Seldszar Elpragh was a drow diviner the head of the College of Divination and one of the members of the Conclave of Sshamath in the city of Sshamath in the late 14th century DR.[1][2]
History[]
Seldszar became the Master of his college around 1177 DR. Upon becoming Master, he learned the secret about Sshamath's faerzress: it was cast by the first Master of Divination, Chal'dzar, and the powerful conjurer Yithzin.[3]
By 1377 DR, Seldszar was the patron of Q'arlynd Melarn, who was about to start his new College of Ancient Arcana.[4] Q'arlynd recommended to the priestess of Eilistraee Miverra to trust only Seldszar when discussing a strange magical phenomena that had affected both wizards and priests.[5] Thus, Miverra and Seldszar spoke about a magical phenomena that involved surges in the faerzress spreading from the main temple of Kiaransalee. At last, they decided that a joint force of Eilistraee's priests and wizards of the College of Divination, including Q'arlynd and Seldszar's son Eldrinn Elpragh, would scout the temple of Kiaransalee.[6] After speaking with Miverra, Seldszar Elpragh informed the Master of Conjuration Urlryn Khalazza of his discoveries about the faerzress's problems and Urlryn said he'd received the same information from a cleric of Vhaeraun from Skullport, who was actually an agent instructed to deliver the same message as Miverra.[7]
After the mission in V'elddrinnsshar, the faerzress did not surge anymore, but its intensity didn't diminish to its previous level either. This weakened the College of Divination,[8] since casting a divination produced faerie fire, giving away the use of magic and also hindering the use of divination magic altogether.[4] Q'arlynd offered to Seldszar a formal alliance in order to use the kiira of Kraanfhaor's Door to investigate more about the faerzress and he agreed.[9]
In the Year of the Lost Keep, 1379 DR, Seldszar formally asked the Conclave to elevate Q'arlynd as a new member, making him Master of Ancient Arcana.[10] Later, he met with Masters Urlryn Khalazza, Masoj Dhuunyl, and Q'arlynd Melarn and they involved Masoj in their plan to strip the faerzress from the drow.[11] Together with Q'arlynd's apprentices, his son and the Masters Urlryn and Masoj, Seldszar helped Q'arlynd when he engineered (with the aid of Eilistraee) the ritual that transformed all drow not tainted by Wendonai's blood into dark elves. Afterward, they all relocated to Rhymanthiin, thanks to Seldszar's secret dealings with the sharn.[12]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Eric L. Boyd (November 1999). Drizzt Do'Urden's Guide to the Underdark. Edited by Jeff Quick. (TSR, Inc.), p. 90. ISBN 0-7869-1509-9.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Bruce R. Cordell, Gwendolyn F.M. Kestrel, Jeff Quick (October 2003). Underdark. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 175. ISBN 0-7869-3053-5.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6, pp. 112–113. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 3, pp. 52–54. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 3, pp. 65–66. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4, pp. 72–79. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 6, pp. 109–120. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 14, pp. 298–300. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (September 2007). Storm of the Dead. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 14, pp. 301–302. ISBN 978-0-7869-4701-0.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (June 2008). Ascendancy of the Last. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 4, pp. 70–74. ISBN 978-0-7869-4864-2.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (June 2008). Ascendancy of the Last. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 7, pp. 157–167. ISBN 978-0-7869-4864-2.
- ↑ Lisa Smedman (June 2008). Ascendancy of the Last. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 12, pp. 279–287. ISBN 978-0-7869-4864-2.