* Characters with asterisk (*) are featured in Side Quests only

 

Aerun (Captain)

Details: a captain of the City Watch. Gets replaced by a doppelganger as part of the invasion plan and becomes a foe to the party.

Appearance: A blonde-bearded dwarf.

Mannerisms: Officious, bit of a jerk

Features in: Temple Between. Should be foreshadowed briefly as captain of the gate guard whenever the party enter the city, ie from SoBW onwards.

 

Alvro Taramin (General)

Details: military head of Sayre

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG

 

Alys

Details: messenger from Brindol, kidnapped by the Lost Ones

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: DotD

 

Amyria

Details: Deva paladin of Bahamut. Trapped in platimum sword rescued from Rivenroar

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR, D0tD, HotBG, AaN, TotSSK

 

Andronsius

Details: An accomplished dwarf alchemist, kidnapped and beaten by the hobgoblins at Rivenroar

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Aussir*

Details: White dragon wyrmling, assisting Inda.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tFS*

 

Brann'ot

Details: Githyanki assassin

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG, ACA*

Side Quest Note:  Before he is defeated in encounter S1 (at about 1/4 HP or less), he will attempt to escape by using his Astral Slide power to disappear from combat. After this, his next assignment takes him to the side quest, 9-1) A Chain Asunder.

 

Bram Ironfell

Details: dwarf, senior partner in the Elsir Consortium

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: LMoK, TotSSK

 

Cachlain

Details: AKA the Stone-Skinned King, fomorian noble

Appearance: Has grafted pieces of a Stone Golem to his body

Mannerisms:

Features in: Referred to in TTB, appears in TotSSK

 

Cadrick (Elder)

Details: Elder on the Council of Overlook

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Devian Torrance (Lord)

Details: Governor of Sayre

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG

 

Durkik Forgeheart

Details: High Ancestor of Moradin. Introduced by Elder Cadrick at the start of SoBW. Have him make a rousing speach to the troops, but allow your PCs Insightchecks to realise he seems aq bit more like a politician than a religious leader. He leads the forces at the Watch in SoBW. He is kidnapped and replaced by adoppelganger in tTB, and therafter rediscovers his faith and becomes a strong ally (if he survives).

Appearance:

Mannerisms: Charismatic

Features in: SoBW, tTB

 

Egrimm Fellbane*

Details: Coalition force commander at the Battle of Sherrbyr

Appearance:

Mannerisms:  Boisterous, given to inappropriate celebrations

Features in: ACA*

 

Eofrram Troyas

Details: Councilmember Eofrram Troyas is a new addition to the council of Brindol. As such, he is less prone to the traditional means of accomplishing

important tasks (that is, he can get things done without getting bogged down in politics). He has established a reputation as an outspoken, and sometimes

combative, public figure. Later in the AP he seeks election to the Coalition Council.

Appearance: Thin, neat, short beard.

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR, SSK

 

Fangren

Details: gnoll warchief

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: DotD

 

Farstriders (Group)

Details: Led by Edgar Sommerfield, a warlord of some fame, the Farstriders are far and above the most successful adventuring party in Elsir Vale at the start of SoBW. They’ve slain a black dragon, ousted a nest of kobolds, and even undertaken an expedition into the Shadowfell. They all die at the hands of Tusk's forces

Members: Edgar Sommerfield, twin elf rangers Uulath and Reiner, Jen (half-elf warlock), and Corben (human fighter).

 

Freeriders (Group)

Details: The Freeriders formed up six months ago in Elsir’s Crossing. They left the small community and headed east, where they dealt with a foul cabal of

cultists in an isolated town called Beacon. After, they returned to Brindol for some down time and learned of the impending threat

Members: Megan Swiftblade, Ragnum Dourstone, Sylen Leafrunner, Ghena Tenson, Madrick

 

Gallia

Details: Githzerai traitor, possessed by Githyanki spirit

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG

 

Ghena Tenson

Details: Member of the Freeriders, human wizard

Appearance: Short, pudgy, with a round face and small eyes, she has shoulder-length blond hair, a face full of freckles, and long, slender fingers

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Gilgathorn

Details: AKA Thorn, elven mercenary

Appearance: eyepatch over one eye, bristling with weapons

Mannerisms:

Features in: DotD

 

Grovald

Details: new caretaker of Erathis' shrine

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tTB

 

Haelyn

Details: Priest at the Sanctuary of Erathis in Overlook

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW (if introduced), tTB (killed)

 

Inda*

Details:  A shadar-kai witch, attemptong to use portals to the Shadowfell.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tFS*

 

Iranda

Details: A dark creeper. Works for Modra and Sarshan. Should be carrying the key for the Shadowfell portal.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Jalissa

Details: Half-elf acolyte of Ioun, trained in arcane and healing arts. Kidnapped by Sinruth's hobgoblins.

Appearance: Blonde, beautiful

Mannerisms: Ditzy: falls for first hero to save her

Features in: RaR

 

Jerra Dauralis (Captain)

Details: human female watch captain of Overlook

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG

 

Kalad

Details: Dwarven paladin, last survivor of the Monstery of the Sundered Fist. Assists on the assault on the Nexus (SoBW). Later becomes a general in the war

with the party's aid (HotBG), and then is killed offscreen by a Githyanki assassin (TofSSK).

Appearance: tall, heavily muscled, beard torn out, haunted look

Mannerisms: deeply pious, serious, reserved and withdrawn. Haunted by the fate of his brethren.

Features in: SoBW, HotBG, ACA*

Notes:  Version of Kalad made into a PC available here.

