Erevan Siannodel

## Before the Party

### High Born

Erevan was born into a wealthy and powerful family in the Veryd Forest. When he was young, he was close with his younger brother, Ularion Moonbrook, and Aluvera Jemblossom, a neighbor girl. He eventually grew apart from his younger brother and Aluvera began to learn magic as she got older, and seemed to only respect those who had interest for it, which Erevan did not. This rift actually turned them into bitter rivals and almost enemies in their youth.

Unlike his younger brother, Ularion, Erevan was not a dutiful son. He slowly developed an antagonistic relationship with his father, Quarion Moonbrook. It started with their disagreements over what Erevan should and had to do as a member of the family but turned into Erevan's resentment of his father for not loving him unconditionally like his mother, Caelynn Moonbrook.

### Going Rogue

Aluvera began to learn advanced magics. Ularion turned into the dutiful son. To maintain their families relevance in high society, his father began to throw elaborate parties which he became famous for. His mother got deeply involved with politics and political movements within the government. Erevan rejected all of this. He rejected the responsibilities, the money, and even the name and went off on his own.

Erevan jumped from village to village, from woman to woman, from bar to bar. Wanting to prove he could make it on his own without his family's name, he adopted a persona. He occasionally would have to steal or be underhanded to make ends meet, but he survived in the Veryd Forest on his own with his wits and his charms.

### Making Moves

It was in this period when Erevan began to thrive on his own. He could really make ends meet without anyone's help. He was comfortable in this world and comfortable moving around the Veryd Forest. He began to read books about adventurers and epic stories of heroism, and was especially fond of the ones about Dwarves. He thought their strength and bravery was the most admirable qualities and made them the greatest heroes.

Erevan also began to find roots. He was moving from village to village less. He was finding he was lingering in places, with people, and he was forming some relationships. He hadn't seen his family for years at this point, only occasionally sending them letters so they know he was alive.

Then Erevan woke up to a shoe being flung at his face as the woman he bed the night before was suddenly overtaken by religious zeal and has gone crazy. As he left he discovered many in the village in the surrounding area had also been overtaken by this madness and they were starting to get violent.

## With the Party

### There and Back Again

Erevan fled the Veryd Forest as the insanity spread across the area. Arriving in Sanye, he joined up with the party to find some information on what is going on in the foprest for a local noble, Randal Buckman. After getting the intel for him, the party arrive just in time to see Randal be assasinated. He fled with the party as they cleared their name and brought the real assassin to justice.

The party then heads into the Veryd Forest via The Channel. The infiltrate the Duke's Palace and kill Duke Thurin Goldpetal as he has been corrupted by the Crown of Olum and turned into an undead monster. After they remove the crown, the undead plague taking over the forest is lifted, but Erevan discovered his mother has died and his father almost died. Not wanting to remain there, he set off to travel with the party.

### Dwarves, Orcs, and Artifacts, Oh My!

Erevan accompanied the party as they traveled to the Dwarven city of Leshon. The party discovered that forces of the Dark Catacombs were gathering to attack and someone inside the city was going to help them get through the city's defenses. They managed to defeat the traitors and save the city, being rewarded with the **Order of Rondat**. Erevan left with the remainder of the party as they part way with the Dwarves Thorgrim Thunderhammer and Rhagnar Frostbreaker.

They head east and meet Lyripel Hardfrost and Aurelia Gemfrost on the road. They decide to combine forces to attack a group of mercenaries led by Kurn the Red for a large reward. They defeat the enemies, but Aust and Wrax begin to fight over the Gauntlets of Control. With their new allies, Erevan decide to pretend they destroyed the Gauntlets of Control and the party moves on to catch their reward.

They arrive in Parma and get paid, then picking up another bounty. They try to find the murderer of some nobles in the city and discover that Ulmare Varysin is behind it. They defeat him, leaving him for the local authorities, but ultimately Ulmare escapes. They then travel further east to reach the Eres Wasteland to find the lost Ithquandryic Society for Wrax.

They head out into the desert and avoid hordes of undead to find the buried Ithquandryic Society HQ. They delved down into the dungeon and find info on a powerful weapon for Wrax to track down. They also get caught up in the internal conflict of the area and they barely escape as the headquarters is filled with water.

## After the Party

### Parting Ways and Sad News

Erevan emerged from the tomb that was once formerly the Ithquandryic Society. Parting ways with Lear and Aurelia, the party head south out of the Eres Wasteland to the town of Nenda. When there, Erevan is approached by a strange Half-Elven woman named Nethkana Ilmwyn. She is a priestess of Khanos and guardian of the Mausoleum in Rylbin that entombs powerful and wealthy nobles from the Veryd Forest. She was watching over the tomb of his recently deceased mother, Caelynn Moonbrook, when her spirit appeared and asked Nethkana to warn Erevan.

When Erevan asked what his mother said, Nethkana relayed that Caelynn stated that her husband, Quarion Moonbrook, was actually dead as well. Whatever was walking around in his body was not Quarion, but something evil. Upon hearing this news, Erevan sped off, leaving the group, heading directly to the Veryd Forest.

