Sheemzher

Sheemzher was a goblin from Dekanter fled from the perils of his home and became a servant of the avoral Lady Wyndyfarh.

Description
Sheemzher had the red-orange skin that was commonly found among the goblins from Dekanter. Unlike them, he had a unique sense of fashion, wearing a bright green jacket and blue trousers, the favorite colors of his patron Lady Wyndyfarh, and black leather boots. He topped his ensemble off with a wide-brimmed hat, which itself was one of his most favored possessions.

Personality
Sheemzher was bright, well-spoken, and extremely polite for a goblin.

Possessions
While he was not an especially skilled combatant in his old age, Sheemzher always carried a special spear with him.

Relationships
Sheemzher had a wife Elva, whom he cared for deeply. Together the goblin couple had six children.

History
As the son of a tribal elder, Sheemzher was given two great advantages not provided to most goblin youths, plentiful food and training how to fight. He found success early in life and garnered the favor of his tribe's chieftain, so much that he was matched with Elva, one of the chief's daughters. Sheemzher became an elder in his own right and helped elect the Ghistpok, the tribe's next chief.

After some of the Dekanter goblins were being abducted by monstrous goblinoids they referred to as "demons", the being known as the Beast Lord appeared to Ghistpok and told him he would protect their tribe from these abominations. Under Ghistpok's leadership, the Dekanter goblins began to venerate the Beast Lord as a god. Unbeknownst to the tribe, Ghistpok began arranging bizarre ritualistic feast for his subjects, in which they would drink wine, fall unconscious and abducted by the Beast Lord's minions, and actually transformed into the horrible creatures from which he promised protection. While Sheemzher managed to avoid succumbing to the ritual, Elva was not so fortunate.

While poor Sheemzher lost the goblin woman he loved, he found salvation in life away from Dekanter. He encountered an intelligent mantis that was in fact a servant of Lady Wyndyfarh taken away from their home in Weathercote Wood. As Sheemzher met Wyndyfarh, she promised him he could claim revenge upon the Beast Lord and help ensure his children could be spared the same fate as Elva.

When Lady Wyndyfarh became aware that the Beast Lord had recovered one of the lost Nether Scrolls from within Dekanter, in the, she tasked Sheemzher with finding an individual or group that demonstrated qualities good enough to assist her with its recovery. Sheemzher waited seven years, visiting the town of Parnast and the surrounding area until he encountered the mage Druhallen, to whom he referred as "Good Sir". Despite his character and loyalty, the otherworldly lady did place a geas on Sheemzher, to ensure he did not inadvertently reveal any secrets about her nature or why she was on Toril.

Sheemzher accompanied Druhallen, along with the "good lady" Rozt'a and Tiep through the Greypeak Mountains, back into his former home of Dekanter. While Sheemzher suffered the hostilities of the troubled young Tiep throughout the journey, he proved loyal to the Good Sir and took the party to the run down settlement of his tribe. He arranged for them to meet Chief Ghistpok, and helped arrange safe passage further into the mines.

The stalwart goblin led his new companions into the lowest depths of Dekanter, into the lair of the Beast Lord itself. As Sheemzher and his party encountered one of the Beast Lord's "demons", and their goblin escorts recognized it as a member of their tribe, Druhallen saw an opportunity to turn Ghistpok and his tribe away from the worship of their "god". Their devotion proved too strong, and Ghistpok began the ritual that took Elva years before, and summoned forth the Beast Lord to feast upon the minds of the human invaders. Nearly of their party were caught in the trappings of the malevolent, undead aberration.

In an act of great bravery, Sheemzher and the human Tiep put aside their difference to secure the Nether Scroll and distract the Beast Lord long enough to save Druhallen and Rozt'a.

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Nether Scroll