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Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company NPCs
Shiela Kazmin
Shiela is the basecamp manager for Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company. She is an older no-nonsense human female with short cropped hair and is covered in a few scars. She met Björn in the fighting pits, and escaped the life of brawling around the same time he did. Due to the bonds and comradery they formed during their time together, she followed him to Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company to ensure he wouldn’t get into ‘more trouble.’ She has a dry sarcastic wit, and tries her best to keep everyone in line.
Pennysworth
Pennysworth is the former Captain of the pirate ship the Penguins Pride which was a black market vessel. He has now taken to going legit in his dealings. The best way he could go about this was to find a fledging company in need of help. So he took the position of Quartermaster for the Tempest Brothers. Pennsyworth is a penguin (Dowhar) his feathers are charcoal in color and his belly is white. Typically he wears a large pirate captain's hat even now that he is no longer one. He is a proper gentleman and he takes his job as Quartermaster with great pride.
Matilda Shattershield
Matilda is the basecamp nurse for Tempest brothers Expeditionary Company. Matilda is the wife of Bjorn Shattershield and is very beautiful by all standards with short messy blonde hair. She met Bjorn in the arena often being the one to patch him up. She is very caring and loving as well as motherly. Matilda is kind and tender to those under her care like a mother hen. She is an experienced life cleric and alchemist, studying various plant life and medicines in her downtime. She has agreed to go with Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company mainly to try and keep Bjorn in line and from overdoing things, but also because she couldn't resist the opportunity to explore and find rare flora and fauna.
Bjorn Shattershield
Bjorn is the field handler for tempest brothers Expeditionary Company. He is a stout dwarf with a long unkept black beard. He signed on to help the Tempest Brothers as a favor to the boys father. Bjorn is a bit rough around the edges and tends to speak his mind, but he does have a kind heart. He had to retire from the arena when he lost his arm and has since gotten a prosthetic to replace it. As he has gotten older he cares for Darian and Adrian as his own sons. The debt he owes their father is a life debt as it was their father who paid his fines to leave the arena when Bjorn was injured as well as also making the prosthesis.
Airship Crew of the Red Macaw
Captain: Tiki-Ti (thri-kreen, he/him)
First mate: Polly (aarakocra, she/her)
Engineer(s): David (human, he/him) and intern Klerica (dragonborn, she/her)
Cook: Bob (ogre, he/him)
Navigator: Bink (kenku, she/her)
Others: Rome Holiday (human, he/him), Snoot (kobold, he/him)
(Conspicuously absent: Caligas (polypus, he/him))
Friendly NPCs
Shelmlock Dolmes
Shelmlock Dolmes is a reporter for the Galik Herald operating out of the City of Galik. He is well traveled and has found his way across much of Amusa's many regions. Shelmlock Dolmes is an older slouched Tortle with a faded green shell and saggy scaled skin. He is never seen without his iconic brown fedora and his notepad which he uses to jot down his observations of the world. He is also the author of A Slow Walker's Guide to the Land of the Lost. In the city of Galik he has been on the hunt to get to the bottom of sinister cult activity.
Hunk
Hunk is a Thelryan Kobold warrior from the village of Thinwhistle who worked with representatives of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company to track down and slay a colossal fire-breathing monster that had been terrorizing the village. The party saved his life, and once the village and the TBEC formally established peaceful relations, Hunk served as a liaison between the two groups. Once Gnolls razed Thinwhistle and members of the company mistakenly killed Chief Thrax, Hunk separated from the company and became the leader of a band of (normal-sized) kobolds. He would become an Oath-Breaker Paladin as his oath to protect Chief Thrax was broken upon the Chief's death.
Chief Thrax
Chief Thrax was the Kobold chieftain of the village of Thinwhistle. After Thinwhistle was destroyed by the Gnolls, he met his ultimate demise at the hands of members of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company when he was thrown of an airskiff after members of the company suspected he had been infected with demonic fungus. Before his death he was the foremost expert on the ancient city of Thelrya, protecting the history of his ancestors.
The Thistlebrook Conclave
This tribe of Druidic nomads travels the wilds of Amusa, from the edge of the scar in the winter time, back to the other end in the summer. They have an ancestral home that was occupied by the Tempest Brother’s Expeditionary company for several months, but extend peace in return for cooperation between the two camps. They are led by an elf with auburn hair, Galaros and his son, Curian.
Talyth
Talyth is a Kenku Druid from the Feywild who is the guardian and advisor to the small town of Escargotia in the wilds of Amusa. When members of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company came to the town in search of a magic leyline, he forced them through druidic trials to test to see if they were worthy to access the leyline's power. He is the adoptive parent of Wiggler.
Chadwick Sagemoore
Chadwick is a meek human warrior and captain of Amusa's Gourd Guard, stationed in the city of Nestle. He was part of the team that traveled to The Court of Hallow's Eve in search of the pumpkin trickster Dynia and was part of the operation to slay the dragon Xevriss. During this operation though he was forced to give up their position by Cultists of Tiamat in order to save his family.
