At a glance
Role: Patron · Where: her estate on a hill outside Baldur’s Gate · Status: under the Death Curse, with weeks to live · First seen: S0
A famous name in Sword Coast history: a powerful archmage who made her fortune and reputation adventuring. She has worked with the Harpers for decades but is not one of them. She is elderly but still sharp. She summons people in dreams when birds are too slow.
- First impression: a little too poised, over-dressed for the weather, a touch heavy on the make-up. In private she is a cheerful collector of odd things. → Syndra’s Curios
- She lied. She said she wanted Zaldara Kordris’s phylactery as leverage. In fact she wanted to question Zaldara about Acererak, the source of the Death Curse. She was resurrected herself about 40 years ago after a disastrous Harper campaign, so the curse is killing her too.
- She resurrected the whole party after Zaldara killed them, which puts them on the same clock.
- She sent them to Port Nyanzaru by teleportation circle and asked Harbourmaster Zindar to watch for them.
- She looked after Quill when he refused to teleport (sherry, then tea and biscuits) and sent him on afterwards in his dressing gown.
- She has promised to be honest from now on.
Spelling: pronounced at the table as Cindra/Sindra Sylvain.