Sunday, January 20, 2008

UPDATED NPC List

Former Party Members
Dagobert Martel, Human Favored Soul of Thorm; noble from the Westland; disappeared after the group entered Veluvia from the Ice Queen's lair; impersonated by a red-skinned demon on the tundra; current whereabouts unknown

Ivraenor Tien, Ice Elf Paladin of Lordanna Manythings; sent by the Church of Manythings to assess the claims of the Ice Queen's return; accompanied the group throughout many adventures; after fleeing the White Wurm, he felt shamed and walked off across the tundra; current whereabouts unknown

Ryouko "Iceblade" Kusanagi, Ice Elf Samurai of Ivristel; among the original group that survived the caravan; fought alongside the group in the Ice Queen's lair; Taela and Keia confirmed she was torn to shreds by the White Wurm whilst the group was escaping; impersonated by a red-skinned demon on the tundra; presumed dead

Keia Houkthei, Human Dread Necromancer; rescued by the group from the depths of the Ice Queen's lair; proved a capable necromancer throughout the subsequent lair battles; used zombies and skeletons to help carry wounded barbarians to the temples in Veluvia; dragged back into the Ice Queen's lair as the group was escaping by the White Wurm; Taela reports she saw Keia die in the lair, never the less Keia entered the refugee camp the day after Veluvia's fall; has since been sullen and bitchy; impersonated by the Conqueror Ooze; missing after the ooze attack; current whereabouts unknown

Taela of the White Cloud, Raptorian Air Sorceress; joined the group for a short time after resurfacing with Ivraenor during the Fall of Veluvia; a bitch that didn't much get along with the group; hated Keia; disappeared during the road to the Fist; current whereabouts unknown

Linai Degratin, Human Swashbuckler; adventuring noble that joined the group at the Fall of Veluvia; aided the group in many adventures and proved her worth in flashing steel; kidnapped by Kasper El Saspien for her sword and made a thrall of his will; the group found a body perfectly fitting her description swinging from a tree; presumed dead

Opal, Human Concubine of House Alzareef; caught spying on Death, she aided the group in defeating him; revealed to be the daughter of Onyxia, Nailo's scryer in a bag; accidentally burned half of Buckhorn's crop; nearly brought to suicide by a Misery Elemental, but saved by Dante's intervention; accompanied the group on their way to House Huma; butted heads with Izaki and ended up leaving the group after provoking the ronin into attacking her; current whereabouts unknown

Dante, the Vampire King

Nailo, the Shadow Lord

Alisaadi, Dragon-Wife

Tasha Thornleaf, Scion of the Ultus; met the group during the refugee flight from Veluvia; offered her services in the destruction of the Ice Queen; adventured with the group and fought in the Battle of the Fist; harbored a very interesting secret, which she shared with one group member; fell through a crack in the Jarl's throne room and hasn't been seen since; sent by Northstar to retrieve Izaki and his sword; fought Falst with the group; remained at Ivristel while the rest of the party ventured into the Plane of Ice; Archdruid group discovered a terrible truth to her fate, in part by her having kept a piece of Falst from the battle...


Pets, Mounts and Familiars
Fiendish Penguin, Figurine of Wondrous Power; found in the treasure vaults of the Ice Queen's lair; incredibly ill-tempered; likes to flip people off; he bites...

Snot, Green Ooze; appeared with Sev after the Conqueror Ooze attack; only Sev knows the exact origins of this living booger; friendly; puppy-like; makes 'meep' sounds; can alter its form

Taras, Wyrmling Shadow Dragon; appeared with Nailo after he returned from the dead; only Nailo knows the exact origins of this little would-be tyrant; can smell magic and identify some magic items; *note to group: shadow dragons have been extinct for centuries; after Nailo’s death whereabouts unknown…

Fox, Red Fox; agreed to join Sev for a trial period of adventure after Sev asked him to vacate his local hunting grounds; in return, an owl agreed to show Sev the lair of the Hound of Saspien; a sly and intelligent animal; since combined with a zebra to become Sev's new Zebrox mount


