Themberchaud, also known as the Wyrmsmith of Gracklstugh, is a major antagonist in the Forgotten Realms setting of Dungeons & Dragons. He also appears as a minor antagonist in the 2023 film Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves.
He is an overweight red dragon and works with a clan of Duergars (grey dwarves) in the underground city of Gracklstugh.
His vocal effects were provided by Frank Welker.
Description[]
As stated above, Themberchaud is fat and overweight for adult dragon standards, so much so he is no longer able able to fly, he can only use his wings to hop.
Like most Red Dragons, Themberchaud is prideful, greedy, vain, and wrathful, and has no tolerance for humanoids who don't obey his orders, burning them alive with his breath weapon.
He is closely served by a group of Duergars with psionic powers called the Keepers of the Flame. He uses his fire breath to heat the great iron forges of the grey dwarves and temper their weapons in exchange for more treasure for his hoard and slaves to eat. Although he's pampered by the grey dwarves, Themberchaud would often complain about his obesity and his inability to fly.
History[]
Themberchaud is the last member of a line of Red Dragons who lived in Gracklstugh who worked at the Iron Forges of the Duergar. Since a young age, he used his fire breath weapon to keep the forges hot. Eventually, he became too fat to leave his lair.
Honor Among Thieves[]
Themberchaud in the film is depicted as a mute feral beast. Hè had somehow escaped his captivity, for he appeared in the faraway ruins of the gnome city of Dolblunde in the Underdark; Xenk said he "must have found a new den." In any case, he suddenly burst in on Xenk Yendar, Edgin Darvis, Holga Kilgore, Simon Aumar, and Doric as they battled the Thayan knight Dralas and his band of undead Thayan warriors. Saying nothing, Themberchaud took care of the undead assassins by simply gobbling them up as he slid down a bone heap on his belly, but then turned his attention to the heroes, chasing them through around the ruins and its bridges and breathing fire, at least when he had some flame available. At one point, unable to fly up due to his obesity, he pushed a bridge down, causing Edgin to slide down toward his maw, stopped only when Xenk heroically leaped overhead and thrust his sword into Themberchaud's head, though with no serious harm done. Recovering, Themberchaud chased them into a narrow cave, but could not get his head through. The damage caused seawater to leak in. In the end, though, Edgin made a plan that actually worked, organizing his team to have Holga attack and anger the dragon to get him to produce more gas, then having them duck below water as Simon produced a flame from his fingertip to ignite it. The explosion opened a water channel that freed the adventures, and gave Themberchaud a much-needed bath for his troubles.
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Arklem and Valindra's Agents
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