[OOC] Life...Don't Talk to Me About Life...[Communal Info Log Thread]

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This is the sticky for you guys to log information you want to share with others. Ideally, I want things explained IC first, but feel free to put cliff notes versions here so people remember who found out what and the like.

Following is a list of 'Key Players' in the story line who's details (or keys aspects of their details relating to the TotYK campaign) are not located in the People of Aheka thread.

 

Key Players Following is some basic information for key players that either aren't in the current info threads, have very out of date information or have undergone important changes. The ()'s are the most likely people to be connected to them. E.g. Lekkar Alyyryk, the newest Old One Hybrid, was formerly Lekan Alyyryk, meaning he could have Tyyrykan or Elernan connections (the former because he's a Tyyrykan and latter because he became a citizen of Elern to harness his psionics, meaning he had to serve in their military for 5 years), connections to nobles/merchants across the world (due to his work as a high-value bodyguard in the past) and, most recently, in Halva where he went around literally exploding Fiends when the most recent troubles happened and may have interacted with people. PCs/Notable Former PCs   The title, not the class. Broadly similar to a Lord, but also expected to aid the King and members of his court in magical mattersArchmage Morgan Wainraith, the Gambling Seer (Halvans, Friends of Esiard Emlyn, Seers, Worshippers of Airis) One of the original investigators and without doubt the most high profile of them even before the investigations were revealed to the world at large during Chapter Five. He has made a name for himself for shouting at or otherwise picking fights with powerful and/or influential people, including a few Gods, most often by trying to call them out on their behaviour. As well as having fostered a close working relationship (if not friendship) with the King and his soon-to-be who will also become Queen of Shali once they marryQueen, Morgan is also a childhood friend of Kala (one of the newest Gods in Aheka), a former pupil of Esiard Emlyn and, as has been revealed during Chapter 5recently, not only currently in a relationship with a Drow Demi-Goddess long thought to be deadMinloth Zilira but also responsible for freeing her from the binding that had been placed on her to serve the Halvan royal family for almost a thousand years. Despite this recent prestige he still maintains a through the Leadership featnetwork of friends and allies from all walks of life throughout Halva.   Nallaul of House Rilyn'und, the Arachnomancer (Drow, Members of the a Drow criminal organisation who helped Deimos practically wipe out the Drow capitolExchange, Members of House Rilyn'und) An Abjurant Champion, Arachnomancer and wizard. He likes battlefield control spells. Has myriad spider abilities, including the ability to wild shape into various sizes of monstrous spider. Why is he there? Nallaul was spared from the attack of the Sins by a deal another Drow who he grew up with and was a part of Deimos attack against the DrowTel'shar made. Along with the other "guests" of the Sins, Nallaul was rescued by Shade and teleported to the surface. Currently he's with the party trying to secure Tel'shar's release, following his brother's attempted assassination of Triss. His significant people. Tel'shar - Considers him true family. Nallaul is currently trying to secure his release from the Halvans The most powerful Drow mage in the Underdark and former Archmage of the cityXufaer - Nallaul was her apprentice, moved up to be her number two. He is also her ex. Not the father of her son. Nallaul has called her to Halva. The founder and leader of the ExchangeHali'ara - Nallaul had a good working relationship with her. Usually Nallaul acted as a consultant on magical matters for her. She tricked him out the favour she owed, but Nallaul doesn't bear her any ill will since she also spoke up for him to the Sins too.   Sei'Atum/Adam, the First Warforged (Friends of Alnei Nelia, Sei, Trueforged, Warforged) Atum was not only the first Warforged created by Alnei, but ended up being the blueprint for all later Warforged. As he came into his true psionic potential he discovered that this appeared to have created a link between him and other Warforged, allowing him to learn from them and tap into snippets of inspiration from this connection. Unfortunately, due to his estrangement from his father he was never able to confirm whether this was deliberate on his part or not. Of his Trueforged cousins, Sionn is the one he has had the most contact with as the two share an interest in elevating the Warforged. Atum's unique connection to his fellow Warforged has even inspired some of the Trueforged's own work. As one of the founding members of the Sei Atum was in the thick of the fighting when Deimos and the Sins invaded Aheka. He was even present for Superbia's defeat at the hands of the Unknown God, Sublime, who also healed his injuries and replaced his broken weapon with a piece of her own fluid metal weapon. After this he ended up in Feid as the Unknown Gods and Archgates came to blows.   Nevh Rudaa, the Willing Sacrifice (Associates/Members of the Rudda Kinship, Halvans) Along with Morgan, she was a part of the original group of investigators. With the revelations that they have uncovered she offered herself up as a potential 'sacrifice' for a Dagger of Defiance and is currently awaiting the world's leaders' vote on the matter which should be taking place soon...   Mrith Jen'la, the Humanborn Dragon (Associates/Members of the Rudda Kinship) A a Dragon born 'stuck' in their human formHumanborn Dragon who has used magic to try and tap into the heritage that otherwise seems to escape her. She is effectively Nevh's adoptive sister despite their lack of a familial relationship and was brought in by the Rudaa to aid her friends. During the recent invasion she took the fight to many Fiends and their allies with the aid of her magic.   Lady Didina Reid, the Tiefling Telepath (Halvan Nobility, Worshippers of Acedia, Worshippers of Innana) Didina Reid is a beautiful young Tiefling woman, most notable because of her large horns which she habitual decorates with jewellery. Although she was born to the former High Council member (but still influential Council member) Alleron Lyrason her father not only disinherited her due to her obvious Tiefling nature - claiming that she was not his daughter - but has repeatedly hired people to try and kill or otherwise deal with her. Didina has survived against these attacks in part due to having forged her own network of allies/friends and in part through her natural psionic talents. Eventually, this gained the King's attention and he not only named her a Lady but also took lands and wealth from her father in recompense, all in order to recruit the Mindbender and Thrallherd to aid in investigating the attempt on his life. Despite being a powerful Telepath, Didina dislikes fighting which has only intensified recently with the death (and revival) of her closest friend, Misa Serokai (see below). She has stressed that she was hired to investigate, not to fight, so it unclear how much she intends to continue to help with current events, especially with their original task having been completed once they confirmed it was Zera behind the assassination attempt. As a Telepath, Mindbender and Thrallherd Didina is highly skilled at using Telepathy powers and mind-effecting powers in general. Didina revealed that she had contacts/friends in the Church of Inanna much earlier in the story, however it has recently emerged that not only did she have some sort of contact with the Cult of Acedia but had some form of interaction with Acedia herself that she avoided talking about. It is because of this that she did not join the rest of the party in confronting Acedia and later getting involved in the battle between several Archgates and several of the Unknown Gods.   Lady Misa Serokai, the (Formerly) Blind Monk (Fans of exquisite clothing, Halvan Nobility/Rich Merchants, Members of the Serokai Kinship) Misa Serokai is a generally scruffy-looking young Arian woman, however as the daughter of the long-serving Arian ambassador to Halva she was born and raised in Halva. She was brought into the investigation in part because of her close friendship with Didina Reid but also because of her own minor seer abilities. Namely, that having been born blind she has greatly refined the Serokai's natural precognition to allow her to experience the world through what she describes as some form of 'touchsight', more feeling it than seeing it, as well as sometimes getting vague premonitions of danger. This form of 'sight' even allowed her to recognise the incredibly powerful mage known as Shade, who ordinarily can not be recognised unless he wants to be due to some sort of magical amnesia effect that he constantly emits. Misa was not only killed, but reduced to dust during the most recent Fiendish incursion upon Aheka however the newly ascended Demi-Goddess Kala was able to not only restore her but cure her blindness in the process - something that Misa has refused in the past as her people believe it is a distraction from the true sight she has mastered and fears her abilities will fade as a result. She stayed behind with Didina when the party left to confront Acedia and her forces. The Unknown Gods A group of twelve Gods of unknown exact power but roughly in the high Demi to low Lesser range. All of them save for Many Faces have only recently become active (with Many Faces having masqueraded as 'Mask' from the People of Aheka thread for a while). As a result, all of them except perhaps Airin, Airza and Airiel are going by nicknames, misnomers and the like. It should also go without saying that they do not have any active worshippers, as they have come out of nowhere as far as everyone is concerned. They are most (in)famous because of recent events where they killed three of the Seven (specifically, Ira, Gula and Superbia) and have generally helped defend the mortals from the Fiends around the world. Although they all end up meeting up in Phare they were originally spread out across Aheka (some even visiting multiple places). Unless specific locations are mentioned I've left the exact locations during the events vague so people can work them in if they like.   Aeriel the Unbound (Various) A (literally) ethereal looking woman with blonde hair, one green eye and one blue eye that appears to float/fly about, passing through most physical objects and attacks (which is likely where the name comes from). Has a very unusual appearance (pale skin, wings, clothing that appears to have melded into her skin). Like her siblings and unlike all the other Unknown Gods, she has outright admitted to/claimed to be a daughter of Airis and Zera, which has earned suspicion from many (most importantly Jester of the Demon's Moon). other than her incorporeality she has mostly displayed powerful divine magic, potentially even reviving the recently slain (Revivify) and using various high-level healing/restoration spells to aid others.   Airin the Undying (Various) The most striking of the 'Un' siblings because of his uncanny resemblance to his father, Zera, save for the blond hair and blue-green eyes of his mother (Airis). Fortunately for him, Zera's face isn't widely known outside of the Sei and high-ranking military types. Fought with and killed Gula by taking an immense beating and then somehow 'transferring' his injuries onto Gula once Gula tried to use a God-killing poison on him. As Gula was dying Tinker (see below) used an unknown artifact to steal and store his divinity. He has displayed powerful psionics, in particular having repeatedly absorbed injuries from those around him to heal them and transferring both these and his own injuries onto Fiends. Against both Gula and Jester (see the linked to Chapter) he has displayed not only an incredibly resilience (i.e. taking lots of damage) but an incredible ability to rapidly heal himself when he chooses not to transfer his injuries. He has also displayed another former of magic using an unknown tongue, mostly by simply calling out a single word/short phrase, however exactly what it is is unknown.   