Elminster

Sage of Shadowdale
Elminster Aumar
Stats
Level 1
STR 12 (+1) DEX 10 CON 10 INT 22 (+6) WIS 18 (+4) CHA 10
Race	[[Construct|Construct]]
Type	Construct
HP	96
AC	10 (13 with Mage Armor)
Movement Speed	30
Size	Medium
Weight	150 lbs
Initiative	5
Character information
Location	Rosymorn Monastery Trail
Allies	Mystra
Additional information
Voice actor	Crispin Redman
Model

Elminster Aumar, commonly simply Elminster, is a wizard NPC who appears in Baldur's Gate 3. He is the current Chosen of the Goddess Mystra, and plays a key recurring role in the story of Gale.

Interactions

Gale must be alive and recruited as a companion (or be the player character himself) in order for any encounters with Elminster to trigger.

Act Two

Elminster can first be found near the entrance to the Shadow-Cursed Lands from Rosymorn Monastery Trail or near the ruined Sharran temple if the party used the elevator from Grymforge. Gale's personal quest, The Wizard of Waterdeep, must have progressed to the point where his condition is no longer responding to treatment for Elminster to appear. If Gale does not receive all three items by the time he reaches the Shadow-Cursed Lands, then Elminster appears in camp after a long rest once he has received the last item.

At camp, Elminster delivers Mystra's message to Gale, charging him with detonating the orb of malevolent magic within his chest in order to destroy "the Heart of the Absolute" in a suicidal attack. To help ease the task, Elminister also imparts an enchantment on Gale which stabilizes the orb, negating the need to consume more magical items. He then departs as quickly as he arrived, leaving Karlach (should she be in your camp) wondering if he was "Gale's grandpa".

Act Three

After Gale reads The Annals of Karsus in the Sorcerous Vault during The Wizard of Waterdeep, Elminster appears for a second time, either outside Sorcerous Sundries or in your camp. He brings a message from Mystra, asking Gale to meet her at her holy shrine in the Stormshore Tabernacle

Related Content

• The Wizard of Waterdeep

Trivia

• Elminster is voiced by Crispin Redman, replacing Frank Welker from previous games.
• Elminster is a recurring character in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons and Dragons as well as Baldur's Gate series.
  • He is the protagonist of Forgotten Realms novels and an iconic character in this setting.
  • He prevously appeared in Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and its expansion Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
  • He knows Volo is a liar and occasionaly factchecks his books, notably Volo's Guide to Monsters.
• Elminster's race is human, though when examined, his character sheet displays him as being a Level 1 construct. It's possible that the Elminster we meet in the game is a copy or a simulacrum of the real wizard.
• "Behold! Elminster's ball-bag." is a possible voice line for attacking with Vicious Mockery.
• During Act 2 dialogue, Gale describes Elminster as being "thirteen centuries old."
• Elminster can be attacked under certain circumstances, and uses at least the spells of Sunbeam and Slow. If he reaches 0 hit points, he will teleport out of camp rather than leave a corpse behind. He also says, "*Creak!*".
  • During combat in his initial encounter, he is labeleld as a "construct"; this implies that this is not Elminster, but rather a projection of some kind.

Gallery

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  Character portrait by Edward Vanderghote

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  Concept Art by Levinna Angelita

External Links

• Elminster on the Forgotten Realms Wiki