Residents of New Taernsby

In their travels, The Rainbow Raiders found that they were able to utilize the then abandoned city of Taernsby as a sort of safe haven. And as such, they began to send those in need of such safety there, slowly bringing life back to the dead city.

## Cardkeepers

Of the people that the part sent back, some gave magical tarot cards in return for the parties generosity. Those who had such cards are as follows:

### Petrus, the Disgraced

A human who once served The Daybreak Empire as a relatively high ranking officer. He soon fell from grace after he was discovered to be a werewolf in disguise and was cast to the arena of Twilight where he battled the party. The Rainbow Raiders spared his life and were exiled from the kingdom alongside Petrus.

Petrus rewarded them with his tarot card representing The Chariot, capable of inspiring the user. Petrus found other work after being exiled, so he did not stay with the party for long.

### Trusty Stretch

Another human with an unnaturally wide grin constantly permeating on his hairless head. He intended left the party for dead in the long forgotten dwarven city of Hloradur so that he could freely loot their remains. The party managed to defeat the creature meant to kill them, however, and escaped from his trap. Stretch pleaded for his life, to which the party hesitantly forgave him. Stretch swore off this sort of thievery and quickly left before the party changed their minds.

In exchange for his life, Stretch gave whatever he could to the party, including his tarot card representing The Devil, capable of granting the user the cunning of a thief. Once the party found themselves in Taernsby, they soon found Stretch as well, who took up a new job of "exchanging the ownership of the deceased's belongings". To put it more simply, Stretch takes advantage of the plague, to take what the dead no longer need and sell it within Taernsby. He also offers to find and reclaim said 'misplaced belongings' from abandoned towns, for a modest fee.

### Professor Quigglesworth

The gnomish professor who hired the Rainbow Raiders to retrieve the spore servant from Hloradur, ultimately brining the Imperium Fungus out of the city. Quigglesworth ended up being caught between a wall and a hard place, as the plague was rapidly spreading throughout the city, and many sickly inhabitants were evacuating the city, further spreading the disease. Quigglesworth did what he had to to prevent the further spread of the disease and used his immense magical prowess to kill the remaining occupants in a massive explosion of flame. After this, the professor repressed this memory so deeply that he lost any semblance of intelligence. The party was able to return his lucidity and explained to him that his actions were justified.

Quigglesworth was deeply thankful for their actions and gifted them his tarot card representing The Fool, capable of teleporting them back to Taernsby after a brief ritual, then back to where they teleported from. He still sought to redeem himself, however, and worked tirelessly to discover a cure to the spreading plague, an effort that quickly bore fruit in the form of an experimental vaccine.

### Non, the Handspeaker

A thin dwarf whose tongue was cut out during his forced servitude as a slave for Daybreak. He was bought by Siegabrew, who treated him quite well, even teaching him common. Non used this knowledge to learn to communicate using his hands as a sort of language. He and Siegabrew were saved by the party from an encampment of cannibals. Sieg did not wish to see harm come of Non, so he allowed his slave to join the residents.

Non was ever grateful to the Rainbow Raiders and gave them his tarot card representing The Magician, capable of blessing the party's arms or armor. In Taernsby, Non relit the forge in town, and quickly went to work crafting all things metal for the party.

### Nokkrato, the Unhearing

A humanoid of some sort that the party found within The Sunken City, who refuses to be seen without his mask on. He took up the role of guiding the party through the cursed city, and seems to specialize in crafting magical candles. In town he occupied the apothecary where he crafts his magical candles and experiments with various herbs.

After the Rainbow Raiders proved to be a trustworthy group, he had asked them to check on his adoptive mother in a forest far to the North. Upon traveling to this forest, the party found that his adoptive mother was none other than Mearla Moongleam, known member of Johnny and the Jets. The party did not bring up Nokkrato at his request, but discovered that Mearla had seen him die. Confronting him, they discovered that this was true, Nokkrato is undead and does not wish Mearla to know due to her negative perceptions of undead. As such, he traveled to Ortus, the City of the Dead, where he changed his name and donned a mask and robes worn by Ortus' undead.

As thanks for making this trip for him, Nokkrato gifted them his tarot card representing The Hermit, the card is capable of being used as a magic candle like those that he sells (so long as the party possesses a candle to duplicate).

