Dymir never knew his parents. They left him when he was but a baby in the care of the Archmage of the elven academy in the forest of Quin’Sidin, the ancient homeland of the high elves. The old Archmage raised the boy as his own and quickly learned that Dymir had hidden talents and an innate affinity to magic. The boy mastered cantrips and minor spells before he was twelve years old and something within him yearned to know more, to weave more powerful spells. He urged his adoptive father to let him open the books reserved for more experienced mages; to learn the secrets of the ancient arcane rituals. But the Archmage refused, fearing that so much power would corrupt the boy and lead him to harm himself or others. Always impatient, Dymir finally decided to practice his art in secret, running off into the woods and trying out new incantations, new spell ingredients and new gestures. It seemed so natural to him, so pure – an extension of his own being. On his 17th birthday he wanted to surprise his mentor. He climbed up The Tower of the Arcane where his adoptive father taught other students, entered the Archmage’s office and told him he was practicing magic that some elves, much senior than him, have been struggling for years to master.

Instead of being proud of his son, the Archmage berated Dymir for dabbling in dangerous spells he could not possible control! Dymir was furious at this, and attempting to prove himself to his father pointed his hand at the office’s entrance, summoned a magic missile and launched it at the closed door. But at that unfortunate moment another student entered the room – a young girl who only recently began her apprenticeship as a mage. She died instantly.

Dymir, filled with horror and remorse, fled the forest and headed east where an unknown power was pulling him. He did not realize this but his path had taken him into the ground surrounding the Albian Church. He was captured by several masters of the order who threw him into the dungeons below the monastery where he stayed for several long and grueling days. The Father Abbot of the church recognized the power within the young elf and decided to harness it to his own gains. Dymir was sent on missions, with Soran and Shakur keeping him in check at first but later becoming his friends.

After a few years of servitude and many years of great deeds the three vanquished a great evil and saved the land. During these adventured, Dymir met his wife and together they raised three children. After Soran joined Dalanos and Shakur took his place as a true god, Dymir returned to his people who now saw him as a hero who has atoned for his past misdeeds many times over. Dymir and his descendants all served at one point or another as Archmages of the high elves, teaching generations of elves, humans and even a few dwarves the secrets of arcane lore. He was the longest living elf in the history of Nyrondria and the most celebrated with countless of legends and rumors surrounding his final years. Some of these tales insist Dymir lives to this day…