Allies
Tonsi Daraka, Ice Elf Paladin of St. Vaness Coldhome; dark-skinned ice elf; once feebleminded; broke out of her stupor while in the Ice Queen's lair at the sight of her husband Buman being dragged away by a demon; still mourning the death of her husband; determined to help destroy the Ice Queen; has formed a special bond with Nailo, who has saved her on numerous occasions; traveled with the refugees to the Fist; increasingly depressed about her husband's death; was with the refugees at Athas; presumed at Ivristel

Cheta, Human Barbarian; a young mother with a newborn named Efflam; saved by Tonsi from being impaled with the rest of her tribe in the bowels of the Ice Queen's lair; shares a special bond with Sev, who has saved and provided for her many times since; traveled with the refugees to the Fist; was with the refugees at Athas; presumed in Ivristel

Sarn, Human Barbarian Necromancer; Cheta's sister; kidnapped by the Ice Queen and transformed into one of her Aspects; saved her cold fate by the group and returned to her sister; has since become a friend to Sev and a second mother to her sister's child Efflam; with the refugees at Athas; presumably at Ivristel

Princess Ilari Serenor, Ice Elf Heir to the Crystal Seat; First born of Emperor Issima Serenor; one of the nine heroes of Winter's Maw; a capable fighter with an array of powerful magic weapons; currently in poor standing with her father; mother to the half-ice-elf Jaisan; incredibly beautiful and the object of many's desires (Izaki included); was seriously injured at the Battle of the Fist and saved by Sev's goblin surgery; spirited away by her sister; current whereabouts unknown

Princess Northstar, Frost Giant Royalty; recruited Linai and Izaki to join the group and help fight the Ice Queen; can polymorph into a stunningly beautiful human; loves battle and holds a frigid sense of honor; daughter of the frost giant jarl; fought in the Battle of the Fist and led the survivors to the safety of Athas; made some sort of deal with Nailo; sent Tasha and Finduilas to retrieve Izaki and his sword; (see below)

Onyxia, Human Diviner; At Princess Northstar's behest, joined Nailo in search of the group, specifically Linai; accompanied Nailo on the long journey to the totem; somewhat of a slut, as Nailo can attest; revealed to magically disguise her real age; the mother of Opal, who she doesn't much get along with; spends most her in Nailo's bag of holding, out of danger; stolen with the rest of Nailo's belongings by the harpies of House Huma; current whereabouts unknown

The Buckhorn Fire Brigade, Human Firefighters; After helping in the night-long fight against the field fires, the firefighters of Buckhorn were most grateful, even awarding Aeryn a medal and honorary membership into the previously fraternal order. They think very highly of the group with exception to Opal.

Dabian Calalas, Master of House Calalas and Archdruid of the West; Met with Sev at his castle; agreed to help Sev unite the houses and foil the demon lords; aligned with plants and fey; gave Sev his Belt of the Northland; agreed to support Dante’s claim to the throne

Rees Powers, Half-Gold Dragon Elf; a willful little girl who loves to read and feels the fear and darkness of her town of Lastlight isn't right; helped Alisaadi before she found trouble; red haired, blue eyed, with freckles like constellations; currently harboring Ali for the night; revealed she was a half-gold dragon and showed Ali her mother's old lair; asked the dragon shaman to find her father; reunited with her mother

Firnod Powers, Elf; a stern but loving father; majority land holder in Lastlight and the surrounding area; refuses to leave his ancestral lands; wife was killed by the Minister 60 years ago; captured by Superbians on his way to the Church of Raya to deliver Ali's sword to her; saved by the group in the depths of the devils' foundry; carried out unconscious by his wife Yesenya, alive and in actuality the elder gold.

Yesenya the Gold, Elder Gold Dragon; mother of Rees; wife of Firnod; thought dead for the last sixty years, instead kept in a coma by the Minister to fuel an endless gold mine; stomped the Minister out of existence; gave Sev an iron golem shrunken in a box; killed Nailo after several warnings; took her family and moved to a new lair

Dead Allies
Heilar, Awakened Sabertooth Tiger; guardian of the Tomb of the Ice Queen; wounded by the Ice Queen; last in the line of guardians; killed by a demon

Zumanta, Southern Human Merchant; heavy southern merchant; greasy face; laughs and smiles lots; brother and sister slaves in south; drove summer wine wagon (actually black powder kegs); dead (worn as armor by undead lover)