### Dirk the Daring

A human refugee found outside the town of Kindling while the Dawnbringers had occupied it. He was inseparable from his partner, Rawnald Gregory Erikson the Second; a once noble knight hailing from Boquir, a rising kingdom that had been assimilated by Daybreak. When the Dawnbringer presence was eliminated and Kindling was reverted to Skafold, the two gained access to the town, but Rawnald had been infected before they were able to enter. When the Rainbow Raiders had returned, Dirk came across them and asked them to put Rawnald down to prevent any suffering he may be experiencing. The party did so and cremated his body.

Dirk was glad to have his body in a non-corrupted form, and thus returned the sentiment with his tarot card representing The Lovers. His card allows two willing characters to be connected and damage split between them how they wish.

### Solus, the Sunseeker

A human Dawnbringer of Daybreak's army, Solus left the army in search of his own sun. His journey took him from the Sunken City to Eden, the City in the Sky to the Dark Sun Project beneath Kindling. It was at the Dark Sun project that Solus decided to end his search after being possessed by a spirit from the ancient machinery. He said he would return to his kingdom soon and gave the party his tarot card, representing The Sun, a card capable of channeling Solus' zealous belief and smiting the party's foes with the power of the sun.

But there was something strange about Solus, a man named Siegabrew, the Wanderer had worn the exact same armor as Solus. The Rainbow Raider had helped him out of several sticky situations from the encampment of cannibals to a trapped room within Spiritus' wizard tower to a deep well in Kindling (where Trusty Stretch had stolen his armor), and finally, at Hloradur. It was within this infested dwarven city that Siegabrew heroically aided the party, frustrated that they were constantly saving him and he could do nothing in return. But he was overrun by the infected and was mortally wounded by them, dying soon after, despite the party's attempts to heal him. Before his death, he gifted the party his tarot card that represented The Hanged Man, a card capable of transferring the life from the wielder to another.

But as the party began to move on, the corpse began to stir, asking the party where he was and revealing himself to be Solus, and not Siegabrew. The party then discovered that Solus and Siegabrew were two minds inhabiting the same body. Siegabrew had believed himself to have died, and as such, he did, finally helping those who have been helping him all this time. And now, Solus is the sole occupant of his own mind.

## Unconfirmed Cardkeepers

### Geoff, the Forced Deserter

A human officer of Daybreak's army, who was magically charmed into aiding the party, who then told him he must peacefully join the residents or die. Having little actual choice, he chose the former, seeing it as a mission given by Zenith to bring light into this dark city. He now resides in the cathedral, once all-accepting, but now devoted to Zenith. This is not to say that the cathedral has been desecrated, but the other gods are ignored here, while Zenith has become the focus of the church.

### Mary, the Lifeless

The ghost of a young human with a surprisingly upbeat attitude. Mary's body was found hanging above her father's corpse, a dagger buried in his neck. She now roams the library, free to read whatever is available.

### Laghaz, the Riddleseeker

A young sphinx who is searching for riddles, the Rainbow Raiders encountered him in Spiritus' wizard tower, where he asked them for riddles if they were to pass. Now he reads from Taernsby's expansive library and speaks with the residents in an attempt to collect quality riddles.

### Doug the Skeleton

A skeleton used for target practice in Spiritus' tower. The skeleton feels no pain and thus made a good target, but when Spiritus died, Doug had little to do but wait. Once he was brought to Taernsby, he raided the nobles' homes of clothing and put together an ensemble that he struts through the city in.

### Tophine, the Sightless

In the Rainbow Raiders travels, they had discovered a sword infested with necrotic energy. Upon meeting Gurac, of Johnny and the Jets fame, he pointed out that there was another person among them that they were unaware about. And that person was permanently transformed into the necrotic sword that they had found. Gurac quickly undid the transformation, causing the sword to become a tiefling with horns growing where her eyes should be. She immediately lashed out at anything nearby, but was soon pacified with human contact. She then told them that she was turned into a sword during the Age of Dragons, an age that occurred many centuries ago. And being that she spent those hundreds of years without the ability to perceive anything, she just wished to experience the senses that she is able, but wished for a quieter place to do so gradually. As such, she was brought to Taernsby, where she wanders the city searching for various things she can perceive.