Lux Tenebris: Ilok's Junction NPCs

WALFORA REDFLOWER, Female Mountain Dwarf

STR 12 (+1) - DEX16 (+3) - CON 14 (+2) - INT 16 (+3) - WIS 14 (+2) - CHA 17 (+3)

HP 66 - AC 14 (Leather Armor)

Traits: Darkvision, Dwarven Resilience, Dwarven Combat Training, Tool Proficiency, Stonecunning, Dwarven Armor Training

Languages: Common, Dwarven

Defense: Leather Armor, AC 11 + Dex

Offense: Club, Melee Weapon; +7 to hit; deals 1d6 +3 bludgeoning

Tools: Mason's Tools +4, Thieves Tools +4, Cards +4

Skills: Deception +7, Stealth +7

Background: Walfora Redflower is the owner and operator of the Junction Inn. She came to Ilok's Junction 80 years ago, as 'a wee slip of a gel.'  She is an albino, who avoids other dwarves when possible. In her own words, "Dwarves like albinos about as much as elves like drow."  Walfora doesn't speak about her past, and can become quite irritated if pushed on the subject. She knows all the caravan masters who pass through Ilok's Junction, and a surprising number of people beyond the city.

Secret Info: Walfora fled Fallen Baramir years ago. Observant PCs might note the faded gang tattoos on the dwarf woman's hands and wrists. Walfora fled Fallen Baramir to escape a life of crime. She still worries that her old compatriots might be out for revenge and so is very cautious about whom she trusts with her background.

OMIR MOONRHYME, Male Rock Gnome

STR 15 (+2) - DEX 17 (+3) - CON 09 (-1) - INT 10 (+0) - WIS 15 (+2) - CHA 13 (+1)

HP 39 - AC 13 (Unarmored)

Traits: Darkvision, Gnome Cunning, Artificer's Lore, Tinker

Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Gnomish

Defense: None

Offense: Light Hammer; Melee Weapon; +7 to hit; deals 1d4 +3 bludgeoning; Light, Thrown (20/60)

Tools: Smith's tools +4

Skills: History +4, Insight +6

Background: Looking at Omir Moonrhyme, one would never expect that he is a blacksmith. The small blue-haired gnome dresses like a dandy. His fingers are adorned in glittering rings. Nevertheless, he is a skilled smith and his reputation is well known among the caravans that stop over in Ilok's Junction. To be honest, Moonrhyme spends a lot of his time these days supervising his three apprentices and tinkering on personal projects, but he's more than willing to put aside his fancy silks and satins and work at the anvil if needs demand.

Secret Info: Moonrhyme doesn't talk about it much, but he was an orphan who was taken in by a dwarven smith in Orvald. He learned his craft at the old dwarf's knee, but had to flee Orvald when the Guild of Smiths learned what the old smith had done. He still sends money to his old master, using friends and contacts among the caravans that pass through Ilok's Junction. Moonrhyme knows its risky. If the Guild of Smiths ever learns his whereabouts, they'd probably send someone to break his hands. He persists though, out of love for his old master.

VANA NEVERENE, Female Human

STR 18 (+4) - DEX 18 (+4) - CON 16 (+3) - INT 11 (+0) - WIS 14 (+2) - CHA 12 (+1)

HP 99 - AC 14 (Unarmored)

Languages: Auran, Common, Dwarvish, Giant

Defense: None

Offense: None

Tools: Vehicles (Land)

Skills: Insight +6, Persuasion +5

Background: Vana Neverene is from the Scrimshore Coast, which is in the distant northwest section of Nur.  A small, rawboned woman with short, cropped blue-black hair and almond-shaped grey eyes, her age is unknown. She's lived in Ilok's Junction for almost fourteen years, establishing her businesses, Neverene's Goods, with a loan from Walfora Redflower. She has two daughters who assist her in the shop. A shrewd businesswoman, she loves to barter with the caravan masters who come to Ilok's Junction. Many of them think she could make a real killing if she relocated to a larger community, but Vana seems content with her place in Ilok's Junction, where she is a big fish in a small pond.

Secret Info: Vana's daughters, Taa and Vey, are of noble blood. Their father was a powerful warlord who took Vana as his concubine. She poisoned him when their children were still infants and fled as far away as she could get. She wound up in Ilok's Junction, where she has built a new life for herself, but Vana is always wary whenever anyone with a Northern accent shows up in town. She insists that her daughters keep a bag packed and be ready to run at a moment's notice, but refuses to tell them why. This has led to some clandestine speculation among the Junction's youth that Vana Neverene is a wanted criminal.

