Alonne Firth

*This is about the (unofficial) WEU campaign character, for the official Unwelcome Spirits character, see Alonne Frith (potential spoilers).*

## Character Information

### Languages

Common, Elvish, Undercommon, Infernal, Deep Speech

### Family

Harmony (sister)
Naeda Firth (mother)
Bertlas Nen (father)

## Status

### Cause of death

Ritualistic murder (repeated)
Killed by Dunand

**Alonne Firth** is a drow warlock from Rotthold. As an NPC in the Unwelcome Spirits campaign, he is played by Raziel.

“
Traitorous beauty, left by god and human alike to rot in a cage. Saved by pity, left to die even by the voices in his own head!
”

–
Ceratos to Alonne
[!h]

## **Description**

### **Appearance**

Alonne is a drow with longer white hair. He is around six feet tall.

### **Personality**

Alonne is well-read, and sometimes taunts the party when he knows something they don't. He speaks in a deadpan reflective of his nature as a Hollow One, and is generally well-versed in sarcasm and retorts. Alonne isn't particularly affectionate, and routinely makes efforts to distance himself from the party calling them coworkers or acquaintances, though is quite protective of them both in and out of combat and seems genuinely attached to them. He has a bit of an adrenaline junkie streak, sometimes pushing his luck and reveling in it, and has expressed a bent for violence. Alonne is also not a stranger to maddening sights and experiences, being a scholar of the Far Realms. He isn't particularly affectionate, but has pushed himself to comfort several members of the party before despite seeming uncomfortable with it.

## **Biography**

### **Background**

Alonne is from Rotthold, in Blightshore. At some point before meeting the party, Alonne died, came back as a Hollow One, and made a warlock pact, not necessarily in that order. At some point, Alonne had a sister, Harmony, and a partner, Ascend, who Alonne cited as some of the things that brought him the most joy before he found the party. He's also mentioned being acquainted with a set of air genasi twins.

Alonne, and the party's interactions with some version of Harmony, have both implied or stated that Alonne is responsible for the death of his sister, with Alonne outright calling themselves her murderer.

In late 835 or early 836 P.D., Alonne traveled to the Brokenveil Marsh, where they were captured by soldiers at Fort Venture. According to Alonne, they were killed and brought back to life numerous times for “experiments” conducted by the guard there.

### **Unwelcome Spirits Arc**

The party found Alonne when in Fort Venture in search of Bol’bara. He was the only humanoid survivor of the massacre that had taken place there, and was kept locked in a cage. The party found the keys to his cage and freed Alonne, at which point he agreed to accompany them. Alonne fought alongside the party to take down then heal Bol’bara, showing himself to be proficient with his scimitar. He was invited to travel with the party in further journeys.

On the way back through the Brokenveil Marsh, the party was confronted by Righteous Brand soldiers from the empire, who inspected the party and demanded they hand over Alonne, who was kept under their watch. The party killed the soldiers, and Alonne crushed the hand of one of them, being visibly upset by their presence and angry at what they did to him. He talked to and comforted Sybil, who also seemed upset after the confrontation.

After returning to Urzin with the rest of the party, Alonne chose to stay with them and shared a room with Sybil.

### **Recollections and Reconnaissance**

The next morning, Alonne woke up and tried to head outside, finding themselves unable to alone. When the party noticed them sitting outside, Fiona accompanied them to the general store. While getting a job, he recognized the drug suude. Later that night, he asked to talk to Thalia Amaryllis and asked her how she prays, confiding in her about the new developments in his warlock powers and asking if this was normal for divine magic. When Thalia ushered him to sit on her bed, which the Moonweaver had willed flowers to grow around, they wilted as he approached.

From there Alonne accompanied the party, then still unnamed, to another mission infiltrating the Rockguard Garrison. Along the way, they ran into an Oblex, who they confronted twice, both times needing to retreat. After being required to give the Oblex one of their most painful memories the second time, Alonne was mostly unresponsive. That day, Sybil showed him a sketch of the Core Spawn Seer that killed her, and Alonne confessed that he wanted to know what was down there, in places like the Miskath Pit.

Alonne was disguised by the party in order to enter the Garrison. Later, the party left and crossed the border back, seeing snow. Alonne participated in the snowball fight that ensued.

