Saint Sollars Saint Sollars , called the Twice Martyred , was a saint of the faith of Ilmater the Crying God . He was the patron saint of Bloodstone Pass . Worshipers . Within the church of Ilmater , St . Sollars was venerated by the Disciples of St . Sollars the Twice - Martyred and at the Monastery of the Yellow Rose in the Earthspur Mountains and the Abbey of St . Sollars located in Bloodstone Village in Damara . He was viewed as a patriarch of the faith . It was the only faith to have a saint known as " the Twice - Martyred " and many Ilmatari hoped to follow his path . The people of Damara particularly venerated Ilmater and St . Sollars . Many Damarans , even those who followed other gods , felt a special closeness to St . Sollars , knowing the virtues of endurance in the face of hardship . The yellow rose of St . Sollars was a common sight in the realm . Symbol . His symbol was a yellow rose , which was adopted by the Monks of the Yellow Rose , and a lone , five - pointed star . The Abbey of St . Sollars employed both symbols , where literature related to the saint displayed the lone star . Works . The " Book of St . Sollars " was a religious tome consisting of numbered verses . A copy rested on the altar of the Abbey of St . Sollars . History . As his title suggested , St . Sollars the Twice - Martyred died in martyrdom , returned to life , and died as a martyr once more , a heroic feat for which he was sainted . St . Sollars was long dead by the 14th century DR . The Disciples of St . Sollars the Twice - Martyred had crossed over the Great Glacier , over the lands that would later be known as Damara and Vaasa , whilst both realms still lay beneath the ice . In the Year of the Yellow Rose , 1242 DR , they founded the Monastery of the Yellow Rose , also known as the Citadel of the White Worm . In the Year of the Serpent , 1359 DR , an adventuring party comprising Sir Gareth Dragonsbane , Olwen Forest - Friend , Friar Dugald , Riordan Parnell , Celedon Kierney , and Emelyn the Gray was faced with the perilous quest of pursuing the Witch - King Zhengyi through a " gate " into the Abyss , in order to end his threat to Damara forever . As they hesitated at this nightmarish and deadly expedition , St . Sollars appeared behind them to offer encouragement , refresh their divinely granted magic , and explained what they needed to do . He informed them that Bahamut wanted to prevent Orcus — Zhengyi ' s patron — from getting to the Material Plane . St . Sollars then tasked them with traveling through the Abyss to the realm of Orcus , where they were to steal his famed wand and deliver it to him in the Celestial planes . Traveling through dozens of Abyssal layers , they finally made their way to Orcus ' s realm on the 333rd layer , where they snuck into the demon lord ' s castle and successfully stole the " Wand of Orcus " . They then fled to the Astral Plane , where they were rescued from pursuing demon s by Terxyx , a tome archon , and a troop of sword archons , who served St . Sollars and would escort them to meet him . They travelled to Mercuria in the Seven Heavens , to St . Sollars ' s realm at Castle Al - Amo . To destroy the wand , St . Sollars directed them to Bahamut , who in turn predicted that the " Wand of Orcus " needed to be bathed in the blood of a slain avatar Tiamat , the Dragon Queen . After the slaying the avatar and destroying the " Wand " , and a last meeting with Bahamut , St . Sollars healed the heroes , rewarded them with " wish es " , and let them rest in the Seven Heavens for a day before sending them on their way . Description . When meeting with Gareth Dragonsbane and party , St . Sollars appeared as a man , short and stocky of build , with huge white angel ' s wings . He had a very distinctive accent . He wore a white robe , smoked a cheap cigar , and conjured beer for the group . When he vanished , he took the beer , and left only the smell of cheap cigar smoke . Base . St . Sollars resided in the plane of Seven Heavens , on the layer of Mercuria , where he had a golden castle called Castle Al - Amo , the Fortress of Love . He described it as " his spread " . Relationships . As a saint , Sollars served the god Ilmater , the One Who Endures . St . Sollars also revered the god Bahamut , the Platinum Dragon , whom he called " the big boss " . St . Sollars was served by Terxyx , a tome archon , who in turn led a squad of at least twenty sword archon s / St . Sollars opposed the demon lord Orcus , Prince of the Undead , who he said was a " bad hombre " and " the meanest dude this side o ' the Pecos " . Appendix . Background . The name St . Sollars first appeared in the 1985 Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Battlesystem supermodule titled " Bloodstone Pass " by Douglas Niles and Michael Dobson . Further mentions followed in the rest of the series , culminating in an appearance in person in the final adventure , " The Throne of Bloodstone " . It wasn ' t until 1988 that the Bloodstone Lands and all its adventures were incorporated into the Forgotten Realms campaign setting , with " The Throne of Bloodstone " and the sourcebook " The Bloodstone Lands " . The sourcebook linked St . Sollars to the existing Realms god Ilmater . Previously , St . Sollars was a minor deity in his own right . When St . Sollars appears in person " The Throne of Bloodstone " , he is given a distinctly ' cowboy ' voice and slang in an odd change of tone . What ' s more , he appears to come from on Earth — he refers to the , his yellow rose symbol is probably the , his lone star symbol is probably for the " Lone Star State " , and his Castle Al - Amo is an exact match for the . However , the picture depicts a chubby , long - haired , bespectacled man , perhaps not unlike a certain kind of D & D player . " The Bloodstone Wars " and the " Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting " 2nd edition ( revised ) spell the saint ' s name as " Sollers " , with an ' e ' . Incidentally , " Bloodstone Pass " was playtested by Ed Sollers , a TSR editor . According to author Michael Dobson , here , " Saint Sollers , of course , I do remember : he was TSR editor Ed Sollers . Sollers ' symbols ( the Yellow Rose , etc . ) had to do with his Texan origins . "