Masters of Absolute Accord

The Masters of Absolute Accord were a powerful and malevolent entity formed during the Spellplague. Those who were plaguechanged often received messianic visions from the Masters.

Description
The Masters were formed by the merger of four powerful Deep Imaskari wizards, creating a bizarre quaternary being that was implied to be similar to the trinary sharns. As a creature born of madness, merely approaching the Masters was extremely dangerous.

Activities
Although imprisoned within the ruins of the Lodge of the Retributive Masters near Deep Imaskar, the Masters of Absolute Accord would reach out to manipulate nearby creatures and terrain. While they could not leave their prison, they could manifest humanoid spirits to go forth on their behalf, and could influence events in any plagueland or impart visions to any plaguechanged creature in all of Faerûn, often instilling a sense that they were a being to be venerated and sought out.

As a being of reverence for any who believed spellscars to be a blessing, the Masters of Absolute Accord were nominally in control of the Order of Blue Flame, and directed the Order's actions with the goal of spreading the Spellplague to civilized areas. Every member of the Order's inner circle could boast a visitation from the Masters.

Relationships
The Masters would occasionally strike against Deep Imaskar, earning them the enmity of the Deep Imaskari vengeance-takers of the Lodge of Retribution.

Although both the Masters and the sharns were nominal leaders of the Order of Blue Flame, the sharns' commandments could be erratic and would often conflict with those of the Masters, sometimes threatening to create schisms within the Order.

History
The Masters of Absolute Accord were formed in the late 14 century DR when three powerful Deep Imaskari arcanists were driven mad by the Spellplague and quarantined within the Lodge of the Retributive Masters, the then-headquarters of the vengeance-takers. Trapped inside along with a single elder member of the Lodge, the four powerful mages were melded together by the Spellplague, forming a single being of pure madness.

Over the decades, the Masters of Absolute Accord would reach out to the plaguechanged peoples of Faerûn, becoming a mythical messianic figure. While many were driven to seek out and free the Masters from their prison, none seemed to be able to locate them. Under their direction, the Order of Blue Fire rose to prominence, and Scar Pilgrimages were undertaken to the Plaguewrought Land in hopes of receiving visions from them.

As of the late 1470s DR, the Masters remained an active threat to Deep Imaskar, and were the primary foe of the vengeance-takers, who had reestablished their order as the Lodge of Retribution.

Appearances

 * Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
 * The Paladins' Plague
 * The Paladins' Plague