Girig Covendelver

In his youth, Girig Covendelver was a treasure hunter himself. During that age, the value of a treasure was measured by its value of knowledge. Unlike nowadays, when the same treasure is measured by its monetary value. He loved to read old books and papers in libraries and archives. To learn what he found during his journeys. And as his knowledge grew, he could identify ancient bones and magical items unidentified.

He became one of his generation's foremost scholar, philosopher, and polymath when he reached middle age. His insight into unknown and obscure items and bones was unprecedented. He was a role model to every young scholar.

Still, he became well known when he wrote his book "The 3M - Monster, Magic, Machine". In his book, he explained that many of the still unidentified items are equipment from an ancient, technologically advanced civilization. This book opened a new chapter of knowledge for the scholar and started the renaissance of treasure hunting. Equipment, if unraveled, could be used by anybody, and all the nations began to show immense interest in these items to improve the livelihoods of their citizens and, of course, their military. But with his book, he became well known in two groups.

His true fame came not long after he met Seleucus Martext. He realized that the knowledge found in Seleucus' letters was incomprehensible. The year Seleucus lived on Tacillia made him one of the best-qualified scholars, and his letters, full of his knowledge, were invaluable. He and a couple of his colleagues started to collect Seleucus' letters, and they published a short booklet based on the letters. The reception of this booklet was indescribable. People were hungry to learn about other nations and species, strange items, and bizarre monsters. Inspired by the success of this booklet, he and his colleagues published a much bigger and more organized book in a couple of years. The success of this book was inexpressible. Having Covendelver's name on the front page, all the recognition was his, although he always remembered to mention the names of his colleagues who helped collect Seleucus's letters.

Before his death, he was made a permanent member of the Parliament of Polymath because of his work in ancient technologies and the sharing of his knowledge with the people of Tacillia.

His work and insights still inspire everyone who is interested in lore

— Brec Raincrest, kobold historian