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[Nid Arach] Denizens of Nid Arach

Bartooliinii

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Denizens of Nid Arach
These people, other than the commonplace soldiers, were encountered in Nid Arach. Some are gone, some are still around.
Read up on them if you enjoy some backstory and 'history'. They are listed in order of activity, with the most active ones at the top.



Markus of Valiant [X]
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Status: Unknown
Description: To be discovered through "The Cover of Darkness" events
Tier: Legendary
Powers
: Unknown



Bolvark the Misguided [X] [X]
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Status: Overseeing affairs in Respite.
Description: It is hard to be a caparius when you're amongst a people who despise caparii with a furious hatred. Yet, Bolvark has managed to climb the ranks among the Arachians and became the mouth of the Arachian Lord. One of the few henchman within Nid Arach, the many minions and soldiers are forced to listen to his command or face the wrath of the lord himself. He enjoys collecting knowledge and is the link between the evil people and the Arachian Lord. Later in time, it was discovered that he was able to climb the ranks so easily due to a magical ring that gave him incredible charisma. Now that the ring has been taken from him, there's only a pitiful creature left, with misplaced haughtiness.
Tier: Rare
Powers: Smooth talker, position of status, unworthy to start combat with.



[???]
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Status: ???
Description: ???
Tier: Legendary
Powers: ???



[???]

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Status: ???
Description: This ghostly woman was encountered when some good people dug tunnels in Nid Arach and stumbled upon a watery cave. Her voice sounds as though heard from underwater. There isn't much else known about her, except she seems friendly enough.
Tier: Uncommon
Powers: ???



Goodfink [X]
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Status: Gathering faces in Nid Arach
Description: Goodfink thinks good, yes. He believes that charismatic power is derived from the face, and thus he made it his goal to collect as many as he can. Whenever someone wanted knowledge from Goodfink, he would give all the knowledge they'd want, including directions, for one price; a face to sow onto his own. His collection has grown considerably in the past years and he's still alive and kicking.
Tier: Common
Powers: Has useful knowledge, very basic intelligence





The Arachian Lord [X]
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Status: Missing and unknown
Description: This person is at the very top of the Arachian Ranks. Long hidden in the shadows, the Arachian Lord finally made an appearance in May 2020. However, all the time from the start of the Nid Arach fortress, he had been around, scheming and plotting in the darkness. Many a book in Nid Arach refers in some way to this master of darkness, yet there are a very bare minimum few who have ever truly seen him. Where he comes from is unknown. What race he is of, is unknown. Yet, this person is powerful enough to have caused a mark of Jishrim's presence on the very air and soil around his fortress. He is knowledgeable enough to learn of the location of many artifacts and gather them within this mighty fortress of Nid Arach. He is fierce enough to command the respect of the forces of darkness. His current whereabouts are unknown.
Tier: Top Legendary
Powers: Blessed of Jishrim, he commands a legion of the forces of darkness.



[???] Ghostly Knight [X]
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Status: Deceased and put to rest † 10th of June 2020
Description: The soul of the knight who attempted to join the Arachian forces, but repented in his last dying breath. This ghostly knight fowed there and then to haunt the trials buildings and scare away all possible new recruits from joining the evil Arachians. As the Arachians fled, he was then bound to a place without purpose, unable to fulfill his duty. The group of adventurers that happened upon him has went through the trials to reach his body and set his soul free. However, before he got to rest, he seemed haunted himself, as a high pitched screech shook the very soil before he was finally put to rest.
Tier:
Common
Powers: Could talk, appear and disappear at will.



The Warlord of Reckoning
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Status: Deceased † 15th of May 2020
Description: The Warlord of Reckoning wields the Warhammer of Pain. Chiefest among the Arachian henchmen, this dark figure has served the Dark Lord well. Always out for violence, the Warlord of Reckoning has swept through small villages and hamlets, taking no prisoners. His regiment of troops have come to be known as the Harbingers of Pain. His cruel reign of terror ended when the forces of Good sieged Nid Arach. The Warlord of Reckoning was tasked to defend the final stairs leading up to the Arachian Lord himself and was slain while attempting to secure his master.
Tier:
Legendary

Powers: Bulky, heavily armored, Arachian Steel equipment.



