Quarra Baenre

## Description

Sent out as a pilgrimage to the surface to sow seeds of war to the remaining elvish communities in 1580 DR disguised as a wood elf she quickly became close to one community in the Dessarin Valley causing skirmish & distrust. Considering her mission a success she decided to return to Mezoberranzan to take her place as court diplomat in the Baenre household to be groomed as the next Matriarch of the leading Drow house in the city.

## Personality

Devious & deceptive *Quarra* rarely confides in anyone or makes her true intentions known other than her brother *Jaraxle Baenre* & her myconid travelling companion, *Rumpadump*.

Although devious she often goes out of the way to ensure that those around her are protected from harm acknowledging that to get home safely means strength in numbers.

## History

### A Journey to the Surface

Part of a test & pilgrimage set out by the Baenre Drow house's leaders, *Quarra* left Mezoberranzan to sow strife in elvish communities on the surface making it easier for Drow to raid in the future & gather intelligence.

She disguised herself as a wood elf & infiltrated one of the communities in the Dessarin Valley. She ended up convincing the community to conduct raids against neighbouring villages or other elvish communities resulting in bloody skirmishes & deep mistrust.

After considering her pilgrimage a success she decided to return back to the nearest entrance she knew of to the Underdark. Along the way she stumbled across an odd village weird goblins & humans were in some sort of symbiotic relationship & were conducting an equinox festival together celebrating a magical tree.

After inspecting the tree & meeting some other travelers in the local inn & tavern they investigated the goblins overall & discovered the tree was imbued with arcane magical that would shift it's alignment with each passing season. Her new founded party & her destroyed the tree (not before *Quarra* stole a sapling & several seeds) but were stranded in a deep well with naturally carved out tunnels from a long forgotten underground river.

### Return to the Underdark

The party was forced to march for thirty days eventually coming to a town named Sloopadoop run by Kua-tao (a frog-like race). When there they witness a large demogorgon demon demolish the town, themselves barely making it out alive.

They proceeded to the Dwarven industrial city of Gracklstugh were they obtained more information of possible demon lords infiltrating the material plane from their home plane of existence. They received multiple mission but *Quarra* decided the most pressing was to capture the Red Dragon's egg & cut ties with the party.

She did just this but picked up her beloved travelling companion, *Rumpadump*. At first she considered enslaving the myconid & experimenting with it to set up a spore thought network in Mezoberranzan but eventually became too attached to ever do something to this lesser creature she now considers a friend.

When her party was ambushed later on it the burrow tunnels of Gracklstugh leaving the entire party unconscious she stabilized them all & took off with the Dragon Egg & the group's collective loot in order to quickly make the march back to Mezoberranzan .

### The Battle of Blingdenstone

Along her way back to her home city she had to pass through Blingdenstone to resupply, an unfortunate stop as the deep gnome did not trust the Drow as they raided the city centuries earlier & it has never truly been rebuilt. Luckily they had many problems of their own & decided to trust *Quarra* if she deliver a large shipment of weapons from Gracklstugh back to Blingdenstone as they are being slowly taken over by a gnome that proclaims himself as the Pudding King that controls many slimes.

She agrees & once she returns discovers that many members of her previous travelling companions died off leaving only *Knookin*. This new party decides to take on the pudding King during a battle in the coming days. *Quarra* had taken a contract given to her by *Chipgrin* to topple the current leaders, the *Diggermattocks*, of Blingdenstone. During the battle & did not wish to join the party, instead fighting side-by-side with the deep gnomes. She claimed this was to heal relations between their two races, but only wanted to be close to the leaders to deal the devastating blow.

During the escape after the other party killing the Pudding King she assassinated both the *Diggermattocks* only to be discovered by a magic user by the name of *Roc*. During the ensuing confusion of after the battle, & despite *Roc'*s best efforts to alert the city of the assassination, *Quarra* escaped with 20k GP & her companion, *Rumpadump*. Unfortunately, because of *Roc* attempts to track her down *Quarra* did not having enough time to grab the dragon egg.

*Chipgrin* seized power immediately after the battle to quell the power vacuum & the party supported his claim, not knowing that he was the one who ordered the hit.

### The Mantle of Baenre House

After the battle she fled to Menzoberranzanto find the city in disarray due to the Demon Lords influence within the Underdark. The leading house is the Drow Oligarchy is the Baenre household & when she returned she had found it leaderless as someone days earlier assassinated her mother (the previous matriarch of the house). She took up the matriarch mantle immediately attempting to straighten out the chaos that the city has been engulfed in.

## Skills

### Talent Manager

Quarra is notably a skilled (& often greedy) musical talent manager. She has managed the notable bard J*ulian Bellafontaine* while she was on the surface doing reconnaissance & visiting her brother, *Jaraxle Baenre* who resides in Waterdeep in 1582 DR. When she left the city she took almost all of the money gained from J*ulian Bellafontaine* leaving him stranded in the Yawning Portal.

She also managed & merchandised the band "Orc Cum" whose front man was a tiefling bard by the name of *Kevin the Unholy.* Unfortunately due to the nature of the problems of Gracklstagh & *Quarra* need to return home quick she left her travelling companions.

## Notable Possessions

Magical:

* Immovable Rod
* Slith (Rapier +2 & 10% chance on hit to activate magical darkness)

Artifacts:

* Eye of Vecna (attained in 1583 DR)

Other

* Seedling from the 'White Nite Tree' (attained in 1582 DR near the surface, & was delivered to Menzoberranzan in 1583 DR)

## Relationships to PCs & Notable NPCs

*Anders Stormwind*

* lorem

*Enoki*

* Met at the Battle of Blingdenstone in 1583 DR
* *Enoki* had possession of the Hand of Vecna that *Quarra* was called to because of her possession of the Eye of Vecna

*Jaraxle Baenre*

* Her twin brother who reside in Waterdeep
* *Jaraxle* was exiled from Mezoberranzan for forming the organization called the Male Liberation Front, *Quarra* has always been sympathetic to his cause
* Visits his brother every time she travels to the surface

*Kevin The Unholy*

* A travelling companion during her return to the Underdark
* Managed his band "Orc Cum" that consisted of the tiefling and several goblins who were paid with rats
* She created band merchandise for the band selling it reaping most of the profit for herself, it has been, to this date, the most profitable band she has managed
* She felt an odd familiar connection with *Kevin*

*Knookin Elendur* Nyxio Glimi Kildrakin'

* A travelling companion during her return to the Underdark

*Ozzal*

* Met at the Battle of Blingdenstone in 1583 DR

*Roc (Raham) Sacul*

* Met at the Battle of Blingdenstone in 1583 DR
* *Roc*witness *Quarra* assassination of the leaders of Blingdenstone, the Diggermattocks, during the Battle

*Thola*

* Met at the Battle of Blingdenstone in 1583 DR

*Valandras (Vortensen)*

* A travelling companion during her return to the Underdark

* Had an overall cold dispossession towards the rigidly good and lawful character