Effie Ingemar

# Background

Ephyra (Effie) ingemar is a Water Genasi sorcerer. She is one of the seven adventurers in the party. Her mother is Fleet Admiral Tethys Ingemar, her father Trystan Mecyk, an independent scientist interested in the mythos of Brel.

## Life Before The Party

Effie spent the first 11 years of her life traveling the world with her father before ultimately settling in the Nightreach Bay area, where he was given an assistantship at the Academy to continue his inquiries in the libraries of Nightreach. This assistantship abruptly ended when Tristan told the Academy his findings suggested that not only was Brel real, the cataclysm could happen again. Effie and Tristan stayed on in Nightreach Bay so he could continue to study the Mistmaw. He disappeared soon after during one of his nigh-daily trips into it. Effie, traditionally with him on these trips, was instead on a visit seeing her mother, whom she had recently found out was not her aunt, as she had introduced herself all her life. With the disappearance/presumed death of her father, Effie joined the Navy as a ships boy on her mother's vessel. Rising through the ranks quickly, as she had started so young, eventually she volunteered for a posting opening up as Captain at Mistview Station. Her hopes were to study the Mistmaw and attempt to find out what happened to her father, why he was terminated from the Academy, and what truths lie in the myths and mists of the Mistmaw. During this period, she researched the Mistmaw, adopted a Sea Glider named Lucky, and hosted various emissaries. Her time was split between living at the station and her "decompression" periods which are necessary breaks from being so close to the Mistmaw's chaotic effects.

## Enter the Inquisitor

Effie's current story begins when she gets a notification during one of her decompression periods in Nightreach Bay. She is informed that nobody of her rank is available and thus it falls to her to accompany an Astral Inquisitor and her cargo to Courlemar. While on the way to meet the Inquisitor, Effie finds that her Brel Anomaly Sensor (an artifact designed by her father and perfected by Archmagister Luralen Velar) has gone off for the second time in its history. It leads her to none other than the Inquisitor's room. Failing to deceive her way in via the guards, and with the impending meeting with the inquisitor fast approaching, Effie decides to meet with her directly. They are told to report to Commander Abalon but on the way, Effie manages to get the Inquisitor to take her to her room. After discussions, dances around subjects, and frank questioning, Val shows Effie a mysterious box she had found. Both women attempt to look at the box and read the writing, resulting in massive headaches, nosebleeds, and general brief disorientation all around. Shortly afterwards, their discussions are interrupted by the individuals charged with "watching over" Val. An argument ensues, and the parties part ways.

At some point they are informed of a mysterious murder from the night before. Using the signal from her Sensor, as well as their powers of investigation, the women find remnants of an aberration that appears to have killed the man. They follow its trail, ultimately leading to an acidic creature who blinds Val. Effie freezes the slime to take back for study and guides Val back to Commander Abalon, who provides a healer. After a period of time, Val leaves on a side quest and comes back with a staff but without her guards. Commander Abalon warns them both to be careful, and sends them on their way onto the ship.

## With the rest of the party

Effie was present on the Golden Swan during its explosion, and landed in the water fully conscious. Sehanine Moonbow directed her to the nearest safe land, and she swam there, dragging with her the unconscious Phin. This turned out to be The Mistmaw, where they reunited for good with the rest of the party they'd met on the ship. Effie more than most was badly affected by the mind-altering magic of The Mistmaw, and the Archfey Serafina who was also trapped with them devised a solution to keep her grounded- a mind-bond with the cleric Kova established by physical contact of their hands. To this day, that bond remains, and Kova and Effie can join hands to create a bridge between their minds should they wish.

On departure from the Mistmaw, Effie and the rest of her party reported to her mother, Fleet Admiral Tethys Ingemar, regarding their experience there. At that point the Navy suggested that the party form a group to investigate worrisome findings in the world, starting with Senedosa Island, the quest to which Effie acted as the official leader of the party in her capacity as a Navy captain. Her official role as captain also served her well in Il Umbral, where she and Val formed the face of the investigation behind the disappearance of the Borderwalker's diary. It was in Il Umbral that she learned the startling truth that she had long-lost family- the powerful Tidesage family the Maelstroms, whose matriarch Karina is her mother's sister. This was not the only revelation of that portion of her quest- she also had a vision of the Tidemother and the three Tides in their hall in the celestial plane. The Tidemother warned Effie in her desire to free Hecate from her prison, saying that while the rewards of success were great, the cost of failure would be devastating to all life on this plane or even many.

Effie went with the rest of the party to the Feywild to search for Lady Midnight and helped defeat a vicious group of hags, and also met the Wraith and learned more about the evils occurring on the other side of the Brine. Following this adventure, she went with Cord and Pan to Belport, where they helped the earth elemental Princess Arabella establish her own principality for "unwanted" folk who may be instrumental in their problems with the Undead. In doing so, they foiled a decades-long at least plot by The Fury to seize power in Belport for herself.