Hilda the Alchemist - Hilda the Wicked [X]
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Status: Missing and unknown
Description: The tale of Hilda is a tragic one. She was a kind hearted and timid woman. She enjoyed the secrets of alchemy and was incredibly interested in the many possible ingredients that would exist. She joined the forces of good in establishing an outpost in Nid Arach, in the hopes they would keep her safe and bring her new unknown ingredients. One day, evil do-ers came into their outpost. She tried to fend them off by throwing acid bottles, but was eventually knocked out and captured. In captivity, she was brain-washed and tormented. From this torment came a new Hilda, a woman who had found new powers in the knowledge of darkness and felt she had become stronger. Somewhat twisted by the spells of Jishrim, she leads a wicked life in servitude to the Arachian Lord.
Tier:
Uncommon

Powers: Alchemist, knowledgeable, intelligent, violent.



Grundar the Northerner [X]
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Status: Deceased † February 2020 - late May 2020
Description: Grundar was a Northerner merchant who traveled with his friends from the North to Storm's Landing every season to sell their wares. They would sell shields, weapons and bits of armor, as well as lumber from the pines up North. He was persuaded by the forces of good to join in the efforts of establishing a foothold in Nid Arach. There, he helped the people of this foothold by supplying materials and selling odd bits and pieces that he found while exploring the area around the outpost. He found a tragic death at the hands of evil, who broke into the outpost. He died defending the outpost and one of its inhabitants.
Tier:
Common

Powers: Strong and bulky.



Crowspoor [X]
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Status: Deceased † 26th of February 2020
Description: This creature was found at the very bottom of the Withering Depths, guarding the Withering Box. It soon came to be known as Crowspoor. It was a giant crow, which bore the face of Mikhail Whitespoor. It could speak, but likely mostly mimiced those who talked to it. Mikhail's mouth could stretch open so wide, it could swallow a person whole. While being swallowed, they were induced with feverish memories of Mikhail Whitespoor's tragic past. It blinded people with blight spores that scattered from its wings. They eventually were able to take it down, where it burst into a swarm of locusts upon its death.
Tier:
Legendary

Powers: Swallowing people, inducing memories, spreading blight, talking, flying.



Possessed Scarecrow [
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Status: Deceased † 30th of October 2020
Description: The spirit of whoever lived in the mansion in Nid Arach had come through the wards with Archon and rattled the mansion's very walls. Luckily, there were some brave adventurers who persisted through the entire mansion and made it all the way to the rooftop, where they destroyed the item that held the spirit in this realm. The scarecrow was chopped up and hasn't been possessed ever since.
Tier:
Rare

Powers: could move objects in the entire mansion, rattle windows, screech loudly.



[???] The Butcher [X]
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Status: Deceased † 30th of March 2019
Description: given temporary residence in the house next to the Dark Lord's Manor, this brutal savage of a man was charged with the duty of protecting a key-member of society who had been kidnapped and caged in the manor of the Arachian Lord himself. The Butcher had taken his trade with him and carried a horrible cleaver with which he was cutting up parts of people, when some good guys arrived to save the day. He held up in a fight until he was finally overpowered and slain.
Tier:
Uncommon

Powers: Infected Cleaver, big and brutish, dimwitted.



[???] The Mad [X]
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Status: Deceased † 11th of July 2019
Description: This mad 'wizard' had come to Nid Arach to find the dark knowledge left behind in the library tower. During his stay, he wrote in his journal about the wicked change in atmosphere he experienced, the contents of which taught the good knights about some of the effects of The Essence of Chaos. While in the tower, pouring over the books, he was surprised by the arrival of many people who came to claim the books for Frostwarts.
Tier:
Common

Power: No magical abilities, some intelligence.



[???] The Smith [X]
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Status: Deceased † 29th of September 2019
Description: The smith was one of the most respected among The Scales. Once he managed to forge a working replica of the Anvil of Despair, with the help of the magics from the cast overseers, he started work on magic-imbued artifacts. In his time, he created the Azure Amulet of Desire, The Flaming Sword of Balance, and the Charred Helmet of Defiance. He stopped production when the forces of good came too close to their final lair and fourth pit of magic. There, he protected the anvil he had created, which cost him his life. The anvil was then dropped into the lava, never to be used again.
Tier:
Rare

Power: Combat training, smithing abilities, intelligence.



[???] The Crazed Cast-Overseer [X]
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Status: Deceased † 21st of September 2019
Description: This cast-overseer had clearly lost its mind. In its possession was a helmet that would protect one from cognitive spells, however, at the cost of ones own sanity. This helmet was later corrupted and changed by a God to become different artifact. A cast overseer was among the highest rank of the cult known as The Scales. They hoped to make up the balance between good and evil themselves through crafting powerful artifacts by recreating a mythological anvil. The cast overseers were in charge of finding spell-bound rituals and making sure they were performed right, sacrificing countless lives in the process.
Tier:
Rare

Powers: Weak and Deranged, though informed.



