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Mantorra Hennaflame - Balanor - 07-15-2009
Source: Powers & Pantheons (AD&D), circa 1370 DR
Note from The Thayan: Since this sourcebook is 2nd edition (AD&D), stats are not in 3rd edition format
Lawful Evil, Human Female, 8th-level Wizard (Evocation)
Mantorra Hennaflame is hardly a stereotypical representative of the ruling Red Wizard mages. The only daughter of Daramos, Tharchion of Thazalhar, Mantorra manipulated her father’s connections and influence to get herself apprenticed to Aznar Thrul at an early age. Ever since, she has avoided using her family name, seeking to make her own way in the world. While she has little regard for those who are of lesser rank or class, and while she can be casually cruel to those who annoy her, Mantorra is more of a self-centered brat than a power-hungry, evil Thayan wizard.
Thrul’s plain, young apprentice has a natural aptitude for magecraft, but she has evinced little interest in attaining the rank of Red Wizard, as she is well aware of the senseless web of intrigue and betrayal that entangles that elite fraternity and consumes their waking hours. As a result, Mantorra has been stalling while she searches for an escape from a life that bores her. Her latest experiment, joining the Order of Crimson Warlocks, has proven to be a mildly interesting change of pace, and, as a result, Mantorra has begun to spend a significant amount of time and energy at the Flaming Brazier.
Although she has not yet admitted it to herself, Mantorra has little interest in the Kossuthan faith as a focus for religious devotion. Instead, she is entranced be the sensuous beauty of the endlessly leaping flames and spends long hours staring into the temple’s ever-burning fire pits and the depths of humanity’s collective soul. If the young sorceress is ever truly exposed to life outside of Thay’s malignant society, she is likely to quickly mature and abandon her cruel mannerism. For now, however, if she is encountered at the Flaming Brazier, she is likely to toy with any outlanders she finds amusing. She might, however, deign to rescue them in hope of presenting her with more amusements should they be captured by the Kossuthan forces or Thrul’s Legion.