Baelam

Baelam the Bold was a wizard/thief in Myth Drannor in the Year of the Tankard, 1370 DR.

Powers
Baelam had a metal left hand. The hand was part of his body and cannot be removed.

History
Baelam was a infamous and very successful thief in the Sword Coast until he tried to thief the wizard Thronthimm Blacksilver. trying to surpassed a trap Baelam lost his left hand. He managed to steal a strange iron golem and fled. However later the golem animated and tried to kill him but Baelam using a powerful magic item destroyed the golem's head. After he took the still-mining left hand of the golem and went to the wizard Irritym Wonderstar in Waterdeep. Using most of Baelam's treasure Irritym implanted the golem hand to Baelam replacing the lost one. Impressed by Irritym's result Baelam decided to train in magic under him. Later however Irritym was killed by a group of thieves and Baelam managed to killed the Irritym's assassins but cannot resurrect the wizard. He continued his training in magic wandering the Sword Coast killing infamous thieves and using their treasures to finance himself. During this time Baelam made many enemies, among them the sorcerer Garthagul of Calimport and the infamous thief Ssilban the Silent of Theymarsh. At last a large group of thieves attacked Baelam in Waterdeep with the objective of thief the remaining magic treasure of Irritym. Baelam managed to kill all them but destroyed the Irritym's house in the process. He then went to Blackstaff Tower and gave to Khelben Arunsun all the remanning magic treasure of Irritym, apologizing for the trouble he had caused to the city and then disappeared. For a time he wandered all the Realms helping innocents and thieving evil wizards and thieves. At last around 1370 he decided to settle in Myth Drannor, with the objective of find and recover some lost magic.

Activities
Sometimes Baelam helped adventurers against baatezu and alhoon. He preferred traded magic than kill.