Friends

Al-Nisr, The Eagle, Champion of the South

Campaigns:

pre-Stormlands

Deceased,

slain by Coryon's Horrible Abomination of Stone, on Red Rock.

Al-Nisr was a great hero, who came from the East long ago on his pegasus Durpar in search of (according to the Book of the Eagle's Way) the Holy Grail. He travelled by the Beggar City of Tovilyis, where he met his scribe Qima, whom he cured of the Blue Pox. Al-Nisr cleared the Lakes of monsters, driving them deep into the Forest of Sibilan. Still seeking the Grail, he never returned from an expedition to the Red Rock, but he left a legacy of goodness and justice which was never forgotten by the Lake Men. Al-Nisr possessed a magical sword and medallion, neither of which have ever been recovered. 

Arborius

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Old Coast

Arborius is a dour elven ranger, trained by Vardin and the Protectors and with more loyalty to them and to his friend Kellin than to other elves. He says little, but observes much.

Sir Arcturus, Warden of Castle Lawden

Campaigns:

Stormlands 2

Sir Arcturus was a knight of Berghof who fled that kingdom to escape Malac's reign of terror. He ended up at Lord Weemsley hold in the Stormlands's. He helped Daphne in her attack on Caer Tollund, and became its first warden after Lord Tollund defeat.

Black Annie, dread pirate of the Hlal

Campaigns:

Stormlands 2

Black Annie (Annelle) was the river pirate captain of the Revenge, until it was treacherously captured by Cap'n Bastinado and his crew, in the late winter of the Year of the Dragon. 

Annelle is a middle-aged woman with long black hair. In days past, she was married to Fritz the Pulveriser; when he died she took up piracy. It was Fritz who gave her her silver comb, her most treasured possession. About twenty years ago, she ferried the Druid Oovra up the Hlal from the Stormlands to the Thon-Thalas river outside the Elven Wood. There she captured Griflet, but released him. From that over-friendly encounter, she became pregnant with Westley and Buttercup, whom she raised for fourteen years before turning them loose. Annelle's current lover is Mumlo, a muscle-bound Easterner.

After the Revenge was hijacked, she pretended to be infatuated with Captain Bastinado. However, Griflet intervened and killed Bastinado and his ratmen, then comandeered the Revenge himself to return to Elvenhome at speed.

The Blue Men

Campaigns:

Earth's End

Deceased,

(2 of 3) Killed by the Three in Black in White Witches' Moon, Year of the Sea Serpent.

The Blue Men are mysterious agents of Law who have been seen around Earth's End. Although two were beheaded by the Three in Black, one communicated by sign language to Maelin, Cunelas, Black Arrow and Christian of the High Passes.

Briath and Memrian, Griflet's Rangers

Campaigns:

Stormlands 2

Deceased,

slain by Bloodbane at the Battle of Imric's Hold (Dog*Black Witch*Ogre).

Briath and Memrian were Griflet's loyal rangers. They accompanied him to Red Rock and then to the Nightmare, where they perished. Briath was stealthy and lean, Memrian fought with a huge woodman's axe.

Celedril, lost King of the Elves

Campaigns:

Old Coast

Deceased,

slain by Griflet, Toad*White Witch*Gorgon

Celedril was the first elven king, the father of Imric and Coryon. At the Battle of Sorrows, the first conflict in the Elf-Quarmall war, Celedril was mortally wounded by a Quarmallian demonlord which inhabited his body. Although close to death, the king could not die. Imric and Coryon sealed him in the tower of Zeçy and departed the Blessed Isle for the Lankhmar continent.

The king remained in the tower, neither wholly dead nor wholly sane. The tower was protected by the Wild Elves. After the Nightmare, Griflet (with the Icon of the Dragon), Kellin, Arborius, Leonore and Windwood entered the tower. Celedril adopted Griflet as his heir and restored the Icon of the Dragon to it's original Law Stone form. Celedril's last command was to order his own execution, an order which Griflet regretfully carried out.

Corinth of House Protector

Campaigns:

Griflet's Adventures

Corinth is the successor to Ash as leader of House Protector of the elves. He says little, but observes much. He helped Griflet to recover Bloodbane's treasure hoard. Until Griflet's elevation to heir, Corinth shared power in the elven compound with Gorianthas and Tolinthis.

