Elara Halfway

The Rebel of Ferrelroost

**Elara Halfway** was the leader of the second Ferrelroost Resistance and a citizen of that town. She was among the original members of the first resistance under Larden Kried and the only one of the leaders not arrested by Viscount Sansho. Elara moved the remains of the operation underground and slowly formed a second rebellion against the occupying House Pyrostar. With the aid of The Party and Fallcrest Army, this second rebellion succeeded. After the resistance restored the previous town leadership, it was retired along with Elara. She now has returned to her previous profession as a hunter.

# History

## Pyrostar Occupation

Elara worked as a proficient hunter in the woods around Ferrelroost and sold her hunts in the town. She was successful enough to eventually purchase a house within the town with a large meat cellar, which would later prove useful. Due to the nature of Elara's job she was often out of town, but was well known and liked within it. When House Pyrostar overran the town and transformed it into their forward outpost, Elara joined Larded Kried's resistance movement that planned to expel them. However, Thuldrin Kreed sold out the rebel leadership to Viscount Sansho, who arrested them. Elara escaped this crackdown because Thuldrin did not know her involvement, possibly because she was able to disguise her involvement as being out on hunting trips.

## Organizing the Second Resistance

As the other resistance leaders had been captured and most of it disbanded, Elara was left with the task of reorganizing. In order to maintain the secrecy of her involvement, Elara maintained the resistance underground without taking major action. She at least recruited We Fight, For Our, and Friends to the cause at some point. When The Party first arrived in town Elara was tipped off and went to investigate them. After talking to Blarg Deaff over some drinks, she determined they were not average travelers but was unable to place their allegiance. Afterwards she climbed through the open window to The Party's room unnoticed (except by Zander Taxe, who was watching from a nearby rooftop). There she successfully ambushed Psych Diety and tried to pry information from him. Psych, however, used an otherwind strike to escape and turn the tables on Elara. Nevertheless it was soon communicated that both were enemies of the drow.

Elara communicated for The Party to meet her in the meat cellar of her home, which had been converted into the resistance headquarters. Once safely there she explained that the time to strike at the drow was coming, but she needed more support. In order to prevent suspicious, she sent The Party to contact a number of rebel sympathizers around the town to call them to arms. In addition, she had Aisu Kurimu acquire weapons from the drow under the guise of Emo Hair Steve. Once all preparations were made a plan was sprung to free the original resistance leaders from the Droskar Manor dungeon.

## Rescue of the Rebels

Elara determined that the best course of action would be for her and the other rebels to cause chaos while Viscount Sansho and his entourage was inspecting the daily lumber shipment. The Party would simultaneously infiltrate Droskar Manor and rescue the resistance leaders. With their support a town-wide rebellion would be much more likely. Using firebombs concocted by town herbalist Reinys, Elara's distraction worked flawlessly and The Party had an easy time entering the manor. While The Party succeeded in freeing the rebel leaders, their identities were revealed by Hotto Sosu, who had been planning a trap. As a result The Party had to flee the town. Nevertheless, the old rebel leaders escaped and met up with Elara's rebels. Together they moved operations to the cellar under The Goose inn, which was run by secret rebel member Gorgey Fullfeet.

## Liberating the Town

While The Party returned to Fallcrest, Elara made contact with Thomas the Bard. Thomas had been sent by Lady Clodese to establish communications with the rebels and coordinate them with the Fallcrest Army. Thomas also later smuggled The Party back into the town to help with the overthrow. The following morning the Fallcrest Army attacked Ferrelroost with the support of rebel uprisings in the town. Elara herself organized most of these and helped some of The Party apprehend Thuldrin Kried. Once the battle died down and victory became apparent, Elara rounded up defeated groups of Pyrostar soldiers and sent them to the Droskar dungeon for safe keeping. When the town's proper governance was subsequently restored the Resistance no longer had a purpose and dissolved itself. Elara returned to her former job as a hunter, but also became a respected town leader for her actions.

# Trivia

* Elara is one of the confusingly named Ferrelroost Rebels. In her case, despite the surname Halfway, Elara is not a halfling.