Velsaertirden

Velsaert was a loremaster and sage based in Baldur's Gate on the Sword Coast in the mid-to-late 14 century and an expert on the dragons of the Sword Coast. It certainly helped that he secretly was one himself: a very old steel dragon named Velsaertirden living in disguise as a human. Either way, Velsaert was labelled the "Dragon Sage". "Great treasures lie beneath the slumbering forms of Faerûn's majestic wyrms. Be thankful such hoards occupy the dreams of dragonkind and leave them undisturbed, for when the great dreamers awake to thieving hands, all the wonders of our world quickly fall to their wrath."

- Velsaert of Baldur's Gate, 1372 DR

Activities
As Velsaert, he had written of, and indeed commented on, many of the more well-known wyrms of the North, including:
 * Eldenser: "A parade of friendly hidings—but ready deadliness" on his interactions with fellow dragons.
 * Felgolos: "An eternal wide-eyed blunderer, ignorant of draconic etiquette and ways, but more learned in the doings of humans and treants and hedgehogs than the wisest sage alive."
 * Galadaeros: "...polite but brief and casual encounters; he offers no menace but in turn ignores it when offered to him—and then removes himself while the other wyrm is still lost in puzzlement."
 * Gaulauntyr: "...one long series of hurried escapes and misdirections" on his interactions with fellow dragons.
 * Jalanvaloss: "...shown no signs of desiring the company of other wyrms, nor of dwelling in solitude or defending any sort of territory."
 * Klauth: "...a grim, nasty, awe-strikingly huge red great wyrm who has slain many rivals in a career spent on the attack, aggressively mauling everyone within reach."
 * Lhammaruntosz: Velsaert felt that Lhammaruntosz's understanding of humans was key to her character and that her Scaly Eye fleet served as her surrogate family, as she distrusted her fellow dragons.
 * Mornauguth: "...a series of skirmishes between a reckless, ambitious interloper who cares for treasure only as a means to further her schemes, and wyrms defending hoard and domain in the traditional sense." on her interactions with fellow dragons. Velsaert mistakenly refuted claims Mornauguth hired adventurers to help her.
 * Nurvureem: "That deadliest of dragons—the sort who evades battle and all the other outward show of draconic life, to lie low when other wyrms roam or seek to do battle... only to rise up when unexpected and strike out of the shadows like a merciless snake."
 * Nymmurh: Velsaert felt Nymmurh saw fellow dragons the same as he saw humans: entertaining but potentially dangerous, and wise to learn as much as one can about.
 * Palarandusk: "...unconfirmed rumors with a shared subject: invisible wyrm melting into visibility and attacking".
 * Raulothim: "a series of avoidances, flights from even friendly overtures, and deadly defenses of his lair" on his interactions with fellow dragons.
 * Valamaradace: "...a series of avoidances while in dragon form and careful observance from disguise" on her interactions with fellow dragons.

Relationships
He had had many apprentices in his career, and worked with the Harpers of Twilight Hall.

Curiously, Velsaert was reportedly advised on draconic nature and affairs by the bronze dragon Nymmurh.

History
To confirm a story told by the bard Duthchanna of Athkatla, Velsaert and another bard, Schalalla Irdree of the Harpers once went on an expedition to meet the music-loving blue dragon Olothontor, the Minstrel Wyrm. They located his lair near Waterdeep and Schalalla performed for him a series of songs; Velsaert described these as "songs that repeatedly moved me to tears, despite the danger—and more than once did the same, as near as I could tell, to the dragon." Thanks to that, Olothontor let them keep their lives and leave. Schalalla promised she'd come back next season, alone and with a better harp and more songs, and Velsaert believed she did so. Volothamp Geddarm later spoke with Velsaert about the encounter.

In the late 1360s and early 1370s DR, Velsaert was swiftly gaining a reputation as an expert on the lives and times of the dragons of the Sword Coast. It was suggested that Velsaert or another sage of his expertise be consulted on Chardansearavitriol's disembodied state.

Then, during the Dracorage in the, the Harpers of Twilight Hall sent Baltron Quillfeather to apprentice with Velsaert. Baltron's purpose was to study all that was known about the Dracorage in order to inform his superiors on how to proceed. Unfortunately, Velsaertirden had himself succumbed to the Dracorage and, irritated by his incessant questions, he transformed and attacked Baltron with his claws. Velsaert was known to still be alive after the Rage of Dragons. Baltron's status, however, is less clear.