Durpar III

Campaigns:

Stormlands 2

The Eagle falls and high above a keening, lonely cry;
Companion to Eagles forced alone to fly
Through crack'd red rock and splinter of belly's pain
Waiting in darkness for his Sun to shine again.

Durpar III is a flying horse, the grandson of Durpar. He guided Lana Softhooves and Karl of the Krow towards Al-Nisr's Medallion (and unwittingly, to their deaths).

Elohar, Sergeant of the Baronial Patrol

Campaigns:

Dunmere Hills

A soldier of Berghof, Elohar was the leader of the Berghovian army at the Battle of Shadow Valley.

Prince Eder, Repressed Elven Heir

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2

Deceased,

killed by Bloodbane at the Battle of Imric's Tower on Dog*Black Witch*Ogre.

Prince Eder was Imric's only surviving heir. All his life, Eder wanted desperately to be accepted by his father, who was obsessed with his dead wife, Elthiria. Just prior to the Stormlands campaign, Eder and his brother Eslim (along with Eslim's human friend Philo) attempted to slay the Grey Man. They failed. Eslim was killed by the Druids and Eder was turned to stone in a basilisk's lair on the edge of the Stormlands. Eder was rescued by Griflet during the Stormlands Campaign. Eder hated druids. At the Battle of the Fountain Court (Skunk*Seed*Behemoth), at the culmination of the Stormlands Campaign, Eder slew his half-brother the Grey Man.

Gilthas & Althas, elven rangers of Prince Eder

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2

Deceased,

they were killed in the Dream Woods, Black Witches Moon, year of the Ogre.

Gilthas and Althas were elven rangers picked for their loyalty to Prince Eder.

Tandy Gilliam, minstrel

Campaigns:

Earth's End

Tandy is a minstrel who met Black Arrow at the World's End Tavern in Earth's End. She revealed to him that she is Seabeard's daughter. A slim, blonde-haired, somewhat attractive girl, Tandy makes her living as a travelling storyteller and musician. She wanders the countryside, always on the lookout for a new story or song. Music is her first love and she is one of the finest lutanists around.

Gilthiriel

Campaigns:

Stormlands

Deceased:

Eaten by Bloodbane during the Nightmare.

Imric's advisor and assistant, the only person the King would see for years after Elthiria's death until Griflet. 

Gorianthas, guardian of the People

Campaigns:

Griflet's Adventures

Gorianthas is a loyal elf, one of the leaders who emerged among the elven survivors of the Nightmare. He has always been well disposed towards Griflet, even before he discovered that he was the heir to the Elven throne. The other de-facto leaders of the Elven compound while Griflet is absent are Tolinthis and Corinth.

Griff the Gallant

Campaigns:

Fellowship of Mystery, Griflet's Adventures

Deceased,

slain by Wild Elves on the Isle of Zeçy, Toad*White Witch*Gorgon.

Griff the Gallant was a brave Diamond Knight, an adventuring companion of Kellin's with a loud laugh. He was ambushed and killed while guarding Griflet's boat on the Isle of Zeçy.

Helias, former Guard Commander of Tovilyis

Campaigns:

Griflet's Adventures

Helias is a Shawei, formerly Guard Commander of the Upper Works, Quarter of Contemplation of the Catacombs of Tovilyis. Helias led a small force against Griflet. That failed and Griflet took Helias prisoner, later releasing him and offering him escape from Tovilyis, which Helias accepted.

Imric, melancholy lord of the Elves

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2

Deceased,

died of grief after the Battle of Imric's Tower on Dog*Black Witch*Ogre.

Imric was king of the Elven Wood and son of Celedril. But ever since the death of his wife Elthiria, he did not stir from his Tower, and would see no one except Gilthiriel. Obsessed with revenge upon the Grey Man, he commissioned Griflet to kill the renegade druid in the Stormlands Campaign. Imric's relationship with his son Eder was somewhat distant. Imric owned the Icon of the Dragon for almost a century, ever since his wife brought it to him from Tovilyis. The elves built a magical tower to contain it, but Imric placed Oovra in it instead, preferring to keep the Icon near him. The Icon eventually brought doom to the elves by summoning Bloodbane, the Foe to Imric's Hold.

