Shandril Shessair Shandril Shessair is the main character in the novel " Spellfire . " Shandril was the daughter of Garthond Shessair , a wizard who had often fought the Cult of the Dragon , and the Incantatrix Dammasae , an adventurer whom Garthond had rescued from the cult . Dammasae had the ability to use spellfire and passed on that power to her daughter . The family lived quietly in Elturel only until Shandril was old enough to withstand the rigors of travel , for the cult - which already knew of Dammasae ' s ability - wanted the child as well as the mother . When Shandril was eight months old , the family fled with Gorstag , a battle - axe wielding warrior . The four moved to the east in disguise . But at the Bridge of Fallen Men near Cormyr , the cult ambushed them . Garthond gave his life for the freedom of his wife and daughter . Before he died , Shandril ' s father destroyed nine cult mages and three swordsmen . Gorstag and Dammasae were both wounded , but they fled with Shandril toward Shadowdale . Sadly , Shandril ' s mother did not live to reach their destination . After Dammasae died , Gorstag turned south toward Deepingdale , hoping to leave the infant Shandril with the elves there . He then planned to retrieve Garthond ' s writings and the magical items that were Shandril ' s inheritance . The elves brought word to him , however that the cult had broken into Garthond ' s tower and prepared its basements to become the lair of one of their dracoliches , Rauglothgor . Counting on the fact that he was not well known to the cult and thus he would be able to keep Shandril ' s location a secret from them , Gorstag stayed on in Deepingdale , raising her as a servant girl . When she was old enough , she helped him run the inn he had purchased , The Rising Moon . Shandril ran off to become an adventurer at the age of 16 , bored by her quiet life and eager to see the outside world . She joined the Company of the Bright Spear as a thief , but that group was soon decimated in a battle by a large party of cult members . Shandril was captured and imprisoned inside an old tomb . She managed to escape using a magical device that was hidden in the crypt . Unfortunately , the magic teleported her into the fiend - infested city of Myth Drannor , where she was again captured by the cult . Symgharyl Maruel , The Shadowsil , the cult ' s archmage , intended to make ' good ' use of Shandril ' s blood , initially mistaking her for the missing Cormyrean princess , Alusair . An apprentice mage by the name of Narm witnessed Shandril ' s abduction and enlisted the aid of the fabled Knights of Myth Drannor . With the help of the Knights and Elminster , Narm was able to rescue Shandril just before she would have been consumed by the dracolich Rauglothgor . During this conflict , a strange creature capable of absorbing magical energy , known as a balhiir , was accidentally released from a crystal sphere where it had been contained . The presence of the creature foiled all magical attacks belonging to the Knights , cult members and the dracolich itself . It was mentioned in lore that only the person who released a balhiir could destroy it . Henceforth , Elminster asked Shandril to absorb the energy of the balhiir itself and release it at her will . Filled to bursting with magical power , Shandril released the force in the form of bolts of lightning that blew apart Rauglothgor , the cult members , and much of the surrounding terrain . Elminster began to have suspicions regarding the amount of spellfire Shandril had used in the battle being much more than what the balhiir had absorbed . After more major battles , Elminster and the Knights brought Shandril and Narm back to Shadowdale , where his suspicions regarding Shandril having a latent ability of spellfire were confirmed . He eventually tested Shandril ' s spellfire ability and helped her refine it . Shandril and Narm were soon married , in between attacks by the cult and the couple then received an invitation to Silverymoon , issued by Lady Alustriel , ruler of that city . Alustriel promised protection from those who sought Shandril ' s power , as well as further instruction in the use of spellfire . Shandril and Narm prepared for a long journey . The pair ' s first stop was Deepingdale , where Shandril was reunited with Gorstag . They were betrayed , however , by a cult member and had to flee again . A third dracolich was sent to destroy Shandril and Narm , but Shandril managed to absorb its magical breath weapon , destroy the undead beast , and heal Narm ' s injuries . A dwarf named Delg Hammerhand , another survivor of the Company of the Bright Spear , caught up to the pair and joined them on their journey to Silverymoon . As the trio continued their travels , in the second book in the Spellfire trilogy , " Crown of Fire " , Shandril learned that she and Narm were going to be parents . It was then that the Zhentarim began to move against them . In one Zhent attack , the