Elminster

fictional character in the Forgotten Realms campaign setting for the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game
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Elminster

Summary

Elminster is a human[1]. He worked as an archmage[2] and wizard[3]. He ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month, #7,152 of 1,000,298).[4]

Key Facts

  • Elminster's professions included archmage[2].
  • Elminster worked as a wizard[3].
  • Elminster is the creator of Ed Greenwood[5].
  • Elminster is recorded as male[6].
  • Elminster's instance of is recorded as human[7].
  • Elminster's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02967s[8].
  • Elminster's from narrative universe is recorded as Forgotten Realms[9].
  • Elminster's from narrative universe is recorded as Dungeons & Dragons universe[10].
  • Elminster's present in work is recorded as Dungeons & Dragons[11].
  • Elminster's present in work is recorded as Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1st edition)[12].
  • Elminster's present in work is recorded as Forgotten Realms Campaign Set[13].
  • Elminster's present in work is recorded as The Elminster Series[14].
  • Elminster's present in work is recorded as Baldur's Gate[15].
  • Elminster's Fandom article ID is recorded as forgottenrealms:Elminster[16].
  • Elminster's Fandom article ID is recorded as baldursgate:Elminster[17].

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Career and Affiliations

Recorded occupations include archmage[2] and wizard[3].

Works and Contributions

Elminster is the creator of Ed Greenwood[5].

Why It Matters

Elminster ranks in the top 0.71% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (160 views/month, #7,152 of 1,000,298).[4] He has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] He is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

FAQs

What did Elminster do for work?

Elminster worked as archmage[2] and wizard[3].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [6] . wikidata.org.
  2. [7] . wikidata.org.
  3. [2] . wikidata.org.
  4. [3] . wikidata.org.
  5. [5] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [4] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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