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A Child of [[Johydee]], '''Gwydiesin of the Cranes''' is a powerful bard living in the [[Grandwood]]. His nickname comes from his love of the great silver and black cranes that frequent the [[Lone Heath]]. He sometimes incubates eggs that are abandoned due to excessive floodings and raises the hatchlings himself.

==Description==
Gwydiesin resembles a man in his early 60s with long silver hair tied back in a braided ponytail. His immense charisma overwhelms those he meets. He wears brown robes woven of coarse cloth. He stands 6'4" tall, with a medium build and is straight and regal in posture. He eschews jewelry and ornament. {{csb|Ivid|115}}

==Items and Equipment==
The magic item he most frequently carries is a simple-looking lantern that combines the powers of a ''gem of seeing'', ''gem of brightness'', and a ''helm of brilliance''.

He is also known to wear silvered ''chainmail +5 of spell turning'' and a ''cloak of displacement''. 

==Relationships==
Gwydiesin is a worshiper of [[Beory]]. Because he mixes druid spells with his bardic magic, he is presumably one of the [[Old Lore]] bards, or was in the past. 

Gwydiesin meets with a handful of people elsewhere in the [[Flanaess]], including [[Mordenkainen]], the [[Circle of Eight]], [[Philidor]], and [[Nightsong]] (who rightfully fears him). He also travels the planes on occasion, and a man matching his description has been recorded chatting with Elminster of Toril.  

==Creative origins==
Gwydiesin is apparently named after the legendary Welsh figures [[Wikipedia:Gwydion|Gwydion]] and [[Wikipedia:Taliesin|Taliesin]], and is based on Taliesin and a Japanese environmentalist Carl Sargent saw a documentary on.{{cn}}<!--  obsolete WotC Gleemax forum post, unarchived — [http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=2334862&postcount=46] -->

== References ==
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=== Bibliography ===
* [[Carl Sargent|Sargent, Carl]]. ''[[Ivid the Undying]]''. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. Published online. [https://greyhawkonline.com/download/16370/?tmstv=1727302323 PDF by William Allman with maps].  Original RTF archived:[http://web.archive.org/web/20081218001449/http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/dnd/downloads Wizards.com]. WGR7 or WGRx
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[[Category:Characters of the Old Aerdy East]]
[[Category:Characters of the Grandwood]]