Nelnfaen Sauntarae

Nelnfaen Saunntarae was the only drow Magister; he hailed from Sshamath and reigned from 1104 DR to 1126 DR.

History
Nelnfaen was the Master of Alteration in Sshamath and so a member of the Conclave of Sshamath; however Nelnfaen broke with the council becoming a renegade for his will of spreading magic, especially magic not bounded to Faerzress. Nelnfaen considered the faerzress as evil weakness to subserved the drow to the rulers of their cities, commonly clerics of Lolth. He wandered for the upper Underdark exploring many areas. In his tenure as Magister he become friend with some priestesses of Eilistraee and even few humans from Waterdeep but was always prudent in fear to met a challenging rival wizard. However in truth most wizards never realized that there was a Magister in the Underdark and thought that was a time without Magister. His destiny was unknown, one day in 1126 DR, Azuth appeared to Olohmber Starnardyn offering to him the position of Magister.

Behind the Scenes
The novel Sacrifice of the Widow proved that Nelnfaen had in part reason about faerzress