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NPC: Reeftide Guard

The Reeftide Guard is a force of 20 people, all with at least a passing familiarity with conflict. The Reeftide Guard is divided into two parts. The Town Guard patrol the town, keep the peace, enforce the law, and provide a some protection against monster attacks and the like. They do not patrol beyond the outermost farms, and neither do they venture into the Great Mire. The Manor Guards are made up exclusively of House Meredd armsmen, and only at the most dire need do they leave the manor grounds (such as for a mug of ale or cider). Guard Captain Rook has opted to maintain the simple rank system he is most familiar with--that of the Chelish guards. The order of rank is this (lowest rank to highest rank): Guardsman, Lance-Guardsman, Sergeant, Lance-Sergeant, Captain. Both sections of the Guard are equipped as follows: Bill, Truncheon, Longsword, Light Crossbow, Padded Armor, Armored Coat, Heavy Wooden Shield. They wear dark green and dark gray, the colors of House Meredd, when on duty. Since Eva Rodis was promoted to Sergeant in the Guard, she has been idealistically upsetting the balance of power in the Reeftide Guard. Among the locals who joined out of their own idealism or a desire to keep their people safe, Eva has gathered a group of guardsmen who share her dislike of the way that Captain Rook behaves. Chester Sutterfield (LG human Guardsman) Lewis Patell (LN human Guardsman) Aland Martiiva (LN human Guardsman) Torvald Allenson (N human Guardsman)

NPC: The Raasch Clan

The least-populous and least-prestigious family of halflings in Reeftide are the Raasch clan, numbering only eight members. They arrived along with Lady Morgain, and are House Meredd's hereditary slave family. The Raasch clan lives in the dank cellars and rickety sheds provided for them inside the House Meredd compound. They can be seen busily maintaining the manor grounds and gardens during any season, and occasionally any of the four children might be sent out into the town proper to purchase something needful or perform some other errand on behalf of the Lady's household staff. To the last, the Raasch clan can be identified by the graceful letter "M" branded onto their foreheads, marking them as property of house Meredd. The Raasch family does not consider their service a burden, and despite their beaten postures and hopeless faces, every one would likely refuse to run away or otherwise leave the Lady's service.

NPC: The Greenleaf Clan

The second-most populous, if no less respected, family of Halfings in Reeftide is the Greenleaf clan. Straggling in from Varisia around 10 years ago, the Greenleaf clan has members in many of Reeftide's industries. The Greenleaf farm is struggling somewhat, more from stubborn pride and unwillingness to ask the neighboring Grennan or Vanders farms for assistance than from laziness or poor planning. To a man, the Greenleafs are independent and prideful. They are also generous to the needy and helpful to the helpless (and proud of it). To a woman, the Greenleafs are gossips and meddlers, and they have lately decided to start discretely seeking assistance behind the backs of their menfolk, pride in the family name is cold comforts to a hungry child, after all. The owner of Greenleaf farm is Shaun Greenleaf, though to all Greenleafs younger than his advanced 57, he is simply "Pa".

NPC: The Vanders Clan

Nobody remembers when the first member of the Vanders halfling clan arrived in Reeftide, but most agree that they have been here for longer than practically anybody (even Jathim first landed in a Vanders' boat at a Vanders-built dock.) The Vanders clan has been reduced somewhat from its former numbers due to the loss of Thom (the previous clan leader), and his brothers Wyll and Barry, to an unexpected and unexplained storm at sea 13 years ago, after which Wyll and Barry's wives and children departed to the barrows of their other kinfolk. Because of tragic events such as this, the Vanders clan is reduced to 10 members of Vanders blood. Here are some of the notable figures of the Vanders clan in Reeftide: -Brine Vanders (CG male halfling Commoner 5 of 34 years). Brine Vanders is the owner of a fishing trawler called "Vanders' Catch" and as the eldest and most charismatic of the six remaining Vanders children, it is most often he who speaks for his family. Brine Vanders married Tiggy Greenleaf 10 years ago, and they now have two children Dara (female, 9yrs) and Thom (male, 4yrs). -Sorel Vanders (CG female halfling Expert 3 of 32 years). Sorel Vanders is Reeftide's best clothier and seamstress. She is always expecting shipments of cloth or patterns from Korvosa or Cheliax. She is currently unmarried, but sees this as just more reason to visit the high societies she adores from afar. -Dandil Vanders (CN male halfling Commoner 3 of 30 years). Dandil owns a farm South of Reeftide called Vandersfarm. His family works tirelessly to improve their methods, a mindset which makes Vandersfarm more efficient than Reeftide's bigger-people farms. -Simmon Vanders (CN male halfling Commoner 3 of 26 years). Simmon is a brewer, operating Vandersbrew brewery more or less singlehandedly. He is somewhat less social than other Vanders, being concerned primarily with the brewing of his beers, ciders, and moonshine. Anyone who engages him in extended conversation had better be ready to sample some of his newest batch, and some of his old recipe (for comparison) and some of the variants he worked up. -Haig Vanders (CG male halfling Ranger 2 of 22 years). Youngest of the Vanders born of Thom, Haig never really developed any roots in Reeftide. Instead, Haig heard the call of the wilderness to the South and East. He is a hunter and trapper of no small skill, and often boasts of never doing a day's work in his life.

