Delphine Gerhart

Delphine Gerhart is a member of the Junaguage Arcanis who helped in the investigation to prove the innocence of Audiphant Vanden Hamin and his involvement in the Rust Port Massacre.

## Description

### **Appearance**

Delphine is an elf in her first centennial. She has light green eyes, and short brown hair. She wears robes of green and gold, the standard uniform of the Arcanis.

### **Personality**

Delphine is practical and prim. She seemed dedicated to her cause and felt a sense of pride in being chosen to investigate what happened in Rust Port. She seemed to show sympathy to Acaelus, and would honestly try to prove without a doubt that his grandfather could be innocent.

## History

### "Sweet Isolation" (0x2)

Delphine was accompanying the military force back into Kronstrad when she came upon the Sweet Isolation, telling them to turn off their lights from the night, leaving a lingering gaze on Astraea.

Acaelus sought Delphine's help after being attacked by the demons.

Later she returned and questioned Acaelus about Astraea, and after deducing that Astraea is an aasimar Delphine showed her sympathy and promised not to tell anyone. She told them to keep in contact if they ever needed her help.

### "In Hiding" (1x9)

After receiving some messages from Acaelus in the previous sessions, Delphine paid a visit to him at the Jaunt. Delphine told Acaelus that his messages to her caught the attention of other people in the Arcanis. The first being Audiphant Dieter Van Horn, Delphine's mentor and the person she reports to. She tells Acaelus that he's sympathetic to the cause (referring to Astraea) and that if he's looking for some work he can contact Van Horn. She also mentioned a man named Elwin Eisenach, a fellow student of the Arcanis at Delphine's level. He also heard the messages by chance and seemed very interested in helping out as well, and that he would be seeking out Acaelus in the coming days to ask for his help. Delphine doesn't know him too well but says that Elwin is a scientist. She then tells Acaelus that due to Van Horn overhearing the messages that she was able to use that to her advantage, and she has been assigned to investigate the war crimes that Acaelus's grandfather Vanden Hamin has been charged with. She is going to leave for Rust Port soon and try and find out what happened. She tells Acaelus that she hoped to find his grandfather innocent, but says she's going to find out the truth regardless.

She then asks Acaelus if the two of them could go somewhere private and conduct an Arcanis Hearing, basically a questioning to ensure that Acaelus had nothing to do with the war crimes his grandfather may have committed. As she was setting up her tools she explained that the Junaguage Arcanis essentially means A Place for Young Magic-Users and that an Audiphant was a person who listens intently to try and gain an advantage over the person who they're listening to. She then began the processing by ringing a tuning fork and did so after every question. The questions were personal and occasionally seemed on the topic of Rust Port and the massacre. Delphine seemed satisfied with Acaelus's answers to the question, though most answers seemed to be "I don't know." At the very end of her questioning, Acaelus looked into Delphine's eyes and saw that like a pair of windows were shining yellow and seemed glassy. She also offered one day to teach how to do the questioning to Acaelus, and finally took her leave for Rust Port.

### "A Gift of Rest" (1x16)

Acaelus received several letters from Delphine while he was in Bottom City. They were all magically censored in some way but indicated that she was making her way to Rust Port to conduct her investigation.

After seeing the letters he received from Delphine, Acaelus bought the spell Sending, learned it, and sent a message to her the following morning. It seemed like she was still going ahead with the mission of uncovering what happened with his grandfather.

### "Part of a Whole" (1x20)

In the two weeks leading up to Vanden's trial, Acaelus sent messages to Delphine Gerhart every other day getting continued updates about the new investigation within Rust Port.

It is the 18th of Broljus, two days before the trial, and two days before the holiday Gathering Day. It is evening and Acaelus is in his bedroom working on some new spells. He receives a message from Delphine:

*I made a mistake. Your grandfather did it all wrong. My skin is screaming. I wanted to be older than this.*

Shortly after he then received a message from Jaime Nightdane, "I just received the strangest message."

### "Gathering Day" (1x21)

Jamie Nightdane declared that the Emerald Eyes have superseded the wishes of the King and have declared to postpone the trial until the 30th of Axious which is in 3 months' time. It was also declared that the Junaguage Arcanis would be handling the investigation into the disappearance of Delphine Gerhart and that until her or her findings are found the trial would be deemed unfair according to the overall opinion of the Emerald Eyes. The announcement that the Arcanis would be handling the investigation brought out the ire of Viridiana who expressed that according to her father's testimony that the Arcnais was complicit in the massacre that occurred at Rust Port, and that a coalition of people should be sent to investigate. Elias then called out unprompted, "What if we do it?" breaking the decorum of the court, but it seemed like Nightdane was willing to hear them out. The party made an offer to go find Delphine, with Acaelus citing his history with her. To corroborate the story two figures stepped out from the back end of the Chambers, Arcanis members Dieter Van Horn and Elwin Eisenach. Van Horn seemed to be aware of Acaelus from the communication he kept between him and Delphine but argued that the Arcanis would be better equipped to look into the disappearance of one of their own. Nightdane tabled the discussion for now and said they would come to a decision by tomorrow.

The Patrons decided of their own accord to head to Rust port to see what happened to Delphine and to follow up on her investigation.

### "The Hidden Truth" (1x32)

The Patrons made their way to Rust Port and discovered another part of the lab with an overhanging walkway and several Yuan-Ti experimenting on people in cages, one of which was Delphine. Themus jumped down to confront them and fell flat on his face, deciding then to play dead. The Yuan-Ti approached and Emeran and Elias jumped down. They were easily able to capture the Yuan-Ti and began to interrogate them. Elias and Acaelus checked on Delphine who seemed to be out of it, saying that she had seen Acaelus once before down here.

That night the party took watch in an abandoned apartment, and Astraea, Autumn, and Elias treated the stone growths that were coming out of Delphine. It seemed to work, but it was clear that Delphine would still have permanent debilitating issues. When Acaelus informed Nightdane that they had succeeded he requested for magical aid be brought to aid Delphine.

### "An Uneasy Venture" (1x33)

At one point the party visits the recovering Delphine who recalls everything she experienced. This included seeing the visages of Nightdane, Van Horn, and Acaelus while within her cell. She thanked the party for what they did and promised to spend her now shortened life talking up the good deeds of the party.

### "Center Cannot Hold" (1x34)

Nightdane aids in the Patrons going public, using the story of saving Delphine as the centerpiece.