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Major Antagonists

• Rath Modar / Greivar Staffshard 🔴

• Role: Primary antagonist; duplicitousRed scholar-turned-Red-Wizard.

  Wizard in scholar’s guise.
• Last

  seen: Escaped during warehouse sting (Session 5).

• Location: Waterdeep (fugitive); /networks operatinginto network across Sword Coast andthe High Forest.

• Notes:

  Known motives: AcquireSeeking artifacts (Seeing Gem, Stone of Golorr, Lost Tome of Zar’thal),; bypasscan magicalbypass/compromise wards,wards; increasesummons arcanefiends powerand possiblyuses toward godlike aims.

  shapechangers.
• Quick

  Connections:actions: PuppeteeredInterrogate localcaptured nobleshenchmen; andtrace criminals;summoning formerrunes; mentorsurveil toknown Torjicontacts under(Drask, aliasThrane, Greivar.

  Thann).

Buzarach (demon lieutenant) 🐍

• Role: Six‑armed, snake‑bodied demon enforcer for Rath.
• Last

  Hooks:seen: IdentityDefeated secrets,in methodsthe forsewers bypassing(Session Waterdeep wards, ultimate goal and allies.

  4).
• Notes:

  Buzarach

  Hesitated

• Role: Rath Modar’s demon lieutenant; six-armed, snake-bodied fiend.

• Location: Summoned as enforcer within Waterdeep sewers and warehouses.

• Known motives: Serve Modar’s commands; fatal aggressor toward party and city guards.

• Unique features: Six arms; aversion or hesitation aroundagainst Arranis’s bow; resistantsummoning tosignature certainmay wards.

  be traceable.
• Quick

  Hooks:actions: Demonic origin,Recover summoning runeglyphs; signature,analyze whetherdemonic she reports to a higher fiend.

  residue.

Sarya Dlardrageth

⚡

• Role: Ancient half-sun-half‑sun elf half-/ half‑fiend sorceress from Arranis’s backstory.

• Location: Escaped imprisonment; threat to the High Forest and Eaerlann.

• Known motives: Vengeance and destruction of her ancient foes; long-term antagonist whose return catalyzed the High Forest battle.

• Connections: Allied with hooded wizard during incursion; appears in historical threads tied to currentArranis’s artifact thefts.

  past.
• Last

  Hooks:seen: CurrentHistorical whereabouts,antagonist; whetherbelieved herescaped returnlong tiesago but linked to recent disturbances.

• Notes: Her incursion into the Fey/High Forest connects to stolen artifacts and portal events.
• Quick actions: Archive search; consult Adran and Hierophant for lore and likely lairs.

 

Rath Modar’s plans.

Known Henchmen & Proxies

Doppelganger Impostor (as Nindil Jalbuck) 🪄

• Role: Infiltrator among masked Lords; unmasked by Seeing Gem.
• Last seen: Captured at the Lords’ hearing (Session 5).
• Notes: Likely part of infiltration cell enabling Ward compromise.
• Quick actions: Interrogate under warded conditions; map replacement cadence.

Rath Modar’s Agents and Henchmen

• Captured Assassins (warehouse/sewers cells)

  /

warehouse) 🗡️

• Role: Hired killers used against the party; sources of local intelligence.

• Location: Operatives in Waterdeep criminal underworld.

• Unique features: Professional, coordinated, worked with Captain Drask and local crews.

• Hooks: Interrogation can reveal procurement routes, patron list, and contact methods.

• Doppelganger Impostor (posed as Nindil Jalbuck)

• Role: Infiltrator placed among city elites; unmasked by the Seeing Gem.

• Location: Posing within Waterdeep’s political circles.

• Known motives: Spy and sow discord; likely sent to enable Ward compromise.

• Unique features: Shapechanger with mocking cruelty; likely reports to Rath or his proxies.

• Hooks: Interrogation may expose infiltration network and replacement targets.

• Hobgoblin Band and Human Leads

• Role: Forest ambushers attacking the party near Tall Trees; tied to widerDrask/Thann/Thrane force in the High Forest.

  network.
• Last

  Location:seen: HighApprehended Forestduring approachessewer/warehouse toencounters Tall(Sessions Trees4–5).

• Notes: Sources for procurement routes and Nordahaeril.
  payment trails.
• Quick

  Knownactions: motives:Interrogate; Harass,cross‑check capture,crew and reportmanifest on party movements—possibly targeting Adran specifically.

  names.

Unique

Quasits features:(watchers) Human👁️

fighter and human mage leading non-goblinoid forces; organized hits suggest sponsorship.

• Hooks: Captured leader and loot may reveal employer sigils, supply lines, or a staging area.

• Quasit Watchers

• Role: Small demonic scouts assignedused to guard Torji in Rath Modar’s custody.

  Torji.
• Last

  Location:seen: Modar’Present during Torji’s temporarycaptivity; holdingsome sitesescaped (sewers,or warehouses).

  were slain.

