Zenephret

>    *As the old general thrust the ivory-bladed sword into the earth, Zenephret felt a blast of magic wash the weariness of three days of battle from her bones. Climbing to her feet, she drew her own sword and joined the others in marching toward the sound of clurch drums in the distance. -* Zenephret being struck by the Revivicator
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Zenephret is a human rogue in service of the Black Powder Rebellion, working under Jarl Frostriven.

## History

Zenephret caught herself in a battle that has been raging for hours. Acting on naught but rumor, the magic-wielding Atlantean Forces ambushed a small contingent of Black Powder Rebels, certain that they were, in fact, playing escort to a cache of Magestone recently stolen from an Atlantean keep. In truth, the Rebels didn't have it, but they fought nonetheless, desperate to protect the secret that they do carry with them. It was a battle not measured in feet, but in inches.

At first it appeared that sides were even, that the outcome of this battle was left only to chance, then things got dicey. It soon became apparent that the Atlanteans had more power, more warriors, and a dark necromancer able to bring their dead back to life. In the heat of battle, decisions had to be made. Tinker Geely, meanwhile, was working on repairing a Dwarven Stomper when Zenephret urged him to leave the battle with her on behalf of Jarl Frostriven, asking the dwarf to come back to the Glen, but Geely refused to come. He insisted that if he completed the repairs then the battle could still be won, while also giving Zenephret a scroll telling of the place where Frostriven's men were supposed to meet Fickett Townley and also the components for creating the Geargoyles. Geely asked for the scroll to be taken to the Jarl and Zenephret begrudgingly obliged, leaving the Tinker to tend to the Stomper.

Zenephret ran across the woods to the Glen, which was placed in a cave protected by two Steam Golems inside. She passed in by saying the password - "In the service of Blackwyn". Zenephret told Frostriven, who was waiting there in a room with an unfinished Geargoyle, about Geely's refusal to come - Jarl predicted that Geely would act this way. The Rebels then made a plan, sending an envoy to Fickett Townley and Rajidon that would lead them back here. Once they'll have the final components to the Geargoyles, they could begin their attack and free the Dwarves working in the nearby Magestone mine.

Zenephret and Jarl Frostriven then hurried to the scene of the battle between Jason, Kerraii and three Mage Spawn - the monsters have already been dispatched when they arrived, however. Jarl and Zenephret then escorted the two Rebels to the base back at the Glen. Frostriven then explained the Rebels' situation as of now - though they were able to keep the Geargoyle Golems under cover, an Atlantean scout spied a compliment of their forces move into the area. They had to throw everything they had at the Atlanteans just to cover themselves as they moved the Golems into hiding. Lieutenant Rajidon, Skyros and Fickett Townley then arrived with the missing component for the powerful golems - their heads.

It was simply a massacre. As the dwarven troops - assisted by the formidable forces of Rajidon's Black Powder Rebels - initiated their raid on the Atlantean Magestone mines in an attempt to free their ensalved brethren the skies above suddenly filled with death as spears and concussive blasts of magical energies rained down on them from the newly arrived Atlantean fortresses. And although the flying forts had some blind spots, the ground troops were signaling to them, making passing unnoticed of one impossible. Rajidon ordered for all men to retreat with the battle now lost - Zenephret and others escaped back to the Glen.

All the remaining Rebel forces then gathered, downtrodden after the defeat, but Rajidon proposed a plan - the Atlanteans now thought the Rebel forces discouraged and too beaten to make another attack, but there was an upside to the failed attack - the Guild's secrets were exposed. With their flying fortresses out in the open, the Rebels now had to use stealth to overcome them - Jason then told the Galeshi that the fortresses had blind spots under them. The human warrior also told of an outpost where Utems were positioned to signal to the fortresses - if they could take out that outpost, it would make the fortresses powerless. Kerraii then proposed to lead the attack to the signaling outpost, getting Jason, Zenephret and Talver with her. By the dark, they would have to be in the outpost already.

Sunset has come quickly, and Frostriven sent his scouting party ahead. Once Kerraii and others signaled that they eliminated the ground troops, the Rebels will strike fast and hard. There was no room for error. The party then went ahead but were caught by Utems and taken as prisoners - when they were being assigned to cages, Kerraii lied about being in love with Jason and kissed him - the jailmaster then decided to separate both of them. Jason wound up in a cage with Zenephret and Kerraii in a cage with Talver. It turned out that this was Kerraii's plan - she noticed something strange about Talver which was then revealed. All this time Talver was a werebear, and being wounded, beaten and taken advantage of made him shapeshift into his true form. Talver then started thrashing the cage and tried to kill Kerraii, with Jason and Zenephret unable to do anything to stop him.

Luckily, Kerraii was able to bring Talver back to a sane state while he still remained in his werebear form - Talver then started mauling the Utem Guardsmen positioned around the cages while Kerraii rescued Jason. Fighting their way up the fortress, Jason was offended by a comment from Kerraii about his scar and told her how he acquired it during his childhood when he had to strangle a Thorn Crawler to free his mother from it's trap. Upon learning, Kerraii apologized and the four carried on, sending a signal to Frostriven, Rajidon and Fickett to start their charge for the Atlantean fortresses.

While the Rebel forces assaulted Atlanteans in full force, Jason, Kerrai, Zenephret and Talver unmanned the slave bunkers, one-by-one, and then rescued the dwarven slaves. After learning that Tinker Geely was in the keep atop the cliffs, Kerraii told Talver that he could go back to the Rebels while the rest proceeded to rescue the mind behind the Geargoyles. On their way there, they were ambushed by a Maelstrom Golem and had a tough fight, and although they won in the end, Jason's leg got stuck in one of it's now-dead claws. The warrior urged Kerraii and Zen to leave him and go forward, but even after the two did, Kerraii returned to Jason.

Zenephret, meanwhile, went ahead, arriving just in time to save Geely from being mind-wiped by Tiasma. Zenephret threw a knife which stuck to the back of Oracle's head, killing the witch instantly, but was then electrocuted by Jadron Medaan. Jason and Kerraii then came just in time to help Zenephret fight the Magus, with Kerraii distracting him and Jason coming up behind the gloating wizard and killing him in one strike. With the leader of the Atlantean forces dead and Tinker Geely rescued, the three returned to the Rebel base.

## Gallery

Miniature from the Dungeons expansion.

***Black Powder Rebels***
 Major characters

1. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #2
2. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #3
3. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #3
4. ↑ Mage Knight Stolen Destiny #5