Raeluna

Chaywa Abouet

A creche daughter of Akissi, began in the Abouet Clan of Anvard and went to study at the Collegium on Morayel after showing aptitudes in that direction. Akissi had a “feeling” to travel with her, and on the way back from Morayel to Anvard they had many adventures. Chaywa was snapped up by the Magi Clan upon her return. Years later, Chaywa gave Akissi a coin and told her where to go when it stopped glowing. Presumed deceased, although a note to Akissi was delivered at the Gellersway after whatever may have befallen the previous Alshekal cohort. The note may have been a ruse by Dar Aslan to delay the party - the party ignored it.

Enelach

Ramach’s great-uncle, a famed drop-mage, spent some years abroad before returning to Mehujael and, addressing the entire extended family, held aloft a small glowing coin, claiming it held secrets worth far more than the platinum it contained. He promised it to the first in the family who undertook and survived the High Drop from Iradel. Ramach, assisted by liquid courage and peer pressure, made the drop. Enelach gave Ramach the coin and told him where to go when it stopped glowing. Presumed deceased, although In the Vault on Vaaris the party found a Spirit of Intellect vessel containing select memories of Enelach about Alshekal safe houses, buyers, and projects. Ramach committed these to memory. The Spirit of Intellect vessel was then given to Dar Aslan under duress, and lost. Another Enelach SOI was found in the Alshekal house on Iradel, this one of a much younger Enelach and containing his memories of a bad drop and the younger Enelach's obsession with the Barons of Iradel.

Nyana

A sorcerer of Zelix. On a mysterious mission in the Ang mountains, Nyana hired a Redmetal Guild escort to descend deep onto the unexplored lower slopes. While traversing a scree field, the group was beset by a flock of black, winged creatures who made off with or slew all the party except Orosh and Nyana. Through luck and grit, the two returned to the Redmetal fortress. Before Nyana left, Orosh confessed his secret love and yearning for Nyana, who gently rebuffed him. She did, however, say that their business was not yet finished and that Orosh had done a great service for her and her “guild,” called the Alshekal. Nyana gave Orosh a coin and told him where to go when it stopped glowing. Presumed deceased. The party later finds that she primarily stayed in the House on Nade, and activates her SOI there. The Nyana SOI has information about Nyana's search for the Gate Compass.

Thalina

Paetro’s aunt from Vaaris, an island-hopping black sheep younger sibling who left Vaaris as a young woman and occasionally returned to visit and relate exciting tales of her adventures to her impressionable nephew. At age sixteen, following one such visit, Paetro decided to leave with her. They ended up on Anvard, and increasingly Paetro doubted that his aunt had an actual profession, and suspected that however she came by her seemingly bottomless coin purse, it was probably somehow illegal. One day as they sat for breakfast in the otherwise empty common room of a small inn, Thalina gave Paetro a coin and told him where to go when it stopped glowing. She then said she had to leave on an important errand and would be back in a few days, but she never returned. Presumed deceased, although on Anvard the party recovered from Dar Aslan a Spirit of Intellect vessel containing select memories of Thalina about the Vault on Vaaris and the existence of the Alshekal.

Mote

A Collegium trained mage from the Outer Island of Chalk who travelled extensively with his master, Alvash. Alvash gave Mote a coin and told him where to go when it stopped glowing. He then vanished, and Mote traveled the Gates alone, offering his services in the Travertons and near Cities while waiting to return home at the next Gate opening to Chalk. When the coin stopped glowing he came to the Gellersway, thereby assuring that he would miss the next available opening - in joining the Alshekal he has stranded himself in the Core Islands for another 6 years. Mote is a nervous sort, fidgety and prone to literally vanish at the first sign of danger, but has shown resourcefulness and bravery to the benefit of the party on occasion. On Wisp, he evidently incinerated one Arcanist and threw another over a quarter mile, but then passed out and has no memory of doing so. His very head glows with necromancy and conjuration auras, but he seems utterly unaware of his own strange nature. On Nade, Mote collapsed and a much older SOI version of Mote appeared, saying he had been observing them from the Gellersway. He confirmed the party as Alshekal and informed them of their purpose as watchers and foils of the Arcanists's more...non-human endeavors. Mote then leaves the party.

Alard Hoster

Innkeep of the Gellersway on Anvard, and the very picture of the Hotelier Guild type. He is short and pleasantly portly, with neatly cut hair and well made but understated Anvardi clothing. His Travit is severely accented in Low Anvardi, but with his enthusiasm and beaming tanned face he makes himself understood, clearly taking pleasure in accommodating his guests. He shines with the pride of providing quality rooms, food, and service. Last seen happy and healthy at the Gellersway, quietly concerned that the incident in his inn might lose his Clan the fat contract form the Alshekal.

