> [!columns|3 no-t] > >[!abstract|no-i title-center] **[[Up]]** > > > [!example|no-i title-center] **[[Elmanon]]** > > > [!question|no-i title-center] **[[Player Hub]]** > [!warning|no-i title-center] **[[Adventurer's Guild]]** --- > [!quote] Dungeon Master's Guide 2024 p. 359-360 > "*Mordenkainen* (*mor-den-KIGH-nen or mor-den-KAY-nen*) is a [[Human]] [[Archmage]] who maintains a residence in the [[Free City of Greyhawk]] and another hidden somewhere in the [[Yatil Mountains]] between [[Perrenland]] and [[Ket]]. He is the founder and leader of the [[Circle of Eight]], which he created to implement his philosophy of balance in the world. Among *Mordenkainen's* celebrated accomplishments are several name-branded spells, including ones that create extradimensional mansions, swords of spectral force, and phantom watchdogs." > >"*Mordenkainen* has visited numerous worlds and planes of existence, making friends and fomenting rivalries on many of them. He maintains a close friendship with his former apprentice [[Bigby]] and the famous archmage [[Elminster]] of [[Shadowdale]]. *Mordenkainen's* greatest rival is [[Iggwilv]], a former adventuring companion."