Mauser Crystalfist

## Basic Information

### Titles

Protector of the Underdark, Savior of Blingdenstone, General, Demon Banisher (orcish), Mother of Dragon

## Rules Information

### Game Edition

5e

Out of the Abyss & Queen of the Demonweb Pits Character

## Description

Mauser, or "Mouse," is a chipper svirfneblin Eldritch Knight, who does a pretty good impression of a crossbow machine gun. She was captured by Drow and has escaped through the underdark and taken revenge on her captors in Out of the Abyss. She was sent back in as a General of the Underdark Expeditionary Force to eliminate the demon threat once and for all, which they did.

Now she and the other Demonstalkers are working to neutralize Lolth's foul demonic influence in Queen of the Demonweb Pits.

She has a pet red dragon who she treats like a son, Puff

## Personality

Relatively chipper and upbeat for a svirfneblin, Mauser tries to make the best of her terrible situation. Mouse is maniacally obsessed with netherese culture.

## Feats

**Crossbow Expert:** when a 1h attack is made this round, may fire 1h crossbow as a bonus action. No disadvantage for ranged attacks in melee range.

**Sharpshooter:** On ranged attack may roll -5 to hit for +10 damage, ignore up to 3/4 cover, no disadvantage for long ranged attacks.

**Mobile:** +10 speed, ignore difficult terrain when sprinting, If a melee attack is made against a creature it cannot hit me with an opportunity attack.

**Svirfneblin Magic:** 1x/day: disguise self, blur, blindness/deafness; at will: nondetection.

## Possessions

* Deed to busy & successful part of Blingdenstone that mouse saw as successful in a vision of the future

## Activities

Running from drow, shooting lots of crossbow bolts, learning about netherese, training a red dragon. Mouse also spends time keeping a sketchbook and journal of her adventures. She hopes to publish her academic works along side Volo's, ahem, embelishments for exposure.

The Demonic accords at Gauntlgrym appointed mouse General of the Underdark Expeditionary Force, and sent her and her allies back in to deal with the demon threat. After a long campaign, it was disbanded after their victory against the demonic incursion.

Now mouse has reconnected with Tik-tik and his clutchmate, Clang, calling themselves *the Demonstalkers,* to assist the council of spiders in their secret mission to infiltrate the demonweb pits and steal Lolth's power.

## Relationships

### the Demonstalkers:

* **Tik-tik:** Thri-kreen monk bff, we've battled together and bonded psychically, like, all the time. Because Tik-tik can only speak thri-kreen, before he got his magic amulet of speech, mouse spoke for tik-tik frequently and whenever necessary.
* **Clang**: Thri-kreen samurai from tik-tik's clutch, who cannot communicate with Mouse. A powerful ally but Mouse is offput by his constant salivation and apparent desire to eat her.
* **Liriel Baenre:** Drow Bladesinger, spider council member, daughter of Gromph Baenre Archmage of Menzoberranzan
* **Viconia DeVir:** Cleric of Shar, spider council member, Vizeran DeVir's younger sister

### Allies:

* **Weazel:** Close friend of Mouse, who has been taking care of her family home in her absence. He is simple but good intentioned.
* **Tappy Foamstrap:** Innkeeper of Blingdenstone, high school acquaintance of Mouse
* **Dorbo and Senni Diggermattock:** Mouse's direct superior officers. Leaders of the resistance likely to assume the throne. Was on a mission to scout in Gracklstugh when she was captured.
* **King Bruenor Battlehammer:** Fought elementals alongside the party, pulled together all the above-ground forces to fight the demons.
* **Volothamp Geddarm:** Plagarized much of Mouse's first published work, *Crystalfist's Guide to the Underdark* as his own but screwed up her accuracy in favor of hyperbole. His outsold hers by a huge margin. When Mouse confronted him, Volo convinced her that they should work together rather than kill him. She could ensure accuracy and he would use his savvy at promotion and storytelling to publish works together. *Mauser's Addendum* would be added to the end of Volo's guides, filled with additional, actual factual information. Recognizing her own weakness at charismatic promotion, Mouse agreed, with the understanding that Volo would publish recognition that authorship/inspiration of his guide to the Underdark came from Mouse, and if Volo tried to screw her again there would be consequences.
* **Khelben Blackstaff:** Mouse is in his secret group of Harpers

