He is Solarrin. Though born a gnome, his soul now inhabits the powerful form of a minotaur by means of the darkest of sorceries.
Through murder and deciet, he has gained the title of Archmage of Thanis. His goal is nothing less than all-out devastation and war.
The harrassment of a rag-tag band of thieves cannot stop him. The malicious spite of one bitter Librarian cannot hold a candle to his evil. The nobles dare not risk his wrath.
And the only ones who might have stood a chance against him have fled on the ultimate fool's crusade -- to try and bring his predecessor, the Archmage Talus Yor, back from the dead.