The Band

**The Band** is a somewhat successful group of mercinaries that is, in fact, secretly a front for a Wicklowian spy operation. While he and most of the members of **The Band** are volunteers, some of it's current ranks were volun-told to be apart of it.

## The Members

### Nabster

A stoic half-elven warrior with a mysterious heritage, working with Wicklow in hopes of finding out information about his father.

### Hue

A human smuggler that was caught by Wicklow, now working as The Band's resident driver in return for his eventual freedom (and a sizable severance pay).

### Throthgar

A large, well built former orc bandit now turned agent of Wicklow for reasons the rest of The Band is yet to become aware of.

### Chao Xiaolin

A master alchemist originally hailing from Wagashi with decades of experience living and working within the Underworld. Joined **The Band** in hopes of finding rare research specimens and furthering "his art".

### "Mia Aiima"

A Story-weaver and Illusory mage that joined **The Band** on orders from Wicklow and was encountered on their way to Onihara.

## The Band Inc.

The Band has made headway into creating a sustainable source of income and garnering infamy within The Underworld. So far they have acquired:

### Holdings:

#### The Manor

A mysterious building located in the Underworld, this large decorated stone mansion was created hundreds of years ago by some entity that left precious little clues to their identity. Constructed for what appears to be use by groups of warlocks the mansion was discovered by Wicklow and is being currently used as a base of operations by **The Band**. After some renovations and refurnishing it is now equipped with a functional kitchen, stables, mortuary, alchemical and blacksmithing workshops and even a secret temple to The Light located in the back yard.

#### Amnivile

The old stone ruins of a settlement long lost to time and the ravages of war. It used to house a temple to the Dark Goddess of Fear and even a burrow with a large amount of Wendigo that lay dormant bellow the ruins, before The Band slew all of them and acquired the key to the Claim of the layer.

#### The Duergar Ruins

A former outpost that belonged to a group of Duergar, it was rendered lifeless as those who lived there developed a number of unstable stone golems - who proceeded to kill everyone in the outpost. After The Band destroyed the golems in question and cleaned the place up a bit they started using it as a secondary base due to its easily defensible position.

### - Sources of Income:

#### Vusulia's regent farm

Home to the lab of Vusulia, daughter of Moslyeas, this "regent farm" encompass a vast area of artificially planted and precisely cultivated plants of use in alchemy within an Underworld Layer. The Band has a exclusive trading agreement with Vusulia allowing them to trade her concoctions, pills and surplus regents in exchange for a cut of the total profits. In addition The Band also regularly sells Vusulia captured monsters which she uses for her experiments.

#### The Gravity Layer mining operation

Connected to the Mansion via one of its Portal connections is an Underworld Layer that contains a grey landscape and innumerable floating orbs of water (some of which contain aquatic life in the form of certian breeds of fish). The Band named the layer "The Gravity Layer" due to the bizarre way gravity behaves in that place. This layer regularly has magical "storms" during which gravity begins to act irregularly, changing orientation and intensity very suddenly.

Over the years these changes in gravity have affected the local stone and ores so now some of them weigh less or more then what they should for their volume. The Band has made it a point to excavate these materials and sell them for a tidy profit.

#### Candyland

A mystical Underworld Layer in which all of the local flora, fauna, and even the landscape are based are based on sugar. Licorice grass, chocolate pudding mud and fearsome monsters with syrup for blood can all be found in this layer.

The Band makes it a point to sell the sweets from this place for a very large profit as sweets (not based on bug entrails) are a very rare commodity within The Underworld.

## Former Band Members

### Quintus

A young man who is an expert in poison and former resident cartographer of The Band. Has been transferred to Wicklow's intelligence branch, recent news places him back in Fungarion.

### Xanthia Clo'or

Fire Giant Runesmith that practiced his craft at Manor's forge before leaving for Wicklow, pursuing better opportunities to advance his goals.

### Seven

A mysterious construct on the run from his creators and a mysterious entity. Had joined **The Band** during their trip to Lava Lake City but later left to join forces with the spell king Marion.