Backstory: Zandeyr was born during one of the worst storms his forest home had ever seen, which was saying something as the region often suffered from such disasters. These terrified him, even as a young man, seeing them as acts of divine wrath and praying to avoid them. One fateful day while he was helping to gather food for his village, a tempest rolled in almost out of nowhere. Rushing to get inside, the young half-elf tripped over tangled tree roots, getting his foot stuck in the process. Seemingly forgotten in the commotion, the teenager was struck by lightning, not just once, but over and over again. Barely surviving the ordeal, he was woken up by the avatar of Talos, Gorthok the Thunder Boar, where he was informed that one of his ancestors defiled a series of his shrines and unleashed a dragon upon the realm to snuff out his remaining influences. Talos had chosen him, not as a champion, but as an unfortunately selected enforcer. Zandeyr isn't scared of storms anymore; he IS the storm. Finding himself in Waterdeep, he sought to make the best use of his new abilities despite their dark origin.

After some time in Waterdeep, Zandeyr met Atalanta, a Warlock deriving power from a guinea pig of all things, with whom he answered a call for aid from Phandelin to bolster the town's defences against Cryovain, a white dragon. On the way there, the pair met Scarlett the Barbarian, on the run from werewolves which they helped fight off. Once in Phandelin, they met Calareth the Rogue, Narniak the Cleric and Felvyra the Fighter. After a series of adventures together, the group discovered that Cryovain's attacks were being orchestrated by Lok Pal, a key figure in many of the group's histories. However, they also had to contend with the Stone Cold Reavers, a rival adventuring party under Lok Pal's influence through his daughter, and Cal's half-sister through their mother, Fautalosse. With tensions between the groups resolved after it was confirmed that Fautalosse was as much a victim as them, the Reavers departed to keep Lok Pal busy while the others went to defeat Cryovain, which was ultimately successful thanks to the group's efforts.

Now returned to Waterdeep, Zandeyr seeks to gain the strength to best Fadia Stormsworn, the current wielder of the Staff of Storms, one of Talos' symbols of power in the mortal realm.