Tessalar Hulicorm

Tessalar Hulicorm was an enterprising wizard in Waterdeep in 1372 DR.

Description
Tessalar was described as a vain man who wore lots of costume jewelry and sported a pointy beard. He also had a high-pitched voice.

Personality
He was unwilling to trust anyone, to the point of paranoia. He either demanded full payment up front, or half in advance, for magical items he created. He would require the other half when the patron picked up the item since he would not deliver it. Tessalar had ambitions to form his own noble house.

Activities
When he wasn't attending parties, Tessalar stayed mostly in his magically fortified house, Tessalar's Tower, in the Sea Ward at Sul Street and Chasso's Trot. There he made potions, scrolls, and other magic items which he sold to fund his research.

History
Tessalar was once a mercenary mage, tutoring and casting spells in exchange for treasure, which he spend to finance his magic research.

One day, he came back from an expedition into Undermountain with so much treasure that he was richer than any man of his age. The truth was that he stole the hoard of the sleeping black dragon Vulharindauloth.

Soon Tessalar established himself as a fixture of the parties in the Sea Ward of Waterdeep, often casting illusions and pyrotechnics for a sponsoring noble. As deduced by many, Tessalar wanted to use his noble connections in order to found his own noble house, but some family patriarchs knew the truth of his ambitions and easily used him to their own ends.

Tessalar became increasingly paranoid about Vulharindauloth, who established himself near Skullport with the objective of discovering the thief of his hoard. Tessalar hired dragonslayers at great expense to find and kill the wyrm, though without success.