#NPC #vanders #halfling #brine #sorel #simmon #dandil

Places: Smerrol's Tower

Standing atop the Great Climb overlooking the town is a thick tower of black basalt rising to a further height of 150 feet. The base of the tower measures approximately 60 feet across from outer wall to outer wall and the sides slope so that the top of the tower is 40 feet in diameter. The tower is topped by a curious glass-like dome, and the sides of the tower are completely without feature, including any sign of masonry (though many townsfolk remember a time when there were definitely individual blocks). In the last year, a set of steep stone stairs have appeared in the side of the Great Climb, doubling back on themselves again and again until they reach the lip of the cliff and the base of the tower. It is this tiring journey that Sidney Grennan must make every week to work in Smerrol's shop.

#reeftide places #tower #smerrol

Places: the Hole

Mayric Turner owns this preeminent drinking establishment. The Hole is the only piece of the ruins of Nisroch that has been recovered and restored to habitability. Thought by those villagers given to thinking to be the uppermost chambers of the basement or cellar level of the old Keep Nisroch, it was almost entirely unexplored before Mayric purchased it from the carpenter Daryk Sutterfield, who used it as a cellar for curing hardwoods. Once he had cleared the lower levels to his satisfaction, Mayric immediately commissioned the finely-worked brass trapdoor from Jathim Ironthane and opened his tavern. During the 6 years that followed, the Hole has simultaneously become central to Reeftide's daily life and has served Mayric one disaster after another, from swamp water seeping through the masonry to mold somehow growing into the kegs he stores in the lower levels. The last year has been remarkably trouble-free though, and Mayric has just finished remodeling the entire common room and installing three enormous cast-iron chandeliers enchanted with Smerrol's magical fire, creating a cheery, well-lit drinking environment. As for the Hole's accommodations, Mayric has restored upwards of 16 separate chambers and there has yet to be a substantiated attack from the denizens of the lowest, unexplored levels. Mayric is quite proud of the barricades and seals that he erected and rigged with a clever system of string, pullies, and vials of ink poised to tip over a chart marked with locations, not to mention his more directly nasty traps. Set more or less in the middle of town, the Hole is the meeting place of choice for the Reeftide council.

#the hole #reeftide places #mayric turner

NPC: Eva Rodis

Eva Rodis is a female tiefling Inquisitor of Abadar. 12 years ago, an 8 year-old tiefling waif was discovered stowing away on a Chelish ship bound for Reeftide. The captain seized the child as his own and brought her to Reeftide as his slave, expecting to sell her to Lady Morgain. When the ship docked and the captain approached the Lady with his offer, she was so contemptuous of the captain's high-handed manner that she ordered his ship burned and he taken as her slave. In the confusion, Eva escaped and fled into the village. She took refuge for the first three days in the smithy of Jathim Ironthane, using all her prowess from a life on the streets to remain unnoticed by the preoccupied dwarf while she pilfered small needful things from his house. When Jathim finally discovered her, he felt the decades-buried instincts of dwarven fatherhood come to him. So he cuffed her for stealing. Jathim took Eva in as a sort of adopted daughter, and foremost among his lessons was observance of the law and the good of society. When she turned 16, Eva left Reeftide to study with a cleric friend of Jathim's in the powerful Temple of Abadar in Korvosa. A mere two years later, she returned to Reeftide, and it is rumored that she was judged unsuitable for the priesthood. Ignoring the rumors, Eva joined the town watch and was quickly promoted to Sergeant. During the last two years she has proven her effectiveness at keeping the law to the people of Reeftide, though her methods are quite unconventional. Since becoming Sergeant, she has been a thorn in the side of Guard Captain Bogoruuk, often asking him pointed questions about his skewed interpretation of the law, and double-checking tax collection records and accounts ledgers for "errors". Though usually quiet, one cannot help but notice the presence of Eva in the room (unless she wishes to go unnoticed, of course). One gets the strong impression that her dimly-glowing red eyes see everything, that she never forgets a misdeed, and that she is building a list of ne'er-do-wells to pay nighttime visits to (and not in a way they'll enjoy).

