Lilluth Chaemaer

**Lilluth Chaemaer** is a bard, traveling minstrel, and former cult leader operating in the southern borderlands of the Falkenried region of Suldura.

## Early Life

Born in Imrathil, the capitol of the elven kingdom of Yenai, Lilluth left her homeland at a fairly early age, making her unusual among the insular high elves of Gavelor. Traveling through the human kingdom, Suldura, Lilluth eventually found herself on the outskirts of the Faewood, in the perilous borderlands between Suldura and Arzak-Nath.

During her travels, Lilluth had recruited a band of followers and formed a cult of personality surrounding herself, using her bardic magic as well as the mystique that the mysterious elves held for most humans. Her cult formed a camp near the Faewood and operated there for a time. Eventually, however, they came under attack by an orcish tribe, led by an orc wearing a crown made of a dragon's jawbone. The orcs slaughtered Lilluth's followers, and would have killed her as well, if it were not for the intervention of Shandrian, an archfey and the queen of the Amber Court in the Faewood.

Shandrian had taken an interest in Lilluth, and saved her from the orcs, teleporting her to safety in the Amber Court. There, she trained Lilluth for a time, schooling her in the particular bardic arts practiced by the fey. When Lilluth eventually wished to leave, Shandrian allowed it, on the condition that, at some point, Lilluth would be called back to repay the service that Shandrian had done for her.

## Cairnhold and Birchfield

After leaving the Faewood, Lilluth traveled for a short time with a halfling named Zion Sandpiper. The two of them spent a few days in the village of Cairnhold, which was being plagued by some ghastly force. Lilluth discovered that the root of this haunting was the town's mayor, Hester Ormond, and took her into custody. Recruiting the help of Cairnhold residents Kaersk, Zarine Forester, and Nylax the Heretic, Lilluth set out for Birchfield, intending to bring Ormond to Baron Lokar for trial. On the road, she joined with more companions: the drow performer Stellaluna Silverleaf, the tiefling smuggler Fate, and the faerie dragon Peila, all deciding to travel together on the road to Birchfield.

In Birchfield, Lilluth and her companions turned Ormond over to the baron. She also decided to join forces with Fate to help her carry out a job for Fate's contact, Naomi Starling: breaking three of Naomi's lieutenants out of the baron's dungeons. During the course of this mission, Naomi's lieutenant and lover Quinn LeMarque was captured by the Consortium of Shadows, and the three women agreed to take on a new job for Naomi, infiltrating the Consortium and freeing Quinn. Nylax continued with them, while Zarine and Kaersk returned to Cairnhold.

Lilluth and her companions then traveled to Saltshore, where they parted ways with Nylax and began to travel with the drow mercenary Solaris Silverleaf. The four sailed to Deep Harbor aboard the Fiend's Daughter and carried out a brief mission for the tiefling ship's captain Song.

## Barovia

In Deep Harbor, Lilluth and her companions learned that in order to join the Consortium, they must carry out a mission in Barovia. Along with the kenku child Daisy, the four entered the mysterious land of Barovia on a mission to deliver a letter to Burgomaster Kolyan Indirovich. Once in Barovia, however, the party accepted a different quest: to keep the now-deceased burgomaster's daughter Ireena Kolyana out of the clutches of the vampire Strahd von Zarovich.

Lilluth also began to have visions while in Barovia, each showing a scene from Strahd's life. From these visions, she learned about Tatyana, the woman whom Strahd had loved, and Strahd's brother, Sergei. She also learned a bit about the history of Barovia and the wars that Strahd had fought in the nation's past. She and the party discovered that Ireena was the reincarnation of Tatyana, that Tatyana had been reincarnated many times, and that none had lived to see their twenty-fifth birthday.

After contending with the hags of Old Bonegrinder, Fate, Lilluth, and Stellaluna dined with Strahd at Castle Ravenloft. With the help of the wereravens Dagmara and Fyodor Martikov, they then fled the castle and escorted Ireena to the town of Vallaki. Betrayed by their supposed ally Vasili von Holz, they realized that Vallaki was not safe, and so continued on.

The group traveled first to Krezk and then to the Abbey of St. Markovia. There, the Abbot wished to take Ireena and seal her soul inside a flesh golem, preventing her from dying young like Tatyana's other reincarnations. In order to convince the Abbot to let the party leave with Ireena, Lilluth gave up her left arm, letting the Abbot add it to his golem.

Later, at the Wizard of Wines Winery, the party learned of three powerful artifacts that had allowed the winery's grapes to grow. The party found two of these gems: one being used in a druidic ritual at Yester Hill, and the other powering Baba Lysaga's creeping hut in Berez. Using her ability to speak to plants, Lilluth spoke with the first gem and discovered its inherent desire to grow. She used that to craft a new arm for herself out of vines and branches. She later added the second gem to her arm, strengthening her new abilities.