Thayd was a wizard who led a rebellion against Mulhorand and Unther in −1087 DR.[1][2][3]
History[]
Thayd was known as the Last Surviving Apprentice of the Imaskari.[4] Per the memories of the Pharaoh Ratep, the wizard had learned much by studying the lore of the Imaskari, which he shared with his followers.[1] Thayd led a rebellion against Mulhorand and Unther in −1087 DR.[1][2][3] He briefly seized the northern provinces of both empires.[5]
In −1081 DR,[3] Thayd and his conspirators were defeated. Before his execution, he prophesied that Mulhorand and Unther would decline.[1][2] He ensured that would be so by opening a portal to a savage world dominated by warmongering orcs on the same year, before his capture and execution for inciting fellow wizards to rebellion: after his death, no one in Faerun knew of the portal.[6]
Legacy[]
Thayd's goal was to overthrow both Mulhorand and Unther, and take their territories as part of his own Overempire to achieve limitless dominion over the Realms. In response to his rebellion, Mulhorandi arcane magic was placed under strict control by the god-kings, creating a bureaucracy of priests to keep watch over its developments, thus creating the power structures of Mulhorand that endured well into 1365 DR.[7]
The orcs on the other world of his portals discovered these entryways several years later, and used them for the invasions that would later become the Orcgate Wars.[6] Together, both events orchestrated by the archmage Thayd managed to end the Great Age of the Mulhorandi Empire.[7]
The magocracy of Thay was named after Thayd,[7] honoring him for his rebellion against Mulhorand two thousand years before and prophesizing the Empire's eventual decline.[8]
Rumors & Legends[]
According to the Book of Ratep, the Pharaoh believed that Imaskari lore had corrupted Thayd as it gave him power, and that the wizard would enslave the Mulan once more if left unchecked.[1]
Per some sources, he let in hordes of orcs that would fight the Empires with a curse, rather than a portal.[9]
Some sources suggest that Thayd may have endured beyond his death as an undead sentience attaching itself to the living to control them, destroying his host within the space of a few weeks.[10][note 1]
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Notes[]
- ↑ Better fix the Candlekeep Forum citations later. It is p80, not 70, though the thread seems to be in the right place.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Brian R. James, Ed Greenwood (September 2007). The Grand History of the Realms. Edited by Kim Mohan, Penny Williams. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 38. ISBN 978-0-7869-4731-7.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Ed Greenwood, Sean K. Reynolds, Skip Williams, Rob Heinsoo (June 2001). Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting 3rd edition. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 268. ISBN 0-7869-1836-5.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Scott Bennie (February 1990). Old Empires. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 5. ISBN 978-0880388214.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd (September 1997). Powers & Pantheons. Edited by Julia Martin. (TSR, Inc.), p. 95. ISBN 978-0786906574.
- ↑ Richard Baker, Matt Forbeck, Sean K. Reynolds (May 2003). Unapproachable East. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 163. ISBN 0-7869-2881-6.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Reynolds, Forbeck, Jacobs, Boyd (March 2003). Races of Faerûn. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 69. ISBN 0-7869-2875-1.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Scott Bennie (February 1990). Old Empires. Edited by Mike Breault. (TSR, Inc.), p. 3. ISBN 978-0880388214.
- ↑ Voronica Whitney-Robinson (September 2012). The Crimson Gold. (Wizards of the Coast), chap. 2, pp. 48–49. ISBN 0-7869-3120-5.
- ↑ Eric L. Boyd, Eytan Bernstein (August 2006). Dragons of Faerûn. Edited by Beth Griese, Cindi Rice, Kim Mohan. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 69. ISBN 0-7869-3923-0.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood, The Hooded One (2010-10-06). Questions for Ed Greenwood (2010). Candlekeep Forum. Retrieved on 2022-07-12.