Gwydiesin of the Cranes

Greyhawk Character

Gwydiesin of the Cranes
General info
Home:	Grandwood
Alignment:	Neutral (with good tendencies)
Gender:	Male
Species:	Human
Class:	Bard 30
Patron deity:	Beory
Dates
Age:	About 700

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.

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 Gwydion and Taliesin, and is based on Taliesin and a Japanese environmentalist Carl Sargent saw a documentary on.^{[citation needed]}

References

Bibliography

• Sargent, Carl. Ivid the Undying. Lake Geneva, WI: TSR, 1995. Published online. PDF by William Allman with maps. Original RTF archived:Wizards.com. WGR7 or WGRx

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