Kenda, Southern Human Merchant; heavy southern woman; intimate with Zumanta; killed by a sabertooth tiger; became spell-stitched ghast

Prince Raul Musa'fera, Southern Merchant Prince; coward; his caravan destroyed; saved by Dagobert; thirteen older brothers he despises; eyes gouged out by ice mephits; head exploded from cursed crown

Buman Daraka, Ice Elf Pilgrim; traveling to attend the Coldhome christening and cure his feebleminded wife; died in the Ice Queen's lair (intestines wrapped around a magic handle and body used like a flail by a demon)

Scrin, Dwarf Archdruid of the North; one the nine heroes of Winter's Maw; the most powerful druid in the Northland; kind and humourous; something of an inventor; fought the Ice Queen at Veluvia, but was forced to flee; helps lead and protect the remnants of Veluvia; part of the summit of nations; died in the Battle of the Fist and passed the title of Arch Druid to Sev; dead

Lord Marshal Gravant Marr, Human Leader of the Snowblades; first govenor of Veluvia and remains so today (in spirit, of course, seeing the city has fallen); assembled many of the nine heroes of Winter's Maw; sensible, pepper haired veteran; part of the summit of nations; fought in the Battle of the Fist; presumed dead

Prince Sigfein, Frost Giant Royalty; young (comparatively 15 in giant years); firstborn son of the Jarl; future Jarl; acting as the groups guide and escort around the Fist; still young and impressionable, but with an open mind; not a fan of Izaki or Tasha; growing fond of Linai; has a pet bear named Brutus; entered a strange trance-like state and opened a passage in the temple to the Underfreeze, thereby allowing elementals and constructs to invade; presumed dead

Oracle-at-Annis, Unknown Race Oracle; nine foot tall and covered in polar bear hides; befriended Tasha outside the Fist and shared her camp; proven to be very knowledgeable about the present, though her powers of reading the future are as of yet untested; fought in the Battle of the Fist; presumed dead


Acquaintances
The Wolfson, Human Ranger; one of the 'epics'; captain of the Snowblades special forces division; a legendary figure in Veluvian history, known for his superb fighting abilities; possesses many magic items, one a horn that calls winter wolves; so named for his gruff nature and wolf's head helm; younger brother of Gravant Marr; butted heads with Nailo and dislikes the group in general; helped lead the Fist survivors to Athas; presumed at Ivristel

Marge, Dwarf Merchant; among the many merchants in the refugee camp; retired adventurer; sold Linai her sword Nightwing; has special ties with Tasha; heading to her home in N'Catr; with N’Catr destroyed whereabouts unknown, possibly dead

Ron Jeremy, Human Armorer; fat, greasy pervert; sells to women at much cheaper prices in return for questionable payments; sold the bondage outfit to Linai; created Tasha's dragonhide; current whereabouts unknown

Captain Red-eye Ruiz, Pirate of the One Kingdom; shared a room with the group at the Fist; emissary of the One Kingdom; ruby eye; fought in the Battle of the Fist; current whereabouts unknown

Riganzi, Priest of Thorm; thin, slimy frost giant seen conversing with Nailo; currently moving with the refugees for Port Athas

Princess Alia Serenor, Voice of the Emperor and Captain of the Royal Guard; one of the Nine Heroes; youngest daughter of Issima and sister to Ilari; reticent, but stunningly beautiful; fought in the Battle of the Fist; escaped and shared a secret with Izaki; drugged the group and took her sister; current whereabouts unknown

Lectus, Vampire Guide; operated the totem to bring Finduilas and Tasha back to the Northland; disappeared during the tower collapse; whereabouts unknown, possibly dead

Mirkis, Wererat Informant; guided the group to the Huma tower and it’s secret entrance by the shitting pool.

