Cauln Aumar was a wizard and the third of the Warring Princes of Athalantar in the early 3rd century DR.[1][2]
Relations[]
Cauln was the third eldest of the seven sons of King Uthgrael Aumar and Queen Syndrel Hornweather. Via his brother Elthryn, the fourth, Cauln was the uncle of the infant Elminster.[1]
Personality[]
Cauln had a sour disposition and was suspicious and secretive in his habits.[1][2] He had a natural affinity for magecraft[1] and enjoyed watching wizards work magic.[2]
History[]
Born in the Year of the Broken Lands, 191 DR, Cauln was tutored in magic by the court wizard Theskyn. He proved adept in the Art and rose swiftly in power.[1]
However, he was killed in the Year of the Giant Skulls, 217 DR, by a Calishite wizard, Rhangaun of Almraiven, whom his brother Elthaun Aumar had hired for the deed. Rhangaun baited Cauln into a spell-battle,[1][2] and Cauln was not nearly as great a mage as he believed. Rhangaun turned Cauln into a snake and caused him to explode from within with an unidentified spell. Belaur Aumar's magelords slew Rhangaun in turn "for the safety of the realm". Helm Stoneblade told the young Elminster of Cauln and his other uncles years after.[2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 Ed Greenwood (April 1996). “The Athalantan Campaign”. In Pierce Watters ed. Dragon #228 (TSR, Inc.), pp. 27, 28.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Ed Greenwood (December 1994). Elminster: The Making of a Mage. (TSR, Inc.), chap. 1. ISBN 1-5607-6936-X.