Arauthator

Arauthator

Arauthator, known as Old White Death, is an ancient white dragon who lairs at the massive iceberg Oyaviggaton in the Sea of Moving Ice.

Background

Arauthator is one of the oldest and most feared dragons in the northern reaches of Faerûn. He has held an ice hunter clan hostage on his iceberg lair for generations, forcing them to hunt and fish for him. He is known to have a terrible temper and does not tolerate humans near his domain unless they serve his purposes. Even other powerful creatures such as the bronze dragon Verithrax and the marid Mick refuse to approach his territory.

Maccath the Crimson, a researcher from the Arcane Brotherhood, ventured to Oyaviggaton to study Arauthator and has not been heard from in months. The Arcane Brotherhood and Captain LaRustah are desperate to see her returned safely.

Personality

Arauthator is described as ancient, cruel, and territorial. He keeps an entire village of ice hunters as forced servants through fear and violence — killing half the village whenever they attempt to escape. He has built up magical protections in his lair over decades.

Combat Capabilities

In the battle of Session 49, the party learned that Arauthator is no ordinary wyrm. He is a spellcaster, layering frost-magic over his breath — Wall of Ice, Freezing Sphere, Freezing Burst, Chill Touch, and Ray of Frost — and he drinks potions of invisibility and healing from his hoard to vanish and recover mid-fight. His cold breath is a devastating cone (Constitution save), and his Frightful Presence can root the brave in place. He shrugs off magic with Legendary Resistance (five uses before they ran dry), acts out of turn with legendary actions, and warps his lair with walls of ice, blinding sleet, dense killing fog, and falling icicles. He can summon an ice elemental to fight beside him. His Strength, Constitution, and Wisdom saves are strong; his Intelligence and Dexterity are his weak points, which the party exploited with Hex to drain his defenses.

Relationships

• Oyaviggaton - His iceberg lair in the Sea of Moving Ice
• Maccath the Crimson - A researcher who came to study him; her fate is unknown
• Verithrax - A bronze dragon who fears him and refuses to approach his domain
• Mick - A marid who also avoids Arauthator's territory
• Barking Seal - Chieftain of the ice hunter clan he holds hostage
• Bone Carver - Shaman of the ice hunter clan
• Orca Heart - Champion of the ice hunter clan

Current Status

Arauthator fought Deez Nuts in his lair at Oyaviggaton and brought the entire party low — a total party kill (Session 49). Before they fell, the company drove him below half his strength and spent every one of his legendary resistances. Unknown to the dragon, the slain party struck an infernal bargain to return to the exact instant of the battle; from his perspective no time has passed, and the wounded wyrm fights on, unaware.

Appearances

• Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice (mentioned/referenced throughout)
• Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12) - Party infiltrated his lair through Bone Carver's secret entrance
• Session 49 - Old White Death (2026-04-26) - battled the party to a total party kill in his lair