Aballister Bonaduce

Aballister Bonaduce is a fictional character from the Forgotten Realms fictional world of Dungeons and Dragons, creation of author R.A. Salvatore.

Biography
Bonaduce is the nemesis of his son Cadderly Bonaduce, the main character of R.A. Salvatore's The Cleric Quintet. Calculating, cold, and merciless, Aballister will stop at nothing to see his conquest of the region which he lives completed. Guided by the goddess Talona, Mistress of Poison, Aballister creates The Chaos Curse and unleashes it upon The Edificant Library, home of Cadderly and his friends.

Not much is known of Aballister's previous life before he created the Chaos Curse. It is known that he spent some time at the Edificant Library after he left Carradoon, though was asked to leave due to his desires and choices in the use of his magical arts. Upon leaving he also abandoned his son Cadderly to be raised at the library, often fathered by the late Master Avery who while under the influence of the Chaos Curse told Cadderly some of the past of his mysterious father. Aballister's familiar is the imp Druzil, whom often holds the wizard in distaste. He is also the head of Castle Trinity, located north of the Edificant Library in the Snowflake Mountains.