Dungeons & Dragons: Who Is Mordenkainen?
When people hear the name Mordenkainen, there are typically two responses you get from them. Either they have no idea what you're talking about or they recognize the name from Mordenkainen Presents: Monsters of the Multiverse or Mordenkainen's Tome of Foes. For those that are part of the latter percentage, most if not all of these people don't realize that, from a narrative perspective, he represents an actual character writing these guidebooks.
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Mordenkainen isn't just a random name that the developers at Wizards of the Coast came up with to sell their sourcebooks. No, he's very much a character whose existence has weight within the world of Dungeons & Dragons. Mordenkainen has a very interesting history, and it's a shame that not many have discovered it.
While Mordenkainen is a very well-known and powerful wizard, his past is shrouded in mystery. While it is widely believed that the wizard was born 509 CY, or common year, there's very little information about the wizard's place of origin. Whether it be due to the wizard's madness and paranoia or a simple lack of documentation, there exists almost no information on the wizard's early life.
There are numerous rumors as to the wizard's ancestry, but none can be confirmed. Some believe that he is related Ganz Yragerne, the first Landgraf of the Selintan, as well as Zagig Yragerne, a person who would ascend to godhood. However, others believe that he is related to House Craden, one of the royal houses of the Aerdy Kingdom. No two stories of the wizard's birth are the same, leaving historians confused and frustrated.
Whatever his bloodline, it can be confirmed where Mordenkainen spent a great deal of
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