Eurybia Maelstrom

Artwork by Hazmi Thariq

**Eurybia Maelstrom**, better known as **Eury**, is a character in the *Forgotten Realms Campaign* of Nat19. She is a water genasi wizard and Kyra Volcora's friend. She left their hometown and subsequently went missing, only to turn up in the Dessarin Valley five years later. As an NPC, she is portrayed by *Aaron Robert Parnell*.

## Personality

Eurybia is a gentle person with a bit of a playful side, though she isn't afraid to show aggression to those that threaten her comrades, or display a more competitive spirit in the company of friends. When required to partake in secrecy, she has shown a considerable commitment to it, even leaving her best friend unaware that she was alive for five years to keep her activities hidden.

## History

Eurybia and Kyra were the best of friends back in their hometown. She also taught Kyra how to use magic.

Several years ago Eurybia learned that the elemental sustaining their hometown — a zaratan known as Zara — had become sick. This, and his decreasing level of response to the people of their village concerned Eurybia greatly. She knew the village elders were trying to keep all of this hidden, so she set out to discover what was causing it and how to stop it. This took her longer than expected, causing her to be absent from her village for five years. This is what led Kyra to begin searching for her. During this time, she hired many people from all over to aid her in her pursuits, with many abandoning the cause over time.

Due to the fact that she was essentially a rogue agent of their village, she ignored all attempts made to contact her over the five years she was gone, electing to keep even her status a secret.

## Role in Plot

Eurybia was first heard when Kyra sent her a message while spending the night in Red Larch. When asked about her whereabouts and condition, Eurybia responded that she was doing well, but that she could not return home just yet. Kyra has sent multiple messages since asking for more details of Eurybia's activities and status, and even giving her her own status.

When Kyra confirmed she was also in the Dessarin Valley, Eurybia became worried and warned her that she should not be there, and asked for her exact location. Kyra informed her she was on her way to Beliard, leading Eurybia to set course for the same town.

After the Apocalypse Party's teleportation to Athkatla, their week-long voyage to Baldur's Gate, and Kyra's resurrection, Kyra made contact with Eurybia again. After being told that Kyra would be returning to the Dessarin Valley as soon as possible, Eurybia told her to go home, as she did not wish to see her get hurt. Kyra replied to this message returning the sentiment, but Eurybia did not respond.

Later, during Oriana Derune's party when Kyra learned of a recent earthquake in the area of Red Larch, she used Sending to contact Eurybia and check on her. Eurybia responded she was still waiting for Kyra in Beliard, though she commented she had been to the Sacred Stone Monastery since Kyra mentioned it, and she had been traveling back and forth between it and Beliard.

After the defeat of Aerisi Kalinoth and her Howling Hatred cult, the Apocalypse Party ventured back to the Sacred Stone Monastery, directly outside of which Eurybia was searching for a fox she called Suzu. When Kyra emerged from the monastery the two shared an emotional embrace, and introduced everyone present. They discussed Eurybia's traveling companion Mokuten, whom Ajisai recognized and inquired about at length. The Apocalypse Party agreed to help relocate some beds to make for more comfortable sleeping arrangements while Kyra and Eurybia caught up.

Kyra inquired as to the reason for Eurybia's departure from their village, and she explained that an elemental they were familiar with named Zara was sick, that their village elders were concealing his illness, and that the means to end this illness were located in the Dessarin Valley, as it was seemingly connected to the elemental cults' activities in the area. She shared the knowledge she had learned over the years pertaining to the current cult-related dilemma, and answered many of Kyra's questions regarding the many phenomena she had witnessed in recent weeks. The two then rejoined the others and conversed more about Maxine's relationship with Malcolm, before another of Eurybia's traveling companions, Oz, arrived at the monastery and briefly scuffled with Casper.

Before heading to bed that night, Kyra gifted to Eurybia the purple fluorite ring she had made in Waterdeep. The two shared another hug before heading to bed, agreeing to talk more in the morning. The next day, Eurybia and the Apocalypse Party discussed their next course of action. After deciding to further disrupt the cults' activities, they began preparing for their next battle. During this time, an earthquake began to tear the Sacred Stone Monastery apart, and a purple worm burst out from beneath the ground. After regrouping from their various activities, they managed to collectively bring it down.

Eurybia, Oz, and the Apocalypse Party were prepared to head toward a new cult's base, but Reagan had a vision before they could do so. This vision implied that remnants of the Howling Hatred cult were preparing an assault, presumably on Reagan's family. This led the group to return to Tyar-Besil, where they made a deal with a djinni for a wish, met the leader of the Crushing Wave cult, and witnessed the archomental Yan-C-Bin harass the djinni before they both disappeared. Having learned that the Howling Hatred remnants intended to assault Red Larch and kill Garrett Ailyss, Eurybia aided the Apocalypse Party in planning how to deal with them. She proposed they give chase on foot, forgoing rest in order to catch up to them quickly. The party agreed, with Reagan and Kyra opting to fly ahead of the group. Before Kyra left, she embraced Eurybia, telling her to stay safe, with the water genasi returning the sentiment.

Eventually regrouping with the Apocalypse Party, the group traveled to Red Larch to meet with Garrett. After learning from an injured traveler that the town of Westbridge had fallen to what remains of the Black Earth cult, Eurybia elected to stay behind and recover from the exhaustion she had accumulated the day before while the Apocalypse Party ventured there to save the town. Before departing, Kyra lent Eurybia her old spellbook, demanding she use it to learn the Sending spell while she's gone, to which she agreed.

When the Apocalypse Party returned to Red Larch via their new Helm of Teleportation, Kyra informed Eurybia of their new plan to disrupt the ritual being performed within the Elemental Earth Node, and that doing so might free Zara from his ailments. With this information, Eurybia decided her efforts would be best spent gathering relevant information in Neverwinter. Kyra left her 100 platinum pieces for anything she might need there, and bid her farewell as she teleported the Apocalypse Party to the Temple of Black Earth.

## Relationships & Affiliations

### Kyra Volcora

Eurybia and Kyra have been best friends for many years. She excelled at magic whereas Kyra did not, and her passion for magic inspired Kyra to pursue it herself. She ended up tutoring Kyra in the ways of magecraft, and was the one who made learning fun for her.

Initially, Eurybia urged Kyra to stay away from the Dessarin Valley, as the cultist activity in the area made it dangerous. However, she seems to have let go of this mentality, and has even offered to work with her and her friends to defeat the elemental cults.

## Abilities

### Spells

##### Level 3 Spells

* Lightning Bolt
* Sending

##### Level 4 Spells

* Ice Storm
* Vitriolic Sphere
* Watery Sphere

## Special Equipment

### Weapons

* **Flowery Staff**: A magical staff with flowers adorning it, capable of producing circles of flowers when activated. It is unknown if the staff has any other capabilities.

### Clothing

* **Purple Fluorite Ring**: A black steel ring with purple fluorite gems embedded in it, gifted to her by Kyra Volcora to commemorate their reunion.

## Trivia

* Eurybia is the name of a Greek ocean goddess. She was known as the goddess of mastery of the seas, or power over them — particularly external factors like the winds or the rising of the constellations.
* Eurybia is the first and currently only NPC in the *Forgotten Realms Campaign* to have original artwork made by *Hazmi Thariq*.

## Gallery

Eurybia Maelstrom
(Artwork by Hazmi Thariq)