Exalted: NPCs of the Cinder Isles

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== The Cinder Isles ==
=== Iliona ===
==== The Knights of the Windland ====
A band of aged warriors who have spent their lives protecting the peoples of the Windland region of eastern Iliona. After the Southern Wing of the Bronze Tide took Kietanno and began raiding the surrounding countryside for supplies they led the refugees to Ohemaku and held the cliff-fort against all comers until the Solar Circle rescued them.
Phisa (dec.)
Known as She of the Shining Armour in her time, Phisa led the evacuation to Ohemaku but was slain in the early days of the siege. Was cremated alongside Nida after the siege was lifted.
Dario Ibanez
Assumed leadership of the knights after Phisa's death, and with the help of his wife Rhea (the village healer) kept the refugees safe for nearly two weeks of gruelling siege, and is now leading the refugees to the south to escape the oncoming wyld.
Fidelia Olivera
The Quartermaster of the Knights, who had been secretly giving away her share of the dwindling supplies to the villagers. Widow of Agar (see Other Knights)
Nida Malek (dec.)
Oldest of the remaining knights, Nida was the bearer of A Flight of Vesper Gulls, a mysterious Shogunate-era artefact bow that was seemingly designed for mortal use by some unknown force. Almost completely confined to his bathchair, the elderly warrior stayed up night and day in the watchtower of Ohemaku, periodically blasting the besieging forces with his bow. After the siege was lifted, and the refugees began preparing to escape, Nida quietly passed away by the fire.
Other Knights (Dec.)
Agar, Montblanc and Cassius, all mentioned in passing by their surviving colleagues, defended the Windlands in their time but passed away either in combat or at sea, and were commemorated with their colleagues who died at the siege of Ohemaku at a monument amidst the fields.
==== The Maidens of Iliona ====
A sect of seeresses that lived in a cave temple in the hills above Pharosia where they venerate the Ur-Mother. The Maidens are venerated by the population of Iliona and well known in the surrounding islands, famed for their power and beauty, with the hamlet of Pharosia made up of the people that serve the temple and trade on their behalf. When the Southern Wing of the Bronze Tide invaded Iliona King Brasidus of the Mygdons decided he would take the Maidens as wives for himself and his officers and son, sacking and burning both the temple and Pharosia, and taking every maiden who was of marriageable age (or who would soon be). Those too old or too young, and the population of Pharosia, were slain.
===== Philea =====
The last of the elder Maidens, who evaded capture and is now burying her sisters and the people of Pharosia under cover of dark, but despairs that she cannot clean the blood and destruction of the temple up in case the Mygdons see her doing so and come back.
===== Penelope =====
The leader of the surviving maidens of Iliona aboard King Brasidus' ship. To protect her fellow maidens from the advances of their captors, she argued with the King that "if you mean to give the fairest of us to your son as a gift, and you won't know which one he'll pick, surely he won't want his gift spoiled will he?" This ploy bought them time to plot with the cook Nabiros to poison themselves, but thankfully this proved unnecessary as with the help of Tokumei they were rescued by their patron goddess the Ur-Mother.
Fio Doumaz
One of the younger maidens who was chosen to sing for the King's guests but was too afraid. Escaped with the other maidens by washing ashore at Chimuul where her father Jassem led the defences.
=== Chimuul ===
Jassem Doumaz
Captain of the defences at Chimuul and father of the maiden Fio. Assisted the Circle in creating the catapult that broke the siege of Chimuul.
=== Dacot ===
Epimachus Nestor
See Dragonblooded
=== Baruntulga ===
==== Nulbaram ====
===== Saltbreeze =====
A retired Tya sailor with a wooden leg and a penchant for beer and cigars, Saltbreeze has been the mayor of Nulbaram for many years, and can tell you the species and story behind every trophy on the walls of the town's drinking hall. His nights have been even more sleepless than those of his townsfolk of late due to the mysterious saboteurs harassing the town's remaining defenders.
===== Balestus (dec.) =====
The recently deceased "Birdman" of Nulbaram, who attempted to summon the Thunderbirds to drive off the Chameleon-men that attacked the cart of bodies being transported to the burial grounds, only to slip and fall to his death.
==== Ostia ====
===== Queen Lectra =====
One of Ostia's few Queens, Lectra has ruled the city for nearly 30 years after inheriting the throne when she was 15. A graceful, cultured woman who balances the duties of her office with caring for her ailing husband with poise and efficiency, she clearly bears no love for the neighbouring city in the Bay of Baruntulga, and is reluctant to lend them any aid at the expense of her own people.
