What happened to Dagult Neverember, he seamed like such a Good person, yet he is now portrayed as a Evil Tyrant?
— Shane Wright (@Mahtan87) February 7, 2020
1)
From the first, Dagult Neverember was ambitious. Not just for personal gain, but for bettering the world. CHANGING the world. Over time, like many, his impatience with those who got in his way, or disagreed with him, grew.
And he liked power, and wielding it 2)
He also grew to like being wealthier (that is, gaining from his use of power). So he made sure that the things he did made him wealthier, and gained him more power. And he slowly became less and less patient with impediments, and moved towards becoming a tyrant.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2020
3)
He saw himself as a transformational force who deserved more power because of the good he was achieving. But Waterdeep has seen many, many such people, and seen through them, too, and eventually flung him out of the Open Lordship, slapping him down 4)
In doing so, they shattered not just his pride, but his delusions. He had to face what he'd become.
But he liked who and what he was, so he "doubled down," in current parlance, and became more so, when back in Neverwinter.
Or to put things in shorter but more…#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2020
5)
…clichéd terms:
People change.
and:
Power corrupts.
That's what happened to Dagult Neverember.
Or to trot out another cliché:
Life happened to Dagult Neverember.#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2020
6)
Elminster would answer you another way. He would say: "If ye thought Dagult Neverwinter was such a good person, ye just weren't paying attention."#Realmslore— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) February 7, 2020