Eldeth Feldrun

**Eldeth Feldrun** was a shield dwarf scout from Clan Feldrun of Gauntlgrym. During a battle between Feldrun dwarves and orcs of the Iceshield tribe, Eldeth fell down an underdark passage while pursuing a fleeing orc. She was then captured by drow slavers and taken to Velkynvelve, where she would later perish during an escape attempt.

Eldeth Feldrun was an NPC present in the ongoing *Out of the Abyss* adventure.

## Description

Eldeth was a female shield dwarf with long and braided ginger hair, as well as green eyes. She stood tall at 4 feet and eight inches (1.4 meters) and weighed about 160 pounds (72 kilograms). During her time as scout she wore brown and green leather armor, the wolf symbol of her family, and a shield bearing the clan symbol. However, during her time in Velkynvelve, she was only afforded some burlap 'clothing' and chains to ensure she couldn't easily hide any contraband.

## Personality

Eldeth was a proud and stubborn dwarf, traits common among her people. Alhough she offered the drow Malady some respect, she very outwardly had a hate for drow, duergar, derro, and other "dark dwellers" of the Underdark. She'd briefly been forced to worked together with orc Ront, but the two quickly reverted to their hatred of each other's people as soon as they had been taken by the drow- all due to both of them having a stubborn and xenophobic streak.

Still, Eldeth was not all pride and stubbornness. She could be high-spirited and eager, as seen by the few moments her fellow prisoners got to see her reflect on her new home of Gauntlgrym. She was defiant towards her captors, as well as self-sacrificing should a situation call for it. Although her death was by no means a willing one, it was clear that she would've gladly laid down her life for her home, her family, or her friends.

## History

Eldeth was a member of Clan Feldrun of Mirabar, and like many of her kin she rallied around the cause of Bruenor Battlehammer when he marched to reclaim the ancient city of Gauntlgrym from the hands of the drow in the year 1486 DR. After the dwarven city had been reclaimed, those folk of Clan Feldrun settled in Gauntlgrym, with Eldeth among them. She later took on the job of being being a scout on the surface, aiding other dwarves in battles against the Iceshield tribe of orcs.

During one such battle at the end of 1486 DR, she pursued a fleeing orc named Ront, leading both of them to fall in an Underdark passage, very injured. Forced to work together and too disoriented to find a way out, both she and Ront were later found by raiders of Velkynvelve led by the drow priestess Asha Vandree. They were both healed and both enslaved, marched all the way to the faraway settlement of Velkynvelve.

In 1487 DR, Eldeth participated in an escape plan alongside thirteen others, making it as far as the cavern below the drow outpost. As Eldeth went to help someone who had fallen unconscious, they she was engulfed and fatally burned by a psychic gray ooze the party had been told was harmless. From her recovered possessions, the party recovered a partially melted symbol of Clan Feldrun, so they could bring news of her passing to her family in Gauntlgrym.