Alluviyn Merelnath

> *"The tin soldier hitches a tin cape / That crumples stiffly in imagined wind"*
> *-- Poetry of Alluviyn's grandmother, translated in the heat of battle from aquan to common as Alluviyn projected a rock past a heavily armoured ally into the skull of an enemy.*
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**Alluviyn Merelnath** is a triton bard and member of the Metaphysical Investigation Collective. She believes her family to have been cursed to suffer the same fate generation after generation, losing their loved ones and predestined to lose every fortune they accumulate.

Alluviyn was brought up seeing this curse in action her whole life, and this drove her to join the Collective in order to seek out answers and to try find a way to break its hold, and maybe even change the past to improve the condition of her late grandmother before her miserable death.

## History

### Childhood

Alluviyn was born in 1458 DR. Before Alluviyn's first birthday her great aunt, Ruthyn, moved with her and her mother, Avalayn, from their ancestral home to Waterdeep, a city Ruthyn chose for its attractive name, having already lost everyone else she had cared for and every copper piece she owned. Alluviyn has no recollection of life underwater and has only ever known life in the city.

Her great aunt acted as more of a maternal figure for Alluviyn than anyone else, as Alluviyn's mother was more greatly afflicted by her destiny and her grasp on reality was never strong enough to allow her to be responsible for her daughter. All male members of their family died tragic and early deaths, so Alluviyn never had a strong paternal figure in her life.

### The city and the Collective

Upon reaching adulthood Alluviyn determined to fight back against the family curse and seek answers so that she might write her own destiny. During a drink and drug induced stupour she decided that it must be possible to go even further and to reverse the curse's damage to her family, somehow maybe even by going back in time to improve the lot of her family members gone before her.

Trying to discover such enigmatic information would be no simple task and in her clumsy initial efforts she happened across a goliath member of the Metaphysical Investigation Collective who she opted to join, in the hopes that being part of a network of sleuths would only improve her chances of obtaining the precious information she needed.

Frustratingly the Collective could not offer instant access to the fruits she desired and her progress has been slow. As a result she is resigned to remaining in Waterdeep for the foreseeable future whilst she continues her search. In the meantime she finds herself accepting work wherever she can to be able to support herself and her great aunt in the City of Splendours.

### Menace under Otari

One morning in 1494 DR Alluviyn received a letter purporting to be from a member of the Harpers requesting her assistance in protecting a fishery in Otari, a small coastal hamlet a day's travel north of Waterdeep, from unspecified assailants. Short on cash and innately enticed by the idea of working close to water she was quick to accept the job and head north, smoking shell in hand. When she arrived she bumped into two other adventurers that clearly stood out from the local fish trading crowd - Rif of the Elderglen and Bosch the Dragonheart.

The three of them found that it was the Tanderveil Fishery alone being targeted, with their stocks not only of fish but also general supplies such as papers and ink being taken. After dispatching creatures which they'd expect to find in a half-abandoned cellar, with Alluviyn's telekinesis assisting Rif and Bosch greatly, they happened across a burial tomb rife with undead where Alluviyn found a brilliant blue everburning torch. Further into the cellar they would find an altar to the evil sea god Talos, as well as a shrine to Waukeen.

## Appearance

Alluviyn is just under five foot tall and has a muscular build owing to a life of plentiful swimming. She has blue skin, dark blue hair and brilliant blue eyes.

## Personality

She has a habit of smoking tobacco from a conch shell, a habit she picked up in Waterdeep. Her hedonistic tendencies brought on by her exposure to the effect of the curse have also lead her to consuming more illicit substances in an attempt to ease the burden of her reality.

She comes across as a very personable individual but is quick to dispense witty or snarky remarks at others' expense so can annoy people who do not share her view. She is very focused on her own goals and has developed a keen ability to lie as though her life depended on it.

She notionally worships Persana, the patron deity of tritons, although the older she has gotten the less reverence she has palpably paid to her god.

## Relationships

Alluviyn's last living relative is her great aunt, Ruthyn. The two of them moved to Waterdeep along with Alluviyn's mother, Avalayn.

She has a strong bond with Ruthyn who has served as a strong mother figure in Alluviyn's life and her only constant during a perilous upbringing. Alluviyn's mother Avalayn had a long history of mental infirmity after growing obsessed with the curse afflicting their family and at best Alluviyn's relationship with her could have been described as strained.

She never met her grandmother, Reefyn, but keeps her ornate book of poetry with her at all times.

Alluviyn became friends with Ralhak Kharonite of the Collective, before his disappearance in 1487 DR.

## Abilities

Alluviyn is able to channel magic through her emotions and rythmical speech. Whilst channelling magic she will often recite extracts of her grandmother's poetry, however her grandmother only spoke aquan and as a result Alluviyn's off the cuff translations into common do not always make perfect sense or carry the same weight as they would have in the original language.

Without the use of magical assistance she is personable and charming, often being able to persuade and cajole others into helping her out where they otherwise would not have been inclined. She is able to speak common, aquan, and primordial, and she is also very strong for her size.

## Goals

* Find a way to break her family's curse
* Travel back in time to save her grandmother from her fate