Andre Benicio Cabe D'accord le Duc de Monroth Erta

## Backstory

Andre Benicio Cabe D'accord le Duc de Monroth Erta is a gnome cleric of Kloht. He generally wear black robes and has a mostly shaved head, with a strip of brown hair down the middle. He is the son of Elder Cabe Erta, although they do not see eye to eye on religious matters.

## Copperforge

Andre Erta first appears during the battle of Copperforge, assisting Elder Cabe Erta in healing the combatants. Andre is able to scramble down the mountain and attack Kurluk directly, but before he can climb back up, the outcropping above him collapses. However, he is able to climb back up to the others.

When the party debates what do once the orcs enter Copperforge, Andre is against blowing up the mountain. When screams can be heard from inside, Andre races to the Central level and find the fiend Orkan torturing Fizz Binkle. Andre first commands the fiend to switch sides, but when that fails, he offers his soul in exchange for the fiend's loyalty. Once that is gained, Andre orders the fiend to attack Kurluk before returning outside.

Andre follows that party back inside the mountain. He has a plan to banish Thaul Alhoon and save Copperforge. After a brief battle with the demon that does not go well, the party flees out the Peak Gate. Arguing about which way to go, the group agrees to travel north to rest. Along the way they discover the bodies dead gnomes, drained of blood by the vampires. In the night, Greyflower and Iron Horn bandits attempt to rob the party, but cease when they recognize Starheart. There is a happy reunion as both groups agree to travel north together.

 Traveling North

After resting and bathing in a mountain lake, the party investigates a cave full of treasure. Bubo and Andre leave for a bit to meet some southern dwarves and sell them mooncatch ore. That ore turns out to be the key to unlocking the Tomb of the First Quai-Lem. At that moment, Eldin and the vampires attack but are defeated with the help of an angel of Gurnal. After swiftly defeating a mist dragon with the help of the dwarves, the party rests for the night.

The next day, the party returns to the tomb and witnesses Nitsuj reanimate one of the dead Quai, Ulnas, "The Willing." Ulnas explains that the Quai-Lem were banished from the Green Isles and are compelled to travel north to the Glasslands to their death, but he discovered a way for them to sacrifice another soul to gain extra life and resist the deadly cold. He will travel north once again to help his people and rally them against the recently freed Kelrek.

As the party travels north again, they are meet by Klaxxon Carbal and Fizz Binkle, who inform them of the fall of Copperforge. The party travels to Thatchweed to attend a dwarven festival of the moon. The festival is interrupted by an attack by cultists and the theft of the town's central crystal that provides it with its power for the year. The cultists are quickly dealt with and the party learns that they have captured the Sahlite on their black ship and are sailing west with her. The party also recovers the mooncatch stone. It had been stolen by Jerrot Valmir to heal the injured gnomes. Starheart is able to recharge the gem. The festival resumes and Andre reconnects with his father, who gives him a scrying eye. Andre also dances with Prodigy Tinytoes, sister of Paragon.

After the festival, Andre receives a set of prayer beads with magical properties. Along with the party, the Iron Horn, Klaxxon, Fizz Binkle, Klack Flintborne, the Tinytoes, three dwarves, and the injured gnomes, he travel north toward the Steamfang Mountains. Along the way, the party is attacked by two giant salamanders and survives an avalanche. Andre is able to view the pit in which Kloht was cast down and communes with his god. Andre learns that Kloht is angered by the resurrection power wielded by Nitsuj. Realizing Copperforge is lost, Ora finally decides to blow it up, but not before Kurluk and Thaul Alhoon merge into a singe demonic form.

## The Steamfangs

After another day of travel, the party arrives at Gilborn, but are attacked by a massive dire troll. It is killed with considerable effort, but the party retreats inside the city as more trolls approach. The party is able to destroy the trolls and Morthos, the bard who was controlling them. Now free to explore the city, they meet with Hortiel before staying the night at Phineas Quartz' inn.

The next morning, Bubo awakens to discover Dumeril is missing. The party quickly interrogates Phineas Quartz, who reveals he was hired by an unknown client to capture the bird and take him into the old mines. Traveling to the mines, along with Jeb the skeleton and his friend Dureck the Dragonheart, the party rescues Dumeril and many other trapped animals destined for luxury restaurants. On their way out, they are accused of being animal snatchers by Captain Stem Barrow.