Inesmia Akhmendos

Inesmia Akhmendos was a Tiefling barbarian who spent her early life amongst fellow Tieflings on an isolated island, until their island was raided and she was sold as a slave into a gladiator arena. She escaped and began working as a bounty hunter for hire, until eventually taking some jobs for Gundren Rockseeker and becoming one of the founding members of the Imbeciles.

**Early Life**

Inesmia was born in a small Tiefling colony on the island of Zygerria. The Tiefling colony had migrated to this isolated island as a way of escaping the discrimination and hatred that other races have for Tieflings, given their Infernal heritage. Inesmia was an only child, raised communally, and knew almost nothing of the outside world.

When she was only 11, a group of slave traders raided the island, murdering any of the Tieflings who resisted. Inesmia's father was killed in the skirmish, and her mother pulled away from her onto a separate ship. That was the last time Inesmia saw either of her parents, or anyone else from her colony. She was sold to a wealthy noble named Alexander Drisdale, who ran a gladiator ring for the amusement of other wealthy citizens. Because her race is fairly unique, she was added to his gladiator arena, initially only battling wild animals. As her skill and strength grew, she began to face strong and more deadly enemies. She became a favorite of the spectators at Drisdale's arena for her brutality and creatively gory tactics, garnering the name "The Hellbringer."

After a particularly high-stakes battle, Inesmia was approached by Drisdale himself, followed by three Orcish guards. Through translation provided by the orcs, Drisdale informed Inesmia she was no longer of use to him. She won every battle, meaning everyone bet on her, and thus she was losing him money. So she could either throw some matches, or die. She chose a third option; she slaughtered him and his Orcish guards, took his keys, and escaped.

Fleeing for her life, Inesmia went to Neverwinter, where she worked as a bounty hunter and killer for hire until being hired by Gundren Rockseeker and beginning her adventures with the Intrepid Imbeciles.

**With the Imbeciles**

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**Later Life**

After killing the Black Spider and saying farewell to the Imbeciles, Inesmia went on a quest to find more of her own kind. Instead, she found more stories like hers; Tieflings massacred due to the hatred surrounding her race. Everywhere she went she experienced similar discrimination, and at one point she considered returning to Phandalin and the only people who had ever accepted her, but she wouldn't give up her search. For many years she searched, and for many years she was disappointed. Eventually, angered and embittered by all the things she has gone through, Inesmia went on a rampage, decimating town after town until she was finally killed by a group of sorcerers sent to stop her by the king of the region.

**Trivia**

- Inesmia has the highest kill count of any of the Imbeciles, having killed three goblins, four bugbears (including Klarg and King Groll), one zombie, three skeletons, three ash zombies, one dragon cultist, one shapeshifter, one spider, and the Black Spider for a total kill count of eighteen.

- Inesmia is notably the only member of the Imbeciles who could not speak common at the beginning of the campaign. She did eventually acquire a ring which allowed her to learn languages quickly, but even after she learned it she still declined to speak in most instances.

-Inesmia learned Orcish during her time serving Drisdale, as there were several Orcish gladiators also enslaved by him.

- Despite not speaking and being a barbarian, Inesmia was still rather intelligent and a perfectly rational being.

- Inesmia was taught by her fellow Tieflings to believe that the warriors of the past linger in the world as mighty spirits, who can guide and protect the living.

- During the first session Quentin had a spell which allowed him to comprehend what Inesmia said, but this proved largely unhelpful due to the one way nature of this communication, and the fact that Inesmia was only able to communicate to him directly through short whispered sentences full of expletives in a Welsh accent. This element of the first session can be considered non-canonical.

**Behind the Scenes**

Alosa was the first canonical character portrayed by Alicia Rubio, but Alicia had previously participated in a Dnd campaign with her family as a half-elve named Anwir.