Thule Ravenclaw was a young mage with great promise in the years before the Third War. Thule, Bethor Iceshard and Gunther Arcanus once created a magic wand, woven together from the apprentices wands each mage possessed. This wand was a symbol of their friendship. Their friendship was sundered when Ravenclaw willingly sold his soul to the Lich King. Although Thule came to despise the wand he could not part with it, nor could he let the others have it. So he stole the wand, and hid it in Fenris Keep. He also turned on his head servant and bodyguard Alaric and gave his head to the gnolls.