Parwyyd Hanifar Parwyyd Hanifar was a human male wizard in the mid – 14th century DR . Description . Parwyyd was tall , elderly , with long white hair , moustache , and blue eyes . He wore blue robes trimmed in gold with red gems , with gold cuffs and hoop earrings . Relationships . Owing to his very poor memory , Hanifar hired Dunstanny to assist him in his work . Dunstanny organized his library , carried his books , and kept track of which spell s Hanifar had studied each day and which he had cast , as Hanifar soon forgot . Dunstanny even knew the details of each spell , their dimensions and effects , and could suggest to Hanifar the ideal spell to cast in any given situation . He even alerted Hanifar to danger when he was distracted or deep in thought , and defended him when he had to . Personality . Parwyyd was contemplative , unhurried , and utterly absent - minded . He did not wish to harm others he felt were blameless . He allowed his assistant Dunstanny to do his mundane thinking for him . Nevertheless , he could be quite cunning . Powers . As a wizard , Parwyyd knew the spells " contingency " , " disintegrate " , " dispel magic " , " fire shield " , " incendiary cloud " , " lightning bolt " ( in a forked form ) , " pyrotechnics " , " shield " , " telekinesis " , " web " , He was also capable of a form of teleportation and flight . History . Parwyyd once worked with the mage Ostus Agrivar , exploring the frontiers of magic together . They built the Great Door on the outskirts of Waterdeep , in order to easily enter the planes . Each wizard needed the other to control the Door , so it remained closed after Ostus ' s death in the Year of the Dragon , 1352 DR . However , by the Year of the Prince , 1357 DR , the Great Door had been tampered . It stood ajar and monsters from other planes would later pour from it . Some people grew understandably rather angry about this , and believed that killing Parwyyd would cause the Door to close again . With a small military force , they laid siege to Parwyyd ' s tower with catapults . He considered them " misinformed " , and professed that he did not wish to harm them . As Dunstanny tried to maintain the library , he suggested that Hanifar employ an " incendiary cloud " spell , which quickly drove them off . Parwyyd used a message plate with a false image of Priam Agrivar to lure Kyriani Agrivar to the site of the Great Door . She was the " blood of Agrivar " — Ostus ' s daughter — and bore his magic aura , so she could take Ostus ' s place in controlling the Door . With her came Onyx the Invincible , who attacked Parwyyd over a perceived threat to Priam . A spell - battle ensued , until Dunstanny suggested Parwyyd use a " web " spell to end the fight . Dunstanny explained that Parwyyd and Kyriani needed to work together close the Door . However , one of the faces on the Door taunted and threatened the mage , and kenku s poured out . Kyriani could not leave Onyx to face them alone , so Parwyyd vowed he would deal with them as a show of trust . However , the Door shot a bolt of magic that separated Kyriani into Cybriana and Kilili . Parwyyd divined that the magic aura had passed to Kilili , not Cybriana , and explained the truth of their divided heritage . Kilili " repaid " Parwyyd by raising a " wall of fire " against the warriors intent on slaying him . Parwyyd protested , and stole the " ring of telekinesis " from her finger before she departed . Parwyyd encouraged Cybriana , and slipped the ring onto her finger , before flying with Dunstanny to defeat the creatures that emerged from the Door . Following Dunstanny ' s advice , he fired a forked " lightning bolt " to eliminate the front line of gargoyle s and kenkus , before approaching a fire elemental and using it as a fire source for a " pyrotechnics " spell , the fireworks dazzling the remaining flying creatures . Kilili returned for the stolen ring , and Cybriana forced the two to merge again , becoming a new Kyriani . Working together , Parwyyd and Kyriani first let the door open wide and let the one who waits through , then used " telekinesis " to slam it shut on its trunk , slaying the monstrosity . Parwyyd then destroyed his Great Door with a " disintegrate " spell , and the threat it posed was ended . Kyriani thanked Parwyyd for giving the truth of her nature and the courage to accept it .