Wrelen Kindrock

**Wrelen Kindrock** is a gnomish wizard and entrepreneur, founding a magic school in the city of Thollos, known as the Institutional Adventurers Magical Academy: Generating Occult Denizens. He set up this venture with assistance and funding from Wilberforce Freeman.

He has a familiar called Leavenworth which generally takes the form of an owl. He has nurtured the loyalty of the Lastfingers Tribe of Kobolds, lead by their chieftain Kurk.

In 1487 DR his soul was ripped from his body and trapped in a bracelet in Chult due to drawing the Void card from the Deck of Many Things. It was recovered by his allies.

## History

### Small town gnome

Originally from a small town called Knottinglus Wrelen took to travelling in order to hone his magical abilities.

In 1482 DR whilst Wrelen was in Londinium studying at the school of magic he was asked by his tutor, Syndra Silvane, to investigate strange goings on at the family crypt of the old city Archpriest. He came to find that the cult of Duathator, a devil that used to torment the city, had found their master's bones and learned of the nature of the wards protecting them. The cult managed to summon Duathator, but before he was able to escape the temple and begin to wreak havoc once more Wrelen Kindrock, along with a few guards from the city, was able to defeat him and his followers.

By 1483 DR Wrelen's progress at the school of magic had not gone unnoticed and his responsibilities became greater. On top of the greater respect within the school Wrelen boosted his reputation further when, along with the roguish wizard Karo Amakiir, he rescued the owner of Alba'ar's Bazaar from his own home defences when they went haywire.

### Visions of grandeur

Upon seeing the success of the school of magic in Londinium, Wrelen sought to find a large city which as yet did not have its own magical academy so that he could begin to build his own empire. His travels brought him to the city of Thollos where he had managed to track down Wilberforce Freeman, a member of the prestigious Freeman dynasty. He was able to persuade Wilberforce to invest in his proposition and the Institutional Adventurers Magical Academy was founded in 1487 DR.

Later that same year, as his academy grew and gained repute he received a letter, delivered by Zemli Dubovoye, from the Guild Arcane in Calimshan offering him the right to have his academy join the guild and giving him one month to accept and send payment to the city of Keltar.

As Wrelen weighed up the offer he was distracted by a local of Sedossa, "Crazy Old Greg", who confused him for a mage called Marwin and invited him to follow him to their master's lair. Wrelen paid Zemli along with Rong and George to accompany him to investigate the potential lair of magical items. After defeating the occupants he was a part of the group present in Sedossa when it was raided by the Brotherhood of Free Goblins, and he was able to help drive them back and successfully counter attack their camp. Following this victory he returned to Thollos along with Helga Rockvale and her children.

When Wrelen returned to Sedossa to advise Zemli he wished to reject the offer of the Guild Arcane he was drawn into a quest that Rong had been recruited to complete. He assisted Rong's party in recovering possessions for Katoo Gosnyoka and locating Saphara Mystan in Thollos, however during the quest the party found a Deck of Many Things. Wrelen drew the Void card and his soul was ripped from his body into a blue dragon wyrmlings treasure horde in Tunde Mountain in Chult. His allies were eventually able to retrieve his soul and release it from its prison.

### Free once more

Upon returning to his corporeal form Wrelen wasted no time picking up where he left off and getting the Academy back on track, and obtaining the credit to upgrade the dated wooden shack into a substantial stone building with a dedicated library. In 1488 DR whilst searching for suitable reading material in nearby Waycrest Wrelen happened upon a flyer advertising generous recompense for assisting with a mission for the Metaphysical Investigation Collective in the far off city of splendors, Waterdeep.

They joined Ralhak Kharonite on a strange trail which took them through the eerie town of Jubiliation, and a peculiar silent city. Along the way Ralhak succumbed to a powerful restless spirit, leaving Wrelen and Kruvah to continue without their guide. After eight days of travel the trail delivered them to a ruined altar to Savras. They were offered the privilege of continuing on the trail indefinitely to obtain knowledge beyond wordly understanding but the adventurers did not accept the gift and were teleported back to Waterdeep.