Vhostym Vhostym , also called the Sojourner , is a member of the sparsely populated but powerful offshoots of the Gith sundering , the Githvyrik . Vhostym is an ancient and extremely powerful being who has both arcane and psionic powers to call upon . Vhostym worships no god or goddess , as he sees the gods as nothing compared to the utter randomness and enormity of the universe . The only order and predictability that the universe has to offer him is its perfect Mathematics , which he uses to bolster his spellcraft , making him near unrivaled by any but the gods themselves . He resolved through his increase in power that the only law in the universe was that those who are weak should suffer the will of the powerful , and that morality , whether good or evil , is a fiction created by sentient beings to bring purpose to meaninglessness . Vhostym went on in his youth to build and use his strength for his own desires , destroying entire worlds , slaughtering flights of dragons and thousands , perhaps millions of creatures . Vhostym takes no pleasure from the suffering of others , while not hesitating to wipe out civilizations and worlds for his whims . He is a neutral opportunist , as he neither loves nor hates any being in a universe so unpredictable , which identifies him as something of a nihilist . As of 1370 DR , he had lived for over 10 , 000 years , bolstering his lifespan through the use of powerful magics . It was around this time that he came in conflict with Erevis Cale while trying to achieve his goal of creating the " Crown of flame " ( not the spell ) . Early Life . As a child Vhostym stood on the surface of Toril only once beside his father . He stood under the " Crown of flame " in his own corporeal body , and since then has been trying unsuccessfully to eliminate his skin sensitivity . It was from this memory that he got the idea to harness the crown for his own ends . Disease and a Dream . Vhostym contracted a disease that caused his body to decay . Through his magic he was able to slow the process but was unable to prevent it from slowly consuming him over a few hundred year span . As a result of his inevitable demise he began to conceive of a plot where he could again walk on the surface in the daytime in his own physical body , without succumbing to the fatal sun sensitivity of his race which had been enhanced by his diseased condition . He started calling himself the Sojourner and began preparations to one of the greatest spells Toril would ever see . Slaadi . Vhostym invaded the plane of Limbo and managed to steal a clutch of slaad i eggs , taking them to his own pocket plane . Here he infused the eggs with arcane energy , making them unique from the rest of their kind . He raised four Green slaadi ; Elura , Serrin , Dolgan and Azriim . He promised them a transformation to the more powerful Gray Slaad in exchange for doing his bidding , so they became his willing servants in his plan to summon the Crown of Flame . After a series of clashes with Erevis Cale the First Chosen of Mask , Drasek Riven the Second of Mask , Jak Fleet the cleric / thief , and the psionicist tiefling Magadon , the Slaadi succeeded in gaining enough power for Vhostym to perform his spell . They obtained the Weave Tap from the Fane of Shadows , a temple dedicated to the Goddess Shar , and Vhostym nurtured the seedling until it grew into a great plant by feeding it the substance of celestials and fiends . The slaadi also found and tapped into two ancients Netherese mantle s , which were similar to the mythallar created by the elves . These mantles were found in the underwater city of Sakkors , which was near Selgaunt in Sembia , and in the underground cavern city known as Skullport . This arcane energy went into the Weave Tap , and Vhostym was able to power up his spell . He rewarded the slaadi not only with transformation into Gray , but went one step further and transformed them into death slaadi . Erevis Cale and his companions were able to kill all of the slaadi except for one death slaadi Azriim , who escaped the final battle and whose whereabouts are unknown . Crown of Flame . Vhostym completed his final and greatest spell , knowing he had only a matter of days before the disease ended his life . The spell took hold of one of the many orbiting meteorites of Selûne ( Toril ' s moon ) known as Selûne ' s Tears . He used its bulk to shield the rays of the sun from the wayrock , where he had placed a stolen temple of Cyric as the storage facility for his arcane power . Vhostym enjoyed his final moments on Toril ' s surface under his created eclipse ( the crown of flame ) and knowing he was to die any minute , he put up no resistance when Erevis Cale crushed his body and destroyed him . With his death , the spell lost its hold on Selûne ' s tear and caused it to crash into Toril ' s atmosphere . At that point it shattered and fell in a rain of meteorite fragments known as the Rain of Fire . However , many mistakenly believe that the Rain of Fire was related to the Rage of Dragons .