Beatrice's Disciples

Melba is a young halfling from Skor. They have have only recently joined
 the Freyan faith, upon joining with their dearest love Bleminda. 
Together they saw Beatrice speak of the Lycian expedition, and were 
inspired by her passion and ambition. Upon joining the expedition, Melba
 attached themself to Beatrice as a kind of general helping hand - 
running errands up and down the wagons, keeping Beatrice informed, and 
corralling the disparate Freyan community when Beatrice was otherwise 
occupied. Melba is wholly committed to the vision of Lycia as a Freyan 
homeland, and dedicated to serving the Freyan community above all else
Bleminda is 
the dear wife of Melba (already of Beatrice's crew), and well known in 
the Lycian Freyan community.  She's somewhat withdrawn and grumpy, but 
is sought out for her ability to make just about anything you could 
need.  Back in Skor she'd worked variously as a smith, a cobbler, a 
weaver, a tanner, a butcher and a fletcher.  She came to Lycia hoping to
 join the great, promised Freyan homeland, and to hopefully set up her 
own practice.  Having failed to make much progress towards the latter, 
she's accepted a position in Beatrice's ministry as a provisioner.
Grelfnum
 lived and worked in a well established Dwarven hold for about one 
hundred years, before coming to a sudden realisation that Dwarven holds 
are hella boring. For the past 20 years she has wandered the northern 
valley, eagerly sampling the huge variety of cultures and, particularly,
 religions. Grelfnum may be considered a theological dilettante. She 
converts every few weeks, and has devoutly worshipped a total of 22 Gods
 to date, including a desperate month offering prayers to Arden, a 
horrible week in a clueless Orcusite cult, and an extremely large number
 of short stints with Bowbe. She was compelled, by her devotion to Leaf 
Dustfoot, to join the expedition as it passed through The Expanse, and 
immediately lost interest in Leaf upon arriving in Lycia. Beatrice has 
hired her for her broad, albeit shallow, religious knowledge, and in 
order to prove that she is not exclusively favouring Freyan staff. 
Grelfnum is naturally committed to very strong freedoms of religion, and
 a diverse religious community.
Shining Exemplar Albrandious, 
human, is a prominent member of the Sacred and Sexy Order of the Divine 
Huntress, a Freyan Paladin Order/Performance Art Group. The Sacred and 
Sexy Order was founded some decades ago to advance the interests of 
Freya and Freyans by trying really, really hard to get cool Paladiny 
powers, mostly by coming up with complicated rules to follow. So far, 
the Order has 185 rules, with 43 supplementary directives to address 
contradictions among those rules. Albrandious is proud to have conceived
 a number of accepted rules, including: 132) One must always walk around
 any tree counter-clockwise, and 168) One must eat any fruit upon which 
one accidentally treads. Sadly, none among the order have yet achieved 
cool Paladiny powers. Albrandious joined the expedition in Skor, 
recognising it as the kind of grand Holy Adventure that Paladins are 
bound to seek. He is strongly devoted to (his understanding of) Freyan 
ideals.
Nazrak is a Mitran Kobold. As the institutional structure
 of the Mitran church slowly began to realise that the Lycian expedition
 Was An Actual Thing, and apparently had Some Kind Of support from High 
Lady High Priestess Victorin, it became increasingly apparent that some 
kind of official Mitran presence within the expedition was, perhaps, 
called for. As the priesthood called around for anyone interested in 
heading out to an old empty wilderness and probably die among strangers,
 they got surprisingly few prominent volunteers. At the last moment they
 decided to volunteer Nazrak, an unlikable Kobold bureaucrat, who had 
been acting Sub-Deputy Blanket Distributor in the docks of Tsar. 
Beatrice decided to formally hire Nazrak, in a gesture of collaboration 
with the Mitran church. She is highly officious and legalistic - devoted
 to Mitra, but drawn to the formal aspects of the faith over the spirit 
of charity and altruism.
