Yder Tanthul

Prince Yder Tanthul was one of the twelve Princes of Shade and the right hand of his older brother Prince Rivalen Tanthul. He was a respected and feared warrior in his own right.

Personality
Unlike his elder brother, Rivalen, Yder has no quarrel with Telamont's hand, Hadrhune. He would simply like the will of his deity guide the Shadovar rather than Hadrhune's.

Possessions
Yder's personal sigil is a stylized silver greatsword on a gray field. The pommel of this sword is a replica of the symbol of Shar: a black disk with a deep purple border.

Activities
Upon the return of Thultanthar to the Realms, Yder served as a divine champion dedicated to Shar and commanded the Nigh Guard[[s of the [[Hall of Shadow.

By the late 15 century DR, Yder had become a general of the armies of thereturned empire of Netheril. He also performed duties as the chief templar in Rivalen's Dome of Night.

History
Like the rest of his brothers, Yder was born before the Karsus's Folly in Netheril at some point. Initially trained as a soldier among the Shadovar army, Yder reached the rank of captain before he joined Shar's service as Rivalen's right hand man. After, spent much of his life on the Plane of Shadow where he was transformed into a Shade like many of his kin.

When the Princes of Shade returned to Toril on Nightal 30 in the, Yder appeared with his brothers Brennus and Makorak to a tribe of Bedine people at the Shoal of Thirst in Anauroch. The trio sought to win over the allegiance of the nomadic tribespeople, but were taken for malevolent djinn and otherwise left to their own devices.

One mission Yder undertook was the infiltration of Shadowdale in the, during which he managed to possess Lord Mourngrym Amcathra using a shadow simulacrum. This allowed the Army of Darkhope to take control of the Dale with little resistance. .

During the time of the Second Sundering, Telamont Tanthul refocused his efforts on the identification and apprehension of the various chosen of the gods. During Netheril's invasion of Cormyr in the, Yder was tasked by his father Telanmont to hunt down two of these chosen: Joelle Emmeline the Heartwarder of Sune, and Malik el Sami, Cyric's resurrected Seraph of Lies. The pair were in possession of a powerful artifact desired by Shar, the Eye of Gruumsh. Yder's soldiers drove them out of the beleagured city of Marsember and into the company of two other chosen fleeing the city, the Helmite champion Kleef Kenric, and the noble-born devotee of Siamorphe Arietta Seasilver.

Yder slew Arietta's father Farnig and captured her mother Elira aboard the family's ship at sea. This bold maneuver drew the four chosen out from hiding and forced them to commit to a path that Yder could easily follow. The Shadovar general penetrated the mind of the guardsman Kenric, granting him insight during the pursuit across the lands of Turmish in the Vilhon Reach and eventually the Chondalwood. Yder and his Night Guards confronted the four chosen at Sadrach's Spire in the Underchasm. Despite the prince's best efforts, they were unable to retrieve the Eye of Gruumsh and Yder was struck down by Kenric, who gained renewed power as his god Helm returned to the Realms.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Shadowdale: The Scouring of the Land
 * Novels
 * Return of the Archwizards (The Summoning, The Siege) • The Sentinel