Krebbyg Masq'il'yr

> *"Sorry can't bring him back."* (Krebbyg Masq'il'yr, to Mus C'aedus II, shortly before shooting them)
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**Krebbyg Masq'il'yr** (pronounced /ˈkrɛbɪg ˈmɑːskɪlɪər/ *KREH-big MASK-il-eer*) is a former agent of Bregan D'aerthe under Jarlaxle Baenre. He defected from the organization on July 20th, 1492, after Mariss D'Marothek saved his life.

## **Description**

Krebbyg Masq'il'yr is a drow that is 5 feet 7 inches (170 centimeters) tall and weighs 140 pounds (63.5 kilograms). He, like most other drow, has black skin and pointed ears typical of an elf. He keeps his long, sleek white hair pulled up into a ponytail at the top of his head. Krebbyg has teal blue eyes, and his face is scarred from years of combat-oriented work. He is slightly built due to his years of intensive combat work.

Krebbyg typically wears nondescript, dark clothing, typical attire of the drow in Bregan D'aerthe. He wears black work pants and boots, a grey tunic, and a purple shirt, and he has a black scarf draped over his shoulders. He likely repairs his own clothes himself if they tear.

## **Personality**

Krebbyg comes off as serious and reserved to those he speaks with. This is an honest reflection of himself, and no matter how close he gets with someone, he still retains this distance and stand-offishness. However, this rigidness can give way to an unexpected tenderness when he gives in and lets his guard down.

Krebbyg's serious nature extends to his work. Formerly a soldier, he is direct and down-to-business when he needs to be. He takes no time for distractions, and he has been shown to despise the shortcomings of those he works with, talking down to Felrekt, Noonan and Tri in the past in the midst of jobs. He is more comfortable with those who work at his speed.

Krebbyg is fiercely loyal, and entirely ready to fight for the behalf of those he cares about. This loyalty and justice can be taken advantage of, such as when Jarlaxle Baenre tricked Krebbyg into attempting to assassinate Tribula Cochlea by lying and claiming the sea elf in question was responsible for the death of Felrekt Lafeen. However, he is amenable to reason, and once proven that his loyalty or justice is misguided, he will back down and reconsider.

## **Abilities**

Not much is known about Krebbyg's combat-related abilities, but he has been shown to use a firearm with proficiency before. Additionally, he also appears to be somewhat proficient in stealth and espionage.

Krebbyg, like most drow, possesses superior darkvision and limited magical abilities innate to the drow.

## **Possessions**

Krebbyg is in possession of at least one firearm, which he has been shown to use before.

Krebbyg received three red orchids and an ornate vase from Mariss when they started dating.

## **History**

Krebbyg is implied to have been born at least 100 years prior in Luskan, in the Sword Coast. At some point, he then arrived at Waterdeep, where he was raised and trained to be an assassin alongside Felrekt Lafeen by Loreloth and Jarlaxle Baenre, who Krebbyg developed a deep loyalty towards in return. Krebbyg then began serving under Jarlaxle in Bregan D'aerthe.

At some point, Loreloth cut ties with Jarlaxle, and, seeking work, joined the Hand of Nessus. Krebbyg disapproved of that decision and resented Loreloth for his decision; however, Krebbyg still cared about him.

In July of 1492, Jarlaxle assigned Krebbyg and Felrekt to guard Renaer Neverember in hopes that they could bring back information about an object known as the Stone of Golorr to the organization. Their post was disrupted by Mariss D'Marothek, Tribula Cochlea, Reverence, Noonan Lockheed and Izora de'Xvim, the latter of which entered the Neverember home, approached Krebbyg and antagonized him with misandrist drow microaggressions, prompting him to fire his weapon at Izora, gravely wounding her. She escaped with her life, and Felrekt decided to pursue her into Noonan and Rev's apartment, inviting the group to sit down and discuss finding Renaer, who had been mysteriously kidnapped.