Prok

A rogue in a small Clannless thieve’s guild in Anvard City,from a Clannless barrio near the Greengate. Prok hired on at the Gellersway to spy on the goings-on leading up to the first party gathering there, and then stole a box containing a Thalina Spirit of Intellect vessel (though he had no idea what it was). Instead of delivering it to his guild, he went directly to the man who hired them, Dar Aslan. In doing so he betrayed his own, and was presumably going to be hunted down and punished. Last seen the night before the theft, serving the party dinner.

Dar Aslan

A merchant, or possibly a rogue, or possibly a competitor to the Alshekal, a collector of rare objects and ancient treasures. Dar hired thieves on Anvard to steal the Thalina Spirit of Intellect vessel that was to be the party’s introduction to the Alshekal. The party forcibly took it back, but not before Dar somehow activated it and tricked the Thalina spirit into giving him the location of the Vault on Vaaris. Whether or not Dar was looking for this information or was just following an opportunity is not clear. The party then ran into several roadblocks and delays set out by Dar Alsan; a “distress note” from Akissi’s daughter Chaywa, hired Grovan Clan goons on Anvard, an arrest by the Baraki authorities at the Traverton on Vaaris. He got to the Vault on Vaaris first, but the party got into the Vault and retrieved its contents first...only to be waylaid by Dar and overmatched by his hired help at the entrance. Dar offered the party their lives for the contents of the Vault, and the party had no choice but to oblige. Later on Wisp the party learned that Dar somehow misinformed Paetro’s father that it was Paetro who killed his aunt Thalina and stole a family treasure from the vault, causing Paetro’s father to hire a posse of Uldan Vaaris Home Guard and Orn Riders to chase and capture Paetro, and dispose of the rest of the party. Last “seen” leaving Vaaris for Anvard, in the company of his hired mage Kander and in the illusionary guise of Biolo. Later the party sought information on Dar from a fence on Nade named Palmach, and found out much more about him (see Adventures, Persistence and Patience)and that Dar is planning an expedition to Balmach.

Kander

An ill-kempt, portly, short, limping, collegium trained mage-for-hire residing on Anvard. Dar Alsan hired Kander for the raiding of the Vault on Vaaris and the accompanying shenanigans. Among his skills are creating good illusions. He “made” a huge beast guard outside the Vault on Vaaris, and seemingly disguised Dar Aslan while in the Vaaris Traverton after the Vault incident. The party saw him leaving Vaaris to return to Anvard with “Biolo”, presumably Dar Aslan in an illusory disguise. Last seen on Nade with an assortment of Dar Alsan hirelings preparing for en expedition to Nade.

Biolo

A towering Uldan wearing traditional pants and an old armless leather vest with various studs of polished stone. Paetro knows him to be a roustabout and bar brawler on Vaaris, a sort of drunken social outcast still hired for his brawn. His arms are ropy masses of muscle, and his beefy face displays the remains of many punches. Dar Aslan hired him for muscle during his raid on the Varris Vault, and Orosh “interviewed” him after the job over several pints of ale. Last seen drinking away his Dar Alsan payday at a tavern in the Traverton on Vaaris.

Yesu

An Arcanist in the “troubleshooting” branch of the Arcanists. Came to Wisp to help clear it of corruption. Friendly and grateful for the party’s work in killing the corrupted creatures, and shared with Paetro that a posse was forming on the Vaaris side of the Wisp-Vaaris gate with the intent of coming after Paetro and his associates. Seemed to recognize Mote. He was willing to delay reporting the completion of their work in exchange for a “conversation” with Mote, and was tossed a quarter mile over Wispan grassland for his trouble. Last seen unconscious near the edge of Wisp Island, and disappeared before the party could heal or wake him. Confirmed to be deceased by SOI Mote on Nade.

Taredo

A captain in the Uldan Vaaris Home Guard, and a conservative who feels Uldan Vaaris should be left to Uldans. He led a squad of Home Guard and Orn Riders sent to Wisp after Paetro and the party, but based on false information given to Paetro's father. A keen observer of character and a discerner of truth, Taredo concluded that Paetro and the party were innocent of those accusations, but not before a few scuffles with the party and unfortunate deaths on the Uldan side. His ire was soon directed at Dar Alsan, and he and his Uldans were last seen leaving Wisp to Nade, from there to hunt down Dar Alsan if they can. Presumed to now be on Anvard or even back on Vaaris.