Airza the Unbroken (Various) Like her sister, Airza's appearance is highly unusual as she not only has stone-like and bronze-coloured (actually bronze, not just tanned) skin with patches of incandescent scales on it but also pitch-black cracks running all across her body forming strange symbols all over her body. Her having one blue eye and one green eye doesn't register nearly as much as it normally would as result. She was mostly active in the Fiendish Planes before helping to defend her brother from Jester (see the end of the current Chapter). Unlike her more magical siblings, Airza has shown simple but brutally effective overwhelming force when she has fought, mostly using her fists and/or an oversized bastard sword, as well as an ability to not only fast healingrapidly heal herself but simply presumably damage reduction and various resistances/immunitiesshrug off most forms of damage in the first place. In the unlikely event that a Binder meets her, they may recognise that her appearance and certain other abilities are a result of Binding magic.   Arte (Mayasoris, Various) At first glance, Arte doesn't look very remarkable, and unlike his sister, Sublime, has shown a tendency to hang back and strike from afar rather than get into the thick of fighting. He also tended to kill almost exclusively with practical, quick bouts of magic, rather than toying and humiliating his opponents as his sister did. Most notably, the two of them killed Superbia, with Arte countering any of her attempts at magic and even seemingly to re-direct her attempts to teleport away while Sublime killed her in (otherwise) single combat. Has displayed a large variety of both arcane and divine magic, even sometimes combining the two, but has mostly worked with his sister, Sublime to compliment her focus on fighting. Like her, he hasn't really shown much in the way of 'support', with even his divine magic being used for almost exclusively offensive purposes.   Boss (Phareans, Victims*) Boss' appearance is by far the most intimidating of the Unknown Gods. Not only does he bear an uncanny resemblance to Deimos (same hair colour/general build, but different eyes and a skull mask that covers the top of his face rather than the bottom of it) but his entire body is covered in writhing, living spiked chains that he not only fights with but uses to think something like Doctor Octopus from Spiderman 2move around on. He has almost exclusively shown up in Phare in the recent fighting, specifically their capitol Feid, helping to fight the Fiends, albeit in an incredibly brutal fashion and usually while cheerily singing inappropriate songs in the process. For those who who have been/were recently victims of particularly nasty people (especially those using a position of power to avoid paying for their crimes) he may have revealed himself as much as a few years before the current events, coming out of no-where to either kill the person in question or confer some sort of compulsion-laden mark on them to force them to 'atone' (with the compulsion often being rather sadistic in nature). All such targets of his have been nasty pieces of work and he tends to arrive and leave in an abrupt fashion. Apart from using the spiked chains wrapped around his entire body like combat tentacles and brutally ripping things into pieces he has also shown a smattering of sorcerous magic (albeit, not very high level), some powerful invocations and a knack for sneak attackstriking at weak points.   The Lady in the Light (Drow, Children in the Dark, Various) Lady is the most visible (literally) of the Unknown Gods, mostly because her appearances tend to be heralded by her exuding waves of blinding light from her body. What makes her obvious affinity for light more unusual is that she is a dusky/grey skinned Drowtouched, wearing mostly white with some grey and black. She first emerged as Deimos and the Fiends attacked the Drow underground but subsequently moved across Aheka turning up in various places to help out. Each time usually using not only her light powers but mass telepathy to announce her presence, threaten the fiends or rally the people. Along with her (seemingly innate) light-based powers, she has also displayed powerful offensive psionics and sorcery, as well as occasionally fighting with a sword.   Many Faces of the True-Dawn Harlequins/Mask (Children in the Dark, Worshippers of Ciilla) Faces, as he has generally introduced himself recently, is an incredibly skilled shapeshifter that has only recently been revealed as being 'Mask' (see People of Aheka). His 'default'/diplomatic form is a young man with dark hair wearing a mask with a simplistic stylised grinning face on it. Although he joins the other Unknown Gods in confronting Jester in the most recent Chapter his other antics are otherwise unknown. It seems likely he has masqueraded as others to either use the chaos to spy or sneak up people. Even his 'Mask' persona seems to be just another persona, as he acts much more reserved and unassuming in his 'grinning face' guise. Like the other self-confessed Children in the Dark among the Unknown Gods he is not only unknown to them but the Family he claims to belong to (the Harlequins) is similarly completely unknown. Other than his shapeshifting he hasn't really displayed any real skills as Many Faces except for being very good at pretending to be someone else, however as Mask his using a variety of skills/magic led people to believe he is a Chameleon (i.e. capable of using a wide variety of abilities/magic depending on the situation). Given the revelation of his true power this may have been an inaccurate assumption.   Rapture of the Young Blade Dervishes (Children in the Dark, Various) Rapture is an unusually tall elf-touched woman (6ft+) wearing the traditional mismatched armour of the Children in the Dark who carries a halberd with magical runes and markings carved into it like a staff would have. Like the other self-confessed Children in the Dark among the Unknown Gods she is not only unknown to them but the Family she claims to belong to (the Dervishes) is similarly completely unknown. She has displayed not only great skill with using her halberd in battle, but also appears to use it as a focus/aid to both high-level offensive arcane and divine magic.   Shadow of the True-Dawn Avengers (Children in the Dark, Phare/Feid) After the Lady in the Light, Shadow has been the most noticeable/seen of the Unknown Gods, mostly as a result of engaging in a very public fight with Invidia in Feid. That she has been fighting by using some sort of shapeshifting 'shadow' that surrounds her and tends to take on large monstrous forms with great fluidity certainly helped make her noticeable. She also revealed herself to the Children before the current events, specifically Teaches Humility (a former PC who you can find in the Lords and Ladies thread). Like the other self-confessed Children in the Dark among the Unknown Gods she is not only unknown to them but the Family she claims to belong to (the Avengers) is similarly completely unknown. She has mostly relied on immense physical prowess to fight, combined with the fluid shapeshifting, reach and natural attacks of her 'shadow beast armour/suit thing', but using the occasional bit of arcane magic (usually to banish Fiends from a distance).   Snark of the First-Born Silencers (Drow, Children in the Dark, Various) Except perhaps for Many Faces, Snark is the most unassuming of the Unknown Gods. He wears the typical mis-matched armour of the Children in the Dark and, unsurprisingly predominantly fights with a sword, but if anything he's a little shorter than average and definitely shorter than most of the other Unknown Gods. Most notably, he seems to only speak by quoting sayings, bits of scripture or even parroting what other people say around him (often mockingly). He has generally accompanied Lady, both among the Drow and on the surface, but occasionally split up from her to deal with threats by himself. Like the other self-confessed Children in the Dark among the Unknown Gods he is not only unknown to them but the Family he claims to belong to (the Silencers) is similarly completely unknown. He has shown himself to not only be a skilled swordsman but a practitioner of the Sublime Way, including some supernatural uses of it (mostly Devoted Spirit manoeuvrers/stances). He has also displayed minor magical abilities, great skill at stealth and a sneak attackskeen eye for weak spots.   Sublime/the Whirlwind/the Sublime Soul/the Oncoming Storm/Perfection Personified (Mayasoris) Sublime is by far the most talkative of the Unknown Gods, although this mostly takes the form of boasting, mocking and generally being an annoyance in any way she can while fighting. True to her boasting, she is a strikingly beautful woman with long dark hair, pale skin and clothing that while cut to allow her freedom of movement is obviously ornate, high quality and designed to also show off her physique. Although she predominantly fights with a sword it has the ability to rapidly change shape to suit how/who she is fighting, mostly taking the form of various melee weapons but sometimes pairs of them or even a metallic bow that creates its own entirely metallic arrows to fire. She most notably killed Superbia in (mostly) single combat (her brother countered Superbia's magic and attempts to flee, otherwise not engaging her) but also swathes of other demons. Even against Superbia Sublime maintained her cocky arrogance, constantly belittling and mocking the Goddess as they fought and claiming that she was disappointed with how weak Superbia was before beheading her and using her decapitated head as a make-shift flail against her own forces. She appears to fight for the thrill of fighting and/or to prove herself superior as far as has been observed. She has almost exclusively fought physically, bar some supernatural uses of the Sublime Way, and mostly at melee, but of particular note is not only her use of archery but that she somehow appears to be able to use the Sublime Way with it. Her skill, particularly with the Sublime Way, is quite frankly equal parts terrifying, awe-inspiring and unequalled as far as most people will have ever seen, making her boast of being 'Perfection Personified' more understandable (but still very arrogant).   Tinker (Children in the Dark, Drow, Mayasoris, Phare/Feid, Various) A tall grey-skinned Drow-touched man wearing goggles, a tattered wide-brimmed hat and a long overcoat filled with various bits and pieces. He has mostly only shown up in order to use some sort of device to strip Gula, Ira and Superbia of their divinity before they were killed, however he has fought a little as well. Tinker has displayed skill with a pistol, the use of various magical items (most notably the one that appears to drain divinity) and the occasional use of high level arcane magic. New Gods   Dea (Sharakan, Shalian, Worshippers of Deimos) Dea is the newest God in Aheka, having come into her powers when Deimos used some of the divinity he stole from Lolth to elevate her to a Demi-Goddess. With the death of her father she has ended up taking over many of his worshippers, but not all (as she is a TN deity while Deimos was NE). She is primarily a Deity of vengeance, which can just as easily include justice as it can vigilantes. Before she become a Goddess, Dea was a Cleric and Scorned of Deimos. With her elevation to being a Deity and the death of her father, her current abilities are unknown, but it would stand to reason that she is a powerful divine spellcaster of some description.   Kala (People of Edgewater, Worshippers of Airis or Malvain) Kala was a deaf-mute Seer long thought to be the reincarnation of Airis, partly because she was innately talented at using divine magic with little to no training from a startlingly young age. It has recently emerged that she is in fact the daughter of Airis and Malvain, broken free by Malvain and entrusted into the care of her half-brother Malhas (see Other) who stunted her natural gift in order to better hide her. Her true power was unlocked by Fisali and she has since steadily grew in strength and power, with her political influence, especially to the worshippers of her parents, likewise growing and growing. Since becoming a Demi-Goddess, Kala has displayed powerful divine magic, with a particular knack for using glpyh and symbol spells as well as healing magic. She has even proven capable of resurrecting the dead, however it appears to tax her in some way. Old One Hybrids The Old Ones, also known as the Elder Demons or Elder Fiends, were originally thought to merely be the former rulers of the Fiends before Ashtarte imprisoned them in five daggers and stole their power. The truth is that they not only created the Fiends and the entire cosmos of Aheka, but at least one other cosmos and countless other beings and Gods too - from which the Zodiacs originally came from and from which Humans were stolen from by the Fiends. The Old Ones have been described as more akin to forces of nature than true Deities - they did not (and do not) grant spells - and the reason that Ashtarte imprisoned them in the daggers is because they can not be killed, being fundamental pillars to reality as a whole. Simply put, they are as different to Deities as Deities are to mortals. By now, four of the five daggers have been found and three of those have been used. The first was used (without knowing what exactly it was) sixteen years ago to created Nehrahk, the second was used sometime in the past year or so by Zera to create the Blue Woman (see Bad Guys United below) and the third was used recently to create Lekkar Alyyryk. The fourth dagger is currently being held by one of the Seven Saviours and will soon be used to create a new Hybrid of Cehrencha, the Breath of the Void, and a chosen mortal. This hybridisation creates an entirely new being with memories and some traits inherited from their mortal side, as well as some influence from the Old One too. The reason for using the daggers now is not just to counter the dangers of Zera and the Blue Woman but because it has emerged that some of the Old Ones being released from their daggers while others are not has an unhinging effect on reality that will eventually result in magic becoming unreliable and wild and, more importantly, could leave to the unravelling of reality itself. The location of the fifth dagger, containing Xarax the Skin of the Void, is unknown as of now.   