
Here many adventures attempted to slay him but very few even returned alive, much less succeeded. These caused him to be exiled by his family and his solitary existence cast him into the swamps of Cormyr. When he was born, his scales shone with miraculous purple runes-signs of Shar influence. Despayr was a powerful young dragon chosen to follow in the steps of the goddess Shar, and the spawn of quite an impressive lineage, leading all the way back to Thauglormorgorus, Ruler of Cormyr.
