Ereb Anta

Initially was introduced to the party, Tyr's Lost Boys in the Village of Greenest as "David" surrounded by kobolds in a burning tavern, as it was invaded by the Cult of the Dragon.

A Drow escaped from the Underdark, began his trade as a thief in the city of Neverwinter and all along the Sword Coast. Ereb has adopted as many titles and alias as cities he's visited along the Western Frontier.

Friend of Peterson.

Played by Chris and his feet.

**Origin:**

Around 1372 Dale Reckoning, Ereb lived with a family of traveling merchants in the Underdark.  They belonged to house Anta. An old house, going back to the prophets of Shar, the Lady of Shadows.  His mother’s name is Gwys, father’s is Altan, and older brother Etan. The family served under house Chumavh, one of the major 5 house. The other four were Aleanrahel, Nasadara, Auvyrndar, and T’ssaren.  House T’ssaren under the Goddess Lolth has been taking over most of the Underdark. Gaining ground on taking over other houses, causing much civil unrest. As they traveled, they had to keep their family crest, the large disk of Shar, secret from the followers of Lolth.

One day as they travel the black road, passing by ancient giant black head stone statues, signs of an ancient battle.  Their caravan is attacked by men in black leather armor, with silver masks. The two boys hide among the stone body parts as their parents are killed before their eyes.  Their muffled cries catch attention and a flash bangs go off, blinding them, right before they are captured by netting. The two boys are stacked with 12 other bodies on a cart.  Taken to an auction, sold for 12 electrum and separated from one another.

Ereb was taken to a prison camp for young men, in the giant spider egg city of Ched Nasad.  Here the young men are "trained" to be loyal to house T’ssaran, and treated poorly to forcefully harden their resolve.  The weak died, and the strong will have the words beaten into their mind. "Strength and Loyalty". They go through pointless tasks, moving rocks, hitting wood, eating very little.  Made to fight each other, Ereb kills for the first time defending himself. A friend to Ereb, who was sold with him and spent time near my cell was named Vitan. As Vitan's mind was beginning to break, he was close to giving up.  He kept a pin in his hair waiting for the chance to escape, but knew it would never come. Ereb convinced him it was time to escape after an attack on Ched Nasad left guards spread thin. At night they picked their locks, made it to the wall, where it was weak.  But lacking the strength to punch a hole through the wall, or climb over it, they were captured.

Vitan is taken away, Ereb is given a task.  He was to replace a breathing tube in the mask of a leader of House Nasadara.  Do this or Vitan dies. Ereb's guilt for dragging Vitan into this has bound him to complete this duty, and for extra insurance they poisoned Ereb, holding back a cure.   Do the job or they both die. After being equipped Ereb is dumped out the front door of the camp.

He makes my way to the House he is to infiltrate. It is a massive stalactite house, resting over an large bottomless pit.  The only way in is to climb on the ceiling along other minor stalactites. Using hooks and ropes provided to him, Ereb makes his way over to the House of Nasadara.  There is an opening at the "roof" of the spider egg walls and he scampers in. Once in the house Ereb pokes his way through it's halls and rooms. Seeing empty rooms with only statues surrounded by demons in robes.  He came across a balcony, looking below I see a gigantic mirror with a man standing on a cliff in front of it. He seems to be chanting, too far to hear. Three pit fiends step through the door. Ereb hears their names. They are, Arkum Gotrum, the fat one.  Veranex the Defiler. And Arkon Ket Ervack. They talk of some shipment, deals to display strength to take the Well. The planar boundaries weakening. Something of the great conflagration, eternal night.

One of the fiends spots Ereb and throws fire in his direction.  Ereb "somehow" dodges it and escapes back to his task. Running at this point, he reaches his objective, swapping the mask tube.  So now, on the wearers next voyage through Araumycos, the poisoned mushroom forest, they will surely die. While on his way out, Ereb sees a map of Araumycos, leading to a spot that is marked "the well" within the great fungal forest.  Taking a mental note of it, and hooks gone from his entrance to the house, and enemies outside looking for a suspicious figure, he figures his only option is to dash away with the element of surprise. Ereb does his best to stealthily make his way through at first until he happens upon the sound of guards closing in.  He then dashes through the house, over guards and out of the front window. Jumping over the gate he runs out onto the road, which is on the side of a cliff overlooking the bottomless pit below. Guards following behind he decides to hide along the road, losing the guards.

Ereb makes his way back to Ched Nasad to find it in the midst of a battle.  Under the chaos of battle, Ereb makes my way back to the prison to collect the antidote and Vitan's life.  In the midst of the battle, Vitan's life was seemingly lost. The prison's officials gone. The antidote… one vial left hidden among rubble.  Ereb takes it, and a coin matching the mark of his house. On his way out he sees one of the harsh "trainers" Lesoloth Bellgrith. She hunts him rigorously as Ereb escapes the city. She uses some sort of blood magic, promising to one day get him.  Ereb makes my way back to the spot where his family was attacked. He leaves a note for his brother, etched into the stone of one of the giant statues, to head to the surface, and meet him there. Ereb then heads to the surface to see the night sky, one of the most beautiful things he has ever seen.