Renaud Monthor

Background
Renaud was born the second son of Count Pietre Monthor, lord of an ancient Cormyrean noble house. As such, he holds several honorary titles, the premier being Baron of Wyvern’s Rest, a castle northeast of Marsember. Proving an athletic boy, he was trained to arms and courtly manners from a young age; it was undoubted that Renaud would take up the sword in service of Cormyr and his house. However, coming to age and awareness of the world, he found himself more inspired by the beauty and wisdom of the Church than he did the intrigues between the Monthors and Obarskyrs. At 15, he pledged himself to Lathander, being knighted in 1367. He has fought in numerous engagements in Cormyr, the Dalelands, and the Western Heartlands, including the Siege of Waterdeep in 1369. That summer, he attended a grand tournament at Swordpoint in Archendale, where he met Jon Palantas. Renaud was impressed with the young man’s bearing and martial skill.

History
House Monthor has a mansion in Marsember, called Monthall. In the summer of 1375, he was present in Mornmist Temple for the trial of six individuals accused of murder and kidnapping, one of them the same knight of Lathander he had met in 1369. Thought found innocent by Archbishop Chansobal Dreen, Renaud thought it distasteful that a fellow knight should be caught up in such sordid business. He spoke against Jonoleth Palantas being admitted to the Order of the Aster, though not being a senior member of the order, he did not actually vote on the matter. Renaud regards his attempts doubly justified since Jon has embraced the Risen Sun Heresy. The Lord of Wyvern’s Rest will be especially zealous against Jon in the lists.