The God Catcher The God Catcher by Erin M . Evans is the fifth novel in the Waterdeep series . Erin introduces a few new characters to the Realms including Tennora Hedare and Nestrix . Summary . In the years before the Spellplague in 1385 DR , the blue dragon Clytemorrenestrix , who later became known as Nestrix , lived in the Calim Desert with her mate , the blue dragon Tantlevgithus . On the day that the Spellplague occurred , a thief named Lyra sneaked into Nestrix ’ s lair and attempted to steal a jeweled torque . Nestrix pursued Lyra into the desert and both of them were struck by the blue fire of the Spellplague . Lyra was magically transformed into a bronze dragon , but the stolen torque strangled her to death . Nestrix was turned into a human woman , but many of Lyra ’ s memories and possibly some of her consciousness were transferred to the former blue dragon . Nestrix ’ s lair and her eggs were destroyed by the Spellplague , and her mate was killed . Since she had nothing tying her to the Calim Desert any longer , Nestrix wandered throughout Faerûn for many years in search of a way to transform back into a dragon . Around 1461 DR , Tennora Hedare was born into a noble family in the port city of Waterdeep , but her parents died during a featherlung epidemic when she was a child . Tennora was raised by her father ’ s brother and his wife , and she began to study magic at a Waterdhavian mage academy called the House of Wonder . Tennora eventually moved into a tenement building called the God Catcher , and she later learned that her mother , Liferna Uskevren , had been an accomplished rogue before she had married into the nobility of Waterdeep . In 1478 DR , Nestrix killed a wizard named Ardusk Nagaenil in Cormyr in self - defense . Nevertheless , the War Wizards of Cormyr and the Nagaenil family put a bounty on Nestrix . The former dragon managed to escape , and in 1479 DR , she traveled to Waterdeep because she had heard rumors that the raptoran sorceress Aundra Blacklock knew a magical ritual to reverse the effects of the Spellplague . Around that time , Tennora was dismissed from her magical studies by her tutor , the elf wizard Rhinzen Halnian , the Master of the House of Wonder . Rhinzen did not believe that Tennora had much potential as a mage , even though she was able to cast moderately powerful spells . Nestrix tried in vain to contact Aundra at the God Catcher , which was owned by the sorceress , but she was unsuccessful . Taking pity on Nestrix , Tennora decided to help the former dragon and arranged a meeting with Aundra . Nestrix explained her situation and Aundra agreed to turn her back into a dragon if she would steal a magical mask from an antiquary ’ s shop in the Trades Ward . Unbeknownst to Nestrix and Tennora , the shop was secretly owned by Andareunarthex , also known as Dareun , a young green dragon and a player of the draconic game known as Xorvintaal . Despite Ahghairon ’ s dragonward , Dareun had entered Waterdeep and wanted to ultimately find a way to achieve dominance in the city . Using newly acquired thieving skills , Tennora helped Nestrix break into Dareun ’ s shop and steal the mask , but the two women were then confronted by some of the green dragon ’ s minions , including his chief agent , the assassin Ferremo Magli . Nestrix and Tennora defeated Dareun ’ s servants and escaped from the antiquary ’ s shop , but the green dragon , who had disguised himself in human form , soon tracked the young wizard to her apartment and attacked her . Even though he was weakened by the dragonward , Dareun was able to overpower Tennora . When Nestrix arrived at Tennora ’ s apartment during the fight , Dareun recognized her as a dragon and assumed that she was a fellow player of Xorvintaal who was making a move against him . With the assistance of Ferremo and a few of his other minions , Dareun subdued Nestrix and magically transported her to a secret chamber in the Waterdhavian sewers . Dareun tried to learn how Nestrix was not affected by the dragonward by forcibly interrogating and torturing her , but the former blue dragon did not provide him with any answers . Tennora later met with Ferremo and bargained for Nestrix ’ s release by promising to steal the gorget of the Songdragon from the House of Wonder for Dareun . The gorget was a magical item that allowed a dragon to avoid the effects of Ahghairon ’ s dragonward and had been created for a song dragon that had aided Waterdeep after the Spellplague . Tennora infiltrated the House of Wonder and stole the Songdragon ’ s gorget , but as she was leaving , she was confronted by Rhinzen , who was intoxicated on the narcotic haepthum . In his drug - addled state , Rhinzen mistook Tennora for a devil and used a meteor swarm spell on the mage academy . The House of Wonder was destroyed , but Tennora escaped from the building and Rhinzen survived the structure ’ s collapse . When Tennora made her way to Dareun ’ s shop , she was assailed and incapacitated by Ferremo . Once Ferremo took the gorget of the Songdragon , he bound Tennora and threw her into Waterdeep ’ s harbor in an attempt to drown her . Tennora escaped and returned to her apartment , where she encountered Veron Angalen , a half - orc bounty hunter who was tracking Nestrix . After Veron agreed to help Tennora rescue Nestrix , the pair found an entrance to the sewers beneath the God Catcher and eventually located Dareun ’ s lair . Meanwhile , Dareun donned the Songdragon ’ s gorget in order to nullify the effects of the dragonward and kidnapped Antoum Mrays , the young son of the noblewoman Nazra Mrays , a Masked Lord of Waterdeep . Nazra was also the keeper of the Dragonstaff of Ahghairon , a magical artifact that made any dragon who touched it immune to the dragonward , and Dareun threatened to kill Antoum if Nazra did not give him the staff in a few days . Dareun , Ferremo , and a couple of the green dragon ’ s other minions soon returned to the hidden lair in the sewers of Waterdeep with Antoum . Tennora helped Nestrix escape from imprisonment , and the two then fought Dareun and his servants . With the assistance of Veron , Tennora and Nestrix killed Ferremo and Dareun ’ s other agents , but the green dragon escaped and teleported to his shop with Antoum . Tennora , Veron and Nestrix found a teleportation item and used it to magically transport themselves to Dareun ’ s shop . Dareun had already left the shop , but Tennora and her companions were able to rescue Antoum . Tennora , Nestrix , and Veron then made their way to Nazra ’ s manor and confronted Dareun , who intended to take the dragonstaff by force and transformed into his dragon form . Tennora and her two comrades engaged Dareun alongside Nazra , the noblewoman ’ s half - orc bodyguard Jorik , Aundra , and several members of the City Watch of Waterdeep . Veron and Nestrix were seriously wounded and around a dozen guardsmen were killed in the fight against Dareun , but the green dragon ultimately lost the Songdragon ’ s gorget and was driven from Waterdeep . After Dareun was defeated , Nestrix and Veron received medical care and Tennora agreed to become Nazra ’ s personal agent and spy . Aundra had apparently been lying when she had claimed to have the ability to transform Nestrix back to dragon form and the plaguechanged female remained a human . Veron decided to no longer be a bounty hunter and began to contemplate becoming an adventurer . Nazra soon touched Nestrix with Ahghairon ’ s dragonstaff and named her a friend of Waterdeep , but it was doubtful that the magical item had any significant effect on Nestrix because the dragonward did not trouble her in her human form .