### Former party members:

* **Kruul (deceased):** Kruul and mouse had a rather antagonistic relationship, but when it came down to it Kruul was a valuable ally in the battle against demonkind. As far as mouse knows, he died being a hero saving the underdark from Orcus and will recieve a hero's burial in Blingdenstone.
* **Eldeth Feldrun (retired):** A selfless Dwarven ally, and Mouse's only female friend on her adventures. Despite constant attempts to sacrificer herself heroically she survived the demon invasion. Eldeth helped Mouse ally with the above ground factions and has returned to her people after victory with the underdark expeditionary force.
* **Jimjar (retired):** Escaped with Mouse from drowish slavery & gambled his life/freedom away to Mouse. It was revealed that he was the one that sold out the location of Drizzt Do'Urden to the drow, against the wishes of the Blingdenstone council. After a confrontation, he has agreed to face justice for what he has done.
* **Grin Ousstyl (retired):** Vizaren Devir's apprentice, had to betray him and go on the run from him when we didn't go along with Vizaren's plan regarding the Demons
* **Jorlan Duskryn:** Council of spiders member, scarred fighter and ally, his house rose in station thanks to our destruction of house Mizzrim

## Factions

* Harpers (for arcane secrecy and goodness) rank 3 "Brightcandle" 18/30
	+ working for a splinter group called "Moonshadows" who report directly to Blackstaff
	+ Contact: Zerlon Morninghorn
* Lords' Alliance (for spelljammer program) rank 2 17/30
	+ joined to be involved in "starlord" spelljammer program, gave them thundercracker so they could ask about wild space/spelljamming tech
	+ Contact: Zelron Morninghorn
* Order of the Gauntlet (because they fight the good fight) rank 3 "Whitehawk" 21/30
	+ Contact: Lannaver Strayal
* Council of Spiders (because our interests align) rank ???
* Iceshield Orcs rank ???
	+ Thar'Drak, shaman leader, agreed to parlay with any svirfneblin before attacking. Has given Mouse the title of "Demon Banisher" in Orcish

## History

Was working as an Urban Bounty Hunter for the Blingdenstone resistance, scouting to the duergar city of Gracklstugh when she was kidnapped by House Mizrim and taken to Valkenvelve.

There, enslaved and humiliated, she was aided by one of her captors, a Drow named Jorlan Duskryn, and teamed up with a ragtag group of prisoners, including Tik Tik the thri-kreen and Khuuhrukehul the bugbear. They escaped their captors under demon attack, and fled across the Underdark to Sloobloodoop. There, the Demogorgon attacked and laid waste to the city and had to flee once again, this time to Neverlight Grove. They passed through Gracklestough and was given a hatched red dragon egg as a reward for helping She and her party saved Blingdenstone from attack by slimes, driving off Juiblex and the Pudding King.

They managed to make it to the surface to get aid from the major surface factions against the Demons. Mouse was made general of these forces, called the Underdark Expeditionary Force. She forged bonds of comradery with all the factions and led them to many victories against their foes. Most survived.

They went to an ancient underground library to discover how to defeat the demonic incursion, where they met Vizeran DeVir, a Drow wizard who agreed to help them craft a spell that would summon all the demons in one place and enrage them to battle each other. His conditions: the UEF must gather the spell components for him, and the demons must be summoned in Menzoberranzan, the Drow capital city.

Mouse led her forces to gather the components and defeated Jewiblex and Zuggtmoy when they turned on each other. She had to enter Menzoberranzan for a component, a spellbook, where she learned of the politics and intricacies of Drow society. Making some allies and some enemies there, she took revenge on house Mizrem and promoted the house of their ally, Jorlan Duskryn, to fill their position.

Deciding it would be a bad idea to destroy Menzoberranzan and might provoke the Drow into attacking Blingdenstone in retaliation, Mouse betrayed Vizaren and instead summoned the Demons to the remote location of Neverlight grove, which was now abandoned by the myconids. After an epic battle between the enraged demons, Orcus won, slaying Yeegogoon and the Demogorgon. The party had to face off with the Demon Lord of Undeath. After a brutal battle where Kruul was killed by a power word kill, Orcus was slain and the threat to the underdark had subsided.

She is now working with the council of spiders to further their conspiracy to free them from the tyranny of Lolth, believing that Blingenstone will be safer under this new order should they succeed.