Krebbyg and Felrekt accompanied the party to seek Renaer, who they suspected had been accosted by the Hand of Nessus. This was further evidenced by belongings of the cult left behind on the trail. Krebbyg guided the party to the Godcatcher Inn, and the party tore apart the sect of the cult, leaving only Loreloth alive, who fled via jumping out the window. The two drow then returned to Bregan D'aerthe, unfortunately lacking any information about the stone.

Krebbyg then accompanied Jarlaxle the following day to provide the party compensation in the form of two firearms and a sum of gold. Unbeknownst to his boss, he returned later that evening and paid Mariss for his services, sleeping with the yuan-ti in the Awning Portal's third floor master bedroom. This interaction prompted Krebbyg's appearance at the tavern to be an unquestioned regular occurrence.

On July 15th, 1492, Felrekt is assassinated by a member of Bregan D'aerthe in an attempt to cover up Jarlaxle Baenre's tracks. Shortly afterwards, Krebbyg discovers that Felrekt has been murdered. He questions Jarlaxle, who tells him that Tribula Cochlea was the culprit and used the very gun that Krebbyg gave him to kill his friend. On the 19th, Krebbyg decided to exact revenge against the "guilty" party, arriving at the Awning Portal, beckoning Tri into a side room and shooting them. Tri survived, but the gunshot attracted the rest of the party, including a very angry Rev, who, with Tri's aid, turned violent. Thanks to the aid of Mariss D'Marothek, Krebbyg escaped with his life, and Mariss barricaded himself and Krebbyg in the third floor master bedroom.

Krebbyg explained what Jarlaxle had told him, and Mariss quite easily rebuffed him, claiming that not only did he witness the death of Felrekt, but he knew for certain that Tri was not the culprit. Krebbyg was willing to believe him, but under one circumstance: Izora use *zone of truth* on both himself and Tri, and have Tri give a true confession that they were not the killer. After some arguing amongst the group, the hostile group conceded, and under Izora's *zone of truth,* Tri was absolved of all suspicion.

Hurt and betrayed by Jarlaxle's betrayal and realizing that Jarlaxle's deceit could and would turn him into an unwilling murderer and harm the group, especially Mariss, that he had befriended, Krebbyg made the decision to defect from Bregan D'aerthe by spilling all of the intel he knew. He directed the party to seek and destroy three top officers of Bregan D'aerthe before seeking Jarlaxle; Soluun Xibrindas, Llorath Pharn and Tylan Ilueph, the former of which Krebbyg suspected to be Felrekt's real killer. He agreed to take up Mariss's offer to go into hiding in the Awning Portal, reconnecting with Loreloth, another resident at the time, in the process.

Krebbyg continued to live out of the Awning Portal. He eventually got himself roped into Mariss's plans to host a grand opening for the tavern, putting up with it due to the fact that he didn't have much choice and he also appreciated Mariss's company. He feared what would happen if he was seen in public, but Mariss convinced him that he could disguise him sufficiently enough that everything would be fine. Eventually, he conceded to coming in exchange for Mariss not losing his shit over the giant cake Auxi C'aedus bought Tri for their 300th birthday party, and let Mariss take him to a tailor's shop to buy him nice clothes for the event.

After Mariss holding the tailor at metaphorical gunpoint to get Krebbyg specific clothes in Chultan make, Krebbyg gets dressed and joins the Awning Portal's opening party, helping at the juice bar and keeping mostly to himself, occasionally mingling with Mariss, Loreloth or Krentz. His solitude is shattered, however, when Jarlaxle Baenre approaches him under the disguise of "Captain Zord" (a human sailor with a gaudy tricorn hat that runs the *Seamaiden's Faire*.) Krebbyg considers coming back with Jarlaxle, but Mariss steps in and pleads for him to stay, genuinely worried about his wellbeing if he were to follow Jarlaxle back to the fleet after the betrayal that Krebbyg did. Krebbyg conceded to Mariss's worries and decided to stay with the yuan-ti proprietor, sending a clear signal to Jarlaxle that negotiation would not separate them. Jarlaxle left, but not with his men in tow.