Dead Acquaintances
Jarl Rhaegor of the Fist, Frost Giant King; a one-eyed giant of tremendous proportions (20 ft. tall); sits upon a throne of frozen-together blades; proves to neither like or dislike the group, though did show some fondness to Nailo for dumping four severed heads in his court;fought in the Battle of the Fist and openly defied the Ice Queen; killed by the demoness; dead

Raj Seethram, Gnoll Chieftain of Fort Dirge; a tawny gnoll with a mean streak and cruel sense of humor; laughs like a hyena; dislikes group; seems to have some sort of standing history with the Jarl; fought and died in the Battle of the Fist; dead

Suut Mobin, Master of the Glacier Dwarves; bluish skinned, white-haired master monk and ninja; good friend to the ice elf emperor; even-tempered; enforced the group's gear being searched; fought and died in the Battle of the Fist; dead


Enemies
The Ice Queen: Shalraza, one of the Seven Demon Lords; spawned during the Winters War; freed through the breaking of the seal and the death of the sabertooth guardians; terraforming region into ice wastes; mastermind behind Veluvia’s and the Fist's downfalls; seeking to cause the next ice age and release her demon kin; responsible for untold death and destruction; currently commanding the forces surrounding Ivristel

Kyodai Ken, First Generation Ice Elf Kensai Ronin; betrayed and became a stalwart enemy of the Emperor; holds the blade of destiny Ghoster; best swordsman in the Northland; stole black powder from the southern caravan (first time he’d been seen in centuries); revealed during the invasion of the Fist to having been posing as the emperor!; fought in the Battle of the Fist; escaped, rescuing the princesses in the process, though disappeared during a demon attack; gave Izaki the blade of destiny Seven Caged Tigers; current whereabouts unknown

The White Lotus, Legendary Clan of Ice Elf Ninjas; personal hands of the Emperor's will; looking to kill Izaki, presumably for his forbidden knowledge of bushido and samurai ways (something that is reserved for ice elves only); has sent several contingents to kill Izaki, each time with more ninjas; Alia Serenor is their leader, though claims the ninjas sent for Izaki are not hers

The Relentless, Ice Elf Ninja Ghost; in life he was a member of the White Lotus killed by Nailo in an explosion inside the crevasse; returned through the Ice Queen's power to seek vengeance against Nailo; disappeared early in the battle; possessed Linai and traveled with the group; jumped bodies and possessed Prince Sigfein, using him to break the holy seals that kept the Fist separated from the Underfreeze; appeared with Kasper in the tower fight, sporting the ability to kill a man with but a touch; vanished prior to Falst’s return; whereabouts unknown

Charethon, Frostergrim Fighter; Keia's flamboyant former jailor; defeated by the group in the Ice Queen's lair; impaled and scarred beyond recognition by the Ice Queen for his failure; unwittingly saved by the group and brought to Veluvia for healing; potentially the one who enabled the Ice Queen’s invasion and the fall of the city; current whereabouts unknown

Tisiphone the Avenger, Fury leader of House Huma; hot-headed and vindictive, the youngest of the three sisters is often about avenging those wronged in her house; fought Nailo and the group proclaiming it was due to murder of Tibia Rilb, though in reality because she was aligned with the demons; exploded with Nailo; presumed dead; revealed alive to Nailo by the dragon Daithrak; killed her sisters and assumed leadership of House Huma; ally of Kasper and Falst; defeated by the group and captured by Serren; given to Daithrak in return for the agreed payment.

Daithrak the Black, elder black dragon; undisputed mistress of the swamps; commands black dragons and a tribe of pallid troglodytes; has an extensive, sunken hoard; treated with Nailo and replenished his equipment; sent him out to kidnap Rees, who she thought was the last surviving gold; devote of Kultuss; moved her lair and currently has the captured Tisiphone; current whereabouts unknown…

Tazjaree, pride devil taskmaster of the devils' foundry; sister to the Minister; aided in the enprisonment of Yesenya with enchanted gold casing; herself looks like a perfect female covered in gold with bat wings and a scorpion's tail; fought Dante mid-air in the finishing room of the foundry; teleported away after Nailo's threat, promising to see everyone again with a wink; discovered by the Archdruid group (see below)

The Minister, gluttony devil emissary of Torment; former leader of the Dark Gods faith in Saspien and diplomat between the vampire Houses and Torment; hired Dante to kill Kasper; terrorized Lastlight seemingly for fun; as powerful as he is fat and greasy; created by Gula (Gluttony); resided in the Ministry; tortured and fought the group after they backstabbed him and took out his foundry and gold mine; killed Dante; slain by Yesenya and banished for 101 years back to Torment (devils cannot be killed on Othyr, only banished back to hell and unable to return to the material plane for 101 years)