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NPC: Jathim Ironthane

Jathim Ironthane is a Lawful Good male dwarf Expert and Paladin dedicated to Torag, the god of being dwarven. 30 years ago, Jathim Ironthane was an experienced artist of all things metal in service to a powerful dwarven lord in the Lands of the Linnorm Kings north of Varisia. When the lord received word that his lands were going to be attacked, he ordered Jathim and the other artisans to evacuate, even before women and children. Jathim went to him to plead that his wife and son be evacuated in his place, and the lord refused, saying "Jathim, you are a master smith! Your talents will be needed elsewhere. Could I, I would evacuate all of the civilians in my lands, but that just isn't possible. Now, I don't have time to be gentle with you: Jathim! You are more valuable to the survivors than your family is! You are more valuable to the dwarven race than ten times your family would be! Now go home and let your wife slap you for asking such foolish questions!" When he got home, Jathim's wife slapped him. Fleeing from memories and guilt, Jathim found himself being rowed ashore to the tiny thorp of Reeftide, still too new to have a real dock--just some bit of wooden nonsense. For 10 years, Jathim busied himself seeing to the needs of Reeftide. Then, 20 years ago, Jathim saw the face of a dwarf appear in his forge. It spoke to him, claiming to have come at the behest of Torag to tell him that he had been chosen to find the way of the Paladin--that he would be needed soon. Resolved to do his duty by his god, dead family and dwarvenkind itself, Jathim set out to become a Paladin... but since he has not yet been called to action, Jathim is still quietly (re)training, preparing himself for the coming trials, and contemplating the meaning of the word "soon" in the mouth of the gods. Jathim is an active member of Reeftide's community, having as much, if not more sway than Lady Morgain over Reeftide's people, who have come to rely on Jathim's patience and intractability to the thinly-veiled abuse dished out by Lady Morgain.

#NPC #jathim ironthane #jathim #reeftide leaders #paladin #expert #dwarf

NPC: Sandeivv Ula'aeir

Sandeivv Ula'aeir is a male elf Cleric of Shelyn (the goddess of love) from Varisia. Sandeivv and his ariimus, Alavara, have come to Reeftide in search of a legendary creature called a Thunderbird. A dash of reservation and common sense for contrast, Sandeivv has always been well-satisfied to play the straight man at Alavara's shoulder, to hold her back when it looks like her enthusiasm and lack of more internal inhibitions is becoming dangerous. Alavara sees him as her steadfast, reliable companion, and until she wears a bit of the shine off the world, Sandeivv knows she'll be blinded to the overwhelming, world-consuming love he harbors for her. Until then, Sandeivv takes joy in the delight he can read in her so easily, delight at even so simple a thing as hand-feeding chicks or as righteous as slaying a giant.

#NPC #cleric #elf #sandeivv #ariimus #thunderbird

NPC: Alavara Amlarvuil

Alavara Amlarvuil female elf Ranger from Varisia. Alavara and her ariimus, Sandeivv Ula'aeir, are setting out on their fourth adventure together. They've killed goblins, saved a merchant caravan from being devoured by trolls, and spoken to a treant! When word reached Alavara of the Thunderbird that nested under the Great Drop waterfall south of Reeftide three years ago, nothing would do but that they go look for it. Alavara is a paragon of elven youth: slim, strong, lithely beautiful, energetic, carefree, and eyes full of wonder for the world. Add to that her skill as an archer, and Alavara is surely destined for greatness, the grave, or both. Alavara and Sandeivv arrived in Reeftide only five weeks ago.

#NPC #alavara #elf #ranger #ariimus #thunderbird

NPC: Jevek Bloodwroth

Jevek Bloodwroth is a male tiefling Cleric of Calistria. When his father, Aias, ran into the Great Mire, his son stayed behind in Reeftide. Jevek has spent the time distancing himself from his father (without making himself miserable, of course). He lives and works at the Hole, and offers his services as a cleric-for-hire to anyone new that he meets. Jevek's loudly stated goal is to earn, con, or loot enough money to be able to return to somewhere civilized and live out a goodly portion of his life in comfort, or, if at all possible, extreme comfort. He is now 20.

