![[ThalorienDuskwalkerPathfinder.webp]] # Thalorien Duskwalker _Mind Flayer (Former Moon Elf Archmage) | [[Shilrua]]_ ## Summary The former archmage of [[Shilrua]] — brilliant, arrogant, and now a mind flayer. He connected the [[Elder Brain]] to the city's mythal and murdered [[Faelar Vaeloraen]] while under the [[Cacophony]]'s control. Approaching the heroes, he disguised his transformation and claimed to want only his spellbooks from the [[Darthiir Mizzrym]]. Though freed from the [[Elder Brain]]'s influence, his ambition to combine arcane and psionic power remained suspect when he departed by teleportation scroll with [[Quelenna Ariessus]]. Their whereabouts are unknown. %% ## Now Hides with [[Quelenna Ariessus]] in the ruins of [[Mhiilamniir]], the two mind flayer archmages reportedly working to create an Elder Brain Dragon. ## Personality Brilliant and arrogant, driven by ambition to merge arcane and psionic power. Willing to disguise his transformation and misrepresent his aims to get what he wants. ## Connections **[[Faelar Vaeloraen]]** — murdered him while under the [[Cacophony]]'s control. **[[Quelenna Ariessus]]** — departed with her by teleportation scroll. **[[Darthiir Mizzrym]]** — from whom he sought his spellbooks. ## Background **The Transformation:** Once the archmage of [[Shilrua]], he connected the [[Elder Brain]] to the city's mythal and was remade into a mind flayer, murdering [[Faelar Vaeloraen]] under the [[Cacophony]]'s control. Freed from that influence, he approached the heroes in disguise, claimed to want only his spellbooks, then vanished with [[Quelenna Ariessus]]. %%