Dead Enemies
The White Wurm, Tundra Landwyrm; ally of Kyodai; gorges on the dead; destroyed southern caravan; survived explosion caused by Sev; killed Ryouko in the Ice Queen’s lair; killed Nailo on the crevasse stairs; Slain in the depths of the eye-shaped crevasse; dead

Kasper, the Would-Be Vampire King; bastard of the last vampire king; his father killed by Marge and her old adventuring group; stole Nightwing and kidnapped Linai; possesses a sister sword Nightwish with identical abilities; when the two swords combine he became full vampire; ally of the Ice Queen; presumably killed Linai and seeks to reclaim the fanged throne; currently making deals and gathering an army to take Saspien by force; harbored in House Huma, an ally to Tisiphone and Falst; killed during his fight with the group when Falst burst forth from his stomach in a demonic birth

Death, Illithid; witnessed aiding Kasper and then slowing the groups progress; killed in the Tirian Woods; dead

Conqueror Ooze, Conqueror Ooze; an intelligent ooze that grew with the amount of people it absorbed; swallowed the entire refugee camp from Veluvia on their way to the Fist; killed by Ilari, Scrin, Wolfson and Gravant; the ooze in which Sev managed to draw Snot out of

Hound of Saspien, Legendary Charnel Hound; the undisputed terror of the hills of Saspien; a huge dog made of corpses; fought the group and proved to possess a powerful attack; defeated and sent running by Nailo and Sev who gave chase; managed to escape, promising a reckoning; hunted down and killed by Sev in his lair; dead

The Rilb Sisters, Harpies; Three prowling sisters that encountered Nailo, thinking him an easy meal; Tibia Rilb was killed, and her remaining sisters enacted a vendetta curse; took Nailo's gear, including the bag with Onyxia, and his legs; among a contingent out to kill Nailo; fought in the tower; presumed dead

Elsibeth, Erinyes; beautiful as she is depraved, this winged devil fought the group alongside her mistress Tisiphone; formed quite a hatred of Alisaadi; managed to escape during the battle; slain by Izaki in the tower

Fulkerion, Harpy Archer; fought Nailo alongside her mistress Tisiphone; in the commotion of the battle, the group lost track of her; fought group again in the tower; presumed dead

Superbian Priests, old human clerics of Superbia (Pride); ran the church in Lastlight pretending to be priests of Raya; guarded the entrance to the devils' foundry; the eldest of the priests once talked to Alisaadi and gave his blessing in the killing of the Minister (falsely); fought Izaki, Ali and Dante; two died quickly and Ali interoggated the third, afterward he went scrambling out of the church for his life; surviving priest's whereabouts unknown

The Ancient Blight: Falst, one of the Seven Demon Lords, presumably as old as Shalraza; could potentially become as powerful as the Ice Queen; was aligned with House Huma and Kasper, taking refuge in the eeyries while his powers return; confronted by the group and imprisoned in Hell thanks to the group and the summoned Dante; 1 down, 6 to go…


Archdruid Group:
Allies:
Dante, King of the Vampires; asked the group to legitimize his reign by dealing with a cabal of fanatical summoners making him look ineffectual and inspiring further dissent; promised passage to the Northland via the totem and the vampire army toward defeating Shalraza; pleased when the group returned and promised to operate the way point and assemble the army once the group was ready

Tazjaree, Rogue Superbian Devil; once encountered in the Devil’s Foundry; found aiding the zealots, but after a battle against the group surrendered to Serren for sanctuary; currently in the sorcerer’s employ, hiding in his bag of holding, though trusting a whore of the damned is a risky venture…

[u]Radiance[/u], the angel summoned forth from the mural; granted the group small boons; aided in the mural with a pegasus mount and a beacon back out of the mural; keeper of the secret location of the Hoping, which she shared with the group; thanked them once all was over and changed the mural to fit an angelic victory

Acquaintances:
Husifar Al’Zareef, Master of House Al’Zareef; a vampire summoner of few equals; leads a house of summoners; opened the blood portal which allowed the group entry into the Al’Zareef ziggurat (with the help of his 100 family members); gifted the group with new mounts once they completed the mission; very pleased; also opened his house's resources to them, allowing the group to by and sell at real value a number of treasures (from the DMG); warned Serren the efreeti rings were actually the Clutch of the Mandarin, a corrupting set of 5 that focused the essence of the demon lord Mengorot.

