Tomphael Arkenrret

Tomphael Arkenrret was a mature adult drow-dragon (draa'zekyl), who held the tile of Patron Father of Eryndlyn among the Jaezred Chaulssin. After the Silence of Lolth, he became the direct superior of Nimor Imphraezl.

Description
In his drow-form, his appearance was that of a slender drow in wizard robes, which looked rakish. In his dragon-form, he was a mature adult shadow dragon.

Personality
He was first and foremost a cautious pragmatist. He preferred steadily pooling his strength, so he could conduct decisive strikes under the right opportunity, over risky actions. In the eyes of Nimor Imphraezl, Tomphael’s cautiousness bordered cowardice, the older dragon was aware of the young one’s evaluation of him.

History
Tomphael was the Patron Father of the major fosterage in Eryndlyn, which was constructed around the time of 1136 DR. Under him, the Jaezred Chaulssin managed to bring the drow of the church of Vhaeraun and those from Ghaunadaur’s under a single banner during the Silence of Lolth, so they were able to destroy the power of Lolth in their city. They succeeded.

In the post-Spellplague era, the major fosterage in Eryndlyn was still existent, despite most of Eryndlyn's citizens having left it before the Spellplague turned their city into a spellcave.

Relationship
As mentioned above, he was the head of the fosterage in Eryndlyn.

After his failure at subduing Menzoberranzan, Nimor Imphraezl got demoted and assigned as Tomphael’s direct subordinate. Tomphael became something of a mentor-figure to the young assassin. Through a discussion with Tomphael, Nimor understood the value of steady work and to move at full strength when the opportunity presented itself without believing that given opportunity perished. Tomphael bolstered the demoted assassin’s confidence by ensuring that new opportunities will arise and that re-promotion wasn’t barred to him, when he learnt to act properly on an opportunity.

Abilities
Tomphael was a mature adult drow-dragon. He had a resistance against magic, against non-magical physical attacks and complete immunity against life-sapping attacks. He could cast the dimension door and mirror image spells, as well as the shadow dragons' breath weapon. He also owned the ability to hide into shadows.

Like the other drow-dragons, he did train himself in additional skills instead of fully relying on his inborn powers. In his case in the skills of and assassin and that of a wizard.

While he was not only in name but actually an assassin, his skill at it fulfilled only the bare minimum needed to meet the requirements to be a member of the Jaezred Chaulssin.

His true strength lay with his magic. While he had impressive magical skill and power as a wizard, what was interesting about him wasn’t the strength but the variety of arcane power, he called his. He was primarily a wizard, but his dragon nature gave him the magic of a sorcerer, and as an assassin, he also gained minor additional magic from there.

Residence
Like any other Patron Father, he owned a residence in his fosterage in Eryndlyn, where he and his people lived under the front of minor nobility, and in Chaulssin, the main base of the assassins’ guild, where the majority of his harem was found.