 

Karros (Ancestor)

Details: priest of Moradin's temple in the Divine Knot (Nine Bells)

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tTB

 

Kartenix

Details: Former Captain of the Brindol town guard, killed by Sinruth's troops, father of Thurann

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Kuthamolik*

Details: Young black dragon, battles the Farstriders.  Assisting Sharshan.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tFS*

 

Lavinya

Details: priestess of the temple of Erathis. She's a bit jealous that the shrine tended by a nice old woman named Haelyn draws more worshippers than her

church does. But she is still friendly with Haelyn.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tTB

 

Leena

Details: Shadar kai witch from Umbraforge, follower of Sarshan

Appearance: She wears a black cloak edged with adamantine beads, and she keeps her long hair plaited to hang down her back. Gold piercings line her ears and lower lip, and a black starburst tattoo encloses her right eye.

Mannerisms: Leena is a kind of moral reflection of Sarshan. Every bit the opportunist, she is happy to take advantage of the march to war as long as it offers profit for her, but has a change of heart when she observes the honorable behavior of the PCs.

Features in: SRoUF

 

Lost Ones (Group)

Details: Thieves guild of Overlook

Members: Szagyn

 

Madrick

Details: gnome rogue

Appearance: short, with pale skin, and large black eyes. He wears brown and gray clothing to help him sneak about. His best friend in the world is Bandit and

the raccoon is never far from his side

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Mag Blackthorn

Details:

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: LMoK

 

Maythas Fellbane*

Details: Brother to Egrimm Fellbane, a farrier in Overlook.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: ACA*

 

Megan Swiftblade

Details: Leader of the Freeriders. After a friendly, if competetive intro (SoBW) she becomes jealous of the party's success later in the AP. Maybe good to

foreshadow this at the end of SoBW. Later needs the party's aid to survive assassin attacks (BtMT).

Appearance: Megan is sword thin with an attractive figure, keeps her blond hair cut short, and has a vicious scar that runs from her forehead and down her

left cheek.

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW, tTB, BtMT

 

Mirtala

Details: a timid human woman, she is a cook at the Pantashi Inn. Kidnapped by Sinruth's hobgoblins

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Modra

Details: Dark Creeper, disgraced employee of Sarshan, sold weapons to the orcs. Seeks the brass key held by Iranda

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SRoUF

 

Morgoff Stonefist (Great Elder)

Details: Head of the Overlook Council, wants to retire

Appearance: elderly dwarf

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Morrik

Details: Hobgoblin captured at the start of RaR, reveals location of Sinruth's lair

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Murrik Ironfell

Details: member of the Ironfell clan

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tTB

 

Myrissa

Details: This shadar kai witch is Tusk’s occasional lover and advisor. Tusk sent her back to the Shadowfell to recruit allies to help his cause, and a short

time later she returned with a small army of dark ones led by a mysterious and sinister dark creeper known as the emissary, Iranda.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Odos

Details: Githzerai leader

Appearance: blind elderly monk

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG

 

Prashant and Ausma

Details: Owners of the Happy Beggar

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SRoUF

 

Ragnum Dourstone

Details: Heart of the Freeriders

Appearance: Dwarf priest of Moradin, graying

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Reniss

Details: half-elf ranger, sister of Jen from the Farstriders

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SRoUF

 

Sarshan

Details: Shadar kai arms dealer. Primary foe of the heroes during the heroic tier.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SRoUF, BtMT

 

Sinruth

Details: hobgoblin leader of the new Red Hand of Doom, evoking the memory of the mighty army that ran across the land like a scythe 40 years ago.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Sertanian

Details: A formal elderly man, he is Castellan of the Hall of Great Valor. He also served in the army that fought against the Red Hand 40 years ago.

Kidnapped by Sinruth's hobgoblins

Appearance: Balding, clean-shaven, slightly stooped

Mannerisms: Plummy, ever so slightly pompous, fanatical hatred of hobgoblins

Features in: RaR, DotD

 

Sylen Leafrunner

Details: Elf ranger, member of the Freeriders

Appearance: Sylen is whip thin, with long brown hair and angular features that give him the look of a fox.

Mannerisms:

Features in:

 

Szagyn

Details: Lost Ones underboss

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: DotD

 

Thurann

Details: Son of the guard captain Kartenix, kidnapped by Sinruth's hobgoblins

Appearance: 9 yr old boy

Mannerisms: Plucky

Features in: RaR

 

Tokk'it

Details: Githzerai scout

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: HotBG

 

Tusk

Details: Leader of the orc armies. Not a true orc, he has the blood of ogres in his veins, which makes him larger, tougher, and eminently more dangerous.

Having slaughtered half a dozen orc chieftains, he drew together the unruly tribes to mount an offensive against Bordrin’s Watch to lay claim to the soft

lands beyond its walls.

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: SoBW

 

Zerriksa

Details: A naturally cranky human woman, everyone in Brindol thinks Zerriksa is a witch, but she’s really just a talented herbalist. Kidnapped by Sinruth's

hobgoblins

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: RaR

 

Zithiruun (General)

Details: disgraced githyanki general

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: tTB

 

Zoram Splintershield

Details: dwarf patrol leader

Appearance:

Mannerisms:

Features in: DotD

 

To Do:

Bejam: Deva Thraxi, ruler of Nefelus

Caliandra of the Stagrunners

Fariex the Scalehammer

Inogo Dravitch

Og, Orog hero

Quelenna Entromiel

Telicanthus: Githyanki merchant, socialite and celebrity

Uarion