphyrys went back to the city and soon became one of the Councilman of the new Council of Ten.

In 1340 he devised a complex plot in order to regain the powers once possessed by the Cadorna and even more. He hired an adventuring party to act as his minions performing various missions against the monsters that infested the city. This granted to him political power inside the Council. Meantime he started to became obsessed by the pool of radiance.

So Porphyrys quickly rose to the position of First Councilman. When the possessed dragon was finally defeated by the adventurers, Cardona attempted to seize control of the Pool only to be possessed himself by Tyranthraxus who forced him into the Pool, teleporting him to the plane it called home.

Personality
Porphyrys was under the facade of a smile a individual grasping, venal, and obsessed with the idea of achieving the glory his family once held. He always blamed others for his and his family's failures.

Appearances

 * Ruins of Adventure
 * Pool of Radiance (novel)