Maelra Szandru
ALIASES // Maelra
- AFFILIATION
- Red Wizards (Thay), independent operative networks
- LAST KNOWN LOCATION
- en route to Eomane House (invitation context) Baldur’s Gate (various neighborhoods; field ops)
- FIRST APPEARANCE
- Letter to Trentellar Eomane / Elegant Letter; Certificate of Authenticity / The Calimus Pactum Foundry Journal Batch (This batch)
ARCHIVE SUMMARY
Referenced in an elegant letter as the loyal servant being dispatched (possibly in disguise) to retrieve the Calamus/Calimus Pactum from Trentellar Eomane’s custody; the author praises her competence and survival skill and explicitly instructs a ceremonial, violent retrieval framed as 'entertainment' for Trentellar's household. The batch thus provides direct narrative evidence of Maelra's operational use as an agent in a documented transfer. Young Red Wizard operative in Baldur’s Gate: ambitious, field‑oriented, and fixated on the city’s infernal history—vanished cults, devil-bound relics, and gaps in civic record. Dresses for practical fieldwork and uses bribery, rumor‑cataloging, and shrine‑probing to assemble leverage rather than rhetorical outrage. The batch links her directly to active provenance work around infernal relics and confirms she commands clandestine assets and agents; the Certificate of Authenticity elsewhere in the campaign also uses her as an operative dispatched (possibly in disguise) to retrieve the Calamus/Calimus Pactum. Sources record a sharp, adversarial rivalry with Saresha Imravel—formerly intimate—so Maelra operates with personal stakes as well as professional curiosity. [PUBLISHED — DO NOT DUPLICATE]
APPROVED CONNECTIONS
14 KNOWN RELATIONSHIPSAglana acts as Maelra's bodyguard in the library combat and maintains concentration on Maelra's hold-person effect on Seris before being killed.
HIRED_BY // CURRENTBoersBoers identifies himself as part of Maelra's expedition into the library and was left behind by Maelra's group.
ARRESTED/BY/AUTHORITY // CURRENTDuke Liara PortyrDuke Liara Portyr formally placed Maelra under arrest for murder and the attack on a Duke during the Silver Shield events. (Session 18)
LOOTER/EXPLORER // CURRENTLethchauntos's Library (the Lost Library)Maelra led an expedition to the Lost Library and attempted to take its contents (including the Nathlum).
EXPEDITIONER_LOOTER // CURRENTLethchauntos's Library (the Lost Library)Maelra led a hired expedition into Lethchauntos's hidden library, ordered looting and burning of unwanted books, and personally engaged the party over the Nathlum.
FORMER_PARTNER; RIVAL // CURRENTSaresha ImravelSaresha and Maelra were once partners and now are professional/rival enemies; Saresha hints at a past romantic relationship.
FORMER_PARTNER // CURRENTSaresha ImravelSaresha and Maelra are described as having been partners who parted over a "difference in vision"; emotional cues imply a past romantic relationship and current rivalry.
RIVAL // CURRENTSaresha ImravelMaelra is actively competing with Saresha for the library's contents and is described as Saresha's rival across multiple sessions.
RIVAL/FORMER_PARTNER // CURRENTSaresha ImravelSaresha and Maelra are long-term rivals; session notes strongly imply a past romantic relationship and a durable antagonism over the library/Nathlum.
RIVAL; FORMER PARTNER (IMPLIED ROMANTIC) // CURRENTSaresha ImravelMaelra is Saresha's rival; the two once planned to explore the library together and Saresha's demeanor implies a past romantic relationship though not explicitly confirmed.
RIVALS; FORMER PARTNERS (IMPLIED ROMANTIC) // CURRENTSaresha ImravelSaresha and Maelra were once planning to explore the library together; Saresha and Maelra are described as rivals and Saresha hints at a past romantic relationship.
AGENT/SERVANT-OF // CURRENTSzass TamUnder compulsion, Maelra admitted she was acting on orders from Szass Tam to retrieve an infernal quill and perform the Lawful Draw. (Session 18)
AGENT/SERVANT // CURRENTSzass TamMaelra confessed under compulsion that she was sent by Szass Tam to retrieve an infernal quill; she acts on Szass Tam's orders.
RED WIZARD / THAY AFFILIATION // CURRENTThayan Embassy (Waterdeep)Maelra is explicitly described as a Red Wizard of Thay (Thayan wizard), indicating formal affiliation with Thay/Red Wizard circles.