Bran Skorlsun Bran Skorlsun was a well - respected High Harper , who dared to love an elven princess and was also the indirect cause for the creation of the Tel ' Teukiira . Description . Bran was a tall man beginning to visibly age at the time of Khelben ' s trial . He had a weathered but square - jawed , healthy - looking face . Personality . Bran was known to be hot - headed , stubborn and unreasonable . His desire for a ' pure ' Harper organization was supposedly formed during his forty years as a tracker of spies and turncloaks and was only strengthened by his enmity with Khelben . He generally had a grim outlook and preferred to be alone . He was a good man , with the best of intentions , but his difficulty in social situations and overzealousness led many to think the worst of him . Still , he was capable of influencing people with that selfsame stubbornness . Bran disliked magic being used on him . Combat / Tactics . Bran was a very strong warrior . He could hold a man aloft with only one hand but he also possessed the grace and stealth of a cat . He was highly skilled in the use of dagger s , longsword s , and longbow s . He was an exceptional tracker . His tracking skills were matched by few in the Harpers . Possessions . Bran ' s arrows were all marked with ravens , his namesake . History . In his youth , Bran was an adventurer with the Company of the Claw ( whose members were later slain by Elaith Craulnober ) . He came to the attention of the Harpers as well and was still a very young man when he was given his Harper pin . For several decades , Bran tracked down false and renegade Harpers , proving himself one of the group ' s most skilled trackers . At some time during this period , Bran ' s efforts to keep the Harpers ' pure ' led to Khelben " Blackstaff " Arunsun making an enemy of him . Khelben had done several things which Bran considered traitorous but he lacked the evidence to accuse a master Harper of such . Bran met and fell in love with Princess Amnestria of Evermeet . The two had a half - elven daughter together , whom they named Arilyn Moonblade . When the elves found out , they were upset . Amnestria was the guardian of the " elfgate " power of her moonblade , which controlled a portal between Evermeet and mainland Faerûn . Her interracial relationship was seen as a threat to the security of the island . Amnestria was banished from her home and Bran was charged with keeping the moonstone from Amnestria ' s moonblade , which held the key to the " elfgate " , safe for the rest of his life . Bran had to accept that if he was to keep to his charge then he would never be able to see his beloved again . Bran returned to his duties , eventually being reunited with his daughter in 1361 DR . Bran sponsored her as a Harper and gave both Arilyn and her protector Danilo Thann a Harper pin for their help in defeating the Harper Assassin . The Trial of Khelben . In Tarsakh of 1370 DR , Bran finally saw the evidence that proved Khelben a traitor . Harpers had discovered that Khelben had been the one who had stolen the " Scepter of the Sorcerer - Kings " , a powerful netherese artefact thirteen years ago from the Catacombs of Ordulin . This artifact had since ended up in the hands of the Zhentarim . Bran was among several senior harpers who were called to Twilight Hall to discuss the next course of action and there he presented all of his previous claims of Khelben ' s traitorous activity . Bran was one of three harpers chosen to preside over Khelben ' s trial along with Obslin Minstrelwish , seneschal of Twilight Hall and Belhuar Thantarth who ran the harper stronghold in the absence of Cylyria Dragonbreast , who was severely ill at the time . The Twilight Trio , as they came to be known , kept the proceedings from Cylyria at the urging of Obslin , who was in love with her and didn ' t want the stress to affect her recovery . Bran seized on every piece of evidence that showed Khelben to have acted inappropriately , while choosing to ignore most evidence that suggested otherwise . His single - mindedness spurred the Trio to accuse Khelben of corruption and conspiracy , charges which , when brought to trial , Khelben readily admitted to without remorse . Khelben and Laeral Silverhand both resigned from the Harpers , immediately returning to their home in Waterdeep . The Harper Schism . Having been unable to punish Khelben for his admitted guilt , Bran ( who had taken Khelben ' s place as a master harper after the trial ) and Belhuar had the word spread that Khelben was a traitor to the Harpers . Within two months all Harper holds had been warded against entry by Khelben and Laeral while Obslin continued to keep the news from Cylyria . Twilight Hall became a centre for anti - traitor sentiment and investigations were made into all Harper activities . Bran ' s aim of keeping the Harpers ' pure ' gained the support of a great many of Those Who Harp and a witch hunt began among the ranks for traitors . Cylyria , when she recovered from her illness , was powerless to stop events already in motion while Obslin and Belhuar , although having only the best intentions at heart , had been caught up in Bran ' s zeal like many others . The Harpers were divided . Many Harpers who weren ' t caught up in Bran ' s witch hunt continued with their lives as if nothing had happened , while the rest trusted Khelben implicitly and either took no action against him or resigned too , joining the Tel ' Teukiira .