Vajra Safahr

Vajra Safahr was the former lover and protégé of Samark Dhanzscul and was the Blackstaff of Waterdeep in 1479 DR. She was close friends with Renaer Neverember, Laraelra Harsard, and Meloon Wardragon, who were members of the revived Moonstars and served both her and Waterdeep.

Description
Vajra was diminutive, with olive skin and short, dark hair.

Possessions
Vajra wields the fabled Blackstaff, which was several feet taller than her.

History
Vajra was born in Tethyr. She was originally a sorceress but abandoned sorcery in favor of wizardry as a teenager, when she found her magic was too weak to prevent assassins from killing her paladin father and her aunt.

Vajra traveled to Waterdeep to study magic, where she became an apprentice to Samark. They eventually fell in love, although Samark was uncomfortable about the appropriateness of the relationship. Samark made Vajra the heir to the Blackstaff, but he was killed by Khondar and Centiv Naomal before she was fully prepared to assume the role of Blackstaff. Much of the power of the Blackstaff flowed into Vajra on Samark's death, but because she hadn't undergone the proper preparation, she was left semi-conscious and delusional.

Khondar took Vajra to a secret lair beneath a house he had bought from the Open Lord Dagult Neverember and attempted to torture the secrets of the Blackstaff out of her. While traveling through the sewers on an unrelated task, Laraelra Harsard and Meloon Wardragon passed close to Khondar's hideout and heard Vajra's screams. Larealra tracked down ownership of the house to Renaer Neverember and confronted him about the noises she had heard in the basement. Larealra, Meloon, Renaer, and several of his friends entered the residence and poked around in the basement, finding nothing unusual. While they were inside the house, Khondar and his son, in the guise of Samark, entered and confronted Renaer, showing him the deed to the home and kicking the group out of the residence. Larealra knew something strange was going on, because "Samark" and Khondar were acting like old friends even though they were known to hate each other.

Renaer and friends returned through the sewers and found the secret sublevel dungeon in which Vajra was imprisioned. They rescued Vajra and took her back to the Neverember mansion. When Khondar realized that Renaer had helped Vajra to escape, he framed Renaer and associates for Vajra's "murder". The City Watch tracked Renaer and crew to the Neverember estate, and the group used a secret rooftop gate to travel to an old family mansion outside Waterdeep. Vajra was still only occasionally lucid, as the consciousnesses of previous Blackstaffs fought for control of her mind. After a few days, they returned to Waterdeep and entered Blackstaff Tower.

In the tower, she was tested by the previous Blackstaffs and was allowed to officially assume the role of Blackstaff. Vajra, now fully in control of her abilities, sent spectral hounds to stop Khondar from entering Ahghairon's Tower. The hounds rent Khondar to shreds, and his animated skeleton was left as a warning to anyone foolish enough to attempt entry.

After Khondar was defeated, Vajra consented to Renaer's plan to revive the Moonstars.