After finding out about him I must say... he was okay, I think.
But maybe it was because of the stuff I found around him, books, letters & stuff.
I kind off try not to read stuff that was yet not translated into my non-english client.
Simply because I am lazy.

But this dude is NOT SERIOUSLY someone who knows Elminster, is he?
Please not. That feels soooo forced.
Elminster is kind of like a Magic-Geralt of Rivia in the Forgotten Realms.
Please don't.
That feels too coincidental to met a real somebodys friend in the middle of nowwhere.