Bernadette Wavesilver

**Bernadette Wavesilver** is a human abjurer from the Arcane Brotherhood in the Sword Coast North. Originally a noble lady of from the Waterdhavian family of Wavesilver, Bernadette dedicated herself to the study of abjuration and creation of magical items. While she was staying in Silverymoon to study the archives of the Conclave, she was kidnapped by the murderous Barber of Silverymoon and her knowledge was used to construct the *prismatic coloring machine*.

Bernadette was an NPC present in the completed two-shot *The Barber of Silverymoon*.

## Description

Bernadette is a young-looking human woman with pale and freckled skin and long reddish-blonde hair. She prefers to wear flowing blue robes, although she does not have the title of 'the Blue' in the Arcane Brotherhood. She stands tall at around 5 feet and 3 inches (1.6 meters), and weighs about 170 pounds (77.1 kilograms). Before it was stolen and destroyed by Jooge the Red, Bernadette used to wield an iron staff with glowing quartz crystals for her magic.

## History

Bernadette was born to House Wavesilver in 1460 DR, and spent her early years being prepared for a life as a noble lady with an education in stewardship and diplomacy. When she showed some gift for magic, her education was shifted and she began to learn the Art- first under the House's tutor and later as a student of the Wands Academy of the North Ward. In 1480, while she was still under the tutelage of the Academy, she came across a powerful mage named Druette the Raven, who she sought and emulate to learn from. This interest was mutual, as Druette saw a potential for greatness in Bernadette, and more importantly, Druette saw an opportunity to gain the favor of House Wavesilver. The two began to work together for a time, until Druette was ready to make Bernadette her proper apprentice.

It wasn't long after she'd officially become Druette's apprentice that Bernadette was inducted properly into the Arcane Brotherhood, as her new master was one of the five Overwizards of the organization. Bernadette spent years learning from Druette, before finally being ready to join the wider organization in Luskan and the far north. Aspiring to both aid her master in ascending through the Brotherhood and make herself an Overwizard, Bernadette spent the late 1480s studying from the archives of the North's greatest wizard academies- an act that brought her all the way to Silverymoon in the year 1491.

While she was staying at Silverymoon and learning from the Conclave's vast library, Bernadette made the mistake of visiting a local barber named Jooge Nopsmoth to have her hair curled. Instead of having her hair curled by the barber, she was kidnapped by the barber's murderous duplicate. Bernadette was then thrown into a pit, where she could have her magic negated and she could questioned about her knowledge and studies. Combining Bernadette's studies in abjuration, the hag Errevastica's fey magic, and his own evil intellect, the evil 'Jooge' was able to construct a contraption called the *prismatic coloring machine*.

More than a tenday after she was captured, Bernadette was rescued by a group of adventurers that had been hired to investigate the barber shop's involvement in the recent string of kidnappings and disappearances. After she was freed, Bernadette ensured the adventurers were rewarded by the Arcane Brotherhood, and more importantly, she ensured the *prismatic coloring machine* was taken apart and removed before it could be used by anyone other than the Arcane Brotherhood. Of the adventurers, Bernadette nominated the genasi Lucifer and the elf Crystal Syshrallis to be taken into the Arcane Brotherhood, as they showed potential and she was grateful for her own rescue.