Lekkar Alyyryk of the Kashyyn, the Heart of the Void (Elernans, Halvans, Merchants, Nobles, Tyyrykans) Lekkar Alyyryk is the newest of the Hybrids but has quickly become the most well known as he moved across Aheka during the recent troubles slaying swathes of Fiends with little effort while also holding off/repelling Fiendish Deities as well. He has auburn hair, tanned skin and golden eyes that resemble rolling, whirling liquid fire. Like with all of the Hybrids, those who meet his gaze feel like it almost pulls them in, with their pupils appearing like starry voids. He was created when Lekan Alyyryk of the Kashyyn, a Tyyrykan who had been helping the PCs to investigate the assassination and then Zera in general, elected to sacrifice himself in part because of a prior meeting with the Oracle having convinced him that doing so was for the benefit of Aheka as a whole, even if - by his own personal beliefs - it would not only destroy his soul but prevent the eventual reincarnation that his people believe in. Lekan came to the PCs attentions because his identical brother was used to try and assassinate the King - by Zera as it eventually turned out - however it emerged that it was due to Zera's mental manipulations. It was also discovered that the Blue Woman was in fact originally Lekan's sister - with the three of them being triplets - and is being controlled/manipulated by Zera. His brother and sister had both been trying to infiltrate Zera's operations before they were discovered and Zera twisted them to his own ends. Still being 'newborn', the full extent of Lekkar's powers are unknown, however he retains Lekan Alyyryk's psionic abilities (albeit, greatly amplified) as well as possessing an affinity for innate fire magic. In particular, he appears to use it to move around, either appearing in a blaze of fire from out of no-where or sometimes literally exploding from out of Fiends during the recent troubles. Just as Nehrahk has an affinity for manipulating Fiends and the Blue Woman has an affinity for Trolls, Lekkar's influence seems to revolve around Seers and, more broadly, humans to a degree as he has shown some sort of empathic sense towards humanoids as a whole - such as being able to tell that the Drow were being enslaved and slaughtered after looking at a single Drow.   Nehrahk, the Shaper of the Void (Children, Fiends) Nehrahk is the oldest of the Hybrids, having been created when a Succubus stabbed the Paladin of Trinity, Nero Ardin, sixteen years ago without knowing the true nature of the dagger. He appears as a dark-haired, pale-skinned and plainly dressed Shalian man, making him much more unassuming in appearance compared to the two other Hybrids. Like with all of the Hybrids, those who meet his gaze feel like it almost pulls them in, with their pupils appearing like starry voids. Nehrahk has spent the past sixteen years secretly converting his own army of Fiends (and Fiend-blooded creatures) from the various Fiendish planes, using his influence over Fiends to try and turn them into a force for good. All of these Fiends have his mark (a series of smaller and smaller equilateral triangles within one another at different angles) somewhere obvious on their body (usually the forehead). He has been operating out of his own demi-plane attached to the Plane of Shadows and is known to a few in the Children of the Dark, but was otherwise unknown until now. Although obviously attempting to be a force for good Nehrahk has made it clear that his intention is to protect Aheka from Fiends - not to get involved in internal Ahekan affairs - so he is not to be counted on to fight Zera. He has displayed the ability to both make and 'unmake' matter on a variety of scales, from creating clothes to entire demi-planes and not just disintegrating objects/beings but, according to his own description, unravelling their very presence in reality (making it impossible to restore/revive them). Others   Malhas (Worshippers of Airis or Malvain) Malhas is a son of Malvain born around a century ago or more (exactly when is unknown), although he has never been very widely known, even among his father's own followers. His most notable act was masquerading as his father in order to provoke an alliance of Deities (good and evil) to fight and slay Malvain. Malhas has recently claimed he did so because Malvain was planning some sort of world-spanning war which, given the separate machinations of Zera to do likewise, could very well have been a catastrophe. Malhas has recently emerged as being the one responsible for hiding Kala's true power, as well as keeping an eye on her by masquerading as a worshipper of Airis by the name of Kahlas. He has been helping her out since, although the two do not always see eye to eye. Malhas is a highly skilled and varied user of both arcane and divine magic although he full abilities and limits have never really been tested.   Xu'deln Rilyn'und, the Hallucinating Half-Drow (Drow, Various) Xu'deln is the Half-Drow son of Xufaer, the Archmage of the the Drow capitol and its leading house, at least at the time when he left because he feared for his life among the Drow due to various problems caused by his hallucinations. The Drow and his family in particular have since fallen on hard times to say the least, with most of House Rilyn'und having been wiped out due to Deimos and the Seven Sins. At some point after fleeing Xu'deln was discovered by Shade who took him in as an apprentice due to Xu'deln's inexplicably natural binding abilities as well as the nature of his hallucinations. Xu'deln (and Shade) have since crossed paths with the party on a few occasions with the Half-Drow eventually being left in the Royal Palace as Shade attended to some sort of dangerous business. It has since emerged that Xu'deln's hallucinations, Seers and binding magic in general all work through a connection to a little-known of (and even less understood) realm called Beyond, which contains souls/psychic remnants/something similar of the dead, and which seems to connect to multiple realities. These beings, it has emerged, are the source of Xu'deln's hallucinations as he alone seems capable of communicating with them directly. Between Xu'deln, Morgan Wainraith, Kala and a powerful artifact they managed to (inadvertently) revive the long-dead Goddess, L'arabiel, ever since which Xu'deln's visions grew more potent and, at first, overwhelming. Xu'deln soon reached some sort of understanding however, not only rushing out to try and defend Aheka but meeting up with the party again and, most importantly, managing to persuade Acedia to leave Aheka without taking anyone in her. In exchange, however, he agreed to go with her willingly to her own realm, but not before telling Kala and Morgan that Eve/Revenant wanted them to destroy her remains.   Princess/General Zephyra Halva (Halvans, Halvan Military, Various) Zephyra is the King's elder sister and a career military figure who prefers to be addressed by the titles she has earned rather than those bestowed on her at birth. Although initially one of the potential suspects for the attempt on her brother's life, she is not really a suspect any more and has even hired at least one person to help her investigate events too (specifically, the Paladin of Trinity, Lucretia Ardin). The Survivors The Survivors, as their name implies, are the only mortals who survived the spell Fisali used to end the Demongate Wars however in the process it made each of them immortal in their own way. Ghost lost his corporeal body and now only exists as a psionic entity; Revenant simply regenerates from any physical wound inflicted on her; and Shade devours the souls of others in order to take over their bodies (something that he only has limited control over). To the general population, only Shade is widely known and he is also the only one of the three who has been in any way active on Aheka since the Demongate Wars, however the exact manner in which he remains alive is not widely known. This is followed by Revenant who was known to have survived but due to generally keeping a low profile us by now only known to historical scholars, although until recently no one knew where she had gone and assumed she was just wandering around the world as she had been before. Lastly, Ghost was only known to have survived by a handful of people knew of until recently, and most of them didn't have a clue what exactly he was up to.   Ghost/Samael, the Hidden Hand (Hands of Samael) Samael was a Tiefling once known as the Fiendish Oracle during the Demongate Wars when he started off on the Fiendish side. At some point, however, he actively sabotaged their efforts which is what indirectly led to the end of the war and his own 'death'. The result of this was that he became an entirely psionic entity, capable of spreading his consciousness over vast distances or even focussing it on specific places/people. Exactly what he has been doing since is generally unknown, however at some point he created an organisation dubbed the Hands of Samael who were his 'hands' in Aheka, allowing him to try and protect the world. The actions of two of these Hands, the aforementioned siblings of Lekan Alyyryk (see Lekkar Alyyryk above), are effectively what kick-started the entire campaign. Ghost has since revealed his existence and helped out the party on occasion in trying to stop Zera.   Revenant/Refera, the Sage of All Paths (People of Edgewater, Various) Revenant was once the most powerful servant of the Elder Demons (another name for the Old Ones, when they were believed to merely be Ashtarte's precursors) who continued to serve their interest after their imprisonment by Ashtarte by aiding her in attempting to quash the mortal rebellion during the Demongate. During the war, however, Alistair Teel (who would later become one of the other Survivors, Shade) created a powerful mirror artifact to effectively turn her from the Fiendish side to hers - breaking it in the process. The shards of this mirror have since been used by the Darkheart Society (also a group of Prestige Classes) to allow them to infiltrate evil religions and groups to destroy them from within. Alistair was successful however even then the guilt of all the horrors she had done weighed heavily on Revenants shoulders before she became truly immortal due to Fisali's spell. After the end of the Demongate Wars she found temporary solace with Archgate Orion, the first Archgate of Fislasyth, however her guilt would not allow her to simply settle and so she left, inspiring Orion to write the famous operatic epic 'Reflections of Ruin' based on him and Revenant (albeit, gender-flipped versions of them). Revenant has wandered Aheka since then, trying not to attract attention but occasionally interceding in events to protect people. It was one such event almost two decades ago when she dispatched a large group of bandits in front of Esiard Emlyn that the 'Last Knight of Halva' offered what he thought was merely a troubled woman a chance to 'do something better' by looking after the young gifted Seer, Kala. Revenant was known to Esiard, Kala and the people of Edgewater where Kala lived as Eve. She was by all accounts somewhat standoffish and quiet to most, but unquestionably dedicated to protecting and looking after Kala. Revenant'0s true nature only became apparent when Zera's forces attacked Edgewater, looking for Kala, and the Survivor held off not only an army of trolls, (at least) two of Zera's children but also the Old One Hybrid known as the Blue Woman long enough that Kala was able to flee to the capitol along with several dozen survivors. Although the Blue Woman beheaded her, taking it away back to Sanctuary, Revenant's body has not only remained perfectly preserved without having any spell cast on it but even regenerated all its damage (except for the beheading).   