NORA HELTANE, Female Half-Elf

STR 18 (+4) - DEX 18 (+4) - CON 10 (+0) - INT 10 (+0) - WIS 15 (+2) - CHA 12 (+1)

HP 43 - AC 17 (Chain Shirt & Shield)

Traits: Darkvision, Fey Ancestry

Languages: Common, Draconic, Elvish

Defense: Chain Shirt (AC 13 +Dex Mod; Max 2); Shield (AC +2)

Offense: Longsword; Melee Weapon; +7 to hit; deals 1d8 +4 slashing; Versatile (1d10)

Tools: Dice +3

Skills: Intimidation +3, History +3, Persuasion +3, Religion +3

Background: Nora Heltane is the closest thing that Ilok's Junction has to a sheriff. She arrived in the Junction about twelve years ago, carrying nothing more than a suit of broken armor and a longsword of elvish make.  She claimed to be an adventurer, wanting to retire somewhere quiet. The folk in the Junction suspect there's more to Nora's story but they don't pry. During her time in the Junction, she's become a respected and valued member of the community, organizing the Junction's defense when threats appear. Walfora Redflower has offered her a room in the Inn, free of charge, but Nora has declined.  She prefers to live on her own, in a spartan log cabin.

Secret Info: Nora Heltane is actually Dame Nora Heltane. She was squire to an elvish knight from Goldsun. When he was struck down on the battlefield, his last act was to knight his squire and pass on to her his ancestral longsword. Nora, however, doesn't think she deserves to be a knight, as she was unable to prevent her lord's death. Nevertheless, her knighthood was witnessed and has been recorded in Goldsun.

ILDERION BENTAUR, Male High Elf

STR 17 (+3) - DEX 16 (+3) - CON 14 (+2) - INT 11 (+0) - WIS 10 (+0) - CHA (+0)

HP 73 - AC 15 (Shield)

Traits: Darkvision, Fey Ancestry, Trance, Elf Weapon Training

Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Elvish

Defense: Shield (AC +2)

Offense: Shortsword, Melee weapon, +3 to hit, deals 1d6 +3 piercing, Finesse, Light

Tools: Dice +4

Skills: Athletics +7, Intimidation +4, Perception +4

Spells: Light (Cantrip, At-Will)

Background: Ilderion Bentaur came to Ilok's Junction twenty years ago as a caravan guard and never left.  Tall and wiry, with shoulder-length silver-white hair and golden-brown eyes, he radiates a palpable aura of confidence. Most people don't notice the faint scar running across his nose, or the missing little finger on his left hand, at first glance. Those who ask about them are liable to get the sharp edge of Bentaur's tongue if they're lucky. If they're not, they're likely to wind up bloodied and bruised in the dust outside the Junction Inn.

Secret Info:  Originally from the Elvish city of Moonhome, Bentaur accrued a large gambling debt. To pay it off, he became an underground pit-fighter.  After paying off his debt, Bentaur tried to leave the pit-fighting ring, but his 'manager' refused to let him go. Things got heated. Blood was shed. Bentaur fled and, after many years, wound up in Ilok's Junction. His old manager is long dead, but there's still a bounty on Bentaur's head keeping him from ever returning to Moonhome.

ARLO LYKITH, Male Half-Orc

STR 12 (+1) - DEX 17 (+3) - CON 12 (+1) - INT 13 (+1) - WIS 15 (+2) - CHA 10 (+0)

HP 54 - AC

Traits: Darkvision, Relentless Endurance, Savage Attacks

Languages: Celestial, Common, Infernal, Orc

Defense: None

Offense: Unarmed Strike, Melee attack, +5 to hit, deals 1d4 +1 bludgeoning.

Tools: None

Skills: Insight +6, Intimidation +4, Religion +5

Background: Arlo Lykith is a half-orc priest, serving the Goddess of Wisdom, Ariel. He came to Ilok's Junction eight years ago and immediately began to restore and refurbish the small hamlet's long-neglected temple. Although his initial reception was somewhat chilly, the locals have gradually warmed to Lykith. For his part, the priest lives quietly, tending to his temple, but more than willing to help his neighbors when necessary.

Secret Info: Arlo Lykith is guarding one of the Junction's biggest secrets, something that could transform the sleepy hamlet into something quite different. Concealed beneath his temple is an  arcane gate.  If triggered, the gate opens in the heart of the Abyss.  Arlo has received explicit instructions from his superiors that knowledge of the gate must never be revealed. The half-orc priest has been empowered to do whatever is necessary to keep the gate's existence a secret, up to and including murder.