===== Prince Consort Pelonus =====
The queen's husband, several years her senior. Currently in the final stages of terminal muscular dystrophy which has left him bedbound and struggling to remain lucid for more than a few minutes. In conversation with the Circle he seemed delighted by stories of the mainland he had never had chance to visit in life, and eagerly speculated with Reeds about the mysterious downfall of Njorlona and the "kingdom of anathema" who used to rule the southwest.
===== Others =====
* Caenis - The captain of the royal guard. An imposing, deep-voiced woman torn between her duties and doing what is best for the royal family.
* Kaspar - Captain of the Southern Gate
* Filberto - Mayor of the city. A man in his 50s. Knows a little of the city's ancient history, but concerns himself mostly with its day-to-day affairs.
== The Bronze Tide ==
=== The Mygdon Fleet ===
==== King Brasidus (dec.?) ====
King of the now-destroyed city-state of Castio in the Mygdon territories. Leader of the fleet of Mygdon ships that has sacked Pharosia and prepared to encircle Chimuul from the sea. In conversation with Reeds he demonstrated a lofty ambition to lead his now-united peoples and forge a new homeland and destiny for the Mygdons, but beneath that lay a cruel contempt for those in his way and an unwillingness to let anything - or anyone - stand in his way. Wounded in a staged assassination attempt by Daxi, he and his war-council were seemingly wiped out after the Ur-Mother was summoned to drag his ship and (almost) all onboard to the bottom of the ocean.
==== Basra, son of Brasidus ====
The son of King Brasidus (Mygdon culture doesn't have "princes" per se, as favour has to be earned) who is leading the pillage of the Windland, which has stalled at the walls of Ohemaku. An arrogant, cruel man who refuses to abandon the siege and allow the "snivelling dirt-farmers" to get the best of him, he is eagerly looking forward to the gift his father has promised him - his pick of the recently captured Maidens of Iliona. His boorish, bigoted attitude and hotheaded lack of objective strategy angered the female members of the Circle and Daxi respectively, and the latter humiliated him in front of his elite guard by throwing him into a nearby crater from one of the siege weapons. After the sinking of his father's ship the Circle returned and scattered his forces, breaking the siege of Ohemaku, though he himself escaped.
==== Nabiros (Dec.?) ====
A young cook on King Brasidus' ship. Seeing combat for the first time during the Bronze Tide broke the boy's nerve and he was relegated to cooking duty. Sympathizing with the maidens he attempted to assist them by bringing them the toxic seaweed that would in small doses render them sterile and in high enough doses prove fatal. His whereabouts after the sinking of Brasidus' ship is unknown.
=== Southern Wing ===
==== Prasad bin Senona ====
A prince of the Yensei, leading the last of the refugees across the South of the Cinder Isles. A man who cares deeply for his people and little for the airs of royalty, as he turned over most of the space in his caravan to carry the oldest, youngest and most vulnerable of the refugees who might otherwise have been left behind, and when Reeds and Daxi first met him he was pushing the stuck cart side by side with his men. While he was grateful to the Solars who rescued his party from the Clockwork Caliphate, his honour bound him to continue their travels to catch up with the rest of the Bronze Tide. In conversation with King Brasidus Reeds later learned the young prince had "made a fool of himself" at Kietanno in front of the leadership of the Southern Wing and then taken ill from "hearing voices" (in fact an Infallible Messenger sent by Tokumei) while his forces rejoined the Yensei fleet.
==== Devita & Rosina ====
High Priestess of Sheba, who travelled with the rest of the Yensei refugees and ministered to them, Devita escorted the statue of Sheba with the help of her assistant Rosina. When the Issyk Medicine Man Luko'o was struck catatonic with fear it was Rosina who nursed him with his brother until the Solars arrived.
==== Luko'o and Epule Mwabe ====
Two medicine men of the Issyk, Luko'o Mwabe and his younger brother Epule, possessed the sorcerous ability to commune with the other Medicine Men of their tribe scattered across the Bronze Tide. Luko'o also knew the art of remote viewing, and was using this to spy on the armies of Raksha pursuing them when looking upon their leader Spear Empress Bhadri caused him to be driven catatonic with fear. Reeds, having met Luko'o years ago when the latter was on a vision quest, helped lead the Medicine Man's mind out of his helpless state, and the two Issyk departed with the rest of Prasad's caravan.
==== Prasad's Caravan ====
Escorting the caravan, owned by the Yensei Patrician Nechugar but commandeered by Prince Prasad, was a regiment of Yensei Janissaries - elite soldiers trained from Yensei slaves and hired mercenaries. Leading them was Cheunjing, a Tengese general, and his officers Attaruk, Esau, Talon, Krais & Kutak. A unit of Mygdon spearmen was also assigned to bolster their forces, but when the caravan became stuck crossing the Little Peninsula, the Mygdons abandoned the Yensei to their fates.