• Known motives: Deny escape, harass prisoners, report to Modar’s summoning network.

• Hooks:Notes: Summoning patternlocus and bindings couldare leadkey toleads.

Modar’s
• Quick actions: Identify summoning loci.
  loci; examine bindings and command phrases.

Hobgoblin Band (plus human fighter/mage) ⚔️

• Role: Ambush force in High Forest targeting party/Adran.
• Last seen: Leader captured; mage killed while fleeing (Session 6).
• Notes: Mixed leadership (human mage/fighter) implies outside sponsorship.
• Quick actions: Interrogate leader; examine camp loot for sigils/payments.

 

City Allies and& Officials

• Khelben “Blackstaff” Arunsun

🧙‍♂️

• Role: Major arcane ally; ward architect and active field commander.

• Last

  Location:seen: BlackstaffActively Toweraiding the party in Waterdeep (Sessions 4–5).

• Notes: Grants Gates, wards, and Cityarcane ofsupport; Waterdeep.
  cautious about exposing full plans.
• Quick

  Knownactions: motives:Request ProtectGate; Waterdeep, maintain and repair arcane defenses, counter Rath Modar.

• Unique features: Powerful gating and warding magic; personally intervened against Rath’s incursions.

• Hooks: Sourceconsult for spells,ward‑vulnerability artifacts access, and political backing; knows limits of the Wards.

  analysis.

Piergeiron Paladinson

🛡️

• Role: Civic leader and martial champion of Waterdeep.

• Last

  Location:seen: CastlePresent Wardat warehouse sting and commandLords’ center.

  hearing (Session 5).
• Notes:

  KnownCan motives:marshal Defend the cityWatch and enforceallied law;celestial assemble strike forces.

  aid.
• Quick

  Hooks:actions: High‑levelRequest politicalWatch influenceresources; andcoordinate militarylarge‑scale resources.

  response.

Lord Byronae Trilluach

(Font ally) 📜

• Role: Font of Knowledge allyliaison; and coordinator with Lords; nearly killed during encounters.

  investigator.
• Last

  Location:seen: FontActive; ofcoordinated Knowledgedebriefs /(Sessions Castle Ward.

  4–5).

• Known motives: Protect the city’s knowledge and artifacts; lead investigations into Ward compromise.

• Hooks:Notes: Access to Font archives, testimony at hearings,archives and liaisonlegal tochannels.

• Quick actions: Request archive pulls; schedule interviews with Savant Sandrew.

Captain Rulathon

🚨

• Role: City Captain and field commandercommander.

• Last seen: Present in raidsfield againstoperations Rath’s(Sessions forces.
  4–5).
• Notes:

  Location:Handles Watch/City Guard operations.

• Known motives: Arrest conspirators and secure the city.

• Hooks: Tactical support, arrests,arrests and prisoner custody.

• Quick

  actions: Arrange testimony logistics for Garrick; request Watch manifests.

Savant Sandrew

(Font archivist) 🕮

• Role: Font of Knowledge archivist and researcher.

• Location: Great Library / Font of Knowledge.

• Known motives: TraceArchivist; artifact provenance expert.

• Last seen: Assisting with records and research (Session 5).
• Notes: Primary route to Stone of Golorr / Lost Tome research.
• Quick actions: Commission search on Stone of Golorr, LostDarkhold Tome of Zar’thal)trials, and provide historical leads.

• Hooks: Archive searches, trial records, Waterdeep trial transcripts, and research assignments.

  transcripts.

Watchman Dashhir

👮

• Role: Gar’rick’s cousin; City Watch membercontact.

wounded
• Last inseen: Wounded and honored after warehouse fightfight.
• Notes: Local dockward intelligence and honored.

• Location: City Watch.

• Known motives: Protect the city and assist allies; personal tiefriendly to Gar’rick.

• Quick

  Hooks:actions: LocalUse Watchfor intel,Dock potentialWard futurerumors assistance.

  and crew testimony.

 

Forest Allies and& BackstoryHistorical Figures

Adran Dalanthan (Arranis’s father) 🌿

• Adran Dalanthan

• Role: Arranis’s father; scholarScholar of Eaerlann and advisorportal lore; escort/guide to Caerilcarn.

• Location: Nordahaeril and Tall Trees.

• Last

  Knownseen: motives:Traveling Recoverwith stolenthe artifactsparty toward Tall Trees (StoneSession of Golorr), preserve elven history, protect his family and homeland.

  6).
• Notes:

  Hooks:Possible Deepspecific target; deep knowledge of Eaerlann,elven portalrelics.

lore,
• Quick possibleactions: targetDebrief for motive clues; search family archives for Stone of enemyGolorr forces.
  links.

Hierophant of the High Forest

🌳

• Role: Spiritual leader and coordinatordefender of forest defenses (historical).

• Location: High Forest and Fey-linked sites.

