Dhelt

Lord Dhelt was a human man of the city of Elturel in the Western Heartlands in the mid–14 century DR. He was a cavalier and later paladin of Helm, a former leader of the Hellriders, and the ruling High Rider of Elturel.

Description
He had blue eyes and long blond hair and a full beard.

Personality
In the mid-1350s DR, Lord Dhelt was bold and proud and very protective, even ruthless. From 1358 DR on, he was considered tolerant but just as protective, and he was well respected. His reign went unquestioned, but was seen as just and fair As a paladin, he was dedicated to the Helmite faith.

Activities
Under his reign, Elturel became one of the safest and best-defended communities within the region, despite his competitive nature.

A former leader of the Hellriders, Lord Dhelt still led patrols on the roads as often as the regular war captains. He also commanded any significant raids, expeditions, sorties, and punitive assaults on aggressive demihumans that the Hellriders made.

Lord Dhelt decreed that inns and taverns could not operate under the same roof, nor could inns serve drinks, so in Elturel these were distinctly different businesses.

Thanks to Lord Dhelt's patronage, Helm's Shieldhall was both the most influential temple in the city and one of the strongest temples of Helm, God of Guardians, in the North.

Relationships
He was an acquaintance of the local wizard Baranta Chansil. Hopeful Elturians regularly rumored of romance between her and Lord Dhelt around 1358 DR.

He was secretly a friend to another local wizard, Orsar "Greencloak". Orsar covertly served Dhelt as a spy inside the city.

He regularly had to reproach the Folehar Flametree, whose smuggling irritated the authorities of Iriaebor, Baldur's Gate, Waterdeep, and Amn.

History
Lord Dhelt was well established as High Rider of Elturel by 1356 DR. He maintained his reign through the Time of Troubles of 1358 DR, and was still in through 1367 DR and after 1372 DR.

Appearances

 * Video games
 * Ravenloft: Strahd's Possession
 * Ravenloft: Stone Prophet