Shade/Alistair Teel, the Great Devourer (Various) Widely regarded as the most powerful mortal on Aheka (at least if you mean "not a God" by mortal), Shade is nevertheless a unknown and generally neutral force for the most part, with the rather notable exception of having manipulated Deimos into trying to stage a coup against his mother (the ruler of the Fiends) so that he could kill her himself. He had interacted with the PCs on a few occasions before, mostly at various gatherings/events, and even provided them with useful information on occasion. The Children in the Dark See Here for more information on the Children, including their only God - the Sword in the Dark. In summary though, the Children in the Dark are a group of former slaves and descendants of former slaves who have gathered together to fight their own guerilla war against the Fiends in order to free more of their enslaved 'brothers and sisters' (i.e. humans). Until just recently they had a taboo against even setting foot on Aheka - although that is soon to be broken - with only Faces (clerics of the Sword in the Dark who learn to infiltrate fiendish cults/churches) typically having visited Aheka with any regularity. They have also only just been discovered by the (vast) majority of the people of Aheka, with only a handful of people having been aware of their existence before they announced their presence on Aheka by assassinating the King and many other important leaders in the generally Fiend-aligned country of Sharak. In particular, the current party have had interactions with the Sword in the Dark's three children, outlined below.   Balor-Bane of the First-born In'ira (Children in the Dark, Followers of Nehrahk) Most often shortened simply to Bane, he is the middle-child of the three but also the tallest and bears a striking resemblance to his grandfather, Vulcar Halva I, the man who founded Halva and the First Halvan Empire. Bane's the term for the unique talent of a GodlingGift is for understanding magic items, which are somewhat of a speciality of his and generally what he spends most of his time doing outside of freeing slaves, striking out against the Fiends or otherwise performing his duties. He is an Eye in the Dark (see the classes thread), meaning he is skilled at stealth and arcane magic. Being a Godling he is also among the most powerful of mortals although not quite a full-fledged God.   Cypher of the First-born In'ira (Children in the Dark, Followers of Nehrahk, Sharakans, Worshippers of Deimos) Cypher is the eldest of the Sword's three Children but also the least seen. This is because she is a Face in the Dark (see classes thread), meaning she has spent most of her time infiltrating Fiendish churches and cults. In her case, she infiltrated the Church of Deimos in Sharak and even spent a time as King Kaeyin's religious advisor. At some point during this she become pregnant with and bore a twin daughter and son of Kaeyin (although neither he nor anyone else was aware of them) who have been raised by the Children in the Dark when she is not around. As a Face in the Dark she is highly skilled at divine magic, stealth and subterfuge. Being a Godling she is also among the most powerful of mortals although not quite a full-fledged God.   Min of the First-born In'ira (Children in the Dark, Followers of Nehrahk) Min is the youngest, most reckless and most immature of the three, having only passed her Swordright in the past few years. Unlike her siblings, she has embraced her psionic heritage and uses it in combination with the sublime way, having had a lot of training in both from various other Children. Min is a powerful Wilder and a highly skilled Swordsage, as well as having learnt how to further manipulate psionics by being an Elocator. Being a Godling she is also among the most powerful of mortals although not quite a full-fledged God. Bad Guys United   Zera, the Betrayer (?) Zera is the primary antagonist of the game and quite possibly the most reprehensible mortal in Aheka at the moment. Not only is he notorious for having started the Betrayer Wars six decades ago in order to try and grab power in Halva but he used powerful magic to bind his the Archgate Nykal, who had grown up with him in a Halvan orphanagebest friend to his will. His notoriety has only increased recently due to: an attempted assassination on Vulcar Halva II the creation and enslavement of the Blue Woman (see below) the capture of Sanctuary, an incredibly powerful artifact from the Demongate Wars that functions as a mobile and fluid pocket dimension that can break through most barriers/protections. the capture of at least one shard if the Godforge, a powerful artifact that even when split up allows the user to harvest the divinity of Gods in order to perform varies feats - most commonly the creation of other artifacts. the capture of the Paragons Airis and Malvain so that he can continually harvest their divinity raping Airis in order to harvest the divinity of the resulting children as well. Exactly how many of these he has had is unknown, but there are several that may be working for/with him (see Wade, Hwyel, the Enchantress and the Shaperate, below). capturing most of the notable seers in the world while also stealing prophecies sent to the Church of Airis, leading to suspicion over the Church hierarchy as a whole. assassinating the Queen and Princess of Phare and attempting to frame Halva for it. attempting to assassinate the Queen of Elern and framing Halva for it. and certainly far more than this over the decades. Zera is without doubt the most powerful and skilled mortal telepath in Aheka at the moment and perhaps even the best to have ever lived. Note - Zera is included here more for information than to be a direct 'connection'. Simply put, if you met him then you'd either be dead or enthralled by him, however its certainly possible that he did something or is suspected of doing something to someone you have a connection with. The problem with most of this is that his use of enthrallment and memory manipulation makes it difficult to determine exactly what he is responsible for (other than what's above), as he operates in secret and generally tries to set people against one another.   The Blue Woman (People of Edgewater, Soldiers of the Rogue Legion) 'Beware the Blue Woman with the eyes of a void for she is death.' ~ A warning given to the PCs by the Oracle earlier in the campaign. The Blue Woman is the second Old One Hybrid and perhaps Zera's most dangerous weapon. Certainly his most powerful one, given what the other Old One Hybrids have displayed. She appears as an icy-blue eyed, tall, light blue-skinned and dark blue-haired athletic woman with long, braided hair and with, like all the Hybrids, the pupils of her eyes seeming to draw those who look at them into a starry void. She was originally Lekan Alyyryk's sister (see Lekkar, above), but her attempts to infiltrate Zera's operations resulted in him dominating her mind and then using one of the daggers of defiance to turn her into an Old One Hybrid. So far, she has: Helped slaughter the people of Edgewater (a riverside town in Halva) in order to kidnap or kill Kala. Killed Scion, the oldest/most powerful dragon in Aheka and the draconic ancestor of the Dragonblaze Kin (a powerful/influential noble family of Halva). Attacked a conference of pretty much every major player in Aheka (including the high priests of most major religions, many of whom are capable of becoming avatars of their Gods, as well as Nehrahk, another Old One Hybrid). She not only killed three Archgates (aforementioned high priests/avatars) but did so without really being troubled by anyone except for Nehrahk. And, most recently, helped the masacre the soldiers of the Rogue Legion, including brutally killing their captain by freezing and shattering him piece by piece. The Blue Woman has displayed phenomenal physical abilities, both offensive as well as defensive. As an Old One Hybrid she is more of a force of nature than a true Deity and, as far as anyone knows, not only ridiculously difficult to hurt but immortal as a result. She also has an affinity for innate ice magic and is capable of using very powerful invocations (the latter of which is something her former mortal self was known for, albeit not to anything like the degree/power of the Blue Woman of course).   Wade Varius (Elernan) Wade was a high-ranking member of the Elernan military before outing himself during Chapter 5 in an attempt to steal the daggers of defiance that contained Ihnolkar and Cerencha. You can otherwise find some info on him in the People of Aheka thread. As well as his known powers/abilities, in his short-lived fight with the PCs at the end of Chapter Five he revealed the ability to both stop time and even turn back time for everyone but himself. The only reason that they are aware of the latter is that he used the ability around Morgan Wainwraith, who had a vision of his initial attack before he turned back time.   Hywel (Drow, Elernan, Seers) Hywel is a dirty blond haired Elernan Seer who disappeared a year or so ago. he had a reputation for being abrasive, acerbic and generally unpleasant, however he was also a good soldier when he needed to be. He ended up in the Underdark, working with a member of the ruling house and presumably trying to find and recover their shard of the Godforge. After being brought back to the surface as part of a Drow delegation he was outed and is currently imprisoned somewhere in or around Halvanna (exactly where is a closely guarded secret). He is both a seer (the Psion specialisation) and a Seer (someone who has prophetic visions that they can't entirely control). Of the known Seers he has a much greater degree control over his gift however, seeing glimpses of people's pasts however he must be physically looking at them to do so. Even back in Elern he had a reputation for using his gifts (both psionics and visions) to screw with people, often by setting them against one another. Unfortunately, he was considered valuable enough to get away with it for the most part.   The Enchantess/Melissa (People of Edgewater, People of the Sharakan capitolTrusharlan, Soldiers of the Rogue Legion, Worshippers of Inanna) Her real name is unknown, with her having called herself Melissa when she approached the Church of Inanna to become an initiate. She was not there for long before vanishing though, only to-reappear at Edgewater with the Shaperate and the Blue Woman, as well as an army of trolls. The last time she was seen was with the Shaperate, Blue Woman and an army of trolls, massacring the Rogue Legion during the inter-Fiend fighting that happened/is happening at the end of Chapter 6 She has only displayed telepathic abilities so far. Whether she controls the Trolls that she tends to travel with with this or through other means is unknown.   The Shaperate (People of Edgewater) Her real name is unknown, with the PCs having dubbed her the Shaperate. She first appeared at Edgewater with the Enchantress and the Blue Woman, as well as an army of trolls. The last time she was seen was with the Enchantress, Blue Woman and an army of trolls, massacring the Rogue Legion during the inter-Fiend fighting that happened/is happening at the end of Chapter 6. She has displayed advanced psionics, especially when related to crystals, but favours summoning crystal creatures to fight for her. According to a reliable source she also moves around using what is effectively a crystal 'clone' of herself rather than risking her actual body.   Versiejir the Bloody (Dragonblaze, Halvan) Versiejir is a notorious serial killer that started off by killing and experimenting on an unknown number of commoners before moving on to the nobility and fleeing before he could get caught. As a Dragonblaze (albeit not a very important one) it was a deeply embarassing incident for the family who have since been attempting to hunt him down. He is an experimental necromancer and blood mage who's true abilities are unknown, as he deliberately under-played his power/skill so that he could keep a low profile. What is known for sure is that he has an obsession with blood and bloodlines, believing there is a particular form of power to it, rather than being a traditional 'undead' necromancer (although he still does use that a little, it's just not his focus).

~MTWC

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All information is in addition to what is known in the individual People Of Ahkea entries (no point in repeating)
Colored stars indicate who knows what.
* - Blue for Nevh Ruda
* - Black for Morgan Wainraith
* - Green for Morgan Crescent/Redgrove
* - Red for Syltar Dragonblaze
* - Purple for Eloise Watson

The Rules of quasi-deities posted here

Zera and company Zera -** Halvan bastard. Has kidnapped Airis and Malvain and is using the Godforge on them to supply him with immortality and artifacts. Is unable to be killed by normal means, being resurrected without failure after death. Has access to Sanctuary. Is suspected of gathering an army of trolls from across the continent. Has appeared in a number of vision paintings by Kala. Has godling children, by Airis. Confirmed to be allied with the Blue Lady with the eyes of a Void. Right bastard. Yostrah/The Blue Lady with the eyes of a Void (Possibly Mystrahl)- She is not actually Yostrah but Yostrah bound to a Kelta Alyyryk. The result is less powerful than a full Elder Demon (greater god level power), but still very powerful. The Oracle said this of her "If you see her flee, for she is death." Blue skinned, mastered the path of the Void (Elder Monk PRC) working with Zera. Joined in the attack on Edgewater and defeated Revenant in open combat. Appeared in the First Vision. Requires daily effort on the part of Zera to maintain control over her. The Enchantress -** Zera's daughter. Godling who's divine energy has been consumed by the Godforge. Capable of Telepathy and mind control. Under the alias Melissa expressed interest in joining Inarra's clergy and stayed with them for a month and a half as an initiate. Disappeared without word shortly before engaging in the attack on Edgewater. Appeared in the Fifth Vision as one of Kala's enemies. Was with the Shaperate, Versiejir and the Blue Woman in Scion's home. Possibly called Mystrahl. The Shaperate -** Zera's daughter. Godling who's divine energy has been consumed by the Godforge. Psion shaper of crystaline constructs. Creates bodies of psionic energy rather than going places in person. Appeared in the Fifth vision as one of Kala's enemies. Was with the Enchantress, Versiejir and the Blue Woman in Scion's home. Possibly called Mystrahl. Hywel -** Ward/member of the Elernen military. Psion Seer/Oracle and pain in the ass. Probably Zera's son. Appeared in the Fifth vision as one of Kala's enemies. Was in the underdark as the compainion of a Drow noble, and captured when they came to the surface. Currently incarcerated in Halvanna. Wade Varius - See people of Ahekea for publicly known information. Actually an agent/child of Zera. Morgan tricked him into exposing himself at the Greater Council where Alyyryk was turned into a hybrid. Archgate Nykal -** As noted in the People Of thread. Zera's childhood friend. Versiejir the Bloody (formerly Versiejir Dragonblaze) -**] A highly gifted and charming mage who happens to also be a sociopathic serial killer who likes to 'experiment' with magic. Killed at least 4 noblewomen and many other commoners (mostly prostitutes) in a very bloody fashion (hence the nickname) before fleeing Halvanna. Currently working with Zera for unknown reasons (though most likely because he can continue his 'work' and lash out at the family that betrayed him. Somehow behind the madness that afflicted the Dragonblaze. Was with the Enchantress, Shaperate and Blue Woman in Scion's home.

The Oracle and company The Oracle - * Naleti Winyacoia. May be the daughter of Jester of the Demon Moon and Airis (the god). **A powerful seer that has enhanced her abilities using a magical item called Tirieleer's Heart, which she later gifted to Morgan Wainraith. Her visions possibly work by linking her mind to other (string theory style) versions of herself in other realities and predicting the future using a "most likely outcome" composite of these realities. However they work the visions have had a serious effect on her psyche and leave her little lucidity from moment to moment. She studied and memorized the Morgan Wainraiths of each reality and uses him as a sort of guidepost to let her know which reality she is currently experiencing. Jester of the Demon Moon - * Last name may be Tirieleer Winyacoia. That alone is more than most people know about Jester. What is also known is that he may be the father of Naleti Winyacoia and/or husband of Airis. Also created Tirieleer's Heart for Naleti. *note* will likely react very poorly to anyone disseminating information about his relationship with Naleti/Airis or background. Don't do it. ** He created Ikra and Rincala to protect his naleti while he traveled to find out what happened to Airis. Airis - ** Missing, captured by Zera. Has been forced to have a number of children with Zera. Also has one by Malvain (Kala). No other information beyond what is commonly available.

The three survivors. Alistair "Shade" Teel - ** The son of Jarask and a mortal woman. He had his potential unlocked but never actually became a demi-god before sacrificing his potential to create the Godforge. Devastated by the death of the demi-goddess Sinneh, his half-sister and surrogate mother, at the hands of Asharte. He chose to abandon the Zodiac who did nothing to help her and holds a considerable grudge against Asharte. He is one of "the three survivors" of the demongate wars along with Samael and Eve/revenant, three mortals who “survived” Fisali's war ending spell. He is currently a body-snatching spirit that is an amalgam of all the souls/bodies he's taken with Alistair being the dominant personality. Mentioned in Reflections of Ruin (Vision) and Treatise on the Demongate wars (Samael). - Xu'Deln. Common Drow. Seer of sorts, has difficulty telling the difference between vision and reality. Shade's apprentice in the art of binding. Currently staying at the palace. Samael - ** AKA A. Historian AKA Ghost. Tiefling oracle, Psion. One of the "Three Survivors" of the Demongate wars. Started off working for fiends, then had a crisis of conscience and began working against them (sort of). Wrote A Treatise on the Demongate Wars. Currently exists as a disembodied spirit who runs the Hands of Samael secret society. Semi-omniscent as he is able to spread himself out and be almost everywhere at once. No longer a seer. Sage/Revenant – ** Confirmed by Fisali to be Eve, Kala's supposedly dead protector and friend. She is literally unkillable as her body regenerates from any wound and heals from any effect. Last follower of the Elder Gods, the demon gods that ruled Ahkea before Asharte took over. Also is said to have mastered all 5 paths of the Elder Monks which also has to do with the Elder Gods. Archgate Orn indicated that Reflections of Ruin referred to a female known as Refera/Reven who survived the war. -Formerly a beheaded "corpse" with the head in the possession of Zera and the body with Zilira. Was restored By Kala

objects/creations Godforge - ** Ridiculously powerful artifact created by Alistair Teel. Uses raw divine energy as a fuel source, burning out gods or the children of gods with "potential" in the creation of artefacts. Mentioned in Treatise on the Demongate Wars (Samael). Used by the rebel/Zodiac/mortals during the demongate wars to create everything from mundane items to major artifacts. Linked to Sanctuary, the base of the rebel/Zodiac/mortals. Broken into four pieces by Shade after the end of the Demongate War. One piece is an intrinsic part of Sanctuary while the other three are mobile. Zera is using it on the Airis and Malvain to make himself immortal as well as other stuff. The drow are using one shard on Ciilla and Sarlorne to hide their city. There are potentially one or two shards remaining unaccounted for. Sanctuary - ** A demi-plane hiding place of the good guys during the Demongate wars. Can open a door anywhere. Without the Jalm'aen it can not penetrate strong wards, such as Epic and True Magic, however the Shrouds do not stop it. Currently occupied by Zera and his forces. The Eight Blades of Sharlan. Created during the Demongate War by Alistair "Shade" Teel after then end of the Demongate War. They are artifact weapons with dedicated purposes relating to fighting evil and fiends in particular. Enhances destructive magic (bonus to CL when casting Evocation spells), capable of casting magic from the caster through itself (effectively allows the wielder to Quicken certain Evocation spells through it, though it is not unlimited in use).Blade of Stars: Wielded by Misae Wiat of the Walking Dead mercenary group. Feeds off of death. The more people that die around it (including being killed by it) the more powerful it becomes (it gains additional/more powerful enhancements) to the extent that it can become a god-killer if enough people die (said enhancements are not limited as normal [i.e. it breaks the +10 limit to enhancements]). This wears off after a time (the stronger it is the quicker, though it will gradually slow down as it becomes weaker again) however it also feeds off of the wielder's mourning, which is why it traditionally targets those who's families have been killed (as it means it starts off stronger).Sword of Mourning:No current wielder. In the possession of the Shali royal family. Can create a telepathic/empathic link between everyone within a certain distance. This not only makes it easier/safer to direct orders but means what one person sees another is aware of and to screw with the mind of one you have to successfully defeat everyone (and since the wielder gains immunity to mind-effective effects from anything but Deities [and even helps resist that] that is very unlikely). Invidia's Bane:No current wielder. In the possession of the Shali royal family. Any wounds inflicted by it are cursed and will not only be impossible to heal without breaking the curse (which feeds off of the power [level] of the wielder) but cause the wounds to grow until they kill the person injured. Also if something is killed by it while still cursed they can not be revived by any means unless the curse is broken. Supposedly not even Deities are immune to the effects of Witherbane and must try to dispel it as anyone else. Previous wielders were well known for only ever attacking most enemies once, as the vast majority of targets would die before they were able to break the curse.Witherbane: Currently wielded by Min of the Children in the Dark Sinbreaker was specifically designed to combat the Seven and not only protects the wearer from various mind-effecting effects but even reverses or reflects them. Enchantments are reflected back at the caster; the wielder is immune to poisons/diseases/etc.; morale penalties become morale bonuses; rages give the benefits but allow the wielder to keep a clear mind; etc. The blade also feeds off of the wielder's will and gives those nearby a boost to resist mind-effecting effects.Sinbreaker:Currently in the keep of the Shalian royal family. Revived those it slew as undead (what kind varied, but usually skeletons/zombies) under the control of the wielder.Deathdealer: Said to have been destroyed 500+ years ago. Created a constant area around the wielder where it was impossible to lie (and could usually forced people to speak the truth if prompted) and forced nearby shapeshifters (whether natural or through spells) into their true form.Traitor's Folly: Said to have been destroyed during the Betrayer Wars. What you've already seen. It becomes a powerful weapon when faced with fiends (though not powerful compared to the effects of the other Eight Blades) but when it fully awakens it basically makes the wielder into a semi-divine avatar of L'arabiel before, using their own life (and the life of previous people who unlocked it) to power it. In raw power it far outstrips the others (taking into account the logistical problems of keeping the Sword of Mourning at its peak power) but with obvious consequences.The Unnamed Blade: Currently destroyed by Morgan... Oops. Was crafted from the broken sword of the Zodiac god L'arabiel. Jalm'aen – ** Group of scrying mirrors that also allowed for instant teleportation between locations, created by Shade. Broken into at least 2 pieces by Shade at the end of the Demongate War. Part of it is located in the Ikran mountains and in the control of a High Inquisitor Herne. Currently greatly reduced in power. Orion's mirror (name?) – ** Created by Shade. Referred to in the Reflections of Ruin opera to turn Refera to the side of good. Believed to be used by the Darkhearts for their initiation ritual. May be the other part of Jalm'aen. Reflections of Ruin - ** Opera written by Archgate Orion. Regarding a soldier (Refera/Reven/Revenant) that switched sides during the demongate wars after being cleansed of evil by a mirror made by Alistair Teel. After the war she couldn't settle down in a peaceful Sharlan and wandered off somewhere. Tirieleer's Heart - ** A small pendant thought to be created by Jester for Naleti. Smooth red gem in platinum setting on a platinum chain. *There is an inscription on the rim written in True Text, the language of True Magic. Translated the inscription reads "I leave you a nation as company and protection, knowing I must leave you. Forgive me. I will bring her back." Has a number of unusual abilities but is not an artifact. Morgan recently activated Tirieleer's Heart which will slowly enhance his Seer abilities. As a result he will not be able to use Tirieleer's Heart to eliminate his Seer talent and lead a normal life. Treatise on the Demongate Wars - ** Most information garnered from the Treatise is listed under it's own specific entry. The Treatise itself was penned by A. Historian, also known as Samael, Ghost, The Fiendish Oracle, etc. Has an inscription on the cover in what is presumed to be the written version of True Magic. "Within these tomes you will find an incomplete record of the Demongate Wars. With these truths I hope to free myself of the burden Fisali failed to, yet there are some things that can not be told, for fear that the wrong eyes will see. If you seek truth then look for my any who bear my Eye and speak the words of every page. By Samael, the Ghost of the Demongate Wars." The border of each page of the book holds the following phrase, also using the same language. "To be knowledgeable is to be powerful, to be unseen is to be immortal, and to be unknown is to be unbeatable." Vulcar's echo - ** Intended as a guide to future rulers of Halva Vulcar's Echo is a magical archive of information with the illusory appearance and programmed personality of the dead king. Vulcar's Echo is located in the "famed" Tomb of Vulcar (man the guy sure liked to name things after himself Halvan empire, Halvana, Vulcar's ring, Vulcars tomb, Vulcar's echo. Maybe he's a fan of Batman.). Tomb of Vulcar - ** Where Vulcar's echo is located, guarded by vampiric members of the First Legion who demand a tribute of blood to be allowed to enter and speak to Vuclar's echo. There are a number of books written by the Echo as well as magical items of unknown origin. As well the second Ring of Halva. Rings of Halva - ** These rings allow members of the royal line of Halva to better control Zilira. Originally one was supposed to be with the ruler, one with the heir and one in reserve at the Tomb of Vulcar. Coiya Halva disappeared with his ring ages ago and was recently recovered by Morgan. The Tomb ring was destroyed in the breaking of the covenant. Currently one ring is with the king and the second is at the Tomb. Bracers of the Juggernaut - ** Artefact bracers that can only be worn by someone of Malvain's bloodline. Conjures weapons as well as defensive properties and can provide knowledge. Actually pre-dates Malvain, being originally used by the Zodiac to help train their semi-divine children during the Demongate War. Malvain took them and added some other abilities. Artifact retrieved under Vlan - ** Currently investigated by the Sei under the supervision of Sei'Aaran Jahn. Syoban had unearthed it for use against Zera, but it seems he has transcended to a point the artifact is no longer powerful enough to destroy him. *Artifact capable of utterly destroying all psionic items and beings. Deceiver's Bane - ** Minor artifacts managed mostly by the Dragonblazes. They prevent all transmutation and teleportation effects to affect those under their effects. Celes had been wearing one during her travels to reach Halvanna.