### Somber Homecoming

Erevan rides hard for several days, taking almost two weeks to get back home to the Veryd Forest. Upon arrival he finds the people of the Veryd Forest have been rebuilding fairly well. There is a cemetery for the massive number of people that died when the Crown of Olum held sway over the forest. Aluvera Jemblossom has settled into her new role as the Duchess of the Veryd Forest. His brother, Ularion Moonbrook, has become her lover and companion, much to Erevan’s dismay.

When Erevan visits his father, Quarion acts like everything is normal. However, life is far from normal. He seems almost callous about his wife having died only a few months ago, and he seems to be organizing a group of nobles who oppose Aluvera as the new Duchess, claiming she is not fit to rule. His rhetoric is cruel and unlike his father. Erevan brings up his concerns with Ularion, who dismisses the changes stating everyone deals with grief and mourning differently.

### The Infestation Spreads

The concerns of Erevan are not unfounded as the followers of his father’s little political movement grow in the few days Erevan is there. They start to become angry and even some of them become violent. The insanity hits a peak when a group of people claiming to follow Quarion attack the Duchess herself and her convoy. Erevan and Ularion are both there to fight them off, but several people die. Erevan convinces Ularion that they need to find out what is going on with their father.

The brothers head to confront their father, who acts as if his followers’ behavior is completely understandable. He scoffs at the violence. Ularion uses his new power to arrest Quarion. Quarion suddenly becomes remorseful, but Erevan sees right through the deception. Ularion isn’t as quick, and Quarion stabs Ularion and orders his followers to attack Erevan. Erevan flees the angry mob and returns to the Duchess’ Castle.

### Another Assault

Erevan brings the bad news to the Duchess just as the castle becomes surrounded by an insurrection of Elves. With the help of Sir Fenthril Sunmoore, Erevan mounts a defense of the castle, holding off the assault. Quarion announces after a few waves of attacks that he will cease hostility if Aluvera stands down as Duchess and hands over power to Quarion. She agrees to save her people, but Erevan warns that Quarion is not who he appears to be. Together they set a trap.

Aluvera goes out with Erevan and Sir Fenthril Sunmoore to surrender, but instead calls forth a power very few know that comes with the title of Duchess. The spirits of the dead, all the Verydian Elves from centuries past, come forth to fight Quarion. As the battle turns against Quarion, he reveals his demonic nature, almost bursting forth from Quarion’s form. Erevan, sadly, is forced to slay him with an arrow, bringing the insurrection to sudden halt.

### New Direction

After burying his father and brother, Erevan decides that he can’t stay in the Veryd Forest, even though Aluvera pleads for him to stay. As he wanders out of the forest, Erevan finally completes his Verydian Puzzle Box and it opens. A small prism emerges and a scroll. The prism has a button on it, when pushed, it plays a recording from his parents. (C is Caelynn, Q is Quarion)

C: Happy Birthday, son!

Q: It’s not his birthday, my love.

C: Yes it is.

Q: Not when he opens this. These puzzle boxes are difficult. He’s not going to solve it in one day!

C: Oh, yes, of course. Whenever you solve this, Erevan, I’m sure you’ve grown into a wonderful man.

Q: Someone we are proud of!

C: I can’t wait to watch you grow up, Erevan. We love you.

Q: We love you, son.

Erevan drops to his knees is sadness, pressing the button over and over again, listening to his parents voices. After what seems like an eternity of listening to it on repeat, he finally turns his attention to the scroll.

It details his “Valandil”, or roughly translated, Godfather. Erevan’s parents figured that he would be an adult by the time he completed the box and that he might want to explore the world. To that end, they let Erevan know of Povros Riverspring, his mother’s brother. He left the Veryd Forest ages ago, but always came back and visited when Erevan was a kid. The scroll has details about the ship that he sails on that city that it berths from: Talal.

### Uncharted Waters

Without much else to do or anyone else left, Erevan heads to Tala to find his Godfather, Povros. The city was darker and seedier than he imagined. After asking around in Talal about him, it became apparent that the ship his Godfather was on wasn’t a merchant vessel, but a pirate ship. He was captured and interrogated for asking too many questions, but Povros, turns out, was a first mate and he recognized Erevan. After freeing him, Povros asked him to join the crew of his ship, the Feral Gnoll, and to sail out with them. Having nothing else he can do, Erevan agreed to set sail.

Erevan fell in with the crew pretty well, being able to fight handily and be a good man up in the Eagle’s Nest of the ship as a lookout. Over the course of several months, it became apparent that a man known as the Pirate King was gaining power and influence over the pirates of the area. This influence was for the worse and the pirates became greedy and cruel. The captain of the **Feral Gnoll**, Obar Treetopple, a Halfling man of advancing age, was not a fan of the Pirate King and resisted joining up. After a while, Povros revealed to Erevan that he and some of the crew planned to mutiny and Povros would take over the ship and join the Pirate Kingg.

