Azoun Obarskyr I Azoun I ( full name Azoun Obarskyr ) was the 51st king of Cormyr , reigning from 391 – 425 DR . He was the son of King Anglond of the Obarskyr dynasty , and was titled " the Crown Prince of Battles " for his campaigns as a prince . Description . As a young prince , Azoun was tall and broad - shouldered but had a soft , cultured voice . He had a soft beard . His prince ' s crown was an unadorned gold circlet . Personality . Azoun was charming and amiable . History . Azoun Obarskyr was born in the Year of the Battle Talons , 358 DR . He was the son and sole heir of his father , King Anglond , and of Queen Eleriel Obarskyr . As a boy , he was taught to read and write by the Royal Wizard , Baerauble Etharr . There was a tale he ' d once been caught stealing apples by Lady Ryndala Merendil ; it was equally possible he ' d been caught with one of her three daughters . Through the mid – 4th century DR , the small realm of Valashar — a client - state of Tethyr and a subject of the Shoon Imperium , under King Ashar Tornamn — had steadily extended its borders north to the Troll Mountains and beyond . Finally , in the Year of the Woeful Resurrection , 375 DR , the ambitious Ashar marched his forces north along the Sword Coast and into the Western Heartlands , reaching the High Moor by late summer of the following year . He claimed all these lands for the Imperium , and began to tax caravans for " passing through the empire ' s lands " . The people of Cormyr soon found their trade routes to the west blocked by Shoonite forces demanding tariffs . Responding to these claims on the northern lands , the interruption of trade , and the continued expansion toward Cormyr ' s border , Prince Azoun commissioned the creation of a weapon that he could wield against King Ashar . The sword " Ilbratha " was created by an unknown maker and completed by the end of 375 DR . In early spring of the Year of the Leaping Hare , 376 DR , Azoun met the apprentice High Wizard Amedahast and offered to tutor her in her studies of Cormyrean geography , history , current affairs , and customs . The pair met in the Royal Gardens each day for a month , in which she taught him elven poetry from Myth Drannor and told him of other lands and ancient legends . However , after a noble feast , Amedahast was left devastated when she saw Azoun with another woman , seducing her with the elven poetry . The next morning in the garden , there was an assassination attempt by Lady Merendil against Azoun , in which the assailants wore elven cloaks of invisibility . It was foiled when Amedahast used her magic and Azoun his sword to defeat them . Campaign against Valashar . Later in 376 DR , Prince Azoun I embarked on a bold campaign against King Ashar , with " Ilbratha " in hand . The sword became a symbol of power , rallying Cormyrean troops against Shoonite aggression and giving speed to their march . The first battles were fought on Cormyr ' s western frontier , as the Cormyreans pushed back Valashar ' s combined Calishite and Tethyrian forces . Azoun then led a forced march to engage Ashar Tornamn ' s forces on the Fields of the Dead in the Western Heartlands , easily breaking the overextended army . A contemporary account by Halithurn noted that Azoun ' s army foraged food from local farmers , though the king at least paid for it . Over the year , Azoun drove Ashar ' s forces back south , through the Green Fields , and quickly crushed them on the Giant ' s Plain . He then campaigned through Amn , Valashar , and Tethyr , pillaging many garrisons . Among them was a Calishite garrison in the eastern foothills of the Troll Mountains , the northernmost defense of Valashar . With " Ilbratha " in hand , Azoun overran the few remaining defenders and razed it to the ground . The garrison ' s original name was lost ; history recorded it as " Fort Ilbratha " after the sword that destroyed it . Azoun pursued Ashar all the way to the city of Ithmong , capital of Tethyr . The prince himself led his forces in sacking the city , in a show of strength and a warning to both King Kallos Tornamn of Tethyr and Emperor Shoon VII of the Imperium . He might have gone on to Shoonach and attempted to bring down the Imperium , if it were not for orc hordes troubling Cormyr . As Ashar Tornamn was executed for agitating Cormyr and the Sword Coast rulers , and the Shoon Empire withdrew its borders to the north of Valashar , Azoun I led his triumphant army back to Cormyr . Later adventures . Azoun later received command of a fast cog , " Valashar ' s Bane " , named in honor of his victories against Valashar . He took great delight in this vessel . In the Year of the Wooded Altar , 389 DR , Azoun sailed " Valashar ' s Bane " to the Vilhon Reach , on a trade mission to Arrabar . Prince Azoun and Amedahast slipped away to explore elven ruins in the Chondalwood , where they ran into Dima , the self - proclaimed Djinni - Lord , a marauding mage . They killed Dima and took away his treasure and magical relics , electing to keep secret their discovery of the " Silver Scimitar of Amahl the Mad " and the magic ring " Amahl ' s Mastering " , both powerful magical items of Shoon . However , on the return voyage later that year , " Valashar ' s Bane " was hit by a bad storm on the Sea of Fallen Stars , which caught Azoun and the crew by surprise . The ship was holed on the Neck , east of the Darkflow River . Taking on water , the prince and his crew limped back as close to Cormyr as they could , before the ship finally sank 3 miles ( 4 . 8 kilometers ) from the shore . Fortunately , no lives were lost in the sinking , much to Azoun ' s relief . He and all the crew escaped in smaller boats and landed on shore west of the Darkflow , a day later at dawn . Azoun described the moment as " the best gleaming dawn seen in Cormyr yet " . However , he regretted the loss of " Valashar ' s Bane " , which had taken the royal sword " Ilbratha " with it , along with lesser regalia and the treasures won by Azoun on the expedition . Kingship . Azoun was crowned king in the Year of the Azure Cockatrice , 391 DR , on the death of his father . The lost sword " Ilbratha " had since been recovered and came into the possession of the merchant Phelas . He took the sword with him as he traveled overland , passing through Cormyr , and the sword was recognized in Arabel . When Cormyrean agents of King Azoun I attempted to retrieve it in the Year of the Firstborn , 392 DR , Phelas panicked at being so hunted . The agents killed the unlucky Phelas Urm , but the sword went missing again , either due to the confusion of the situation , or due to a corrupt agent stealing the blade . Azoun I died in the Year of the Argent Shafts , 425 DR . He was succeeded by his son and sole heir , Duar Obarskyr . Abilities . Azoun I was a capable general . Activities . As a prince , Azoun rode every morning .