Valthrun's Tower The Nerath Campaign & The Nerath Timeline The current year for our Nerath campaign is set during the year 103AE. Inspired By Gary Gygax

This five-story structure is the highest building in Winterhaven. The tower is rumored to be over 300 years old, and Valthrun the Prescient is its most recent resident. Valthrun doesn’t use much of the tower; he inhabits the top two levels. The bottom three levels are locked "used for storage" . . . except for the stairway connecting them to Valthrun’s quarters. The sage and scholar has a small selection of 1st and 2nd level spells that he is willing to sell once he determines the worth and merit of an adventurer. "DM's descretion within the Player’s Handbook for availablility of spells".

Valthrun the Prescient: Valthrun is a sage and scholar who lives in this tower which is located within Winterhaven’s walls. Valthrun first met the original members of the Godsworn when they came to Winterhaven to dispose of increased bandit activity in the area. This led the company of heroes to foil the plot of the Orcus death cultist "Kalarel", who was attempting to re-open a rift to the Shadowfell beneath the ruins of an old keep. Valthrun has been a source of information and wisdom to the Godsworn, and is one of the founding members of the newly reformed White Council of Wizards.

Viserys was originally Valthrun's apprentice, though he was studying under Nimozaran the Green in Fallcrest when the events at the Shadowfell Keep transpired. Valthrun is a historian and theologian, who resides in a tower in Winterhaven. His tower is a 300-yr old intact structure that predates Winterhaven. It serves as the perfect home for Valthrun, who spends most of his time reading about days of yore in the tower’s various libraries. The libraries include an extensive collection of books on the Shadowfell as well. Thinking it to be the source of Winterhaven’s protection from the elements, Lord Padraig used to maintain a guard for the old tower but happily lets Valthrun maintain residence, knowing the wizard has rigged a host of magical wards to protect its valuable contents. Only Dennanmar has managed a peek at this collection, learning about creatures from the Shadowfell.

Valthrun’s second home is The Coach and Pony in Hammerfast. Though the inn is run by Varda Goldspinner – rooms (and passage around town on Kavik’s coach) are frequently given as favors or rewards by her sister, Marsinda, the High Mistress of Hammerfast. Having helped a ghostly paladin recover loot stolen from his tomb, Valthrun was offered accommodations as a reward. Each time he returns to Hammerfast, he offers something new. On his latest trip, Valthrun used his recently acquired ability to Speak with Dead to smooth over relations among Hammerfast’s many dead occupants. Valthrun is a member of the Lore Guild and visits the Lore Spire daily when he is in Hammerfast, followed by tea at The Black Cat.

His third “home” must be Wrafton’s Inn (in Winterhaven), where he can be found sharing breakfast with Lord Padraig or looking for adventurers to help him explore various ruins: Keegan’s Keep, Tomb of Empress Agera, Gardmore Abbey. Although he pays handsomely for adventurers to map such ruins, he does not shy away from adventure when it feeds his love for history.

Despite his capability in combat, Valthrun is a bit squeamish when it comes to blood, especially his own. He wears a never-empty pouch of bandages, doling them out to anyone wounded. Valthrun, himself, starts each day clean and intends to stay that way. When wounded, he teleports away to clean himself up. When desperate, he calls upon the services of his Tome Caddy, Malic, who draws forth the Tome of the Replenishing Flame, casting Fireshield or Wall of Fire with regenerating flames.

Valthrun has been training as a Spellgarde Wizard, allowing him bonuses to armor class and boosts to Blast spells which both help considerably in combat. Not only can he increase the range of his fireballs, but he can convert blast spells into burst spells. Tainted perhaps by his many nights of Shadowfell reading, Valthrun tends to incorporate shadowy psychic attacks as well. Valthrun also has Melee Training and loves to whack people with his magic staff, sometimes knocking them flat. Needless to say, Valthrun is a powerful wizard and is respected throughout the region and even beyond.

Valthrun has a unique capability for foreknowledge. Often, he sees events just prior to them actually happening. This can give him an advantage in combat (or take away an opponent’s advantage). This foreknowledge offers some protection to others as well. Conversations with Valthrun can be confusing as he has a better grasp of the past than the present, which gets muddled at times by the future.