Glai, Whose Cup Of Wisdom Overfloweth, 
is a Kappa, and one of the oldest known Freyans in the Valley, having 
been part of the religion for over 300 years. Though not a cleric, she 
is a well-known member of the Freyan priesthood, and would often lead 
processions travelling up the Valley's rivers. Given the faith's 
reliance on an oral tradition, she is hugely valued as a source of 
knowledge about the history, myths, and customs of the Freyan faith. 
Upon hearing of Beatrice's expedition, she was attracted by the 
possibility of exploring, and perhaps putting to rest, the persistent 
rumours that Lycia is uniquely blessed by Freya. She also liked the idea
 of putting her webby feet up for a few decades, settling in a nice wet 
region. She made her own way to The Greenbelt, and emerged from the Tusk
 days after the camp settled, where a surprised and delighted Beatrice 
immediately attempted to hire her. Glai is an strong traditionalist, 
though one with a detailed knowledge of the huge variety of Freyan 
traditions that have existed. She will work to serve the Freyan 
community, while ensuring it remains true to its fertile roots
Ralph
 was born and raised in an Orcusite cult, and it was Deeply Unpleasant. 
 As the cult, and thus his family, splintered after their God's defeat, 
Ralph found his way to Tsar and began to process how deeply unpleasant 
his upbringing was.  He has become single-minded in his hatred of the 
Valley's cults, and has dedicated his life to understanding, discovering
 and eliminating them.  Though he works within the Muiran church, he 
stands out for amongst their ranks for his deep empathy towards those 
caught within evil cults and for his desire to liberate cultists rather 
than simply wiping them out.  He has been sent to monitor cult activity 
in and around Lycia, where he has been welcomed into Beatrice's ministry
 for his particular expertise.
With
 their proud stature, glowing eyes and vestigial wings, Phane 
immediately draws attention on entering most rooms. Their divine 
heritage is clear, and boy howdy are they happy to tell you all about it
 whether you want to hear it or not.  They will tell you about growing 
up under the personal care of Arden; about the time they dragged 
Pharasma on a roadtrip with Leaf and Tsathogga; about the time Dwerfater
 gifted them with an unbreakable shield, which they later lost in a 
spitting contest with Nivi; about they time they made Bowbe blush.  They
 will not tell you why they've been wandering through the frontier of 
the valley, getting by on their talent for minor healing magic 
(personally taught by Mitra, of course!)
Elm
 was born in Tsar, but was rejected by her aristocratic human parents 
for her strikingly inhuman features:  the rocky growths that extended 
from her shoulders and the soil that seemed to form on her body and shed
 behind her.  She was adopted out to a large elven family, but 
eventually made her way to the hills north of Lycia to live as a hermit 
in quiet worship of Darach-Albith.  Ten years later she realised being a
 hermit is super dull and also kinda scary, so she has taken the 
opportunity to join the new Lycian nation.  Elm is well known around 
town for constantly talking to herself, and for the small tree growing 
from her left shoulder, also called Elm.  She is still awkward and 
uncomfortable around other people, but she's doing her best.
Zaik
 & Thadd are Party Pals 4 Life.  Since getting kicked out off 
Aberdeen for, apparently, partying too hard, they've spent their days 
partying throughout the valley, usually travelling with mercenary 
companies or caravan guards.  Much of their life was dedicated to 
Tsathogga, until they realised the Great Frog's eschatology contradicted
 their one most dearly held belief:  With Zaik & Thadd the party 
NEVER dies.  Since getting kicked out of The Forge for partying too 
hard, they've made their way to Lycia to work as private guards and 
performers.  Beatrice has recently brought Thadd on board for his minor 
skill with healing magic, and Zaik comes as part of the deal.  Zaik is 
an extraordinarily buff Tengu with a divine singing voice; Thadd is a 
devastatingly charming halfling who rocks the trombone.