Forcas Forneus is a sorcerer who considers himself scion of the archwizards of Netheril and heir to that Empire. He is a Zhentarim Skymage, an elite spellcaster who commands a blue dragon in battle. His mastery of Netherese arcana and history is such that he can operate the Stormlord Dreadnought, an ancient airship which uses energy from the Elemental Chaos for locomotion.
History
"You asked me if I have a god complex, let me tell you something—I am god."
Little is known of Forcas Forneus' past, though he probably hails from Zhentil Keep in the Moonsea region. He favors elemental lightning magic (perhaps to the exclusion of all others), and does not use a spellbook, instead relying on an innate understanding of magical energy. The true measure of his power is unknown, but his mastery of lightning magic was significant enough to impress a blue dragon into his service, a feat typically beyond the reach of even the most powerful Skymages.
Though Forcas is unquestionably powerful, he sometimes overestimated his own power and exhausted all but his weakest spells. In such a state, Lady Icespear, the nominal ruler of Deadsnows, was freed from his control and he was defeated by the fledgling Silver Company. Though he survived the encounter, he was near dead and delirious as he fled across the Anauroch, and would have died if his body had not been discovered by a circle of Bedine druids.
After the discover of a ruined Netherese library, Forcas became the first human in over 1,700 years to learn the ways of the ancient archwizards. This has led him to seek out other caches of Netherese spellcraft across Faerûn and the planes, but his true purpose for collecting this information is unknown. He briefly support Jarthon Drael in his failed conquest of the Moonwood, but it is not certain what information a werewolf lord could have that would be of any interest to a ranking Zhentarim.