Hoondarrh

Hoondarrh, known as the Red Rage of Mintarn, was one of the most famous red dragons.

Personality
Hoondarrh was a cruel and efficient dragon. During his life on the Sword Coast he came to understand that his greatest foes were humans, not others dragons, only human can prevail over dragons thanks to their continue trying; so he keep a close watch over human activities. In truth Hoondarrh was really fascinating with humanity, their plot, counterplot, dealings, love affairs. Draconic life was no so intriguing.

Activities
The favorite prey of Hoondarrh were creatures who had tried to cheat or outwit him. He spend many time scrying life in humans cities. He contained his project to recruit a wizard in order to create renovation spells using magic feminine alias.

History
Hoondarrh hatched in the east Sword Coast in the late summer of the Year of Scorching Suns (460 DR). He was from birth large, vigorous, and aggressive and easily slew his siblings. So he decided to confront his parents but from that battle Hoondarrh just escaped with his life.

He escaped to the northernmost of Sword Coast and there he grown in size, cunning, and strength divorcing many creatures. But his life changed in the Year of Fire and Frost (600 DR), when he ambushed a human expedition near the Spine of the World. On the corpse of the wizard of the expedition, Tharilim of Calimport, he found the "Ongild", a Halruaan artifact with the power of regeneration.

Thank to the power of this artifact Hoondarrh managed to slay his parents plus an other dragon as a test. Very soon however an orc horde boiled down out of the north and for protect his new lair Hoondarrh destroyed the orcs. However all those fighting attracted the notice of the white dragon Naroun the Great White Ghost but after a two-day-battle on the sky the red prevailed over Naroun.

Injured Hoondarrh searched for a secure place to heal and with a great lucky found the lair of the great white wyrm Angkarasce the Lost, dead from his own spells, and he gained the great hoard of the legendary dragon. So he started search for a better lair where put his new treasures. For a time he wandering for the Sword Coast, preying over many cities like Waterdeep, the Moonshae Isles and even Nelanther Isles.

In the Year of the Singing Arrows (884 DR), while Hoondarrh still searching for a lair the great red wyrm Skadaurak the Red Terror of Mintarn awoken from his 1000-long-stasys, thank to Halruaan artifact Saldrinur's Slow Gem, on a isle north of Mintarn. The wyrm soon found an other red flying over his domain and challenged Hoondarrh. However was the youngest dragon to win and so he reclaimed the lair of the defeated Skadaurak as own.

After he decided that the lair need a renovation and Hoondarrh hired many artisans and wizards to create a complex system of hidden entrances and false lairs that proven effective against human and draconic predators. So he killed all his former employers but forgot that humans could write things down and so pass trouble on down the years. Satisfy in the Year of the Empty Hand (896 DR) Hoondarrh offered his protection to habitants of Mintarn isle in exchange of an annual tribute and they agreed.

Soon tales started being told among adventurers about the fabled treasure of Hoondarrh and many went to claim. He amusing himself watching the adventurers tried and failed against his defenses. In free time he sleep magic sleep using Saldrinur's Slow Gem. Sometimes he employed humans and others whose jests, pranks, treacheries and intrigues amused him but hunt to the end of the world anyone that tried to steal from his hoard.

He recently was in search for a magic road to immortality and for a mate. Recently he started plan to recruit a talented wizard from Waterdeep or Tethyr to develop spells to keep a dragon young and vigorous for extra years. Starting from 1332 DR using magical altered alias of beautiful women he approached many wizards in the two countries but most at last declined his offer. Only Elquaern Hunabar of Waterdeep accepted the deal but Hoondarrh discovered that the wizard tried to trick him, so disguising as the green dragon Galarrdratha invited Elquaern to a meeting but in the sequent magic battle the wizard disappeared.

Appearances

 * Magazines:
 * Dragon #242: "Hoondarrh, Red Rage"


 * Online:
 * Wyrms of the North: Hoondarrh, "Red Rage"