### **Asarius Arc**

On the way to Asarius, Alonne was struck by lightning. He also confessed to Cyprus then that they had a sister, who was no longer here, and that she had a few things in common with Sybil. The two spoke about the respective things muddling their minds, and Alonne told Cyprus that if they ever needed to go somewhere, without explanation, Alonne would follow. Later, they raced the party through mud to Asarius.

Alonne was protective over Fiona, to the point that he straight-up shot Kenrich after Fiona wanted him to. Halfway through, Sybil and Cyprus had their first experience in the Flesh Dome, after which Alonne pushed the party away. Alonne bought a new outfit, discarding their old clothes from Fort Venture. In the fight with Terra, Alonne was knocked out and they threatened to kill him if the party didn't give up. The party did, negotiating to get the book, Terra, and Alonne back safe. They then rushed over to heal Alonne, who came back disoriented and lashing out, then went quiet.

During downtime, Alonne went to the library, where Cyprus found out that Alonne used to pronounce his name as "a-lawn", and that his last name carried some weight. Later, Alonne announced to the party that he was leaving. The rest of the party tried to convince him to stay, and then received a letter asking if they would like to work at the Marble Tomes Conservatory, where Alonne was also employed. The stuck together, essentially becoming coworkers, and set out for Rosohna.

### **The Hag and the Woods**

Alonne was one of the first to feel the effects of the woods, snapping and tearing a page out of their journal in frustration, before noting it as odd. When speaking to Hazel, the party discovered that Alonne was not... *particularly* good-aligned, with him garnering the biggest reaction from Hazel. After the party grabbed the items from the hag's house, Alonne was one of the people who fell ill, and stayed ill the longest as Thalia ran out of spell slots. The party watched them through the night in shifts. On a shift with Sybil and Fiona, Fiona asked Alonne what brought him the most joy before he'd met them. Alonne said either Harm or End. Fiona asked him to elaborate on End, and Alonne talked about End (Ascend), an ex-partner of his. Later, Alonne spoke to Thalia slightly about his sister, while Thalia spoke about hers. Hummel also experienced the flesh dome for the first time.

### **Rosohna**

The party arrived at Rosohna, just in time for a job interview. Alonne tagged along with the party to see The Weirdos.

To be continued (when Hex has time to update this).

### **Current Arc**

Alonne is killed by Dunand on session 69. Long live Alonne Firth.

Hours later, Thalia calls on the Moonweaver and casts Revivify on Alonne, bringing him back from the dead. Alonne is initially under the impression he's still in Fort Venture, praying to the various gods for help, but is soon reminded of where he is, though he remains slightly disoriented and very dissociated. He is generally quiet and unresponsive for a few days, though when on watch with Fiona, he holds her hand and finishes a hug Fiona starts then thinks better of. Alonne sticks close to Fiona, opting to ride on her back in moorbounder form whenever possible.

Alonne returns to being more vocal after the demon almost takes over Thalia, and she argues that she needs its power because she's not strong enough without it, implying her own fault in Alonne's death. Alonne later confronts her on watch, telling her (though not unkindly for Alonne) that they weren't her martyr to use in her own self-pity. They also note that the next time they're brought back, they'd prefer a party and not a wake.

The next day, seeing the party was at the end of their rope in regards to who carries the demon, Alonne offered himself and Cyprus up to carry the gem for the last leg of their journey. He writes on the back of his hand "Don't trust the demon. It can't fix your problems. Trust your friends." noting that he trusts his own judgement. He struggles with the demon's influence, but gets through until he can switch off with Cyprus. Upon the party's return to Rosohna, Alonne is pulled aside by Sybil, who points out to him that he's subtly glowing, a result of the Moonweaver's magic bringing him back. Alonne manages to keep his composure, but is distinctly upset at having been marked. After the party finds an inn and Sybil informs them about her brother's history with Rolwen, Alonne lingers behind and uses the soundproof room to scream for a while, before rejoining the group for drinks.

