Ikthal Tourín (The Traveler)

Ikthal was a powerful mage who suffered for years in the Shadowfell before being offered a chance at freedom. Using his knowledge of a Fey magic known as gemcraft – the power to bind mortal souls to gemstones. He was able to construct a portal back to the world of men. Convincing the armies of Gil'athuil to use the portal, he was free of the Shadowfell after sabotaging the portal. This left the Shadar-kai army and the Murderer Brothers stranded in this world. Ikthal eventually parted ways with his servants at Red Rock and became known as The Traveler, his intentions unknown.

During the Red Rock Campaign, Ikthal discovered that his former servants were gathering gemstones, and he began to suspect that they intended to reactivate the portal at Codren's Folly. The Rhino escaped a chance encounter with The Traveler, but left behind an empowered emerald. At Blackwall Keep, Ikthal recognized the capabilities of Thorne's Orphans and intended to manipulate them into helping him destroy the portal once and for all. He gave Nubbins the emerald, knowing full well that the call of Archae's gemcraft would inevitably drive them towards his wicked servants, wherever they were. After the portal was destroyed, Ikthal realized that there was, in fact, a second portal being constructed in Red Rock. Once the knight Justice destroyed the Kenko's protective wards, Ikthal destroyed the portal (and Maegor's Holdfast) using the powerful magic he had hitherto not used. His current whereabouts are unknown.