That's So Raven

Aliases: The Absent King, The Empty Tyrant, Alondrial Type: Tyrant — vanished Region of Influence: Dessarin Valley Status (latest): First on-screen in session 034. Helmeted, fully clad in shining armor; Dragon-mounted (an ancient blue Dragon, possibly kin to the blue Dragon of the Well-of-Dragons / Tiamat-revival saga); cast levitate / Misty-Step-class to descend through the auction's wall-of-force globe; brokered the Dessarin-Valley adamantium weapons-contract to King Grol for the Heiress's auction. Bound to the Shadowvar by a pact (terms unspecified — invoked by a red-and-grey-robed Shadowvar to stop him from demonstrating the long-sword on a goblin: "remember the pact"). Departed by Dragon with King Grol after the contract closed. First Reference: Session Zero (referenced as the erratic ruler whose reign collapsed inland trade); first journal-confirmed session 015 First On-Screen: Session 034

What the Party Knows

• Session Zero: The erratic rule of Alondrial the (Empty King) destabilized the Dessarin Valley. Trade from the valley diminished; bandit kings, orc warlords, and monstrous horrors filled the vacuum.
• Sessions 029+ (per player notes references): Moist's parents are confirmed trapped or enslaved by Alondriel — possibly in Rivergard Keep.
• Session 015 (Teppo's journal): Alondriel — a vanished tyrant. Plus notes on Goldenfelds adamantium weapons flooding the Dessarin market — during or after his reign.
• Session 034 — first on-screen. Arrived at the Heiress's auction on an ancient blue Dragon — lightning-bolt entry; Dragon perched on the ruined castle's roof. Levitated down through the auction's wall-of-force globe (and dried on entry, like every other guest). Helmeted in shining armor; no facial features visible. He brokered the Dessarin-Valley adamantium weapons-contract for sale at the auction — grabbed a goblin to demonstrate the long-sword on, was stopped by a Shadowvar invoking "remember the pact," and handed the sword over to be displayed instead. King Grol won the contract; Alondriel's Dragon descended, scooped Grol up, and flew.
• Session 034 — the pact. Alondriel and the Shadowvar are bound by a pact. (Strong implication of a Netherese-revival or non-aggression treaty; full terms TBD; see Shadowvar DM Notes.)
• Session 034 — the Dragon. Per Ubys's recall of the Saga of the Dragon Lance, the blue Dragon may be the same blue Dragon (or a successor / kin) that set up Tiamat's revival in the Well of Dragons during the heroes-of-the-Lance era. The Dragon is very old, ancient-class.