Elminster Aumar

Elminster Aumar, also known as the Sage of Shadowdale, is one of the most famous and powerful wizards in all of Faerûn, a fair fighter and thief, and a founding member of the Harpers. He is also the chosen of Mystra, goddess of magic, which grants him extended longevity and magic prowess.

Locations

 * Chapter 1 – Gorion's Ward first meets him after setting foot on the Coast Way.
 * Chapter 3 – When returning to Beregost, he waits near the Thunderhammer Smithy.
 * Chapter 4 – The third meeting occurs just in front of the steps to the Friendly Arm.
 * Chapter 5 – He welcomes the party to the Gate.
 * Chapter 6 – Disguised as him, a greater doppelganger tries to set up an ambush in the lower level of the Candlekeep Catacombs.

Gameplay
Tactics for killing Elminster in BG1:

Biography
"(El-MINN-ster) Elminster the Sage (Chaotic Good, Human Male, Wizard 29th level). The exact age of Elminster is unknown and his year of birth unrecorded. From his tales, it is suspected he learned his magical arts at the feet of Arkhon the Old, who died in what is now Waterdeep over five hundred years ago, and he may have been in Myth Drannor near that magical realm’s final days. The exact nature of these claims remains unproven, but most Realms natives who know him consider Elminster an eternal force in the world. The Sage currently makes his abode in the tiny farm community of Shadowdale, living in a two - story house overlooking a fish pond with his aide and scribe, Lhaeo. He is often abroad, both elsewhere in the Realms and in other planes, where he hobnobs with the great and the not-so-great in a relentless pursuit of knowledge. Elminster may be the most knowledgeable and well - informed individual in the Realms. His areas of specialization are the Realms and its people, ecologies of various creatures, magical items and their histories, and the known planes of 29 existence. Elminster no longer tutors or works for hire save in the most pressing cases. He seems to prize his independence and solitude, but on several occasions he has opened his tower to newcomers and visitors. Elminster’s former students and allies include some of the most powerful good individuals in the Realms, including some of the Lords of Waterdeep; the Simbul, ruler of Aglarond; and the group known as the Harpers."

- Volothamp Geddarm

Location

 * Any time during Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn - if Gorion's Ward is romancing Jaheira, she will be forced to renounce her Harper's membership. Then, roughly two weeks after this event has occurred, a mage named "Terminsel" will appear, grant her a pardon, restore her membership and gift her with the Harper Pin. Terminstel is an alias for Elminster
 * Chapter 4 - an illusion of Elminster, created by two imps for their riddle game, appears in the Sahuagin City
 * Chapter 9 - you'll see him on your way back to surface near the entrance of either Abazigal or Sendai, depending on which one is the fourth to fall to the might of Gorion's Ward

Gameplay
Tactics for killing Elminster in BG2: