It Came From Kiston/List of Non-Player Characters

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Arthur

Arthur was the son of Alexias, and the great+ grandfather of Plutarch, who was only a child when Alexi joined the voyage that would ultimately lead to her death at the hands of the Tarrasque. Arthur was described as looking more like a bear than Alexi, foreshadowing that her bloodline would become more and more ursine. Alexi met with Arthur in the afterlife of Krigala. His mother promised him she would "be with you very soon" after her momentary demise at the hands of a Wyvern. Alexi was proven correct, deciding that while the other 4 vens would escape the island, Alexi would let herself stay behind, to be buried on the island, only to rejoin Arthur in the afterlife.

Bosworth

Doc, did it work? Did you get answers? - Bosworth the night of the summoning

Bosworth was a silver dragonborn described as a "Field Leader" of the Kistonian Institute of Strange Studies, and one of the finest pilots in the realm. Of course, the reason why he flew so naturally had to do with the fact that he himself was a silver dragon. When not using his own wings, Bosworth flew a Sixer, which the team named the Wings of Fate.

Bosworth had a working friendship with Presidith, having known him for centuries on the island.

Bosworth was taken down by a large white dragon in the skies over Kiston, the Fated Five later encountered the same white dragon inside the caves of The Crystal City, where it almost finished them off as well, but was outsmarted thanks to the team's knowledge of Dragon politics and dynamics, scaring off the dragon with a well placed illusion of Jatil Jivelg.

Cat-5

Cat-5 was a warforged, and the last person the The Fated Five met before locking the island. Cat-5 was a crystal harvester in the bottom floors of the Crystal City. He received conflicting psionic information from The Network, good intel from Tuning Fork, but bad intel from the MotherBoard, ultimately leaving him in a tenuous relationship with the characters. They won over his favor by giving him all of their remaining Kiston crystals that they had harvested.

He offered to escort them out of the city and to a safe haven and port for escaping the island, rather than lock it down. Though the team fought with each other about what to do, they ultimately decided to embrace their destiny, saying goodbye to Cat-5 and descending into the Spawn Hole containing the Kalachakra

[Behind the Screen: Cat-5 is a type of network cable, but it also made for a good pun considering his hostile relationship with Thimble the mousefolk]

David

"Mmmmm...David" - Eldrina

"Ah David." - Murray

"DAViDdd HuH?!" - Thimble

"Watch OUT for us DAVID" - James

"OoH LoOk aT mE mY NaMe'S DaViD" - Thimble

David was some fuck who was stationed outside The Fated Five's door to guard, and when they asked his name, they got real snooty and judgy over his name, which was simply David.

Fermi

"Are you crazy? We had a plan! Fighting is a death-wish on this island" - Fermi to Edgar, seconds before Edgar's death.

Fermi was the oldest (and de-facto leader) of a cult of Vecna which crashed on the island weeks (or months) before The Venship. Fermi was described as pale-skinned, gaunt, and heavily scarred all along his face and body, he held a wise and elderly weight to his words.

Fermi and Promissa were part of a larger group of Vecnans who were looking for the island. Promissa called them "Chasers of Secrets".

He spent much of his time on the island diving some sense from the ancient ruins which were already on the island when they crashed. Fermi's notes were kept in a journal that he left behind at their campsite when Draco-Orcs ambushed the Vecnans, bringing them up to the drop point. Fermi referred to the colored dragons of Kiston as "Rainbow Dragons".

Fermi suggested a plan of attack to the team that would let them avoid getting caught in the Draco Orc sacrificial ceremonies at the cost of his life, but unfortunately, the still-developing Venship acting rashly after Hoppert lured a Wyvern to his and Alexias' location. Alexi drew first blood when a Wyvern swooped near them, causing a battle against the full force of the Draco-Orc clan. Ultimately this led to the death of two Venship members, and Fermi would ultimately be sacrificed the next evening. Promissa did try to bring Fermi back from the dead, but ultimately his body was too destroyed and eaten by the Wyvern.

Fork

Full name, Tuning Fork, was a member of the platoon of Warforged led by Liam (see below) that encountered the descendants after they left.

Jatil Jivelg

Jatil Jivelg (draconic for Cruel Tormenter) was a Black Dragon and the main villain of the campaign.

Liam

Full name, Caeruleum (not to be confused with the substance Caeruleum), was a warforged. He was encountered by The Fated Five after they crash landed on the island. He and a small platoon of warforged tried to explain to the Five that they shouldn't go into the crystal city and lock the island away, as that would be dooming everyone on it, including countless warforged, from ever going home. Liam had a bad relationship with the Kistonian Institute of Strange Studies after he felt they "used" warforged in order to further a mission that was against their interests.

After the players revealed their intention to turn the wheel, Liam led an ambush against the players, tricking them into all circling up with their backs to the Warforged, under the pretense of "a secret ritual to find the wheel". That ambush was foiled when a very savvy Plutarch realized the trap and began a counter attack against the robots. Some of Liam's companions ran and escaped the attack, but Liam himself would perish to the sunbolts of Thimble.

One of Liam's fellow warforged, Fork (see above) called Liam a "tight lipped leader" with a distrust of the fleshy folk.

Mathias Edgar La Croix, Sr.

When Edgar died, he got to see his father Mathias again in the afterlife. His father described it as "Everything here is so perfect. I have access to all the knowledge I could ever want. It is eternal satisfaction." But Edgar and his father wouldn't spend much more time together, as Edgar's soul was "still a little kid" with many years ahead of it. Mathias wouldn't yet know, however, that Edgar's soul would go on to live for nearly another 1000 years. Mathias was sure that Edgar would one day return, his mission on the material plane (of retrieving the artifact) completed.

Nuri

Nuri was Presidith's mother, briefly appearing towards the end of the campaign when the ancestor characters returned Presidith to the Crystal City. In return for their generous act, and for saving her baby, Nuri escorted the team safely to one of the city's Spawn Holes where their creation, The Kalachakra, had fallen in and broke.

Presidith

Presidith was a baby red dragon saved by The Venship who would grow into an important ally for their descendants. See Presidith's page above for more info.

Dr. Tompion

"Dr. Tompion used to be a kind man. But his dreams overtook his humanity." - Liam

Dr. Thomas Tompion was the leading researching on the ill-fated experiment that would eventually bring The Fated Five to Kiston. He spearheaded most experiments at the Kistonian Institute of Strange Studies that involved the possibility of re-locking Kiston.

He said that he had already lost too many people he loved, including his daughter, to the dragons, and would put everything on the line, including his own life, if it meant finally stopping them for good.

Tompion was aware that locking the island would mean locking any Warforged on the island there, and didn't have a strong opinion on what the greater consequences were for the whole warforged race.

Dr. Weevix

"If it works--it's Weevix!"

Dr. Weevix taught the descendants team about Caeruleam and provided them with Goggles of Night Sight. An inventor with the Kistonian Institute of Strange Studies, he's very frazzled and easy to love, despite his nutty behavior.