Sildonis, the Wizard of the Wood

[RobJN]

Havard:

Here is the link mentioning Uther staying with the Wizard of the Wood. http://web.me.com/robjn/Site/Blog/Entrie...esses.html

I'd like a little more info about this episode - if it exists. And info about the twin girls, as well. I'm trying to develop a backstory for my PC. Thanks!

Bear with me, as I am accessing from work, away from my notes.

Uther's exile, from what I have been able to find, has been left blank in Blackmoor canon. His seclusion with Sildonis and the advent of the twins was a creation of my own, as a major plot link to events going on in "my" version of Mystara, as is being revealed in the serialized Thorn's Chronicle storyline at the Piazza forums. It is not detailed by Dave Arneson, to my knowledge, and I have not been able to determine for certain whether or not Uther ever did have any children.

So I gave him a couple.

The twins, Rowena and Leansethar, may or may not be Uther's true offspring, and their mother is said to have been the Queen of the Fey of the Wizard's Wood. She may have been the Empress of the Twilight Empire at the time, as well.

Regardless, at the risk of giving too much away, here is what is known of the twins:

• They are identical in every respect, with the exception of their eyes. Rowena's are sapphire blue, and Leansethar's are emerald green. They currently appear to be eleven or twelve in human years, with silvery-gold hair and very fair complexion. Their ears come to points, not as pronounced as an elf's, but moreso than those of halflings.
  
• They are half High Sidhe. While they are not immortal, they age very very slowly. They are highly resistant to poisons, they can breathe water as easily as air, and have a limited ability to become completely undetectable. They only take half damage from normal weapons, except those of cold iron. Red Steel is poisonous to them, inflicting double damage, which cannot be regenerated.
  
• Their personalities are as different as the moon and the sun. Rowena inherited her father's thirst for knowledge and knack for military tactics, while Leansethar takes more after her mother, with a fiery temper and a will harder than the black stone on which Blackmoor Castle is built. The first expedition to the City of the Gods was rumored to have been at Uther's behest, against the wishes of the Council of Regents, to drag the twins back to the castle after they decided to 'just look around'