Mariss immediately ran off then, spotting an old enemy of his, leaving Krebbyg alone to his thoughts. He returned soon after, however, having caught his suspect. He attempted to comfort Krebbyg, but after Krebbyg revealed nothing to him, they fell into a comfortable silence. After making one final speech, Mariss brought the celebrations to a close, and Krebbyg helped him and the Awning Portal close up for the night.

While Krentz and Loreloth took a very tired Huang Fu Haldeth up to his quarters, Krebbyg helped Mariss and the party decide upon hours. They were interrupted, however, by Lif, who found two Bregan D'aerthe mages, Tylan Ilueph and Lorath Pharn, who were invisible and waiting to strike. Krebbyg aided the rest of the party in killing the two drow, and watched as Mariss gleefully dismembered the bodies of his former coworkers.

As the next morning passed, Krebbyg joined Mariss and the others as they made plans to raid Jarlaxle's fleet and kill him. Krebbyg and Mariss worked together, with Krebbyg's memory and Mariss's questionable but decent artistic skills, to make a crude floor plan map of the Eyecatcher, Jarlaxle's largest ship. Eventually, the plans slowed down, and the group went out to do their daily errands, but not without Mariss leaving Krebbyg a paper crane in case things went wrong. Krebbyg did use this paper crane when he discovered Soluun Xibrindas spying on everyone, who he easily bested in combat and incapacitated, tying up the drow and gagging him. He then waited for Mariss to come home, who came back quickly, and eventually decided to let Soluun live under the threat that if Jarlaxle heard hide or tail of what anyone had said there, that Soluun would not live any longer to tell the tale.

The following morning saw Krebbyg receiving mail, but Mariss got to it first; thinking it was trapped, the yuan-ti opened the letter himself and read it before presenting it to him. Mariss flirted with him, too, but Krebbyg admonished him for the PDA, causing poor Mariss to believe that he was rejected. The letter he received was from Jarlaxle inviting him to peace talks, but the party acted on that letter without Krebbyg, and Mariss told Loreloth to lie about their whereabouts to keep Krebbyg safe. Krebbyg spent the day in peaceful ignorance of the fact that Mariss and the Awning Portal had gone to meet Jarlaxle in Durnan's Yawning Portal, and only discovered this fact when Mariss returned, teary-eyed and apologetic. Mariss apologised for pushing his boundaries and being dishonest, causing Krebbyg to chide him and address him as his boyfriend. This prompted a wondrous Mariss to ask him if he meant that, which of course Krebbyg did, causing their already close relationship to blossom into a romantic one. Mariss ran off giggling, leaving Krebbyg alone to his solitude.

> *"My boyfriend is crazy."* (Krebbyg Masq'il'yr to Mariss D'Marothek as he reassured him that he never did anything wrong, session 19)
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That evening, while Krebbyg was playing with Pog, Mariss approached Krebbyg with three red orchids as a courtship gift and told him that he needed to tell him something in private. They retired to their quarters and Mariss told him the truth: that the story he told everyone about being in Waterdeep on vacation was a lie, and that he was really in the country to find and kill his father, Shulssu D'Marothek, to avenge his mother Najhia, who died of sewer plague in 1488 after his father stole all of her valuables and ran away abroad. Mariss warned Krebbyg that if his assassination were to go poorly and he were to be caught by the guard in the act, that he'd be forced to return to Port Nyanzaru, and that he was telling Krebbyg this because he worried that they would be separated. Krebbyg, however, had no intention of letting Mariss return alone, and told him as such, telling him that if Mariss went back to Chult, Krebbyg would follow him.

This tender moment was interrupted by Tri and Cupcake, who wanted to go get cupcakes. Mariss offered to come with, and Krebbyg decided to come with Mariss, which delighted and pleased Mariss, as Krebbyg typically didn't come out on such outings. Mariss bought Krebbyg a vase for his orchids while they were out.