The Alyyryks Lyytas Alyyryk of the Lykast ** - Psy Would-be assassin of Vulcar II, stopped by Zilra. Mind warped by Zera using epic/true/deity level magic in unknown ways. Has Eye of Samael tattoo on inner lip. Currently in custody of Zilira. Lekan Alyyryk of the Kashyyn – ** Psion warrior and Kashyyn bodyguard. Brother of Lyytas. Claims his brother fell in with a bad crowd. Spent six years in the Elernan military 15-21. Currently utterly destroyed by the creation of a new Hybrid. Kelta Alyyryk of the Tykast - ** Warlock. Sister of Lyytas and Lekan. Hotheaded and impulsive. Also fell in with the same crowd as Lyytas. The Oracle told Lekan she had been warped as well. May have "fancied" Syoban. Kelta was combined with Yostrah creating a new being we know as the Blue Lady with the Eyes of a Void. Jar Alyyryk of the Sercyl - ** Eldest brother. Currently Shaman of Vehryn, a Tyyrykan port. Married to the city's mayor.

The Hands of Sammael A group of vigilantes and spies who work for Samael, one member of whom attempted to assassinate King Vulcar. (formerly referred to by Morgan as "the bad crowd") Syoban Ruuda - ** Apparent leader. Ruudan. Killed years ago by Nevh, but saved from death by Ghost. Leads an unknown group that used to include Kelta and Lyytas Alyyryk and currently includes Blink as well as others. Caelan "Blink" - ** Trueforged Mercenary psion. Part of Syoban's group. Very agile. Capable of creating a subjective directional gravity effect. Grey eyed, never blinks in order to hide Eye of Sameal tattoo on eyelids. Kelta Alyyryk of the Tykast – ** Noted in the Alyyryks Lyytas Alyyryk of the Lykast - ** Noted in the Alyyryks

Nobles of Halva King Vulcar II Halva - * Due to the queen mother's illness, a holdover from the poison Hadet used to murder the vast majority of the Halva bloodline, attempting to carry Vulcar to term would have likely resulted in the death of both. Alnei Nelia transferred Vulcar's fetus from the queen mother to Zilira who carried him to term and successfully gave birth (obviously). As a result of being carried by a goddess Vulcar has superior physical and mental capacity and an enhanced learning ability, but none of the other usual benefits of a divine parent. Caius Elvenkind - * Member of High Council. Self-made man, merchant who married into nobility. Considered fair. Doesn't owe money or rent from the Sols (unusual due to the Sol's monolithic financial empire). Anhil Sol - Actually Seneca Sol, the first vampire ever created by the Elder Demon Cehrencha. Member of the High Council and head of the Covenant vampires. Interested in Morgan marrying his daughter Helena Sol. Advice given by Jarlan: "Don't @#^& with the Sols." After finding out the truth of Aleron's conduct regarding Didina the Sols are financially attacking Aleron Lyrasson's house. Helena Sol - Anhil's sister. Warlock trickster interested in ancient history. Lucius Ahilyeh - * Member of High Council and cleric of Airis. Check for involvement not only in assassination plot but disappearance of seers. Tiberius De'Vahnus - ** Member of High Council and strong supporter of the Halvan monarchy. Vulcar trusts him. Estelle's father. Unlikely to be involved in assassination attempt. Aiden Dragonblaze - ** Member of High Council. Was at one time a friend of the church of Deimos, may still be. Became aware of Zera's presence at his estate after the Demon's Moon End celebration but did not inform authorities. Claims Kerberos forced him to withold Zera's presence from the authorities. Infected by the madness and forced to step down. Currently incapacitated by illness. Phyre Dragonblaze - ** Current acting head of the Dragonblaze family. Was part of Kerberos's information hunting group. Schakri Bastni-Dragonblaze – ** Infamous playboy. Acts as the Dragonblaze's unofficial ambassador. Actually a spy. Seduced Sophia Lyrason, wife to Aleron Lyrason, in order to search Aleron's stuff. Jarlan Inaha – ** Member of High Council. Possible suspect in masterminding the Assassination. Has been gathering items of magical significance, normal or for specific reason? * Also treats trueforged oddly considering his daughter became one. Lily Inaha – ** Jarlan's 18yo daughter. * Cursed ring caused her to suffer limb rotting disease for over 10 years. Alnei and Nualae attempted to cure by replacing rotting with Trueforged prostheses. Attempt was unsuccessful and Sionn wound up transferring her mind to a Trueforged body. Infatuated with Morgan. Princess Zephyra Halva – ** Crown Princess of Halva. Is in a sexual relationship with Cpt Leal Venturo and considers Lucretia Ardin a trusted ally. * Is aware of Zilira and Vulcar's Echo and their familial relationship. Aleron Lyrason – ** Member of Halva's council, formerly High Council. Didina's father, whom he wants dead. Unstable and vicious. Currently in financial troubles with House Sol, who appear to have some sort of grudge against him. Possible suspect in masterminding the Assassination due to apparent mental breakdown. Sophia Lyrason – ** Aleron's wife. Decades younger than him. Carrying on an affair with Schakri Bastni-Dragonblaze

Sharak/Shali Current situation – ** With the Children in the Dark having assassinated king Kaeyin Sakean and numerous members of the Sharakan military command Sharak has suffered a reversal of fortunes and have been pushed back almost to their previous borders Previously- Sharak invaded in response to the poisoning of much of their cropland by Shali at the end of the betrayer wars. Shade indicated that this event was masterminded by Ciin and company (Luxuria and Ira primarily) and carried out by Shalians that had been duped or coerced. Hadet of Phaer confirms that it was carried out by Shalians. With the help of Deimos, a number of fiendish churches, and having assassinated most of the Shalian royal line Sharak enjoyed great initial success. First the Archgates got involved, attempting to counter Deimos, then some groups of fey began harassing the Sharakans. Recently the Children in the Dark launched a mass assassination. King Kaeyin Sakean - ** Dead. Assassinated by the Children in the Dark. “The Crow” former king of Sharak. Right Bastard. Chathema of Ikra – ** Affiliated to the Church of Deimos. Lead in Caldawn by Turk. Funds part of a bounty on Nevh, Misa, and Didina. Although they are information gatherer, they act without regard to the knowledge of princess Aldemil going into hiding. They found no information on the search for Lyytas (while Anorde found him) but could locate the shrine of Malvain. Emlen Sakean - ** Kaeyin's younger brother. Plotted assassination of Kaeyin but was found out. Fled to Halva. * Has had numerous discussions with Anhil Sol. Princess Aldamil Sakean of Sharak – ** “the Sparrow”. Identified by Oracle as “the Misguided Righteous”. Disagrees with father re war with Shali (seeing it as pointless waste of life). Is attempting to work separate from her father and his agents. Attempted to capture Xander and Celes. After the events of the engagement announcement cannot return home without risking the wrath of various people. Currently sheltering with Tiaan and considering her next move. Valen “the Bastard” nameless - ** Killed during Dragonblaze Madness Bastard. Mother is the same as Schakri Dragonblaze's making them half-brothers. Father is Valin, the queen's husband, making him half-brother to Vulcar II. Powerful mage who can speak True Magic language. Kind of a bitter ******* but for good reason. * Secretly close friends with Aldamil Sakean, double secretly in love with her. Prince Xander Alexein – ** Killed in Last Stand in Ikra. Body recovered by the left and right hands of King of Sharak, a pit fiend and pleasure devil. Apparently his body can't be taken from the plane and physically harms fiends that touch him. Body later recovered by the Children in the Dark during their mass attack. Kato Vice – ** Shalian Lakarn of Greed ultimate magus. Current regent of Shali. Close friend of Xander and Celes. Strong dislike of Sharak. Follower of Tiaan who gifted Morgan with the Spellbook of Tiaan. Not big on politeness or self control. Lucius the Eternal - ** Powerful Warmonger of Malvain. He's psychotic and violent. Claims to have been involved in the assassination of the majority of the Alexin line. Recently reincarnated into the body of a female. Was discovered to be hiding out with the Children in the Dark. Charged by Malvain with tasks including trying to get the Children “involved” and carrying the Bracers of the Juggernaut to the daughter of Malvain (Kala).

Alnei's family Alnei Nelia - * Good friends with Mirik Orn. During the pregnancy that produced Vulcar Alnei transferred Vulcar's fetus from the queen mother to Zilira. Attempted to cure Lily Inaha's curse/illness with Trueforged Prosthesis'. Recently had his consciousness transferred into a trueforged body to avoid death by old age. He has agreed to shelter Princess Aldamil and help her with her quest, waiting to see if she agrees. Nualae Nelia - * First of the Trueforged as noted in People Of. Sionn Shard - * Trueforged. Psion shaper and creator of constructs. Is currently working on a method to allow Warforged to Using a sort of Psychic static charge crystal. Charge builds up over time that allows two crystals to create a new Warforged intelligence/soul/whatever.reproduce. After Alnei's attempt to cure Lily Inaha's illness with prosthesis' failed Sionn and Jarlan Inaha secretly transferred Lily's mind into a Trueforged body. Alnei and Nualae were allowed to believe it worked. Ksenia "Nomad" - * Trueforged. No other info beyond People Of entry. Caelan "Blink" - ** Information listed in "The Hands of Sammael" entry. Aife - * Trueforged Wilder. Helping Sionn with his work. Claims to not have had anything to do with Sionn's transfer of Lily but knew about it. Culhan - * Trueforged Wilder very physically similar to Nualae except male. Presumably one of the older Trueforged like Nualae.

Crew of the sapphire breeze Cpt Cirrocco Windwalker - ** Air Genasi. Former Shalian admiral. Went into exile after rescuing/kindapping Dea from the Shalian nobles that were supposedly abusing her. He came to Halvana to tell Celes about the apparent survival of the drow. Demios is likely to be unhappy about this. 1st mate Jurin Stormheart - * 1/2 Djinn. Blunt. Grunk - * Troll. Unlike other trolls Grunk is not excessively violent and evil. Devoted to Aislin. Feels the pull "The blood calls to Grunk" that is drawing trolls into Western Halva. Aislin Seagazer - * Kastish aquatic Driud. "Older sister" to Grunk Mouth - * Talky and foul mouthed ship's mage.

Misc People of interest Lucretia Ardin - ** Tiefling bodyguard for Zephyra. Plagued by her demonic heritage. “Unusual choice” for the princess, Anorde is having her looked into. Possible connection regarding Alistair Teel's mirror mentioned in Reflections of Ruin? Xu'deln – ** Half-drow Binder from the underdark. Seer able to communicate with "ghosts". Current apprentice of Shade and son of the Archmage of the drow capital. Currently a guest of the Halvan King. Kala – ** Halvan nameless Seer demigod. Part of Morgan's patchwork family. Had visions that included Zera. Came under attack by The Enchantress and Shaperate and a group of trolls.The Blue Lady showed up when they couldn't handle Revenant. Divine bloodline is the cause of the unnatural speed and ease with which she has gained her strong spellcasting power. Mother is Airis and father Malvain. Malhas stunted her divine abilities in order to protect her until she was old enough to take care of herself. Her abilities were unlocked by Fisali. Currently staying at the palace. Malvain - ** Kidnapped by Zera. I'm the juggernaut b!tch! Malhas - Godling troublemaker. Son of Malvain and unknown mortal woman. Currently masquerading as Kahlas, a lorkeeper and adherant of the church of Airis who oversees certain records. Was actually responsible for Malvain's last death when he masqueraded as Malvain and stirred up enough enemies to take the juggernaut down. Zilira - ** Drow Demigoddess (Divine rank somewhere in the 4-6 range). Daughter of Lolth and Asharte(as father). Imprisoned by Vulcar the 1st and bound to serve him and their descendants. Mother of Coiya and many times over grandmother of Vulcar II and Zephyra Halva. Her and Morgan are currently... Dating? Well in a relationship of some sort anyway. *She actually bore Vulcar II in her womb after the Queen Mum's condition made it likely that carrying Vulcar to term would cause the death of both.

Visions The first - ** Blue lady with the eyes of a void, Reflections of ruin The second - ** Freedom for Malvain The third – ** Marcia's shame The fourth - * Vulcar and Celes, a clarification of the first. The fifth - ** Bracers of the Juggernaut, Kala's foes. The sixth - * Occupy dagger street. Cehrencha.

Darkheart Society No hidden information yet

Walking dead Jin - ** ex-Serokai. Leader of the Walking Dead. Currently imprisoned in the drow city. Sabin – ** Offering to sell information on Sammael in return for Zodiac ring in possession of Didina's father. Kind of a jerk. Sonya – ** Source of some interesting discoveries RE the Demongate Wars Drake - ** Bodyguard of Nevh. Flux's partner. Expert in combat improved by magic. Warforged. Flux - ** Bodyguard of Nevh. Drake's partner. Expert in magical self-modification. Lyandé Ult Ohta - ** Jin Iresokai's partner. Mad. Working with Jin for Kerberos, presumably for the cause of the Troubles. Currently in the Drow Underdark, searching for a way to free Jin.

The Children in the Dark ** They are a group of ex-slaves and the children of ex-slaves of the Fiends. They follow the Sword in the Dark Coiya Halva. They fight the fiends at every possible opportunity and their culture is entirely centred around that goal. They are described as "a society of Jesters", meaning Jester of the Demon Moon rather than jesters funny men. Despite their taboo about setting foot on the prime material plane they decided to get involved in the Sharak/Shali situation and launched a mass attack that killed the Sharakan king and numerous military and religious leaders. Naleti (The Oracle) commented "Everything changed when the Children got involved". Coiya Halva - ** AKA The Sword in the Dark. Minor god. Second King of Halva. Abdicated his throne and eventually left Ahkea due to depression brought about due to seeing multiple generations of his children age and die. Secretly killed Lynka and usurped her power. Created and leads the Children in the Dark. Cipher - ** Coiya Halva's eldest. Daughter. Is what is known as a Face in the Dark. Someone who can deceive other people into believing she's a follower of their god. Bane - ** Coiya Halva's middle child. Male. Is what is known as an Eye in the Dark. A mage who has spy based abilities including an ability similar to an improved versions of Arcane Eye. Wields Sinbreaker, one of the Eight Blades. Min - ** Coiya Halva's youngest. Female. A Hand in the Dark. An elite warrior with movement based powers. Young and seemingly inexperienced despite being very skilled in swordplay. Wields Witherbane, one of the Eight Blades. Toy - ** Unnaturally attractive Child in the Dark. Bat wings and pointed tail indicates Incubus/Succubus type influence. Is said to be "one of the most talkative Children" Geld - ** Eight and a half foot tall warrior. He's got multi-pupil eyes indicating a fiendish influence. Spent a long time as a slave gladiator for the Fiends before becoming a Child in the Dark. Capable of defeating Min in single combat and apparently won "The Games" three times. Bird - ** A Child in the Dark of unknown abilities. Described as seeming Mak's Notes - mistake on my part, was thinking one but wrote the otherTsuuneese in appearance. Appears to have a mentor role in the Children, or possibly just with Min.

The covenant The covenant is a secret society within Halva who's purpose is to protect the royal line from internal strife. Known members Shosana - Vampire who was a princess of Halva and Coiya's sister. Guardian of Vulcar's Tomb. Anhil Sol - Noted in Nobles of Halva section. Mother Alicia - Traveling priestess of Airis. Aldan - Has posed as a coach driver in the employ of Anhil. Lieutenant Riel - Royal Guardsman.

The Old Ones ** The creators of this world and the entire cosmos. Ashtarte fashioned a prison for them in the form of five daggers when she overthrew them. Since some of them are still imprisoned and some of them have been released an imbalance in reality has been caused, one that might result in the breaking of Fisali's hold over the planar boundaries which will release the fiends into Ahkea. Ihnolker - the Heart of the Void. Was combined with Lekkan Alyyryk to creake the hybrid known as Lekkar. Probably the man on fire that will burn the world (but in a good way). Xarax - the Skin of the Void. Current whereabouts unknown. Cehrencha - ** the Breath of the Void. Creator of the Vampires. **Dagger containing Cehrencha is currently in the possession of Syltar Dragonblaze. Yostrah - ** the Blood of the Void. Also known as The Blue Lady with the eyes of a void. Responsible for creating the trolls. Merged with Kelta Alyyryk. Hybrid is possibly called Mystrahl. Nehrahk/Khehkanon - ** Like Yostrah he's an amalgam of Elder Demon and mortal host. In this case the mortal host is dominant. Operates out of a demiplane off of the Plane of Shadow. Is slowly and secretly gathering an army of fiends and somehow fundamentally changing them to non-evil. He intends to make

Fisali's own Fisali - ** Unlocked Kala's divine abilities. The imbalance in the Old Ones might affect her ability to keep the fiends and gods off Ahkea. Kerberos - ** Fisali's Archgate. Began an investigation on the events surrounding the Troubles and recruited a team. Anorde - ** Super spynetwork manager. Undercover Watcher of Fisali. Friend of the pixie Celi. Also works for Vulcar II.

The Seis Jester of the Demon Moon - See Oracle and companie. Acting lead of the Seis. Sei'Tsatal - ** Connections to the Drows and Kerberos' mission. Sei'Aaran Jahn - * Investigating the Artifact retrieved under Vlan.

