Namaranth Dorne

*"Ahh, d-d-don't worry about it. It's just a little fixer-upper." -Brother Namaranth, repairing a piece of damaged armour.*

## Summary

Namaranth Dorne was a half-elf blacksmith and inventor, and an old friend of Victor Dorne. Namaranth lived in Sterling, where he worked on various arcane-engineering projects. Namaranth was a cheerful lad with a great passion for his work and the intelligence to support it. Although quite rational, he was always afraid of the stories that Kraag Bort told about the drow, and how they'd eat naughty elf children. He also had extreme social anxiety, getting easily flustered with strangers, and getting panic attacks in large groups. Regis, Villiam, and his brother Aryas, helped him get over these anxieties. During the events of the Triumvirate arc, Namaranth was a key member of the Hags of Longwall, developing many different traps, weapons, and magical artifacts. Due to his services to the Sterling Dynasty, he was promoted to Guildmaster of the newly founded Royal Artificers Guild, where he worked alongside many other individuals such as Jim Riverwatch, Madeline Delmaine, and Kai Warren, until his tragic demise.

## Relationships with the Party

Namaranth was on very good terms with the Sterling Six, being their chief artificer for all their adventures together.

### Lideen

Namaranth met Lideen and the Rhubarb party first, and was unsure what to make of them at first. He found Lideen quite overwhelming, and she could easily get him flustered and redfaced when she flirted with him. He was working on the paired artifact for Lideen's Amulet of Relocation, but passed away before he could complete it.

### Yalla

Namaranth was extremely impressed by Yalla, hearing so many stories of the elusive druid. Naturally, it came as no surprise to Namaranth when the hofflin was promoted to Captain.

## Inventions and Projects

Namaranth was a highly creative person, with a knack for oddball solutions. Over his many years as an inventor, he has developed many interesting curiosities.

**Shadowboxer** was his first success, a war construct modified to be a boxing partner for his brother, Aryas Dorne. Shadowboxer became Namaranth's constant companion, and although he could not speak, Namaranth seemed to have lengthy conversations with him. Shadowboxer still guards his master's grave today, hoping that one day, his creator will return.

**Nam-Jams** were the second invention of Namaranth's. After Shadowboxer, the young inventor was noticed by the Sterlings, and was promoted to Royal Artificer. At this time, the Sterling Armoury was relatively barren, and the Sterlings commissioned Namaranth to devise a new kind of crossbow that could be mass-produced cheaply. The artificer set to work, and experimented with many designs before settling on the NC mk1 design. The NC mk1 was an automatic crossbow that utilized casks full of ammunition, acting like a magazine drum. The weapon would magically reload rapidly, allowing for an easy-to-build and highly effective weapon. Although these weapons became the signature weapon of Sterling, they possessed several drawbacks that made them unreliable. Firstly, although the high fire rate made the weapon effective at short-mid range, it was greatly overshadowed by standard crossbows at longer ranges. Yet this lack of range and inaccuracy was far from being the only problem with the weapon. The weight of the magazine drums made the weapon cumbersome, and it was ineffective as a secondary weapon for precisely these reasons. As such, to properly utilize the weapon, it must be ready at all times. However, even when you were ready, the weapon could still fail you, leading to the most infamous fault of the NC mk1-- its tendency to jam. Jamming became so synonymous with the weapon that Sterling guards nicknamed the model "Nam-Jams", much to Namaranth's dismay. This colloquialism is so well-known that almost nobody refers to the weapon as the NC mk1 anymore. During the Triumvirate invasion, the armoury was raided, and the villains took control of the Nam-Jams. Large orcs and small orogs were very effective with the automatic crossbows, since they could easily carry additional ammunition. However, the weapon was despised for its unreliability, and ultimately scrapped for parts in the later period of the Triumvirate's rule. After the Triumvirate left Sterling, Namaranth could finally work on the NC mk1's replacement, the NC mk2. It is unknown if this was completed before his death.

**The Dornerazer Prototype** was a personal project of Namaranth's that was unveiled during the events of Veni, Vidi, Vici. The Dornerazer Prototype is a solar-powered radiant-laser sniper rifle, capable of disintergrating its enemies. The prototype was locked away in the Sterling Armoury in a hidden floor case, undiscovered by the Triumvirate. After the Sterling Six assaulted the Triumvirate's tower, Namaranth was able to recover his weapon. He took his position on Sterling Tower, overlooking the Citadel, where he could pick off key targets. Unfortunately, the weapon was badly damaged when Mok'Dhan, the axe-thrower, threw an axe from the bottom of the citadel's outer ring, striking the weapon with enough force to break the barrel and scope to pieces. It is unknown if Namaranth fixed the Dornerazer Prototype before his untimely demise.

**Project Pyrrum (Sun-Ring Replica)**

**Amulet of Relocation Twin**

**Second Fiddle**

**Dragonshield**

**Lightning Spear**

**Blacksmith's Whetstone**