![[Ianaro.webp]] # Ianaro Albreck _Human Wizard | [[Lucian Margaster]]'s Apprentice | [[Neverwinter]]_ ## Summary Former [[Redbrands]] leader known as "Glasstaff," now serving as [[Lucian Margaster]]'s apprentice. Once a friend to [[Reese]], his hunger for power led to his disgrace in [[Phandalin]]. After [[Sildar Hallwinter]] captured him and delivered him to [[Neverwinter]], [[Lucian Margaster]] offered him a second chance. %% ## Now Murdered [[Aldous Redmaine]] under cover of the Battle of [[Bryn Shander]], striking him from behind before a frost giant took the marshal's head. [[Reese]] confirmed the arcane marks on the body before the [[Sapphire Legion]] carried it off, and has no proof and no witness. Ianaro left [[Bryn Shander]] aboard the [[Sapphire Sovereign]] with [[Lucian Margaster]], three miles off the [[Crimson Terror]]'s stern. The full [[The Never Guard|Never Guard]] order against the [[Cinderborn]] remains active (S90). ## Appearance A thin man with pale complexion and receding dark hair, his intense gaze never quite settling. Wears fine blue and gold robes that do not seem to quite fit him. ## Personality Ambitious, cunning, and increasingly torn between his thirst for power and a fading moral compass. Exhausted with being "a weak nobody," and delving into darker magic to prove otherwise. ## Quote _"Power comes at a price, but is any price too high for true mastery of the arcane?"_ ## Connections **[[Lucian Margaster]]** — master; took him on as apprentice after his disgrace. **[[Reese]]** — old friend from before [[Phandalin]]; how much of that friendship remains is unclear. **[[Aldous Redmaine]]** — murdered him at [[Bryn Shander]] on [[Lucian Margaster]]'s orders. ## Background **The Fall:** Led the [[Redbrands]] as "Glasstaff" until his hunger for power disgraced him in [[Phandalin]]. [[Sildar Hallwinter]] captured him and delivered him to [[Neverwinter]]. **The Second Chance:** [[Lucian Margaster]] saw potential in the fallen mage and took him on as an apprentice. ## Secret "Evil Petra" struck a bargain with him to deliver the [[Wave Echo Cave|Forge of Spells]] to [[Dagult Neverember]]. ## Stats **Base:** Mage (MM p.347). %%