Fernweh Vespertide

Fenwick Vespertide (older sibling)

Fernwei Vespertide is a young Elven woman who works as a researcher for the Meta-Magical Scholars Society. She is a Warlock, and her patron is the Archfey Lurue. Her magical focus is a wand. Fernwei has long, tightly-curled blue hair, green eyes, and brown skin. She typically wears sturdy clothes fit for travelling, and has several botanical tattoos. Fernwei met the IKP during chapter 2. Unlike Lazlow, Fernwei is a cool scientist.

## Personality

For an MMSS researcher, Fernwei is a remarkably outgoing and down-to-Faerune person. While she is generally friendly and easy-going, Fernwei can also be rather blithe, unhelpful, and restless. Fernwei forms connections with other people easily, in particular anyone who shares her love of adventure and discovery—either in the lab, performing science, or out in the field, enjoying nature. Fernwei is a very creative person, a talent she frequently exploits to play tricks on her friends and colleagues.

## History

Fernweh Vespertide was raised in a small, nomadic commune of Wood Elves. She spent most of her life travelling from place to place, mostly through Faerune's expansive wildernesses or its less populated areas. Taught from a young age to be self-sufficient, Fernweh enjoyed a youth that was reclusive but never lonely, spending most of her time exploring with her older sibling Fenwick, or assisting her parents--Karma and Janis--with collecting various medical herbs and edible plants. From a young age, Fernweh's dream was to strike out on her own and traverse beyond the scope of her clan, to visit strange, far-off places and unravel their mysteries for herself.

The two Vespertide siblings set out to travel by themselves as teenagers, a journey which would eventually lead to Port Tannois, a sea-side city with rumours of hidden buccaneer's treasure. A Nancy Drew-style teen adventure/mystery tale naturally followed suit; along the way, they met and befriended a local nerd by the name of Lazlo Balter.

The three teenagers cracked the case, of course; insead of gold doubloons, however, they discovered a cache of research materials. Fenwick continued their travelling soon after this conclusion, but Fernweh stayed in Port Tannois, determined to understand this strange treasure. It was eventually revealed to be research into the planes of existence, conducted by a "Meta-Magical Scholars Society." Fernweh and Lazlo soon set out to track down this intriguing organization, and the rest is, as they say, history. Though not the type to hole up in a lab, Fernweh joined the Society with the goal of unlocking the mysteries of planar travel and one day journeying into these unknown worlds herself.

While conducting an experiment on a newly-discovered planar portal near to the MMSS base, Fernweh forged a connection to the Feywild and drew the attention of the Archfey Lurue. The Wild Queen sensed Fernweh's intrusion into her domain, and for reasons unknown chose to forge a pact with the Elf. The two have spoken directly once, on this first meeting; Lurue communicates with her champions through animal proxys, who relay the desires of the Archfey. For Fernweh, these meetings usually result in her travelling to some odd corner of Faerune to retrieve some strange artifact and send it across the portal into the enigmatic Archfey's domain.

## Relationships

* Fernwei's best friend is Lazlo, a fellow MMSS researcher and planar compatriot.

## Trivia

* The name "Fernweh" means "wanderlust."
* The name "Vespertide" means "evening." It is also a portmanteau of the words "vespertine" (a botanical term that refers to plants that open during the evening) and "riptide."