Kellin

Campaigns:

Fellowship of Mystery, Old Coast

Kellin is an elven adventurer who has roamed far and wide over the Lankhmar Continent, mostly with his friends Arborius and Griff the Gallant. He has also adventured with Madwan the Bard and later with Griflet. Kellin returned to Elven lands after the Nightmare, to help out where he could. He is a brave, sometimes headstrong leader, always cheerful with an infectious laugh.

Leonore

Campaigns:

Old Coast

Leonore is a young elf who joined Griflet after the Nightmare. Leonore is the last elf of the House of Geomancers, whose other members were destroyed by Bloodbane. Leonore helped Griflet with what he knew of the Law Stones and the Icon of the Dragon. On the night of Toad*White Witch*Gorgon, Leonore was trapped in Celedril tower on the Isle of Zeçy. Griflet promised to return and free him. Eventually (Snow Moon, the following year) Griflet did return with the Book of the Shadow Three. The book contained an invocation which Leonore could cast to enable his escape. The spell was a partial success, but enough for Leonore to escape from the tower.

Mysteriones

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2, Old Coast

Deceased,

killed when Bloodbane died (Cat*Wolf*Dragon)

Who is the third who walks always beside you?
When I count, there are only you and I together
But when I look ahead up the white road
There is always another one walking beside you
Gliding wrapt in a brown mantle, hooded
I do not know whether a man or a woman
- But who is that on the other side of you?

T.S. Eliot The Waste Land

Mysteriones was originally a life-force stolen from the Dragon Bloodbane by Coryon, by means of the Icon of the Dragon. It could not exist alone, but attached itself to the souls of various hosts: Coryon, Bolga, Philo, King Thugriff and Griflet. Mysteriones appeared as a second shadow of its host. Mysteriones could only change hosts when one died, but each time this occurred, it gained intelligence and became more separate from Bloodbane's old lifeforce. Not separate enough, however, for when Bloodbane died, so did Mysteriones, although it made a last effort to avoid destruction by attempting to take over Griflet's (its last owner's) body.

Myrti

Campaigns:

Tulan

Myrti is Wyric's wife and the mother of Viggo. She is the brains behind the Black Hats, and the source of its occult knowledge. She is shrewd and distrustful of strangers. She is grateful to Cela D'Arrana , Cyric of Tulan and Aranduil of Waylorn for saving her son.

The Oak Man

Campaigns:

Stormlands

A druid servant of Rokon, who sent him into the Stormlands to spy upon the Grey Man. But the Oak Man fell victim to an old enchantment and was imprisoned in an oak tree. In time, the Oak Man grew to accept, even enjoy his condition. In the Stormlands Campaign, the Oak Man's peace was disturbed by Griflet and his band. The Oak Man provided them with much useful information, and contact with Rokon.

Oovra, True Druid of the Stormlands

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2

Deceased,

slain by Bloodbane at the Battle of Imric's Hold.

Oovra was the druid most loyal to Archdruid Cathaw after the Grey Man's coup. Oovra was the Guardian of Castle Kulg. As such, he had access to the Rod of Kulg. When Cathaw was killed by the Grey Man, Oovra took the Rod and smashed one of the statuettes from the Fountain of Dark Abundance and fled. He stashed the statuette in a cave on the edge of the Stormlands and returned to Castle Kulg, where he hid the Rod in a secret room. He then travelled (via the Revenge) from the Stormlands to the elven wood to warn Imric, who had him imprisoned for his trouble.

Oovra lay in slumber in the tower until he was rescued by Griflet during the Nightmare. Soon after he was killed by the Dragon Bloodbane at Imric's Hold.

Pahir

Campaigns:

Tulan

A Black Hat who helped (with Theros) Cyric of Tulan, Cela D'Arrana and Aranduil of Waylorn during the Tulan Campaign.

Polydices

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2, Old Coast

Polydices is an enigmatic Quarmallian agent. In his youth, he helped the Grey Man to recover the Fountain of Dark Abundance from Lankhmar city, then was assigned for a long time to observe events in the Stormlands. There he met Griflet and the two formed a cautious and unusual friendship. Polydices even helped Griflet to defeat the Grey Man. Later, in the Lake-lands, Polydices again contacted Griflet, this time to warn him about the Chaos gate which had opened in Tovilyis. After the Nightmare, Griflet and Polydices tracked down and killed Bloodbane, thus revenging both their peoples.

