*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.

Adronsius

• Details: An accomplished dwarf alchemist, kidnapped and beaten by the hobgoblins at Rivenroar
• Appearance:
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• Features in: RaR

Alvro Taramin (General)

• Details: military head of Sayre
• Appearance:
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• Features in: HotBG

Alys

• Details: messenger from Brindol, kidnapped by the Lost Ones
• Appearance: young girl
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• Features in: DotD

Amyria

• Details: Deva paladin of Bahamut. Trapped in platimum sword rescued from Rivenroar
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• Features in: RaR, D0tD, HotBG, AaN, TotSSK

Aussir*

• Details: White dragon wyrmling, assisting Inda.
• Appearance:
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• Features in: tFS*

Brann'ot

• Details: Githyanki assassin
• Appearance:
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• 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:
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• 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
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• Features in: SoBW

Devian Torrance (Lord)

• Details: Governor of Sayre
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• 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:
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• 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
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• 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
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• Features in: DotD

Grovald

• Details: new caretaker of Erathis' shrine
• Appearance:
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• Features in: tTB

Haelyn

• Details: Priest at the Sanctuary of Erathis in Overlook
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• Features in: SoBW (if introduced), tTB (killed)

Inda*

• Details: A shadar-kai witch, attemptong to use portals to the Shadowfell.
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• Features in: tFS*

Iranda

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

Karros (Ancestor)

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

Kartenix

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

Kuthamolik*

• Details: Young black dragon, battles the Farstriders. Assisting Sharshan.
• Appearance:
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• 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:
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• 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
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• Features in: SoBW

Mag Blackthorn

• Details:
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• Features in: LMoK

Maythas Fellbane*

• Details: Brother to Egrimm Fellbane, a farrier in Overlook.
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• 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.
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• Features in: SoBW, tTB, BtMT

Mirtala

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

Modra

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

Murrik Ironfell

• Details: member of the Ironfell clan
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• 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 Iranda.
• Appearance:
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• Features in: SoBW

Odos

• Details: Githzerai leader
• Appearance: blind elderly monk
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• Features in: HotBG

Prashant and Ausma

• Details: Owners of the Happy Beggar
• Appearance:
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• 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:
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• Features in: SRoUF

Sarshan

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

Szagyn

• Details: Lost Ones underboss
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• 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:
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• 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.
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• 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:
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• Features in: RaR

Zithiruun (General)

• Details: disgraced githyanki general
• Appearance:
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• Features in: tTB

Zoram Splintershield

• Details: dwarf patrol leader
• Appearance:
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• 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