Maldwyn Daggerford

Maldwyn Daggerford was the duke of Daggerford during the events of the Second Sundering.

Personality
Maldwyn was more interested in being admired and respected than truly ruling his duchy. He was an arrogant man.

Activities
Maldwyn enjoyed the luxuries of his role, focusing in being an expert in the finest food and wine. He had never had an adventure and considered it a too dangerous situation.

History
At some point after 1479 DR, the forces of Daggerford captured a Red Wizard of Thay known as Arvik Zaltos who, upon having attempted to interrogate him, duke Maldwyn swiftly sentenced to death by hanging. Duke Maldwyn personally oversaw the public hanging of the wizard, but only moments after the wizard's death was it interrupted by the announcement that Cromm's Hold was under attack by the black dragon, Thoss Fyurnen.

As panic arose among the citizens of Daggerford, with the news of the dragon, duke Maldwyn attempted to calm his people and dispatched a token force of soldiers and clerics, lead by the paladin sir Isteval, to reinforce the militia under Baroness Wynne of Cromm's Hold's control, while he himself retreated to the safety of his keep.

Some time later, a band of adventurers began gaining notoriety within the Daggerford region for aiding in facing the threat of the dragon. This gained the notice of the duke's sister Morwen, causing her and the duke to invite the adventurers to the ducal palace to dine with them. During this dinner, the duke, however, quickly expressed a lack of interest in the company of the adventurers as he got more and more drunk on wine.

Later still, duke Maldwyn broke in the festivities of the post-funeral party of the late King Derval Ironeater by smashing open a keg of dwarven ale with a warhammer and proclaiming the day the regional holiday, Derval's Day.

In 1485 DR, Maldwyn became infatuated by the courtesan Natyssa and took her as his lover. Thank to Pencheska the pit fiend Baazka managed to possess Maldwyn in order to kill some adventurers and usurp the duke's throne but the adventurers defeated them, potentially freeing the duke.

Possessions
Duke Maldwyn dressed in the finest of clothing, imported from across Toril, and often carried with him the traditional heirloom of the dukes of Daggerford, a flame tongue longsword called Lawflame, believed to be sentient, which had been gifted to the very first duke of Daggerford by the ancient gold elven lord, Elorfindar Floshin.

The duke was an eager collector of historical art and particularly priced pieces originating from the Kingdom of Man. One such piece in his collection was the Delimbiyr Bloke, a brick-sized block of shining quartzite carved with an abstract bearded face on it. The Bloke was given its name due to it supposedly having been recovered by an earlier duke of Daggerford while exploring a Delimbiyran ruin. The Bloke was however in truth a magical item and holy relic dedicated to the then dead dwarven deity, Gorm Gulthyn, called the Face of Gorm. The relic was capable of conjuring forth daylight as well as summoning the spirits of ancient dwarven warriors to fight alongside a goodly wielder of the Bloke.