Enemies:
Al’Zareef Zealots, Rebel Summoners; entirely opposed to Dante’s reign as king; seek to make him look weak and embolden resistance by locking themselves in their family ziggurat and summoning something to aid them; all now dead by either the group’s hand or Ixitila.

Ixitila, Demon Prince of Shock; the spawn of the demon lords Shalraza and Kizet, a bloated, white crocodile-sized salamander with lightning rod horns and a voice like thunderclaps; super charged with electricity; fled after the first fight with the group into his Painted Plane; encountered the group a second time in his true form, ending in a stalemate; attacked the group a third time in a trap set by Sev and met his end, the archdruid severing his head; dead

Smears, chameleon-like monsters appearing only eyes and maws in the Painted Plane because of their keen disguises; killed instantly by water

Pollocks, rainbow owls that soar the color storms, blending well in the sheets of multicolored rain; attacked the group with razor talons and worse a liquefying gaze that could render flesh to paint; killed by Rend, Serren and Sev on the way to the mountain.

Mounts:
Tempest, nightmare mount of Serren

Havok, fiendish rhinoceros mount of Rend

Zebrox, fox-zebra hybrid mount of Sev

Enilatipac, wind wolf mount of Sirocco.


Ronin Group
Allies:
Northstar, Jarless of the Frost Giants; asked the group to go on a dangerous mission to the Plane of Ice and sever Shalraza’s link with it, thereby halving her army with the destruction of the ice elementals and ice constructs; gave the group some magical gear to protect against the cold and a horn of recall to return home.

Acquaintances:
Ice Mephit Gang, denizens of the icy isle; encountered the group and allowed them passage thanks to skillful diplomacy.

Karb, mephit in the elemental and protector of the shore; attacked the group armored as an ice elemental; questioned by the group; rambled on about his Lady; currently taking the group to her; fond of rubbing Sera's boobs; a bit of a pervert and coward, but has remained true to his word; abandoned the group during a dragon fight; whereabouts unknown

Frostfolk, albino savages with fire-in-ice blue eyes; whalers and fishermen along the frozen shore of Vrauktom; proud and fierce warriors that test outsiders and, if those outsiders show even a hint of fear, attack without mercy; seem to respect and live by a code of strength, which makes sense given their harsh environs.

The Lady of Black Ice, Queen of Vrauktom; what Finduilas recalled in her studies as the Black Saint of Delilah-in-Shadow; ruler of the ice plane; lair in Angel Mountain; after the group killer her pet and dispatched her guard, she appeared to them; willing to help sever the planar link between Shalraza and the ice plane; she is the link; suicidal it seems; sent the group into the Forges of the Fire Plane to retrieve the one thing that can killer her: the Brand...

Enemies:
Malasyneps, humongous aberrations like crosses between killer whales and some giant reptile; able to survive the mercury seas; showed some intelligence when two of their number fled the whalers; also showed a capability for malice when the bull attacked the group's dingy.

The Entombed, the undead gatekeeper of the Lady's estate, appearing a blue corpse frozen in a massive suit of ice and sporting twin warhammers; warned the group to get off the property, but things ultimately led to a fight; fled the group and met them again at the doors to the Lady's Angel Mountain; fled a second time when his hags were defeated, melding in with the black ice doors; confronted the group a third time once they killed the dragon, demanding eye-for-an-eye justice for all the offenses they committed against his Lady and her estate; nearly killed Sera; entirely gave up of defeating the group, cursing them to the clutches of a woman called Kurtlmach; whereabouts unknown...

The Three Marzannas, flith-caked and icicle-ridden crones, in a sisterhood of three as most hags; under the command of the Entombed; fought the group at the top of the ice stairs; one nearly killed Sera, and another Izaki; all three met their end at the hands of the group; dead

Paledoom, adult white dragon; the watchdog of Angel Mountain, initially appearing as a frozen king; fought the group in a throne room with icy floors; nearly killed Izaki, but was slain; skinned by Sera; dead

Bear-men, anthropomorphic polar bears; warriors and guards in Angel Mountain and underlings of the Entombed; fought the group but fled once they proved too powerful; perhaps were the ones who reported to the Lady of Black Ice; whereabouts unknown...

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