Hoondarrh Hoondarrh , known as the Red Rage of Mintarn , was one of the most famous red dragon s . Personality . Hoondarrh was a cruel and efficient dragon . During his life on the Sword Coast he came to understand that his greatest foes were humans , not others dragons , only human can prevail over dragons thanks to their continue trying ; so he keep a close watch over human activities . In truth Hoondarrh was really fascinated with humanity , their plot , counterplot , dealings , love affairs . Draconic life was no so intriguing . Activities . The favorite prey of Hoondarrh were creatures who had tried to cheat or outwit him . He spend many time scrying life in humans cities . He contained his project to recruit a wizard in order to create renovation spells using magic feminine alias . History . Hoondarrh hatched in the east Sword Coast in the late summer of the Year of Scorching Suns ( 460 DR ) . He was from birth large , vigorous , and aggressive and easily slew his siblings . Emboldened , he decided to confront his parents but from that battle Hoondarrh barely escaped with his life . He escaped to the northernmost reaches of the Sword Coast and there he grew in size , cunning , and strength destroying many creatures . But his life changed in the Year of Fire and Frost ( 600 DR ) , when he ambushed a human expedition near the Spine of the World . On the corpse of the wizard of the expedition , Tharilim of Calimport , he found the " Ongild " , a Halruaan artifact which held the power of regeneration . Thanks to the power of this artifact Hoondarrh managed to slay his parents plus another dragon as a test . Very soon however an orc horde boiled down out of the north and to protect his new lair Hoondarrh destroyed the orcs . However all the fighting attracted the notice of the white dragon Naroun the Great White Ghost but after a two - day - battle in the sky the red prevailed over Naroun . Injured Hoondarrh searched for a secure place to heal and , with great luck , found the lair of the great white wyrm Angkarasce the Lost , dead from his own spells , and thereby gained the great hoard of the legendary dragon . He began to search for a better lair to store his new treasures . For a time he wandered the Sword Coast , preying on many locations including Waterdeep , the Moonshae Isles and even the Nelanther Isles . In the Year of the Singing Arrows ( 884 DR ) , while Hoondarrh still searched for a lair the great red wyrm Skadaurak the Red Terror of Mintarn awoke from his 1000 year - long - stasis , thank to Halruaan artifact Saldrinur ' s Slow Gem , on a isle north of Mintarn . The wyrm soon found another red flying over his domain and challenged Hoondarrh . However the younger dragon triumphed and so claimed the lair of the defeated Skadaurak as his own . Upon inspecting his new holdings he decided that the lair need a renovation and Hoondarrh hired many artisans and wizards to create a complex system of hidden entrances and false lairs that have proven effective against human and draconic predators . He killed all his former employee ' s but forgot that humans could write things down and so pass trouble on down the years . In the Year of the Empty Hand ( 896 DR ) Hoondarrh offered his protection to habitants of Mintarn isle in exchange of an annual tribute and they , naturally , agreed . Soon tales started being told among adventurers about the fabled treasure of Hoondarrh and many attempted to claim it . He amused himself watching as the adventurers tried and failed against his defenses . In his free time he makes use of a magic sleep using Saldrinur ' s Slow Gem . Sometimes he employed humans and others whose jests , pranks , treacheries and intrigues amused him but would hunt to the end of the world anyone that tried to steal from his hoard . He recently was in search for a magic road to immortality and for a mate . He initiated a plan to recruit a talented wizard from Waterdeep or Tethyr to develop spells to keep a dragon young and vigorous for extra years . Starting from 1332 DR using magical altered alias ' of beautiful women he approached many wizards in the two countries but most declined his offer . Only Elquaern Hunabar of Waterdeep accepted the deal but Hoondarrh discovered that the wizard attempted to play him false , so disguising as the green dragon Galarrdratha invited Elquaern to a meeting but in the subsequent magic battle the wizard disappeared .