Erys

Art by enecola

**Erys** is an unlicensed magewright in Sharn. She's a bit scared and flighty, though she tries to conceal it. She's comfortable in the group and is happy to hide in Hob's shadow. She's very artistic, and plays a variety of goblin instruments.

She's often off by herself coming up with new inventions, or grabbing one of her friends to help with some aspect of its creation. She's made several magical items for the crew so far.

## History

Erys was a Cyran survivor, but she survived somewhat unconventionally: before the Mourning she was captured in a raid by goblins out of Darguun and spent some of her youth as a slave there. In total, she was there for about nine years after it became Darguun. Her owner took her on a voyage, and during the voyage they were attacked by a Lhazaar pilot named Ulfen Marcrot. He brought her to Sharn and freed her. For some time, she rented an appartment above Four Sails, the restaurant he opened after his retirement of the pirate life.

She lives in Sharn as a unlicensed magewright. She does repairs on magical slot machines in the casinos. She's in her twenties and kind of flighty and defensive. Her indebtedness to the Boromar Clan was not her intention when she came to Sharn, so it's a life that she is somewhat stuck in as opposed to a life that she's selected.

### Difficulty with Viggo

The first time Viggo took charge of their team, he and Erys had an incident; after being asked to come to the meeting, Erys declined, saying she could hear fine where she was, fixing the tap. Viggo didn't care for her casual attitude, and asked if she would have an easy time fixing the tap without a hand.

After the job is done, Hob talks with Viggo about the way he handled Erys, and Viggo does not take it well. Hob tries keeping the conversation between the two of them but Viggo is doing so such thing, and Erys hears everything he says, which includes threats to most of the crew.

### Her gauntlet

Erys goes back to Olive's to sleep after a hard day, only to find her place trashed. She learns the Ram is coming after her, and has learned that she stays at Four Sails, so she rushes as quickly as she can to meet up with the others. In front of the building, she runs Tasha straight into the Ram. A fight ensues, and they're joined by a person in Darguun armor, riding a soarsled. Olive shows up, too, with four tentacles arms.

To disrupt the magic on the soarsled, Erys drains the dragonshard in her glove. It backfires horrible, melting the shard and sparking, and she injures her hand badly enough that she loses use of it.

With the help of Sigil, she's able to create a sort of exoskeleton for it that let's her regain her dexterity in that hand.

## Relationships

### Olive d'Cannith

Olive gives Erys under the table magewright lessons in her lab in the upper parts of Sharn. Though Erys doesn't share everything with Olive, she's started being more open with her, going as far as showing her a schema she took from a job, and promising Olive she'd get her research back after it was stolen by Norson Milhatch.

## Family

Her father served in the Cyran military and was based in Kalazart.

## Physical Attributes

Erys is about twenty years old, and rather small and flighty. She wears a big green army greatcoat with shoulder patches for a Cyran military unit, and lots of pockets. The coat is obviously made for a large man rather than a small woman, and she wears the sleeves rolled up so it can fit. It's a rather dull color, but she's decorated it with colorful additions. She usually wears gloves that leave only her index finger and thumb free, and big buckled boots.

When on jobs, she wears a yellow scarf pulled up over her face so no one can identify her—though she doesn't wear anything to hide her blue hair, which is swept in a left-facing side cut. A tattoo of a wolf's head is around her left eye, with jaws gaping as if to devour it.

Erys is continuously updating her look. At some point between Hob's fight in the ring and their box job, she tricked her left glove out with some metal plating that seems to have purple veins running through it.

*"Everything Erys wears you can buy at Hot Topic."
—Philip*

### Zei

In a flashback as Zei, Erys is seen with her natural black hair, cut short.

### Xoriat

A wizard uses arcane runes to let some of Xoriat into Sharn, twisting the world and making some horrifying and some odd changes. Initially Erys's hair turns pink, but part-way into the fight, her eyes grow into eyestalks, with her goggles sitting on top.

## Equipment

*"Oh, Erys **has** weapons."
—Ep. 115 Stranded in the Maze Chapter Two (C2)*

Erys is a skilled artificer and spends every waking hour she can crafting.

### Fletcher

*See also: Fletcher*

The weapon Erys carries is unique in that it's powered by a bound air elemental. It resembles a rifle with a cylinder magazine. She's created three different version, Mark II being what she used for the bulk of the campaign. Mark I was more of a prototype, and was never seen the on show.[*citation needed*]

Some of the other things Erys has made are:

* Her gauntlet
* Sharn Watch Vambrace
* Wall Crawler boots
* Reynard's goggles

For a more detailed list, see Erys's inventions.

## Tasha

*See also: Tasha*
Erys has bound an elemental in a dragonshard and called it Tasha. The intended purpose was for Tasha to power their boat, but since Erys has begun thinking they might have to flee the city(more than usual), she's created an intricately designed metal falcon that houses the shard. When placed inside, the falcon's eyes glow purple, and it's capable of actual flight.

*"I built a bird and it flies, and not one of you said anything!"*

## Abilities

When the magewright was first created it had the following spells, though some of these have been changed after some playtesting: Augment, Barrier, Conjure, Curse, Dispel, and Utility. They can only cast on objects, not creatures.

