Rieltar Anchev

Rieltar Anchev (sometimes spelled Reiltar) was the regional leader of the Iron Throne in Baldur’s Gate, and the foster father of Sarevok. He killed his wife in front of Sarevok when he was young. He was also a central figure in orchestrating the iron crisis to gain power to the Iron Throne, as well as the doppelganger infiltration of merchant rivals. He was unaware that Sarevok was planning to use the crisis to his own benefit. He intended to use the ensuing war with Amn to cause monumental slaughter that would cause him to ascend as the new Lord of Murder, taking after his real father.

Behind the scenes
Although Rieltar does not show up in the canonical novel, backstory elements of games, which are unaffected by events within the games, are considered canon for the purpose of this wiki.

Non-canon appearances
In, the Baldur's Gate computer game, Rieltar shows up in the final portion of the story. When Rieltar and Brunos Costak were negotiating a deal with the Knights of the Shield in Candlekeep, Sarevok goaded Gorion's Ward to take the opportunity to eliminate the leaders of the Iron Throne. If Sarevok didn't succeed, he simply had doppelgangers do it in their stead, disguised as the party of Gorion's Ward so that the group would get arrested for murder anyway.

Appearances

 * Baldur's Gate (non-canon)