### Finding You Place

Erevan was torn. Povros was literally the only family he had left, but was he family enough to betray his conscience? Erevan saw what the men under the Pirate King did to get their plunder. He did not want any part of that. But could he betray Povros, who took him in and gave him a purpose? In the time leading up to the mutiny, Erevan could not make a decision.

However, once the mutiny begins, Erevan realizes what he must do. He watches the mutiny quickly overtake the ship and they were about to execute the captain. Erevan steps in and defends the captain. He causes Povros to hesitate, which causes the men under him to doubt his commitment. Suddenly the mutiny is thrown into chaos. Erevan, Captain Obar, and men loyal to him use that opportunity to fend off the mutiny.

The Captain leaves Povros’ fate up to Erevan. He decides to abandoned Povros at the nearest port, sparing his life. They leave him on a small island and sail away.

### Rise to Power

Erevan becomes the first mate of the **Feral Gnoll**. They go to port and quickly get a new crew together and set sail. Erevan quickly earns a reputation amongst the crew for his valor, for his combat abilities, and for his dedication. After a few months of travel, Captain Obar decides to retire and leaves the **Feral Gnoll** to Erevan and he becomes Captain.

The **Feral Gnoll** earns a reputation for always fighting against the tide of the Pirate King and his influence. They steal from underneath them, they mess with their ships, and sometimes outright fight them in combat. This rebellion from the **Feral Gnoll** turns into several ships traveling together. An alliance is made and Erevan is in charge of it. He is now a Commodore.

### Escalation of Power

As the Commodore rises to power, the Pirate King also becomes more powerful. Seemingly from nowhere, the Pirate King obtains six “Weather Machines”. They are powerful artifacts that can generate weather around a ship but can also make the ship immune to the effects as well. Five of the Pirate King’s most loyal captains and his own ship are outfitted with these machines, giving them control over the winds, the rain, and to call lightning as they wish. Many of the Commodore’s ships are lost in the original display of power.

The Commodore then realized that he was not safe. He was being hunted. Erevan took to illusion and disguise to make sure none of his people would be sure exactly what he looked like except for a few trusted men. He instructed his men to spread rumors of his identity everywhere they were in port. He was a Dwarf, a Gnome, a Gtihyanki. Some even began to whisper he was a female half-dragon or a centaur. Pretty soon the Commodore was an idea, not a person, and that made Erevan harder to kill.

### Old Friends

It was around that time that Erevan heard of one of the Pirate King’s lieutenants had been defeated by some adventurers and the Weather Machine was captured. An auction took place to sell it in the port of Byrmin and the magic item merchant Nyx the Dreamer, a wonderfully eccentric female gnome, won the auction. Erevan knows this because Nyx immediately contacted him and offered to sell this Weather Machine to him. Erevan jumped at the chance.

Having acquired a newly built Man O’ War ship, which he called **The Shrike**. He decided this was the perfect time to install the machine. After consulting with various arcane spellcasters he was able to modify it as well to accommodate for other abilities, including making his ship temporarily invisible.

### Coming to a Head

Word got around that the Commodore is travelling around with one of the Weather Machines and his power was growing. The only thing keeping the Pirate King from declaring outright war is the island city of New Tu'narath. It was a pirate city (basically Tortuga without the guns) run by a Girthyanki who calls himself the Marquis, and it is neutral ground. His **Crimson Mariners** keep the peace and many of the men loyal to the Commodore can relax and be safe there. But tensions were growing, even in the neutral city of New Tu'narath. Outright war within the ranks of all the pirates was inevitable

It was then that you heard word. You got a break. Intel suggested that the Pirate King was looking for a portal. This world closes, destroys, or buries most portals to keep outsiders from reaching this world. However, the other end of this portal wasn’t another plane, but just north of the city of Almonte. In the hills north of the city a long dormant portal, seemingly indestructible, sat for centuries. It wasn’t a worry because the other end of the portal was long gone. But some archaeologists recovered it. They found a way to dig it up and transport it, and it was being transported via ship when one of the Pirate King’s lieutenants sank the ship.

The lieutenant didn’t know what was on the ship. He was flogged for it, supposedly, what the intel said. And the Pirate King has been searching for where it sank. And supposedly he found it. He’s been out at sea at the location, probably trying to figure out a way to bring it back to the surface and open the portal. The Pirate King not only wants to rule the seas here, but he plans on invading the city of Almonte. Knowing that the Pirate King needs to be stopped, Erevan finds the coordinates of where the Pirate King is anchored and sets sail….

## With the Party Again

### One Way to Kill a Gith

Erevan rejoins the current party on his boat as they arrive to fight the Pirate King at the same time. Attempting to board the ship, the portal at the bottom of the ocean opens up and creates a giant whirlpool, dragging both ships down into the water. Luckily the Weather Machines keep the ships intact as they sail down to the bottom of the ocean.

After they burst through the portal just outside Almonte, they defeat the Pirate King. Zuke takes over the **Astral Flyer** and Erevan keeps his ship. The forces of Almonte, after closing the portal, help them move their ships from land to the nearest water so they can set sail. Erevan parts ways with the party and sets sail once again as **The Commodore**...