Giancarlo Dominici

Baron **Giancarlo Dominici** is an Infernian tiefling and heir-apparent to House Dominici. A judge by trade, the Baron's hobby is to act as a patron of the druidic arts, collecting druid artifacts and using his palace as a naturalist haven of hanging gardens, insectariums, greenhouses,

The Baron is actually supporting the evil dragon god Tiamat and he is trying to restore the power of dragons. By working within the Order of Occlusion, he is trying to access a plane where the dragon he seeks lives. The nine hells where Tiamat is? Perhaps he is Tiamat incarnate as a baron?

He tells the party that the war goes far beyond the front lines. It is a battle for complete control over the Material plane, and many are trying to call on the power of other planes to do it. There once existed a great many planar portals in ancient times, and beings were able to freely move between the planes, but for a long time these portals have been closed or disappeared, and only a few remain. This is thanks to the work of the Order of Occlusion, who try to defend the Material plane from outside incursion, restoring balance to the world and avoiding the chaos brought by these planes. Even a seemingly "good" plane such as the Feywild must be kept at bay. And of course, the free access from the Infernal plane ended up creating the tieflings, who are cursed in their origin.

The Baron is devoted to the law. The rejudification brought together the once chaotic trade states of Inferny into one united, lawful country. (Of course, this is only a facade, because his true form of Tiamat is an embodiment of chaos.)

The Dustro-Goblindians are trying to access the Abyss from the Underdark and use the demon princes to defeat the Allied Army above ground.

The Harlequins Brigade is working with devil magic to access the Infernal plane

The Zwergans, who hold the seat of the Affliction Church, are trying to open a Shadowfell portal through the death and destruction of the war. They believe Bane can raise an army of the dead from the Shadowfell to win the war. Bane's power has been low since the Affliction as he feeds on death and destruction, so they are producing more of it to boost his power.

The Sylvans and Leonians are trying to access the Feywild so they can use its time-distorting qualities and other fey magic to their advantage.

All of these plans must be foiled, because of the unintended consequences of opening such portals. Doing so brings unimaginable calamities such as the Vanishing of the humans from the realm, a genocide of unspeakable proportions.

Now this opening of an elemental portal means bad things. The Baron suspects this may not have been as unintentional as the party thinks. Corvia was once home to the elemental giants in ancient times, and for long they have cursed the fall of their ancient society. The giants may be trying to rise up on their own and access the elemental plane to wreak havoc on the Material plane. Don't you realize what a treant is? An ancient forest giant!! I'm afraid you have been duped, and the mysterious forest fire is all the more reason to be suspicious of this treant's druidic claims.

(Tiamat's draconic form is imprisoned within Avernus in the Nine Hells, but her humanoid form exists as a split between the Baron and his sisters.)