The following morning saw Mariss meeting Peia D'Marothek, his step-mother, for the first time, and after a conversation that Krebbyg was not privvy to, Mariss found Krebbyg, clearly shaken. He stayed up in his room with Krebbyg until Peia returned, this time with a poisonous tube of lipstick that belonged to Mariss's family. Krebbyg watched as both Rev and Peia willingly came into contact with the poison, both succumbing to its effects until Noonan used *lesser restoration* to revive them.

## **Relationships**

### Felrekt Lafeen

Felrekt was Krebbyg's best friend and partner in crime for nearly a century. He and Felrekt were implied to have trained alongside one another by Loreloth and Jarlaxle and were extremely close, despite Krebbyg picking fun of the less experienced drow. When Felrekt died, Krebbyg was extremely emotionally distraught, and immediately trusted Jarlaxle's word on Tri's guilt to get revenge. His death was the catalyst for Krebbyg defecting from Bregan D'aerthe.

### Loreloth

Loreloth described to Mariss that Krebbyg and Felrekt were almost like sons to him, and felt relief that at least Krebbyg was ok. However, their first reunion was a hostile one, as Loreloth had defected from Bregan D'aerthe and Krebbyg was still somewhat loyal to the organization. Despite this, they did reconnect and are now on good terms.

### Jarlaxle Baenre

Krebbyg, as a member of Bregan D'aerthe and someone who benefitted from Jarlaxle's benevolence, was extremely loyal to Jarlaxle. He trusted Jarlaxle's word over everything else, no matter what contradicted it, and if Jarlaxle wanted something done, Krebbyg would devote himself single-mindedly to achieve it. However, this relationship was one-sided, and Jarlaxle repeatedly manipulated Krebbyg, to the point where he lied to Krebbyg about the circumstances of Felrekt's death to cover his own tracks. Krebbyg eventually faced this fact when Mariss saved his life, and resigned himself to learning to abandon the loyalty he had to his manipulative superior.

### Mariss D'Marothek

Out of the entire party, Krebbyg found it easiest to work alongside Mariss, as both men worked with a single-minded, efficient determination to complete their tasks and shared the same dry, venomous humor. Eventually, this led to Krebbyg seeking out Mariss even after their shared job concluded, coming back to the Awning Portal time and time again for Mariss's company. This friendship culminated in Mariss choosing to save Krebbyg's life over protecting Tri from Krebbyg, causing Krebbyg to make the decision to defect from Bregan D'aerthe and go into hiding in the Awning Portal. Krebbyg saw Mariss as not only a friend, but a romantic partner, and stayed beside him even when that fact was not obvious to Mariss. Krebbyg cares for Mariss, and would follow Mariss wherever he went, as Krebbyg said that "w*ell, I don't really have any attachments anywhere else.*"

### Tribula Cochlea

Tri was the target of Krebbyg's misguided revenge for Felrekt, led on by Jarlaxle's deceit. However, once Tri proved their innocence, any anger or resentment Krebbyg ever had towards Tri for the death of Felrekt all but faded away. Mariss asserted to Krebbyg that Tri was "the nicest person he knew," and Krebbyg was inclined to believe him; however, Tri made it all but clear that if Krebbyg stuck a single toe out of line, Tri might just make good on his previous actions and kill him.

### Noonan Lockheed and Reverence

Krebbyg exists in the Awning Portal at the current because the party allows him to. Krebbyg likely feels a base level of gratitude towards them and their desire to get revenge for Felrekt's death.

### Krentz

Like Loreloth, Krebbyg is on good terms with Krentz and considers him to be a friend.

### Pog Ger

Krebbyg does not openly talk on whether he has any fondness towards the young goblin, but he can be found entertaining Pog on multiple occasions and the goblin seeks him out for his company.

## **Appendixes**

### **Gallery**

Mariss and Krebbyg talking at the opening party.Krebbyg Masq'il'yr, top down.