Ezri Rundeen

Ezri Rundeen, son of the Rundeen Consortium, was a minor character in both The Path of the Tome and A Bridge Between Troubled Waters.

Description
Ezri was a short, but noble and good looking man. His position made him a very important man in Tashalar and all along the Shining Sea. When tainted, his features grew noticeably more serpentine, and his s-words were slurred.

Personality
Ezri was nothing but confident - despite his meager martial abilities, he always brought himself into the line of fire. He cared for little other than the success of the Rundeen Consortium, and his knowledge of the seas made him a perfect choice to head one of its flagships. He was also very proud, however, and the blindness he had toward his own superiority eventually cost him his life.

History
Little is known of Ezri's early history, but he was born into the great Rundeen Family. By the time Ezri was an adult, the Consortium controlled most of the trading in the Shining Sea.

Much changed in 1373. The Rundeen made their move to take over the important port of Suldolphor - the Pasha of Calimshan would have none of that. In the intense battle that followed, the Rundeen fleet was decimated, leaving the Consortium angry and licking their wounds. Later that year, Ezri took his revenge on one of the causes of that defeat, the treacherous Fedallah, near the island of Tharsult. Ezri really wanted the weapon Fedallah used on her ship, but it lost when Fedallah's ship was sunk by the Calimshite ship Scorpion.

With the Rundeen weak, they lost hold of much of their trading route in the Shining Sea. Times were desperate, and in 1376 Ezri sought outside allies. Ignoring his brother's orders, he entered an alliance with a tribe of Yaun-ti in the Black Jungles to the south of Tashalar. He was to use his contacts in Halruaa to secure information for them, and the Yuan-ti would help the Rundeen capture their former glory by eliminating competition. What Ezri did not know is that the Yuan-ti required a price for this help - his soul. Ezri was forced to undergo a ritual which made him into a Tainted One. Now part Yaun-ti, he went about finding the information that the leader of the Yuan-ti group, Nhyris D'Hothek, wanted.

Present Day
Ezri did not count on a hero by the name of Xarxes Theodike, however. Ezri met him and his comrades in Halruaa, and quickly realized they had ties to what Nhyris needed. Ezri tried to forcefully take what Xarxes and his party had. This turned out to be a bad move, as Ezri was slain in the process.