En'Sel'Dinen was a demon of the Abyss that was involved with at least two crafters of Siluvanede millennia before Dalereckoning.[1]
Description[]
The demon resembled an apelike nabassu, but had glowing silver eyes.[1]
Personality[]
The creature was largely affable and apparently generous in its deal-making, though it was zealous about claiming any price it named after the fact. When enraged, it behaved largely the same as any other demon.[1]
Abilities[]
It was noted that looking into the demon's eyes involved some sort of hazard. Granting certain boons was within its power, through unspecified means.[1] It also possessed the ability to cast certain spells, such as heartstop,[2] and to create gates between planes on its own power.[3][4]
Activities[]
The fiend was open to making deals with those that summoned it.[1]
Relationships[]
En'Sel'Dinen once had dealings with a magical craftsman of Aryvandaar and Siluvanede, Kelærede, who bound it into service before banishing it back to the Abyss.[5] He later had dealings with Valmaxian, an apprentice of his, giving him power over magic, which lasted almost a millennium before things turned sour.[1] He also had a number of underlings.[2]
History[]
In −7628 DR, the elven apprentice Valmaxian summoned En'Sel'Dinen using one of his master's scrolls, and dealt with it in exchange for power over magic.[1] His master, Kelærede, had bound the demon into service once before, and then banished it back into the Abyss.[5] At some point he told the apprentice about the power it could give, as well as the danger of its eyes,[1] though he had also forbidden him from dealing with it.[6]
Though the demon granted Valmaxian the boon, seven hundred years later, Valmaxian tried to summon it again for more power in −6962 DR, in order to complete the retributive strike power of his upcoming masterpiece, the Staff of Valmaxian. En'Sel'Dinen demanded first that its previous service be repaid by giving it Chasianna, Valmaxian's lover, who was also his then-late master's granddaughter.[3] The elf's refusal brought out the violence in the demon, which kidnapped Chasianna and took her to the Abyss, leaving a portal at the door to her chambers.[4]
Valmaxian followed through that portal, eventually finding the demon, who had been bodily ravaging Chasianna; upon Valmaxian's arrival, En'Sel'Dinen discovered that Chasianna had not been completely disabled, but instead managed to communicate mentally with him. Though En'Sel'Dinen struck him with a heartstop spell, Valmaxian managed to execute a retributive strike, destroying the Staff of Valmaxian in the process but temporarily disabling the demon and somehow surviving. The demon cried out to Valmaxian that he had nothing left anymore, most likely referring to the magic he'd be denied forevermore.[2]
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References[]
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 Philip Athans (February 2006). “The Staff of Valmaxian”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 77–78. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Philip Athans (February 2006). “The Staff of Valmaxian”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 97–101. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Philip Athans (February 2006). “The Staff of Valmaxian”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 90–91. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Philip Athans (February 2006). “The Staff of Valmaxian”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 93–94. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Philip Athans (February 2006). “The Staff of Valmaxian”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), pp. 82–83. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.
- ↑ Philip Athans (February 2006). “The Staff of Valmaxian”. Realms of the Elves (Wizards of the Coast), p. 74. ISBN 0-7869-3980-X.