Durshult

Durshult the Mage, also known as Durshult the Doomweaver, was a mage who was active several centuries before the mid–14 century DR.

An infamous "spellslinger", Durshult made a living by challenging other mages to spell battles and, when victorious, stealing all their magic.

At last, however, Durshult lost a duel to another mage, reported to be either the sorceress Haleera Shundyl in a sorcerous duel fought in Baldur's Gate, or the Archwizard of the Castle in the Clouds, Rarimmon Tlarn. The victor then polymorphed Durshult into the humiliating form of a wingless wonder. For some decades after, it became a fad among mages to trap their defeated foes in wonder form.