The Gnoll Stronghold was created by the evil mage Terminsel as a place to store some of the realms worst experiments. From this work gnolls were created. (View Post)

Most likely think of Terminsel as being Elminster. He is actually the evil twin of Elminster. You can tell this by his goatee. (View Post)

Elminster turned them all into glorious chickens. (View Post)

Showing up in the forgotten realms and pestering strangers is kind of my thing. So I'm voting to maintain my raison d'etre. :) (View Post)

Also worth pointing out that you now can tell them what to cast and they will do it. In the past (like the original games) they just dumbly followed a script and would outright ignore your commands. (View Post)