Jaern Shadowblade, of the Blessed Isle

Campaigns:

Griflet's Adventures

A Wild Elf (grand-nephew of Lorathon Shadowblade) who met Griflet at sea during his second expedition to the Isle of Zeçy.

Theros

Campaigns:

Tulan

A Black Hat who helped (with Pahir) Cyric of Tulan, Cela D'Arrana and Aranduil of Waylorn during the Tulan Campaign.

Sir Timir, of Eylea

Campaigns:

Dunmere Hills

The leader of a group of knights who fought in the Battle of Shadow Valley.

Tolinthis, of House Mercantile

Campaigns:

Griflet's Adventures

House Mercantile improved its status since the Nightmare. Tolinthis relishes Bloodbane's hoard and the opportunity to trade with the Humans of Lorn Velpa. Until Griflet's improvement in status, Tolinthis lead the elven compound in a triumvirate with Corinth and Gorianthas.

Vardin, the Protector

Campaigns:

Stormlands 2, Old Coast

Vardin is a Ranger, the leader of the Protectors. He is a stern, quiet man and a good leader of men. He is sworn to protect Lorn Velpa from all hostiles. In the past, Vardin trained Philo's and Arborius. Vardin has aided Griflet several times when he was in the Lake-lands. Vardin allowed the elves to move into his Protectorate. Although this caused some friction between elves and humans, Griflet rewarded Vardin's generosity with a share of Bloodbane Hoard.

Emrei Wa'aii

Campaigns:

Tech-na's Travels

A young boy from the Oasis of Ekk'il, the grandson of the wizard Grandfather Wa'aii. Emrei is friendly with Tech-na-Chuk-Chuk-Wakae-Hazar.

Grandfather Wa'aii

Campaigns:

Tech-na's Travels

An old man, once a member of the shadowy Li'Tan order of wizards. Grandfather Wa'aii has become dependent upon narcotics and spends much of his time in the Dreamlands with his dream-maid Hennah. Grandfather Wa'aii was saved from an overdose by Tech-na-Chuk-Chuk-Wakae-Hazar, whom he agreed to teach the ways of dreaming. Grandfather Wa'aii is afraid of death, and seeks to avert or postpone it.

Windwood

Campaigns:

Old Coast, Griflet's Adventures

A young elven scout who follows Griflet. Windwood discovered the renegade Ash at the Port of the Swan Ships, and accompanied Griflet to the Isle of Zeçy and the city of Tovilyis with Kellin, Arborius, Leonore and Griff the Gallant.

Lord Weemsley

Campaigns:

Stormlands, Stormlands 2

Lord Weemsley is a cripple, long considered by other Lords of the Stormlands's to be a weakling. However, during the Stormlands 2 campaign, Lord Weemsley was converted to the religion of the Law God by priests who fled Malac persecution during the Berghovian civil war. He provided sanctuary in Weemsley Hold for servants of Law. One such was Daphne, who used Weemsley Hold as a base to attack and defeat Lord Tollund.

Wyric

Campaigns:

Tulan

Wyric is the leader of the Black Hats. He is married to Myrti and is the father of Viggo. Wyric is a smith and artisan, inventor of the crossbow which is used by the Black Hats. He hates evildoers and distrusts all knights. He is friendly towards Cyric of Tulan, Cela D'Arrana, Aranduil of Waylorn and Kur Pelagius of Pleea.

X'abachay the Condemned Scribe of Ool Hrusp

Campaigns:

Old Coast

In spite of his drunken expression, X'abachay is an excellent scribe. Condemned to death for writing criticism of the Lithquil the Mad Overlord of Ool Hrusp, X'abachay fled his home city and crossed the Inner Sea to Ilthmar, where he met Quarn the Mingol Sorcerer and Lucidia. Quarn had just acquired Lord Zartek's library of the Diamond Knights and he needed a translator. X'abachay agreed to the task, in exchange for room and board at the House of Dark Delights. X'abachay found Quarn and Lucidia's presence distasteful and when he finished his task he packed his belongings and left.

Shipmaster Zhivias

Campaigns:

Griflet's Adventures

An elf, a ship captain of one of the elven swanships. He sailed Griflet to Red Rock and to Whispering Earth and on the second voyage to Zeçy.