Áedán the Ignite [X] [X]
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Status: Presumed in Haven, brought back to Ignis
Description: Áedán is a stoic man with an oath to Ignis, yet he views the evil gods in a very unconventional manner. He was encountered in the second Pit of Magic, where he claimed to have been doing undercover work to see what was true of the talk about a certain Anvil of Despair. He had managed to procure the Flaming Sword of Balance and was on his way to exit, causing a cave-in to cover his escape, when he ran into some good people. They quickly found out his time with the cultists in the pits had affected his mind somewhat, as he seemed incredibly hostile to mages and exclaimed he wished them all dead. The sword was taken from him by Podric and he was brought to Haven to rehabilitate.
Tier:
Uncommon

Power: Combat Training, devout to Ignis.



Nefari the Wicked [X]
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Status: Deceased † 27th of May 2019 - 30th of August 2019
Description: Nefari was a beautiful yet incredibly evil woman. She lured heroes to their doom by playing the damsel in distress, causing these people to fall into traps she had set up around the abandoned fortress of Nid Arach. She eventually met her match, when a not-so-galant hero forced a knife to her throat after being hit by an arrow from one of her traps. Some knights arrived just in time to safe her and took her to court so justice could be done upon her. However, she soon escaped by charming a guard and was then encountered again at the first Pit of Magic, wearing the Azure Amulet of Desire. She was recognized by the knights and slain when she took off the amulet and appeared to have become an incredibly vile looking person.
Tier:
Uncommon

Power: Charismatic appearance and high intelligence.



Oozespit the Stubborn [X]
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Status: Deceased † 10th of May 2019
Description: Seemingly once a Moor Elf, but the skin burnt and forever scarred into the appearance closer to a Greyling than an Elf. He came to Nid Arach after the Dark Order left, in the hopes to find magical artifacts. This creature happened upon a place where he was convinced he could find one. When the forces of good arrived, he locked himself behind an iron door and bargained with them to retrieve a magical object in return of information on where to find another. Unbeknownst to the people was that this object was nothing but a useless spade and the information given was worthless.
Tier:
Common

Powers: Weak and stupid.



Garuthan the Weak [X]
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Status: Deceased † 3rd of May 2019
Description: Garuthan was a corrupted caparii who came looking for dark magic in Nid Arach. He had read of the powers of Obsidian and hoped to claim "The Stone of Dargur" and fashion it into a weapon. Unfortunately, while gaining the book describing this stone, he triggered a trap and got pierced by an arrow. People took pity on him and tried to help him, only to find out they were deceived. When the weapon was done, Garuthan attempted to use it on those who helped him. He died trying.
Tier:
Common

Powers: Weak, animalistic, stupid.



Shady Shane
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Status: Deceased † Sometime early 2023
Description: Shane stood at the most commonly used entrance to Nid Arach, flogging dodgy wares he managed to get his hands on. After the many greetings, Shane turned into an acquiantence to many people, as well as a source of (somewhat unreliable) information, until his untimely death by the hands of a blonde villain.
Tier: Common
Powers
: Some intel, sometimes he had some interesting items.

 
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Bartooliinii

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Revised the thread:
+ Added Markus for The Cover of Darkness events
+ Put all the dead folks in a spoiler
 

Jase

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You missed a few if you don't mind me chiming in here!

- Shady Shane was the seller outside Nid Arach who sold junk to adventurers. A bit of a slimeball, but weak and harmless. I think someone killed him on one of the adventures. (You DMed this one). He had a hand in the bounty system you had set up.

- Flat Gloot was a mid-level Arachian who tried to take over Nid Arach after the death of the Old Arachian Lord. He convinced some Visagites to support his claim to become Arachian Lord by getting weapons supplied to him ... but presumably didn't succeed even with their help. His current status is unknown. He was at this event [X]. He was always a talker, and liked to set up pit traps for adventurers!

- There was also Goodfink! I can't quite remember if he got killed or not. He had someone else's face stitched onto his cheek. He was at this event [X], among others. He also had a hand in bounties.
 

Bartooliinii

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You are correct! I'll add those too. Goodfink is still around haha and he's had several more faces to stitch onto his own. I think by now he's got like... 6 faces haha
 

Bartooliinii

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what a legend :D
Added Goodfink and Shady Shane, as Fat Gloot quickly became under The Necromancer's control and didn't really play a role in any of the stuff later on. Thanks for the help! :)
 
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