## Relationships

### The Shades of the Waste as a whole

> *"Ceratos: You are a broken child playing house! You are a rejected sacrifice! You are nothing!
> Alonne: I am everything if I am with them, and you are a parasite!" -Alonne to Ceratos.*
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Alonne is, reluctant as he is to admit it, friends with the rest of the Shades of the Waste. Though he has at times been cagey, referring to them as coworkers, he obviously cares very deeply about them. After they return from Bazzoxan, he outright states that he would die for any of them (and would also have no qualms about kissing them).

### Fiona

> *"I would… end realities. Just to see you smile. I… I am… broken in many ways and I am cruel. And I am… terrible things. And. I. I would become kind for you." - Alonne to Fiona.*
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Alonne cares deeply about Fiona. He's outwardly expressed that she's one of his favorite people out of the Shades of the Waste, and stated that he would destroy a universe for her. As of session 93, the two have kissed.

### Hummel

Hummel and Alonne often work together in combat, and have (potentially) entered a sort of romantic relationship (situationship???).

### Sybil

As the only two Hollow Ones of the party, roommates since the beginning, and the only two non-good-aligned members of the Shades of the Waste, Sybil and Alonne are very close. Alonne has (while drunk) openly stated that part of his favoritism towards Sybil stems from the fact that she reminds them of their sister.

### Thalia

Alonne looks up to Thalia, and potentially has a measure of envy over the fact that she is a cleric of the Moonweaver while the gods left him to rot in a cage.

### Naeda Firth

> *"She sleeps in a coffin in the middle of the cemetery and wakes every morning just to make my life miserable, yes." -Alonne on Naeda.*
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## **Quotations**

* "I am a rather dark spot in your colorful aesthetics."
* "I had a dream and I don't sleep."
* "As much as I would love to detonate this entire place and everyone in it, I've been told that using things on people isn't *nice* and, I think we need to be *nice."*
* "And he said he loved me, and I said I loved him and we both knew it was a lie. And, when I became too much, he left me, before I could tear his throat open like I did the rest."
* "Sybil, I don’t know how to explain this to you. It doesn’t horrify me. I was born to study these things, I was born to speak to them, to talk to them. It’s my purpose and my life’s work."
* "Cyprus, *I know*. There were so many voices in my head, there are so many whispers to this day, they call on me just like they did back then. There’s always been voices, Cyprus, ever since the day I was born, there’s been *callings to me, Cyprus. I am sorry.*"
* I think I would miss all of you. I think you’ve broken something within me terribly, and now I can’t think without conscience. You’ve torn me apart, maybe that was the sacrifice. Maybe death broke me and you fixed me, but you fixed all the pieces wrong, and now I can’t help but think what makes you sad, what makes you happy, what you sound [like] when you laugh. And how tragic you look when you’re afraid or when I hurt you… and I didn’t use to give a shit. But now it scares me. I think you fixed me, but you fixed me wrong... I’m not myself. I don’t know if I can be. (Laughs). All I am is [unintelligible], a little… everyone’s experiments, whose pieces got put together wrong, and now I found someone else to put me back together.

### **Journal Excerpts**

The following are excerpts from Alonne's journal, all of which briefly featured in the description of Alonne's Spotify playlist.

* "Misuthar 4th. Oblex truly are insatiable beings, they prayed on both her mind and mine."
* "Misuthar 5th. |Redacted| It knows, it knows, it-it knows more than I. Eventually, I-"
* "Misuthar 5th, cont. I knew them similar, but this is rather uncanny."
* "Horisal 23rd, I'm sure ----------------. For research, of course."
* "Misuthar 16th. I would call it delayed stress, but the ache that remains proves it to be something more than hallucinations."
* "Misuthar 9th. I grow tired of these constant encumbrances, though it might be necessary to get used to them... it seems as if they will follow me every waking moment."
* "Misuthar 24th. ...I cannot help but respect the irony of whichever being has written this particular turn of events into truth. A tragic joke, and here I stand as the punchline."
* "Dualahei 3rd. Caring and worry and fear are simple emotions to mimic, yet difficult emotions to feel. Terror however, is an inimately familiar feeling, and one difficult to hide."
* "Unndilar 19th. I was nothing if not a drunk fool confession my affections. Once more I think myself a priest - the only one lucky enough to taste the smile on his deity's lips."

## Gallery

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Spirits Session 93
2. ↑ Spirits Session 38
3. ↑ Spirits Session 27
4. ↑ Spirits Session 26