Agnes

Agnes, in her Magical Battle Armour

Agnes was a human artificer who lived in the Southern Uswonian Countryside.

#### History

Born in the small town of Fletchburg, Agnes displayed a talent for invention from a very young age, infusing magic and technology to create a powerful suit of magic armour and weapons, which she used to defend her home from monsters on several occasions. Although she was regarded as a hero by the townsfolk, Agnes sought to pursue a higher calling and left home in 1453.

On her way to Heraldur, Agnes met a group of students from the Royal Green Dragon Academy, including Xendon, Grub, and Grog, as well as James, another new addition to the party. After hearing of the group's situation, Agnes eagerly agreed to join them on their quest.

Once Agnes and companions arrived in Heraldur, they were able to convince the guards to grant them access to the underground portion of the city by telling them that they had arrived to see Karmiir Metalmace.

Karmiir Metalmace soon arrived and, once the students told him that they had been sent by Toby Greybeard to deliver the orb (Xendon bore a symbol of Boccob as proof), he told them that it would be best to speak to the King and sent them to the Royal Palace on board the spellrail. During their journey, the Spellrail was boarded by soldiers sent by Blackthorne. Although they defeated their attackers, the students realized too late that the driver had been thrown from the spellrail and it crashed through a wall into the courtyard of the Royal Palace, where they encountered Julia Stormwhisper in her Air Elemental Form. Although the crash put many of the palace officials on their guard, Karmiir Metalmace was still able to persuade the King to grant the party an audience with him.

When they entered the throne room, the students were surprised to see Blackthorne already there, speaking to the king. They asked the king what he was doing and he told them that he had been there to confirm that he was the legal owner of a tower on the outskirts of the city. Although the party told him of Blackthorne's various misdeeds, the skeptical king sent them to Blackthorne's tower to collect evidence, promising to take action against the Paladin if the party brought back sufficient proof.

The group, along with Karmiir Metalmace arrived at the tower where Blackthorne, who had prepared for their arrival, sent a Hezrou and a Glabrezu after them. While Metalmace banished the demons, Grub snuck into the tower, where he was attacked by Blackthorne, who managed to steal the orb from him. As Blackthorne took the Orb to the highest room of the tower and began Scrix's ritual to supplant the magic gods, Agnes and the rest of the students attacked him. Although she, Xendon, and Grub were all severely injured by Blackthorne, James managed to defeat him and claimed his sword, which he used to destroy the altar, binding Scrix within the orb. When the altar was destroyed, Blackthorne's body crumbled into dust, although James collected the remains in an urn and buried them nearby.

After the defeat of Blackthorne, Agnes and the rest of the students were awarded medals for their heroic action. Once the ceremonies were complete. the group returned to the Royal Green Dragon academy, where Agnes and James, welcomed by Toby Greybeard, enrolled themselves in the Academy. Later, Agnes, who had recovered the Ring of the Elder Elemental Eye from Blackthorne's remains, gave the ring to Julia Stormwhisper, breaking the curse on the latter.

Several months later, the students returned to the academy for another term, only to discover that Toby Greybeard, who apparently had business to attend to elsewhere, had left them in the care of Carnelis. They immediately noticed that Grog was absent from the opening speech, delivered by Morkosk who was filling in for Toby as headmaster. After investigating his quarters, the students discovered that an Eglish nobleman by the name of Molval Cragwatcher was somehow involved in Grog's disappearance and, despite Carnelis' best efforts, the students, along with Julia Stormwhisper, set off aboard the Aurora to search for him.

After an encounter with a Chimaera over the Misty Moors, Agnes and James ended up on a hill surrounded by grazing sheep. Noticing a small, orphaned lamb, James decided to adopt the creature and, upon returning to the Aurora, took it with him on his search for Grog.

With the help of Julia Stormwhisper, the students arrived at Molval Cragwatcher's hunting lodge in the Glaive's Edge Mountain Range. After defeating a pair of Trolls who had noticed the Aurora landing in a cluster of trees near the Academy, the group entered the lodge, where they encountered Molval Cragwatcher. While Xendon and Agnes made small talk with the noble (with James just standing by awkwardly), Grub, mistrusting Cragwatcher, snuck off to search for Grog. Sure enough, Xendon and James fell unconscious and were imprisoned in the dungeon after drinking poisoned tea, although Agnes was strangely immune.

When they awoke in the dungeon, James and Xendon discovered that Grog was imprisoned there with them. While the trio were discovered and rescued by Grub, Agnes, along with Tralold and Molval Cragwatcher, hunted deer in the forest nearby. The three students snuck up out of the dungeon and into the kitchen, where they were attacked by a quarter of chefs, who were, in fact, members of the Cult of Tiamat in disguise. Xendon slew the four chefs with a Fireball spell, destroying most of the kitchen in the process. Searching through the house, the students discovered a group of tapestries in a locked room upstairs, which contained a group of disturbing tapestries depicting dragons slaying various humanoids. Concluding that Cragwatcher was a Cultist of Tiamat, the students made their escape, although Molval, returning to the lodge, stopped them before they could reach the Aurora. The students managed to get past him and reach the Aurora, although they were unable to flee the lodge as Molval had taken James' sheep hostage. Explaining that he had been expecting a visitor, Molval insisted that they make up for the damage they had done, including killing the four chefs and destroying the meal that they had been preparing. The students reluctantly prepared a meal for Molval and his guest although, once Kaemon Firegloom arrived, the two cultists of Tiamat turned on the students. During the battle, Molval Cragwatcher came close to killing Grub, although Julia Stormwhisper impaled him from behind with a rapier. Alone against the students, Kaemon Firegloom retreated, making use of a *Fly* spell to escape.

After the battle, Agnes, who had taken a liking to the Cultist, asked James *Revifify* Molval Cragwatcher, to which James reluctantly agreed. Shortly afterward, the students left aboard the Aurora, seeking to return to the Royal Green Dragon Academy, although Agnes insisted on staying behind with her new friend. After that, her fate is unknown.