![[SammasterPathfinder-v2.webp]] # Sammaster _Human Wizard | [[Cult of the Dragon]] | Deceased_ ## Summary Founded the [[Cult of the Dragon]] in 902 DR after mistranslating [[Maglas]]'s prophecy to read "dead dragons shall rule the world entire." Once a [[Chosen of Mystra]] as powerful as [[Elminster]], he created the first dracolich, wrote the _[[Tome of the Dragon]]_, and built the cult's cell structure led by the "[[Wearers of Purple]]." Killed in 1373 DR, but his decentralized organization survived and was later seized by [[Evendor Starbane]]. %% ## Now _Deceased — killed in 1373 DR, though the cult he built endures under [[Evendor Starbane]]._ ## Personality Driven to madness by manipulation, fixated on dragon supremacy through undeath. ## Connections **[[Algashon Nathaire]]** — the priest who manipulated him into madness. **[[Maglas]]** — whose prophecy he mistranslated. **[[Evendor Starbane]]** — seized control of the cult he founded. ## Background **The Fall:** Once a [[Chosen of Mystra]] rivaling [[Elminster]] in power, he was manipulated into madness by the priest [[Algashon Nathaire]]. **The Founding:** Mistranslated [[Maglas]]'s prophecy and founded the [[Cult of the Dragon]] in 902 DR, created the first dracolich, and wrote the _[[Tome of the Dragon]]_. **The Legacy:** His cell-based organization under the "[[Wearers of Purple]]" outlived his 1373 DR death, driving the cult's current mission against the [[Dracorage Mythal]]. %%