Herzgo Alegni

Herzgo Alegni is a tiefling who first appears in the R.A. Salvatore novels "Gauntlgrym" and "Neverwinter Wood".

History
The elf, Dahlia Sin'felle, was raped by Alegni while very young and soon after, Dahlia discovered that she was carrying Alegni's child. Upon the child's birth, Dahlia sought out Alegni, and upon finding him, presented the child to him as she stood upon the edge of a cliff looking down upon the tiefling. After receiving Alegni's full and undivided attention, Dahlia threw the child from the ledge of the cliff. The child has likely survived because in the second book of the Neverwinter Saga appears a tiefling, Effron, who has a permanently-not-working arm and is very familiar with Alegni. Even by the conversation between Alegni and his master one can assume that Effron is Alegni's son.

Personality
Alegni regularly employs the service of an assassin who goes by the name of Barrabus the Gray. Barrabus is actually the assassin from Calimport, Artemis Entreri and nemesis of Drizzt Do'Urden.

Equipment
Alegni also has a device similar to a tuning fork that causes great pain to its target, and he uses this on Barrabus during their first meeting in Gauntlgrym, where Alegni hires Barrabus to convince the local lord to rename a prominent landmark bridge to the "Herzgo Alegni Bridge". This name only lasted for a few days before the Primordial contained in the ancient Forge of Gauntlgrym is set free by the dwarf, Athrogate. The primordial's awakening causes Neverwinter to be devastated, and Alegni flees with Barrabus.