The Serpent
Elaith Craulnober (a.k.a. The Serpent)
Elaith Craulnober is a moon elf adventurer and criminal living in the city of Anthor. He is a cunning and opportunistic elven rogue with an infamous reputation.
Elaith Craulnober is a tall elven noble in his prime with sharp, handsome features and a graceful build. He is 5'8" tall. Elaith had silver hair and the pale skin common to his people. His eyes are the colour of amber. He favours his trademark black cape and elven daggers, which he often uses to solidify his already fearsome reputation. He is often likened to a "silver snake" because of his appearance, which in part gave him his alias of "The Serpent."
Physical Description
Special abilities
Foremost of Elaith's abilities are his fearsome reputation and his willingness to commit the vile, cruel acts. Elaith honed his reputation to a point where he is now nigh untouchable in Anthor.
Aside from his wealth and reputation, Elaith is also very capable in combat. The Serpent is known for his quickness and agility. Elaith is also a master in wielding daggers, and often dual-wields them to confuse (or to toy with) his opponents. As a wizard, he also exhibits various magical capabilities, including scrying and invisibility.
Elaith is very familiar with the criminal underground and practises larceny quite easily. He is known to deactivate locks and traps with ease and to blend well into shadows.
Mental characteristics
Personal history
Elaith was the only child of an only son, the last of the Craulnober line in Evermeet. He served as captain of the king's guard in Evermeet. He grew up alongside Lady Amnestria and was later betrothed to her. During their betrothal, he inherited his grandfathers' moonblade, which rejected him. Their betrothal was nullified and in disgrace, Elaith left the island for Terra Caelum.
In Terra Caelum, Elaith became a rogue elf. He was recruited by the Black Rose Clan and they went treasure hunting (tomb-robbing) in the Glacies Mountains. Elaith found the complete break from his former traditions and values liberating.
Being obsessed with obtaining a functioning moonblade, Craulnober collected information on various treasure hoards in the region around Anthor. One day he heard of the drunken ramblings of an adventurer who claimed to have come through a portal from the Jewelled Sea and had bags of rubies to show for it. Elaith kidnapped the besotted warrior and used some version of a mind ream spell on him to extract all the man knew about the place, then disposed of him.
Soon, Elaith began building his own underground empire of crime. He acquired a reputation for ruthlessness as an assassin, intelligence broker, and crime lord. His notoriety was such that there was a well-known ballad written about him called "Silent Strikes the Serpent."
Elaith is a tragic character who never truly recovered from his initial fall. His descent from nobility on Evermeet to the brutal and heartless criminal he became contributed to his contrasting qualities. In Evermeet, Elaith was serious and proper, the "epitome of elfdom" according to Lady Amnestria. After his exile, Elaith became a heartless crime lord with a penchant for cruelty. He was portrayed as a manipulative and evil elf whose canny intelligence managed him a worthy position among Anthor's nobility.
Elaith is a very proud elf, and any slight made to him is answered brutally. Despite his often unforgiving manner, Elaith has a twisted sense of honour, and seems to fully respect (albeit in a twisted fashion) many elven traditions - including his use of "Elf-friend". Style is also important to Elaith, explaining why he is so fond of the Black Rose Clan as they honour traditional values with flair. He disdains the methods of the Zhentarim because they have "no style."
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