### Talents

* Distraction
* Eye for Detail
* Intense Focus
* Jury Rigged
* Signature Vehicle
* Street Habits
* Talk Shop

## Quotes

"Alright you fracking taat, where's Olive?"
*—Ep. 50 Grave Providence Chapter One (C2)*

"I feel it's necessary for you to know there's a non-zero chance that I punch one of these people today."
*—Upon seeing the rich shopping district in Ep. 103 Eyes of Stone Chapter Six (C2)*

"Oh mighty King of Sharn, we mean no disrespect. If you will allow us to make use of this space, your demesne, for a but short while, then I will make you regalia far finer than the finery you wear, and befitting for your rank as the King of Sharn."
*—Ep. 110 Treasures Untold Chapter Three (C2)*

"If this was less serious, I would say ta-da."
"And yet, you still said it."
*—Erys and Coaldoor, Ep. 133 Zooming to Meetings Part 2 (C2)*

"I just wanna know, one final question before I cut you loose: why'd you do it?"
"My friends were in trouble."
*—Coaldoor and Erys, Ep. 133 Zooming to Meetings Part 2 (C2)*

"You remember when you asked if things would be easier if I only had one hand? Some things, yes."
*—Erys, as she punches Viggo, Ep. 133 Zooming to Meetings Part 2 (C2)*

## Unconscious Count

1. Erys gets knocked unconscious by the pirate captain at Haldorak's party.
2. Slaughter attacks her and knocks her out.
3. Erys gets knocked unconscious a second time by Scythe.

## Critical Injuries

Erys has gained the following critical injuries throughout the campaign.

1. **Crippled.** From the Ram.
2. In a fight against Ravers in Fallen, Erys gets the Bowled Over crit.
3. Erys give herself a Crippled condition after depleting her glove against the Ram.
4. Erys gets a Stinger in the fight defending Gorn's shop against Daask.
5. When Slaughter knocks her down, she suffers the Compromised injury.
6. Erys gets the Overpowered crit when she's hurt by Scythe the second time.
7. In a fight against Bronzebeard, Erys gets the Compromised injury.

*List is not complete.*

## Trivia

* Philip was considering playing a hobgoblin, but didn't want his character to be too similar to Jeff's.
* Philip's initial attempt at Erys's voice was to think of what the goblin language would be like and give her an inflection like that, but didn't like how it sounded.
* Erys enjoys music from Darguun. Her favorite band is Hounds of Baalkan, which Philip has described as the Eberron version of The HU.
* Her mom used to make her cornbread. In her early days at the Four Sails, she asked Ulfen for some when she was feeling particularly low.
* Her father was a farmer.

## References and Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ep. 64 A Performance to Die For Chapter Two (C2)
2. ↑ Ep. 58 Eberron Reduced Looking Back (C2)
3. ↑ Ep. 11 Eberron Reviewed 2 (C2)
4. ↑ Campaign Two Eberron Previewed
5. ↑ Ep. 25 Night at the Gala Chapter Four (C2)
6. ↑ Ep. 57 Spirited Memories Chapter One (C2)
7. ↑ Ep. 5 Eberron Reduced “Fight Night” (C2)
8. ↑ Ep. 3 Destined Manifest Chapter Two (C2)
9. ↑ This more detailed description of her tattoo was posted in the podcast's discord server.
10. ↑ Ep. 7 Thinking Inside the Box Chapter One (C2)
11. ↑ Ep. 26 Eberron Reduced “Retribution” (C2)
12. ↑ Ep. 58 Eberron Reduced Looking Back (C2)
13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Ep. 150 Mirrored Past Chapter Two (C2)
14. ↑ Ep. 35 Bountiful Search Chapter Three (C2)
15. ↑ Ep. 46 Shifting Tales Chapter Seven (C2)
16. ↑ Ep. 147 New Dawn's Return Chapter Four (C2)
17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Ep. 12 Dragon’s First Breath Chapter One (C2)
18. ↑ Ep. 9 Thinking Inside the Box Chapter Three (C2)
19. ↑ 19.0 19.1 Ep. 141 Slaughter's Razing Chapter Two (C2)
20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 >Ep. 142 Slaughter's Razing Chapter Three (C2)
21. ↑ Ep. 19 Goliath at Large Chapter Three (C2)
22. ↑ Ep. 29 Account for the Fallen Chapter Two (C2)
23. ↑ Ep. 52 Grave Providence Chapter Three (C2)
24. ↑ Ep. 87 The Way of the Dreaming Chapter Two (C2)
25. ↑ Ep. 176 Trespass Against Them Chapter One (C2)
26. ↑ Ep. 6 Eberron Reviewed 1 (C2)
27. ↑ Ep. 11 Eberron Reviewed 2 (C2)
28. ↑ Philip talked about this in the podcast's discord server.
29. ↑ Ep. 133 Zooming to Meetings Part 2 (C2)
30. ↑ Ep. 51 Grave Providence Chapter Two (C2)