Elmar Barthen

Elmar Barthen was a kindly middle-aged shopkeeper. Lean and bearded, Elmar was the proprietor of Barthen’s Provisions with his the help of his clerks, Anders and Thistle. His daughter, Thistle, had moved to Neverwinter.
Born in 1431 DR, Elmar was one of the settlers who helped re-establish Phandalin in 1478 DR. His shop helped bring all manner of supplies and equipment for those wishing to build a life in the rugged frontier. During this time, Elmar struck up a firm friendship with Gundren Rockseeker whose excited forays into the hills around Phandalin made generous use of Barthen’s Provisions.
In Tarsakh 1488 DR, Gundren Rockseeker had made arrangements with Barthen to ship provisions from Neverwinter to Phandalin as the the dwarf prepared to join his brothers in the newly rediscovered Mines of Phandelver. Gundren never made it, but his new hires did and delivered the supplies to him.
Unfortunately he was then associated to the group, and when they brought down the vengeance of Red Brands and used as a hostage. During the fight to rescue him, he was killed. His body was later burned.

Current Location

Phandalin

Species

Human

Ethnicity

Oklomothan

Life

251 306 55 years old

Circumstances of Death

Killed unconscious to get at the players.

Eyes

Brown

Hair

Short brown

Skin Tone/Pigmentation

Light

Height

Average

Weight

Lean

Appears in...

• Elmar Barthen's Last Moments