Miksaji Palmach

A Mehujaelite exile who acts as a fence on Nade for strange objects and artifacts, a friend of the Alshekal passed to the party from the memories of Enelach. He is contacted by wearing two red items at a certain market and waiting for instructions. Items sold to Miksaji are often at a discount, but pay usually includes rumors of other high end items. The party contacted him to sell larger Ancient Race bones they picked up on Wisp. Palmach is careful, working through intermediaries at first and never meeting in the same place twice. After accepting the party as the Alshekal's successors, he buys the bones and provides dirt on Dar Aslan. He also provides a lead on Rinsluk, a man Nyana believes may have had the Gate Compass last, and has the party raid the slaughterhouse cellar of Palmach's rival Revis to retrieve more information.

Rinsluk

A surface explorer and dealer in surface artifacts. Years ago, gave Nyana some bad information about the location of the Gate Compass on Angbol. Nyana thinks he may have stolen it from the Brightstar Guild of Angbol and kept it himself. He was last seen by Nyanaon Nade, and the party finds that he went to a fence named Revis to get himself off the Island. Revis in turn sent him to Baron Erodan of Iradel. In a trade with the Baron, the party learns that Rinsluk owns a tavern at the Mehujaeli dropper village of Abarel on Iradel. The party confronts him there, only to be attacked by Brightstar Guild agent Borlu and several Brightstar champions. Rinsluk had tried to hide out and settle into the life of a tavern-keep, but in the attack his wife and small child are murdered by Borlu and his tavern is burned to the ground. In exchange for revenge on Borlu (Rinsluk kills him after the party captured him), the former explorer tells the party that he sold the Gate Compass to a feckless Baron Bredini before walking away from luckless tragedy.

Baroness Bredini of Iradel

Heiress to the late Baron, who was an Alshekal contact and buyer of old. She renews the deal with the party, and is still interested in magic items and any leads on their lost collection, but lets them know that her house is cash poor and will need to trade in credit or favors. She provided the party with an introduction to the Baron Erodan of Iradel. Later she made a second deal with the party, giving them pieces of a "fake" Gate Compass if they find and return her wayward younger sister, Aidra Bredini.

Baron Erodan of Iradel

A man with a reputation for making people disappear, physically and from arcane prying eyes. His family always marries random Iradel natives. Secretive and only accessible through reliable introductions. He made a deal with the party, trading a year of protection from divination and the location of RInsluk for the opportunity to study one of the Alshekal coins for a time. Koros took the offer for the party. The Baron later came and took possession of Borlu's body and a captured Brightstar Guild champion.

Aidra Bredini

Younger sister to Baroness Bredini of Iradel. Believes their late father's death to be foul play, and has spent the last year on forays to other Islands to prove this theory. The party tracks her through investigation and her father's signet ring to a building in Nade City, a spice and rare foods shop. They rescue her from the corrupt proprietors, and she joins the party (or the party joins her) on a quest for the Gate Compass, sometimes getting ahead of the party and sometimes following them. At Camp Harrow, the party finds her turned to stone. Back on Nade, they un-petrify her and offer to broker the sale of her recovered Gate Compass. She accepts.

Trask

The owner of a rare foods and spice market in Nade City. Also the local leader of a kind of cult answering to a master on the "farm", a mysterious place in rural Nade. They were storing corrupt yellow pollen similar to (if not the same as) the dust form the weeds on Wisp, intending to eventually slip in into the food they sold. They also exposed enemies to the pollen in cells under the market, turning them into some kind of dim hulking corrupt creatures. Trask and his followers took the Gate Compass from Baron Bredini and killed him, delivering the object to the farm shortly before their "master" took up residence there. Bested by the party and killed by Aidra Bredini. Deceased.

Helkaka

A Rathi Magi, heir of a family whose ancestors were sorcerous advisors to the Anax of the Rathi. In his 60s, rich, and reported to be quite a big deal in the Uldrathi social scene. Owns his own small islet in the Concord of Uldrath. In the search for the Gate Compass the players found that Helkala used minions to steal it from Baron Bredini (then had him killed), had the Compass shipped to his islet (Helkala's Hold), and has been using it to sneak corruption onto the Islands without triggering the Gate Guardians. The party raided his Hold, and found a permanently open teleportation circle that took them to the surface. On the surface they found Camp Harrow, an expedition funded by Helkala to ostensibly establish a gold mine under an Ancient Race ruin. The party finds upon raiding the ruin that Camp Harrow is where Helkala is sourcing the corruption he is spreading on the Islands. Slain in battle with the party. Deceased.

Little Grapak

A giant of a man and leader of a Traverton warrior clan on Darrowmar known as the Viprathi. The party tangled with the clan, and Orosh and Grapak fought in single combat. Grapak won, and then Ramach incinerated most of his followers. Later, Grapak brought the rest of his clan to ambush the party and get revenge, mostly targeting Ramach. The party barely beat them all, killed most of the attackers, and brought Little Grapak low, leaving him with two crossbow bolts in his eye atop a pile of the corpses of his erstwhile clan.

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