• Known motives: Defend the forest from(historical demonic/ incursionscontactable).

• Last seen: Referenced in Arranis’s history; contact via Caerilcarn.
• Notes: Can marshal treants/fey and corruption.
  perform cleansing rites.
• Quick

  Hooks:actions: RitualsPetition tofor detect/cleanserites; corruption,request contacts with treants and treant/fey guardians.

  scouts.

Morgwais and& Yrind Morninglight

⚔️

• Role: Legendary elven commanders who repelled Sarya historically.
• Last

  Role:seen: LeadersPrimarily inhistorical; thetheir historicallegacies defenseguide againstcurrent Sarya; respected military figures in elven lore.

  defense.
• Notes:

  Location:Relic High Forest historycaches and Talltactical Treesdoctrines councilmay memory.

  be relevant.
• Quick

  Knownactions: motives:Inspect Drive back demonic returns and hold the linememorials/archives for elvenrelic lands.

  leads.

Hooks: Legends, battle tactics, relic locations, and historical testimony.

• Blink Dog Guardian

🐕‍🌀

• Role: ForestFey guardian that joined the party;guardian; scout and feycompanion ally.

  to the party.
• Last

  Location:seen: HighJoined Forestparty nearand Tallintercepted Trees.

  fleeing mage (Session 6).
• Notes:

  KnownUseful motives:for Protectfast thescouting, forestteleports, and itslocal allies;fey counter incursions and report anomalies.

  contacts.
• Quick

  Hooks:actions: LocalEmploy guidance,as fastrecon; teleportationask for reconnaissance,guidance possiblethrough linkcorrupted to Hierophant.

  zones.

Lesser

 Contacts,

Background

Dock NPCs,Ward and& Leads

Conspiracy Figures

Captain Drask ⛵

• Captain Drask

• Role: Dock captain tied to smuggling and conspirators.

• Last seen: Injured and fleeing during warehouse sting (Session 5).
• Notes: Likely used warehouses and shipping routes to move artifacts.
• Quick actions: Seize manifests; interview crew; check docks for suspicious cargo.

Juror Thrane ⚖️

• Role: Corrupt juror implicated in the conspiracySeeing Gem sale.
• Last seen: Injured and smugglingattempted network.
  to flee during sting (Session 5).
• Notes:

  Location:Judicial Dockleverage Wardto operationsbury/alter and warehouse contacts.

  records.
• Quick

  Knownactions: motives:Audit Profitcourt andfiles; collusionsubpoena withpayment Rath’s local proxies.

  records.

Hooks: Shipping manifests, smuggling routes, and criminal associates.

• Juror Thrane

• Role: Corrupt juror involved in the plot to sell the Seeing Gem.

• Location: Judicial circles in Waterdeep.

• Known motives: Greed and influence; provided legal cover or insider access.

• Hooks: Legal manipulations, contacts within courts, and testimony value.

• Lord Thann

🏛️

• Role: Noble conspirator involved in theSeeing sale;Gem physicallysale.

compromised
• Last seen: Wounded/fallen during thesting sting.
  (Session 5).

• Location:Notes: Noble circles;ledgers warehouseand purchaserfences cohort.

  may expose buyers.
• Quick

  Knownactions: motives:Inspect Black-marketestate dealingsrecords; andmonitor artifactnoble trade.

  patrons.

Hooks:

Nell Estate liquidation records, ledger trails, and patron networks.

Nell

Role: (Gar’rick’s docksidementor) mentor⚓

• Role: Dockside fisherman and surrogate father.
  father to Gar’rick.
• Last

  Location:seen: Dock WardWard, Mistshore contact.

• Notes: Good for low‑level rumors and Mistshore.
  safe harbors.
• Quick

  Knownactions: motives:Use Protectfor Gar’rick’sundercover family; provide mundane supportintel and localcrew knowledge.introductions.

 

• Hooks: Dock rumors, fisherman networks, and safe-harbor leads.

• Torji’s MentorsRelated (JorathinContacts

  Reese; Greivar alias)

• Role:

  Jorathin Reese —(mentor) original📘

  • Role: Torji’s early mentor in Evereska; scholarly guardian.
  • Last seen: Evereska (correspondence expected).
  • Quick actions: Request letters or apprenticeship notes; confirm Torji’s early history.

  Greivar Staffshard (as tutor alias) — reclusivesee scholarRath whoModar

  • Role: Early tutor; later revealed asto be Rath Modar.

  • Notes:

    Location:Any Evereska;correspondence Iriaebor;or Waterdeepnotes connections.

    from
  Iriaebor
  • may

    Knownreveal motives:manipulation Jorathin pursued scholarship and guardianship; Greivar used mentorship to manipulate Torji into serving Rath’s plans.

  • Hooks: Letters, correspondence, and Candlekeep/Darkhold leads tied to Lost Tome of Zar’thal.

    methods.