Shandri Nightfall

Background
Born Shandri Eveningfall in 1298 DR, the bastard daughter of a minor Cormyr lord by a moon elf. Thought not openly acknowledging her, Shandri's father provided for her, including a training to arms. She grew up in a small village of elves, one of the few remaining since their people abandoned the forest to the crown. There she learned to fight the various enemies threatening her people and Cormy's borders. In 1324, she helped a young Prince Azoun Obarskyr (later Azoun IV, King of Cormyr) slay a weretiger, for which service she was knighted. Following this, she defended Cormyr's western borders. She was present at the tourney celebrating the birth of Foril Obarskyr in 1332 DR, after which times she vanishes from history.

Early in the 1350s, she reemerged in Cormanthor in the events following The Retreat. Apparently, she had spent the intervening decades adventuring in the Underdark. She operated in Cormanthor and the Dalelands for some 15 years, until being driven out by the unrelated efforts of a massive forest fire and a party of adventurers from Archendale.

She re-emerged near her old home, west of Cormyr, in Proskur. In her decades of adventuring, Shandri apparently amassed some considerable wealth, as she quickly gained some influence on trade in Proskur, and commissioned a home built for herself outside the city.

Shandri maintained a hold east of Proskur, Dawnstone Castle, from which she derived her style. Her title was not recognized outside of Proskur. Though not acknowledging the finer points of her regality, Purple Dragons from nearby Cormyr respected her sufficiently to keep away from Nightfall Castle when on patrol outside the kingdom. They were little needed, as the roads coming north and east from Proskur were kept nigh-spotless of bandits, monstrous humanoids and other troubles to commerce through Shandri's efforts.

Shandri enjoyed a fearsome reputation in Proskur, where she was accorded the noble honors she desires by the merchant rulers of the city. The occasional bandit or bugbear troop found impaled or crucified along the High Road demanded a certain respect.

History
In the autumn of 1375, The Party entered Nightfall Castle and defeated Shandri. Attempting to bite Jon, Shandri engaged in a grapple with him. Jon gave her the kiss of life, imbued with the power of Lathander, putting her into a deep coma. The Party put out in the sun to dry, where she was finally destroyed.