Argonethestor was a brewer, scholar, a retired adventurer, and a powerful mage who studied under Vangerdahast Aeiulvana of Cormyr, active in the late 14th century DR.[2][1]
Description[]
In the late 14th century DR, Argonethestor was a tall and thin man in his twilight years.[2]
Personality[]
Argonethestor was a paranoid sort, wary of people, especially those whom his dog Fluff didn't like.[2]
Relationships[]
Argonethestor's trusted and beloved companion was his yuppy female dog named Fluff, who was sensitive to evil and malicious magic items.[2]
History[]
Argonethestor of Cormyr[1] had a long life. He studied magic and transmutation the Royal Magician of Cormyr himself, Vangerdahast Aeiulvana, and alter, had a fruitful career of an adventurer. By the late 14th century DR, Argonethestor left his adventuring life behind and focused his time on scholarly pursuits, study of magic, and brewing.[2]
On the 17th of Flamerule, the Year of Lightning Storms, 1374 DR,[note 1] Argonethestor was visiting the Wizards' Guild of Ravens Bluff to study the secrets of old dwarven brewing.[2] During that time, the Ravenian temple of Mystra – the Halls of Mystery, recovered an evil artifact that belonged to baneliches – the Book of Vile Darkness, penned by the deity Bane himself. Argonethestor's associate in the Wizards' Guild, Sebastian Silverlocke, Dean of Abjuration and Knight of the Mystic Flame, approached the man and asked for his magical help on behalf of the temple. Argonethestor was a spell-caster trustworthy enough to keep that request secret and powerful enough to cast a potent version of the teleportation circle on the group of goodly heroes of the Living City tasked with transporting the book to Harris Redfire in Dragon Falls.[1]
Then, the adventurers met the foreign wizard at or around eight bells.[1] He was amused by the temple's request but agreed to cast the spell nevertheless, despite it being a long casting process. During the preparation, Argonethestor held a lengthy discussion with a dwarvish adventurer about the brewing practices of the stout folk of the Vast. But when the chanting and preparations were done and amber dust was spread around the circle, Fluff attempted to jump and attack the adventurers. However, Argonethestor suspended the barking dog in the air with a quick spell.[2]
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Note[]
- ↑ The events of the Living City Ravens Bluff campaign took place on a timeline that advanced together with the real world's time. Even though all Living City adventures and issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter were dated with real-world dates, there were events that received a DR year. The Living City timeline can be derived from Myrkyssa Jelan's historic events of the late 14th century DR. Myrkyssa Jelan attacked Ravens Bluff in 1370 DR, according to The City of Ravens Bluff and Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition; these events are chronicled in an in-and-out of universe issues of Ravens Bluff Trumpeter. This places the real world year 1997 as 1370 DR, and in 1998 (1371 DR), Myrkyssa was at last arrested and tried and said to have been executed, only to reappear in 1372 DR in The City of Ravens novel. As the real world's months and the Calendar of Harptos are virtually identical, we can also date all events of the Living City Ravens Bluff as close as an in-universe month.
Appearances[]
Organized Play & Licensed Adventures
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Gregory A. Dreher (January 2001). Ineffable Tome. Living City (RPGA), pp. 4–5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 Gregory A. Dreher (January 2001). Ineffable Tome. Living City (RPGA), pp. 13–15.