VOLKA TREEMASK, Male Forest Gnome

STR 10 (+0) - DEX 17 (+3) - CON 13 (+1) - INT 12 (+1) - WIS 15 (+2) - CHA 14 (+2)

HP 33 - AC 14 (Leather armor)

Traits: Darkvision, Gnome Cunning, Speak with Small Animals

Languages: Common, Gnomish, Sylvan

Defense: Leather armor (AC 11 + Dex)

Offense: Hand Axe, Melee, +3 to hit, deals 1d6 slashing, Light, Thrown (20/60 ft)

Tools: Flute +3

Skills: Athletics +3, Survival +5

Spells: Minor Illusion (Cantrip, At-Will, DC 14)

Background: Volka Treemask is a forest gnome who's been wandering in and out of Ilok's Junction for the past twenty years.  About two years ago, he claimed one of the abandoned log cabins and set about making it liveable. He lives off the land, doesn't eat meat and dislikes Yarren Lusko intensely.  He's also barred from the Junction Inn, except for special events, because of an incident with a badger, a bear and a pot of honey that's become the stuff of local legend.

Secret Info: Volka Treemask used to be a member of the Company of the Lady, but he got himself exiled from the Everwood about two years ago for causing mischief. The Lady said he could come back in about ten years, so Volka is waiting out his exile in the Junction.  Recently, he has become quite smitten with Vana Neverene and has begun to leave her little anonymous presents.

YARREN LUSKO, Male Human

STR 15 (+2) - DEX 18 (+4) - CON 14 (+2) - INT 12 (+1) - WIS 14 (+2) - CHA 10 (+0)

HP 53 - AC 13 (Leather Armor)

Languages: Common, Dwarvish, Elvish, Infernal

Defense: Leather armor (AC 11 + Dex)

Offense: Longbow, Ranged(150/600), +7 to hit, deals 1d8 +4 piercing, Ammo, Heavy, 2-Handed.

Tools: Leatherworker's tools +3

Skills: Nature +4, Insight +5

Background: Yarren Lusko is a human hunter whose family has lived in Ilok's Junction for generations. He lives on the outskirts of town, with his tiefling wife and their four children. He supplements his income by tanning hides for sale in Neverene's Goods, and is often the first person to spot travelers approaching from the west.

Secret Info:  Yarren Lusko knows a lot about Ilok's Junction and its inhabitants. He knows about the arcane gate beneath the temple and that Walfora Redflower used to run with a bad crowd in Fallen Baramir. Ilderion Bentaur confessed to him once, in a drunken stupor, about his past and Lusko knows that Volka Treemask is sweet on Vana Neverene. It would probably take some kind of magical compulsion, however, to get him to reveal any of his neighbors' secrets.

FELLOR ILSHA, Male High Elf

STR 16 (+3) - DEX 11 (+0) - CON 10 (+0) - INT 13 (+1) - WIS 13 (+1) - CHA 15 (+2)

HP 44 - AC 11 (Leather Armor)

Traits: Darkvision, Fey Ancestry, Trance, Elf Weapon Training

Defense: Leather Armor (AC 11 + Dex)

Offense: Shortsword, Melee, +7 to hit, deals 1d6 +3 piercing, Finesse, Light

Tools: Cards +4, Thieves tools +4

Skills: Deception +6, Investigation +5, Perception +5

Spells: Prestidigitation (Cantrip, At-Will, Spell DC 13)

Background: Fellor Ilsha came to Ilok's Junction seven years ago. Initially, the handsome elf rented a room in the Junction Inn, but eventually he built himself a small home.  He doesn't hunt or farm, but claims to be supported by a number of financial investments. He receives letters from Goldsun, Swordhold, Mountgate and even Darkwater concerning his business dealings, and is fairly knowledgeable about current events in Nur. Most nights he can be found in the Junction Inn, playing cards with Walfora Redflower or dicing with Ilderion Bentaur and Nora Heltane.

Secret Info: Fellor Ilsha was a freelance intelligence operative working in Darkwater when an operation he was involved in went terribly wrong. The rest of his team died at the hands of the Marked Men, but Fellor managed to flee the city. He decided to go into hiding until things calmed down and chose Ilok's Junction on a whim. Seven years later, he's pretty much settled into the small community. He's used his intelligence-gathering skills to make a comfortable profit, sharing information gleaned from the trade caravans to various merchant houses in Swordhold, Mountgate and Darkwater.