evil men had dug a pit in the trail to catch the heroes as they fled . Only Delg got trapped in the pit , and the threat was easily dispatched by Shandril - after blasting his cohorts to bits with her spellfire , she ' persuaded ' the sole surviving Zhent to help get Delg out of the trap . It was not long thereafter that the trio became a quartet when Mirt ' the Moneylender ' , whom was also a member of the Lords of Waterdeep assisted them with the Zhentarim ' s relentless attacks . As their journey carried them into the Stonelands of Cormyr , the band of heroes was attacked by Zhentarim mages and a force of gargoyle s . Delg was taken aloft by one of the stony flying beasts , and as he rained axe blows upon the creature ' s body they both plummeted from the sky . The dwarf was impaled on a shard of rock and could not be saved . Shandril comforted him as he died , and then set about destroying his killers . The death of Delg was what convinced Shandril that she had to take a stand against her pursuers . She cremated her friend ' s body with spellfire , and then instructed Mirt to guide her to Zhentil Keep so she could take the fight to her enemies at their source . He agreed to do so , but instead of heading directly there by a long overland route , Mirt took Shandril to Eveningstar and introduced her to its ruler , Lord Tessaril Winter . After the Lord of Eveningstar came to respect Shandril ' s need to confront her pursuers , she consented to use a teleport spell to get Shandril to her destination much more quickly . Shandril found herself transported to Spell Court in the Citadel of the Raven , a fortress that the Zhents took over by trickery years earlier - surrounded by a ring of beholder s . She was able to dispose of all the eye tyrant s by using spellfire , but then collapsed from fatigue . Mirt , who had followed her magically through the use of a roguestone , grabbed her unconscious form and managed to keep her out of the clutches of Zhent soldiers who were closing in on the two of them . He got her to a safe place - a house of pleasure that was being run by an undercover Harper - and soon thereafter the two returned by magic to Eveningstar , where they were reunited with Narm , Tessaril , and their other friends . The heroes resolved to return to Zhentil Keep and finish what Shandril and Mirt had begun . In this climactic battle , the heroes faced the evil priest Fzoul Chembryl and his minions . Another Harper undercover agent , Sarhthor the wizard , took Fzoul ' s javelin through the chest - a javelin intended for Shandril . As he died , he implored Shandril to touch his head , absorbing his life energy , and create a crown of fire - the most powerful form of spellfire known . Shandril did as he instructed , and with the awesome power that then came under her control she blew away the Wizards ' Watch Tower of Zhentil Keep , down to its foundations . With at least that enemy out of the way , Narm and Shandril were free to resume their long - postponed journey to Silverymoon , after spending some time resting and recuperating in seclusion . After the triumph at Zhentil Keep , Elminster informed her that the child would be a girl and that - as Shandril had - she would inherit the power of spellfire from her mother . She began her travels to Silverymoon with the aid of a caravan master , Ortho Voldovan , and his guards , two of whom were Harper agents . Unknown to all of them , the entire caravan was filled with Zhentarim , Thayan , and Cult agents . As the caravan was whittled down during the journey , Sharantyr of Shadowdale was dispatched to find and aid Shandril . After a long journey , she caught up , only to discover her old friend Voldovan was not himself ; a Red Wizard of Thay had slain and taken his place before the journey ever started . Shandril lost control upon discovering all of her enemies , and began a maelstrom of fire . As she slaughtered everyone within reach , Alustriel of Silverymoon , Laeral of Waterdeep , Mirt , and Asper , his companion , all teleported to Shandril to try and stop her . Shandril , however , blasted them back as the Chosen of Mystra and Waterdhavians tried to reach her . Narm was stabbed brutally during the fight , and Shandril , seeing this , blasted him with spellfire , trying to heal him . When Narm collapsed , Shandril was overcome with grief , believing that she ' d killed him . Asper pleaded with Shandril to stop , but Shandril waved farewell to her friends and fed herself spellfire . The resulting explosion blinded Asper for days to come . Shandril was gathered by Mystra , who gave her the power to appear whenever spellfire or silver fire was used . Narm survived and Shandril told him not to grieve , and to find another woman , as life was long . Motivations / Goals : . In the long term , Shandril simply wants to live a quiet life with her family and friends . She desires no conquests , no deaths , and no more power than the spellfire she already wields .