Vandoryth

Vandoryth is a half-elf who recently wandered into Caellond looking for shelter from the ongoing stormy weather. He secretly used to be an ordinary wild wolf, but was accidentally turned into a half-elf by the power of a wish spell cast by a mage trying to heal the wolf's broken jaw. He seems to have the ability to shift between these two forms at will.

His name means (or may be translatable to something akin to) "Forest Star".

## History

### Pre-Game

Vandoryth was born an ordinary wolf, and spent his early life in the forest with his wild pack. At some point the forest burnt to the ground and most of his pack died, leaving Vandoryth alone. He tried to hunt on his own and suffered a broken jaw for his pains. Desperate, he eventually ended up picking off sheep penned near a village called Sedgely.

A werewolf mage named Jesper took pity on the wolf, and cast a Wish spell to try and fix his old injury. It did so... by turning him into an uninjured half-elf. Jesper took the wolf-man in, and together they fled the town. However they were harried by werewolf hunters who had witnessed Vandoryth transform, and eventually Jesper was captured; he was all but confirmed to be in the current grasp of the Monster Hunters (Rochol and gang). Vandoryth continued to run, eventually arriving in Caellond.

### Adventure 4

Vandoryth first met the party at the Temple of the Iris, where he had stopped to ask for shelter from the storm that was pummeling Caellond. He offered to use the spell mending to help the party fix one of the temple's gargoyles, which had been broken the night before, but this was unnecessary as the party already had someone who could cast the spell.

When Rochol and his team arrived in Caellond with the news that they'd tracked a werewolf to there, Vandoryth became one of the prime suspects as he was known to be new in town. The hunters tried to question him, but were stonewalled by the priest Kyhur, who did not like them harassing his guests. When the party took it in their turn to try and question Vandoryth while exposing him to the scent of wolfsbane, he acted like he could smell something, but his reaction wasn't too strong.

As the party was leaving the temple, Kyhur asked them to take Vandoryth to Liadon Manor so that he would be better protected from the hunter's prying. On the walk over, the party questioned him about his background. Vandoryth claimed that he originally hails from a village that burned down, and had been separated from or lost his family. For the past five years at least he has been living in a small village called Pinefront, where he claimed to be the apprentice to the local healer, Jesper. He claimed that he came to Caellond to find some herbs that aren't attainable near his hometown.

Later on the party brought Dahlia's dog Marigold to scent for wolf smell, and she identified Vandoryth as smelling like one. At the encouragement of the hunters, the party lured him out to where they could ambush and tranquilize him. When hit with the tranquilizer, Vandoryth impulsively turned into a wolf, which seemed to be a confirmation of his guilt. However, the party noticed that his wolf form had an injured jaw- an injury which was not consistent with how werewolves usually worked.

Suspecting that something was not quite right, Cree cast Identify on Vandoryth while he was still unconscious to try and work out what was going on. She did not sense lycanthropy on him, but did sense a Wish spell, which was a very confusing turn of events. The party wanted to question him, but the hunters objected. According to them it didn't matter why he could shapeshift- he was a wolf, and a wolf they had been hired to hunt down. An argument broke out, but ultimately the party was able to convince the hunters to stand down long enough to let them at least talk to Vandoryth and ask him to tell his side.

### During the Xolo Interlude

Vandoryth went food hunting with Anther, whereupon they discovered together a trap in the forest that was later revealed to be set there by the Monster Hunters.

Cree suggested that Vandoryth be nicknamed "Ryth", which he seemed amenable to.