Elminster
Sign in to saveElminster Aumar is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. He is also known as the Sage of Shadowdale, and is depicted as a powerful wizard featured in several novels by Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood. Certain aspects of his appearance and demeanor seem to echo Gandalf, Merlin, or Odin.
Key facts
- Character.name
- Elminster Aumar
- Character.image
- frameless
- Character.race
- Human
- Character.gender
- Male
- Character.class
- Fighter/Rogue/Cleric/Wizard/Archmage
- Character.alignment
- Chaotic good
- Character.home
- Athalantar,Shadowdale
- Character.series
- Forgotten Realms
via Wikipedia infobox
Article
20 sectionsContents
- Basics
- Appearance
- Personality
- Family
- Allies
- Media
- Novels
- ''The Making of a Mage''
- ''Elminster in Myth Drannor''
- ''The Temptation of Elminster''
- The Time of Troubles
- The Avatar Crisis
- ''Elminster in Hell''
- ''Elminster's Daughter''
- Effects of the Spellplague
- Other media
- Video games
- Comic books
- Reception
- References
Elminster Aumar is a fictional character appearing in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game. He is also known as the Sage of Shadowdale, and is depicted as a powerful wizard featured in several novels by Forgotten Realms creator Ed Greenwood. Certain aspects of his appearance and demeanor seem to echo Gandalf, Merlin, or Odin.
Elminster was one of the first characters that Greenwood created for the Forgotten Realms. Information about him can be found in virtually all Forgotten Realms game products, but the novels in The Elminster Series are perhaps the most definitive sources of information. The series includes Elminster: The Making of a Mage, Elminster in Myth Drannor, The Temptation of Elminster, Elminster in Hell, and ''Elminster's Daughter.