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Aderon was born in Highhelm to a prosperous merchant family, but was never satisfied with the prospect of being shuffled into a life of wheeling and dealing among his many brothers, sisters, and cousins. One day, as a youth, he discovered that his father kept in a small stone box a ring which had belonged to his great-grandfather, Daleron, who, it was reluctantly revealed, had been a great and powerful wizard.

Aderon became infatuated with the idea that he might wield such legendary magic. He spent every spare moment searching out those with knowledge. He discovered a diary of Daleron in one of the family store-rooms. In it Daleron gave clues to the location where, in his last years, he had hidden his most complete spellbook, containing a dwarf’s lifetime of powerful and original spells. Aderon spent years following up on the clues left in the diary, narrowing down the location of the valuable cache, and preparing himself for the arcane challenges it would present.

The key to this all was Daleron’s ring, to which some of the protections were keyed. Aderon’s father was opposed to the whole venture and hid it from him. Eventually, Aderon stole it, and ran off to complete his quest.

The quest took him far across Avistan to a small city where Aderon sought out a guide for his trip. There he was referred enthusiastically to the human Goren, who helped Aderon locate the final landmarks to his destination. Unfortunately, the moment Aderon had bypassed the powerful protections on the vault and spellbook, Goren revealed himself to be not a simple guide but a ruthless wizard, powerful far beyond Aderon’s abilities. Aderon managed to escape, and in the ensuing struggle, the spellbook was lost to both of them. Goren, enraged, transmuted Aderon into stone.

His full tale can be found here.

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