Florina DuRaal

**Florina DuRaal** is the former captain of the *Flying Adder*, a smuggling vessel aligned with the Zhentarim before it came to be known as the *Winged Salamander*. Despite having had a high rank in the Black Network, Florina went behind the Zhentarim's back in 1490 DR to form a rogue cell in Waterdeep. As a part of a joint operation with the Xanathar Guild, Florina took the crew of the *Flying Adder* to Port Nyanzaru in an effort to smuggle out exotic goods and cultural artifacts that could then be sold on the black market of Waterdeep. This operation failed, and Florina is now considered an enemy by both the Zhentarim and the Xanathar Guild.

Florina DuRaal is an NPC in the short adventure *All Eyes on Chult*, where she took on the role of a secondary antagonist.

## Description

Florina is a female half-elf with tanned skin, chocolate brown hair, and olive green eyes. She stands tall at 5 feet and 7 inches (1.7 meters) and weighs about 170 pounds (77 kilograms). She is most often seen wearing expensive but practical clothing, and she never wears armor.

## History

Florina was born and raised in Neverwinter, taken into the Zhentarim at an early age. Early in her life her work with the Black Network allowed her to acquire the *Flying Adder*, a Waterdhavian ship she'd later use for countless smuggling operations on the Sword Coast. In 1491, Florina started basing her operations in Waterdeep, where she came into contact with the Xanathar Guild. Soon after her relocation she formed her own rogue cell, using the *Flying Adder* and its crew to work alongside a dwarven smuggler known as Red-Eye. Together, Florina's cell and the Xanathar Guild formed a working relationship in a joint effort to smuggle priceless exotic goods and artifacts out of Port Nyanzaru.

Shortly after the *Flying Adder* and *Wicked Gaze* left the harbor of Waterdeep, the Harpers of the city sent word to agents in Chult and the harbormaster of Port Nyanzaru, Zindar. On Zindar's directions, four Harpers (and later an private agent of Zindar's) would go on to investigate the vessels and find evidence of both the Zhentarim and Xanathar Guild working together to plunder Chult. During their second mission in Port Nyanzaru, the Harper group staked out a meeting between Florina and her contact Dour Orlando, capturing both of them under Zindar's orders.

After an interrogation with a liberal usage of Grung poison, Florina was made to admit her crimes, as well as her alliance with Red-Eye and the Xanathar Guild. After Red-Eye's operation was ended and the agents hired by Zindar stopped the plot to kill and replace the Merchant Prince Jobal, Florina was sent back to Waterdeep alongside the Harper Therpora. This was done after the Merchant Prince Zhanthi showed an interest in having the smuggler sent to her kindred in the Black Network for judgement, a situation the Harpers did not find favorable. Florina's ship was given to the brothers Mua'glib and Gro'ok, being renamed the *Winged Salamander* to take away its association with the Zhentarim.

Once she was brought before the Waterdhavian Harpers, Florina DuRaal was seen more as an asset than an individual to be locked away. In exchange for her freedom, DuRaal gave critical information on her dealings with the Xanathar Guild, as well as the current political situation of the Zhentarim. Missing the members of her own cell and hated by both the Black Network and the Xanathar Guild, the former captain was released back on to the streets of Waterdeep. Rather than fleeing to somewhere remote like Icewind Dale, she remained in Waterdeep, using her skills to remain an independent criminal in the city's dock ward.