[SpatulaOdoom]

Ok so here's what I'd like you folks to do. Let me know which things your characters already know about and I'll star them for you.

For example Morgan W and Nevh know everything in Zera's entry while Morgan Crescent and Eloise know everything except the fact that Zera is a Halva.

If you've got any entries you feel I've missed or would like me to add feel free to write them up and I'll toss them in for you. If any edits are necessary let me know. There are still some recent events I need to add as well.

[Blue]

 

All in :Zera and company:

=Oracle and company=

Nevh knows all of it in part.
Mostly, she doesn't know Jester and the Oracle by name.

=The three survivors=

Alistair "Shade" Teel: Knows all except maybe his origin and the details of Sinneh
Knows everything else except perhaps that Eve's body is with Zilira.

=objects/creations=

Knows everything except some details on Tirieleer's Heart

=The Alyyryks=

All is known.

=The Hands of Sammael=

All is known except Blink's tattoo in his eyelids.

=Nobles of Halva=

Anhil Sol, Tiberius De'Vahnus, Aiden Dragonblaze (might need an update), Schakri Bastni-Dragonblaze, Jarlan Inaha, Lily Inaha (I think Nevh learned the details in Meeting Up), Aleron Lyrason, Sophia Lyrason

Princess Zephyra Halva (but doesn't know she knows about Zilira/Vulcar's echo)

=Sharak/Shali=

Current situation
King Kaeyin Sakean
Emlen Sakean
Princess Aldamil Sakean of Sharak (but doesn't know about sheltering in with Anleni Nelia)
Valen “the Bastard” nameless (except his love interest)
Prince Xander Alexein
Kato Vice
Lucius the Eternal

=Alnei's family=

Pretty much nothing.

=Crew of the sapphire breeze=

Cpt Cirrocco Windwalker

=Misc People of interest=

Lucretia Ardin
Kala
Malvain
Zilira (except that she carried Vulcar's fetus)

=Visions=
The second
The third
The fifth

=Walking dead=

Knows all of it. And then some.

=The Children in the Dark=

Knows all of it.

=The Old Ones=

Cehrencha * (except about the dagger)
Yostrah - (was actually the creator of the trolls - Cehrencha is the one who created the first vampire)
Nehrahk

 

=objects/creations=
Artifact retrieved under Vlan: Currently investigated by the Sei under the supervision of Sei'Aaran Jahn. Artifact capable of utterly destroying all psionic items and beings. Syoban had unearthed it for use against Zera, but it seems he has transcended to a point the artifact is no longer powerful enough to destroy him.
Deceiver's Bane: Minor artifacts managed mostly by the Dragonblazes. They prevent all transmutation and teleportation effects to affect those under their effects. Celes had been wearing one during her travels to reach Halvanna.

=Sharak/Shali=
Chathema of Ikra: Lead by Turk, affiliated to the Church of Deimos. Funds part of a bounty on Nevh, Misa, and Didina. Although they are information gatherer, they act without regard to the knowledge of princess Aldemil going into hiding. They found no information on the search for Lyytas (while Anorde found him) but could locate the shrine of Malvain.

=The Seis=
Jester of the Demon Moon: See Oracle and companie. Acting lead of the Seis.
Sei'Tsatal: Old friend of Vulcar II. Connections to the Drows and Kerberos' mission.
Sei'Aaran Jahn: Investigating the Artifact retrieved under Vlan.
Sei'Theofan Rudaa: Archgate of Tahllys, seen and idolized as a local hero/god by the Rudaa. Afflicted by genetic disease common to the Rudaa kin that slowly kills him despite Tahllys' blessings. Currently fighting in Shali.

=Misc People of interest=
Xu'deln: Half-drow from the underdark. Seer able to communicate with "ghosts". Current apprentice of Shade and son of the high priestess (?) of Lolth. Currently a guest of the Halvan King.

=Walking dead=
Drake: Bodyguard of Nevh. Flux's partner. Expert in combat improved by magic. Warforged.
Flux: Bodyguard of Nevh. Drake's partner. Expert in magical self-modification.
Lyandé Ult Ohta: Jin Iresokai's partner. Mad. Working with Jin for Kerberos, presumably for the cause of the Troubles. Currently in the Drow underdarks, searching for a way to free Jin.

=Agents of Fisali=

Kerberos: Fisali's Archgate. Began an investigation on the events surrounding the Troubles and recruited a team.
*insert Kerberos' group*
Anorde: Super spynetwork manager. Undercover Watcher of Fisali. Friend of the pixie Celi. Also works for Vulcar II.

[Makenshi]

Xu'deln's mother is an archmage, not a priestess.

Also, Turk is in the charge of the Chathema in Caldawn, not Ikra.

Also, if you're wanting to be thorough Celi (Anorde's Pixie friend) is a sorceress of decent strength

~MTWC

[Watcher]

Just a thought, but do you happen to have the chapters each area/subject was learned in? Perhaps it could be beneficial to break them down by chapter for reference.

In regard to the above and knowing recent events, Syltar only has knowledge of what was revealed in the Falling Dragons mini-chapter. Other than that, his information (I'd say) is out of date from when they were first approached by the King for the start to the questing.

I've prepared a simple list (though haven't added to it just yet - will do so when I have more time). The following Syltar knows (unless Mak says otherwise):

 

Zera *- Halvan bastard. Has kidnapped Airis and Malvain and is using the Godforge on them to supply him with immortality and artifacts. Is unable to be killed by normal means, being resurrected without failure after death. Has access to Sanctuary. Is suspected of gathering an army of trolls from across the continent. Has appeared in a number of vision paintings by Kala. Has godling children, by Airis. Confirmed to be allied with the Blue Lady with the eyes of a Void. Right bastard.

Yostrah/The Blue Lady with the eyes of a Void *- She is not actually Yostrah but Yostrah bound to a mortal host. The result is less powerful than a full Elder Demon (greater god level power), but still very powerful. The identity of the mortal host is unknown but was presumably prepared by Zera to be more manageable/loyal. The Oracle said this of her "If you see her flee, for she is death." Blue skinned, mastered the path of the Void (Elder Monk PRC) working with Zera. Joined in the attack on Edgewater and defeated Revenant in open combat. Appeared in the First Vision.

Archgate Nykal * - As noted in the People Of thread. Zera's childhood friend.

The Oracle * - Naleti Winyacoia. May be the daughter of Jester of the Demon Moon and Airis (the god). A powerful seer that has enhanced her abilities using a magical item called Tirieleer's Heart, which she later gifted to Morgan Wainraith.
Her visions possibly work by linking her mind to other (string theory style) versions of herself in other realities and predicting the future using a "most likely outcome" composite of these realities. However they work the visions have had a serious effect on her psyche and leave her little lucidity from moment to moment. She studied and memorized the Morgan Wainraiths of each reality and uses him as a sort of guidepost to let her know which reality she is currently experiencing.

Jester of the Demon Moon * - Last name may be Tirieleer Winyacoia. That alone is more than most people know about Jester. What is also known is that he may be the father of Naleti Winyacoia and/or husband of Airis. He created Ikra and Rincala to protect his naleti while he traveled to find out what happened to Airis. Also created Tirieleer's Heart for Naleti.
*note* will likely react very poorly to anyone disseminating information about his relationship with Naleti/Airis or background. Don't do it.

Sanctuary * - A demi-plane hiding place of the good guys during the Demongate wars. Can open a door anywhere. Without the Jalm'aen it can not penetrate strong wards, such as Epic and True Magic, however the Shrouds do not stop it. Currently occupied by Zera and his forces.

Rings of Halva * - These rings allow members of the royal line of Halva to better control Zilira. Originally one was supposed to be with the ruler, one with the heir and one in reserve at the Tomb of Vulcar but Coiya Halva disappeared with his ring ages ago. One is confirmed to be in the possession of Vulcar the second, another is known to be in the Tomb of Vulcar, and the third is presumed to still be with Coiya.

Lekan Alyyryk of the Kashyyn * – Psion warrior and Kashyyn bodyguard. Brother of Lyytas. Claims his brother fell in with a bad crowd. Spent six years in the Elernan military 15-21. Currently protecting Princess Celes of Shali.

Nobles of Halva - all

Zilira * - Drow Demigoddess (Divine rank somewhere in the 4-6 range). Daughter of Lolth and Asharte(as father). Imprisoned by Vulcar the 1st and bound to serve him and their descendants. Mother of Coiya and many times over grandmother of Vulcar II and Zephyra Halva.
She actually bore Vulcar II in her womb after the Queen Mum's condition made it likely that carrying Vulcar to term would cause the death of both.
Her and Morgan are currently... Dating? Well in a relationship of some sort anyway.

Cehrencha * - the Breath of the Void. Dagger containing Cehrencha is currently in the possession of Syltar Dragonblaze.

Yostrah * - the Blood of the Void. Also known as The Blue Lady with the eyes of a void. Currently at reduced power and occupying the body of an unknown woman. Associated with the cold path of Elder Monks. Responsible for creating the Vampires, may also be responsible for the trolls.

[SpatulaOdoom]

@Watcher: I'd have to label each and every tidbit of information since entries are often found out about in pieces here and there. Breaking each entry down by chapter is a possibility in the future but for now I'd rather not let it get THAT bloated by annotations and the like. I'll hold off on editing in what Syltar knows because he's probably going to get a huge info dump from Morgan or someone in the very near future.
No need to do it twice.

@Blue: Updated a lot of stuff. Blink's eye tattoo and the location of Eve's head are small enough things that I'm comfortable saying Morgan mentioned them when giving one of his numerous info dumps during meetings.

Morgan has definitely not told Nevh anything about Lily's condition, or even about the prosthetic limbs Lily believes she has.

I'll update the Aiden situation tomorrow some time (day off) and probably just go ahead and add a Dragonblaze fieldset. Might hold off until we know whether or not Aiden survives the night (Damn you Makenshi for killing off Valen, I really liked him. This better be a "faked his death" thing.).

Most of the info on the various Senior Council members that haven't had much face time yet is common knowledge, I just added them because they don't have a People Of entry. For a similar reason I didn't add Sei'Theofan Rudaa, because all the info you listed seems to be available in his People Of entry.

[Makenshi]

Again, Turk operates out of and lives in Caldawn, not Ikra .

It's worth noting that people will either have recently heard or will start hearing about the 'tragic death' of Alnei Nelia.

~MTWC