#NPC #jevek bloodwroth #bloodwroth #tiefling #cleric #Calistria #the hole

NPC: Aias Bloodwroth

Aias Bloodwroth is a male tiefling Cleric from Cheliax. 5 years ago, a man landed in Reeftide with the light of madness in his eyes and a very embarrassed 15 year-old trailing in his wake. He was Aias Bloodwroth, and he had come to worship and serve the Great Mire. He (creepily) related a story of prophetic dreams and life-changing revelations to anyone he could corner before sweeping out into the swamp with a mad reverence. His creep factor was so intense that only after he was gone did people realize he was a tiefling. Since then, Aias has been living in the Great Mire and occasionally swooping into town to spill madness all over the townsfolk (or insight, if your mind bends that way). Occasionally, a desperate villager will make the dangerous sojourn out to his isolated hut to plea for the use of his strange powers. Among the many rumors that surround Aias is an observation that the rate of monster attacks on townspeople have dropped hugely since his arrival. Once, Terren Stirling confronted Aias during one of his mad swoopings. Aias laughed in her face (well, cackled anyway) and said that only when Terren had learned to bear the weight of the sky on her shoulders could she hope to match his power. When she testily replied that she had already done so, he said "then your next lesson is to learn how to put it down!" and swooped away.

#NPC #aias bloodwroth #bloodwroth #tiefling #cleric #great mire

NPC: Mayric Turner

Mayric Turner is a male human Fighter and Expert from Varisia. 6 years ago, Mayric arrived in Reeftide with the firm intention of finding treasure and opening a tavern. He was successful on both counts, and now owns The Hole. Though he is a member of the militia, his magical bastard sword "Highfire" has been burning dust on the mantle for years. Mayric is becoming a stereotypical innkeeper: a balding, once-fit man fast going tubby around the edges. Despite this backsliding, the rascals and drunks of the town can attest that Mayric's stories about the strength of his sword-arm are still completely accurate.

#NPC #highfire #innkeeper #mayric turner #militia #the hole #fighter #expert

NPC: Sindy Grennan

Sindy Grennan is female human Wizard. One year ago, Smerrol unexpectedly accepted the second-oldest daughter of the large Grennan family as an apprentice. For the last year, Sindy has followed a rigorous schedule. She has a free day, studies with Smerrol in his tower for five days, then works at his shop for one day (the only day that the shop is actually open). Smerrol has slowly been teaching her the futility of morality, and Sindy has been slowly abandoning the town below, spending more and more of her free days absorbed in studies of her own.

#NPC #sindy grennan #grennan #wizard

NPC: Smerrol Wisefinder

Smerrol Wisefinder is a male gnome Wizard. A scant 3 years ago, Smerrol arrived in Reeftide with wagonload upon wagonload of mysterious bottles, books, and caged creatures, along with a large quantity of more mundane building materials, which he had built into a tower on the lip of the Great Climb just outside of town in a remarkable 5 months. Smerrol rarely appears in public, and seems to go out of his way to appear unapproachable to the villagers. On holidays though, Smerrol has been known to fly crookedly through Reeftide singing in a reedy tenor, occasionally turning things different colors or playing harmless magical pranks. For the rest of the year though, Smerrol has made it abundantly clear to the Reeftiders that he really doesn't wish to be bothered.

#NPC #smerrol wisefinder #smerrol #tower #wizard #gnome

NPC: Terren Stirling

Terren Stirling is a female aasimar Cleric devoted to Gozreh, the primary god of nature. She walked from northern Varisia 8 years ago, and has since devoted herself to caring for the people of Reeftide and seeing to their religious needs. She prides herself on being the moral compass of the town and anticipating its need of her and her god.

#NPC #cleric #gozreh #terren stirling #aasimar

NPC: Lady Morgain

Lady Morgain of House Meredd is a female human noblewoman from Cheliax. She was politically maneuvered into a "voluntary" exile to Reeftide 20 years ago, and since has entertained herself as best she can in this pitiful backwater, mainly by making the lives of the locals unpleasant. She is a bitter and hateful 43 who uses her power to please herself. She always appears as a lush and beautiful young woman, giving rise to the rumors that she made devil-pacts to never age. Lady Morgain lives in the Meredd Manor that she constructed on arriving in Reeftide. She is an active member of Reeftide, and much of the town looks to her as the only person of noble blood in Reeftide (after all, she does have a very official-looking document that she claims says that these lands are her fiefs, and who can argue with that?)

#NPC #house meredd #lady morgain #reeftide leaders #warlock

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