Telamont Tanthul Telamont Tanthul the Most High was the ruler of Thultanthar , also known as Shade Enclave . He was a powerful Shade Archmage and Netherese Arcanist of the Shadow Weave . Description . Tall and hardy , Telamont had diminished little in stature over his millennia long existence . In public , he cultivated his imposing figure by proudly wearing the traditional dark armor of the Netherese Empire . He wore robe of deep purple over the draconic overmantle and artistic vambraces of the armor . Personality . Telamont has a great love of Netherese culture and has sought to preserve it even when his subjects and he were forced onto the Demiplane of Shadow . His unwavering determination to rule the city means that he considers himself to be the true embodiment of the city ' s culture , laws and beliefs . Telamont ' s composure was such that it was near impossible to get a bead on what he was truly thinking or feeling and he had an unwavering eye for easily seeing through the facades of others . History . Early Life . Born in - 645 DR , Telamont became a student at the Academy of Mentalist Study in Eileanar under the moniker , Shadow . As he grew in ability he was credited with creating numerous spells based around shadow magic . During his time at the academy Telamont published work that postulated the existance of demiplane s , unfortunately for Shadow his ideas were considered at completely at odds with the existing models of the planes and he was soon exiled . Rise and fall of Shadow . Luckily the ruler of Eilenar , Karsus , decided to grant Shadow sanctuary and bequeathed him the Shadow Consortium to continue his research . Well - warded by Karsus ' magic , Shadow gathered other ' fringe ' researchers to help him and after 11 years he was ready . With Karsus ' blessing , Shadow published his work on the demiplane of shadow called " " . This new work proved the existance of demiplanes and quasielemental plane s without undermining the exisiting planar mechanics . It was such a success that all restrictions on demiplane research were lifted and Shadow was released from all charges . In addition , attendance to the Academy of Mentalist Study rose by 30 % for the next 5 years when it was revealed that Shadow had studied there . However , in - 390 DR , Shadow found himself romantically entangled with a bard from Xinlenal called Alashar Crywinds . Despite all charges for his work being lifted many years earlier , Alashar had been secretly assigned by the archwizard Grenway to kill Shadow . When this was revealed to Shadow , both he and Alashar found they were unable to kill each other and instead managed to stage their death ' s with the use of a " simulacrum " . Successful in their ruse , the two married and traveled together to the Plane of Shadow . Escaping the Fall . Telamont Tanthul ( under his guise of Lord Shadow ) was Thultanthar ' s archwizard before Karsus ' s Folly , and had been experimenting with the Plane of Shadow for some time beforehand . He had successfully shifted the entire city into the Plane of Shadow mere days before Karsus cast Karsus ' s Avatar and temporarily destroyed the Weave in the - 339 DR . For some reason though , Tanthul could not move the city back to the Prime Material Plane . It took weeks , but eventually , they managed to return to Netheril , or at least what was left of it . Searching for survivors for days , the city floated over the ruins of the Netherese empire . Finding none , Tanthul assumed it was the work of the Phaerimm and began planning his revenge . He stopped though , when he realized that one city was not a match for them and that his subjects were likely the last of the empire ' s people . He abandoned those plans and retreated back into the Plane of Shadow , vowing that one day , they would return and reestablish the empire . The city ' s clerics of Shar cast divinations and saw what had really happened , but only informed the noble families , presumably on the whim of Shar herself for some reason . The excursion into the Plane of Shadow , due to unforeseen circumstances has lasted much longer than Tanthul anticipated . So for over 1 , 700 years , the inhabitants had battled the Malaugrym and the other shadowy horrors of the realm , while each generation became gradually more attuned to the plane itself , becoming what are later known as Shadovar . Return of the Archwizard . In 1372 DR he returned to Faerûn as High Prince Telamont Tanthul and leader of the City of Shade , which is synonymous with Thultanthar . When he considers the time to be right , Telamont planned to reveal to the Shadovar the fact that he is the Lord Shadow of legend , inspiring them to victory . Well over two millennia old , Telamont preserved his life by means of powerful magic , such as " wish " spells . This process had been made easier by virtue of the fact that he is no longer human , but rather an outsider . The natural life span of a shade was many times longer that that of an ordinary human . However , Telamont acknowledged reluctantly that as his outsider body began to fail , stronger measures were required to keep him alive . He had not yet decided on the best means of continuing his existence , but the Shadovar ' s return to Faerûn offered a wealth of possibilities , including transformation into an undead creature . It was revealed in the novel " The Sorcerer " ( in 1372 DR ) that Tanthul is now composed of pure shadow magic . Tanthul had thirteen sons , the Princes of Shade , all potent warriors and spellcasters . His second eldest son , Rivalen Tanthul was the High Priest of Shar in Faerûn , and was a divine exarch of that goddess after killing and absorbing part of the energy of Kesson Rel . He also commanded the services of his Chief Counselor Hadrhune and the powerful dracolich Malygris . In 1487 DR , Telamont tried to gain the power of Myth Drannor ' s Mythal so that Shar could become the new deity of magic . He and his fellow Shadovar were stopped by Larloch , who wanted to absorb the mythal himself , and Telamont was killed by Elminster Aumar . Thultanthar fell upon Myth Drannor and both cities were destroyed . Creations . Telamont , during his time as the arcanist Shadow , was noted for creating a number of spells centered around shadow magic . They follow here with the year the spells were created :