Queen Alyara Everlilly
A Fair Folk Queen of the inhabitants of Fairyflower Mountain, Queen Alyara has interacted with the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company on a few occasions. The most notable interaction she has had has been marrying a member of the company, the Grung Warlock p'Ash'r'Ohn
Neutral NPCs
The Warden of the Wilds
The Warden of the Wilds is a fey-like being who has been assigned dominion over the wilds of Amusa. They have offered their assistance to the company when it has been needed and have been there to assist the company when it is in peril.
Gary the Slime King
A mysterious being with power over oozes who approached the company to assist in dealing with the gnoll threat.
Major Antagonists
Mother
A mysterious demonic threat who exerts her influence through strange fungus and mushrooms. She was first contacted by Kobolds in the city of Thelrya who were in search of new power. She used this opportunity to push her influence into the world, taking over the city. She would spend the next few generations slowly seeding her influence across the continent and preparing a ritual to access Thelrya's major Leyline in order for her to ascend to Godhood. Her attempt would be stopped during The Thelryan Restoration.
The Bride and the Groom, Lenore and Alistair Hearthorne
A powerful aristocratic family in Galik who lead the fungal cult in the city. After The Gnoll King's failure to exterminate the Tempest Brother's Expeditionary Company during the Gnolls raid on the company's basecamp, they took command of Mother's forces in Amusa. Both attempted to break the timestop in Thelrya through a ritualistic wedding, but were killed during the attempt during The Theryan Restoration.
The Gnoll King
The Gnoll King is a servant of the demoness Mother who gathered and organized much of her forces in Amusa by uniting Amusa's many disparate Gnoll packs into one horde under his command. These forces included Mother's fungal cults and demonic servants. After his failure to exterminate the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company during the raid on the company's basecamp, he was demoted to just leading the Gnoll hordes while overall command of Mother's forces fell to the Bride and Groom Lenore and Alistair Hearthorne.
Ripjaw
Ripjaw was an infamous gnoll artificer and chief of the Gearhead clan. He is well known for his designs for Gnoll war machines and for modifying his own body with warforged parts. After the destruction of the Gnoll's arcane forge at Camp Emberclaw, he spent much of the remaining year collecting magical resources to rebuild the forge. He served as one of the major leaders for the Gnoll hordes and was the right hand to The Gnoll King up until his death in the attack of the Tempest Brother's Basecamp.
Minor Antagonists
Jim Stacy
A former member of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company, Jim Stacy was raised as a servant of Mother to continue to wreak havoc upon the company and its members.
Lord Bellephon, The Green Knight
Lord Bellephon was a dangerous and imposing warrior encountered by members of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company. He was the most recent Green Knight, a title passed down through generations of warriors who would protect the wilds. After a great tragedy in his life, he forswore his oath and began his crusade to help the wilds destroy the realm. They served alongside the gnoll hordes to exploit the resources of the wilds before being defeated by members of the company in his lair. He was defeated for good when the Eladrin knight Sir Yewvane Eedryll took up the mantle of the Green Knight, banishing Lord Bellephon's spirit for good.
Colonel Cordyceps
A mysterious myconid who worked with the Green Knight and Ripjaw, serving as a major figurehead in the gnoll horde. It would later perish during the gnoll horde's attack on the Tempest Brothers' basecamp.
Sylvester "Sly" Harper
A criminal from Galik, Sly was a cultists of the demon Mother, operating from within Galik's sewers. he organized many of the kidnappings and disappearances during this time to fulfill Mother's evil scheme.
Ferdinand Core
Father to Redemption Core, he partnered with the gnolls so he can get back his daughter. After the death of his daughter, he would be betrayed and locked up by Lord Bellephon before eventually being saved by members of the company.
Old Alkinimic
An ancient red dragon who after passing from old age was revived as a mimic-like monstrosity. He had ultimate plans to turn the rest of Amusa into mimic creatures just like him. He was slain in his lair by members of the Tempest Brother's Expeditionary Company.
Xevriss
Xevriss was a massive, fat orange dragon who returned to Amusa in 893 PR. After going on a gluttony-fueled rampage, he was defeated by an alliance of Amusan heroes.
Tassa Brightfox
A former member of the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company, Tassa willingly gave herself to Mother and became one of her vile servants along with her potted plant, Topi. She was later destroyed by members of the company.
Dynia
Dynia is a pumpkin-headed acolyte of the Gourdheart Disciples and has come into conflict with the Tempest Brothers Expeditionary Company over his (eventually successful) attempts to return the orange dragon, Xevriss, to Amusa. He was defeated after attempting to steal all of Amusa's food for Xevriss.
Eldrous
A dwarven Loup Garou, Eldrous was the leader of a dwarven mining company in Amusa and used his influence to secretly grow a force of Lycanthropess in the sewers of Galik in service to the Demoness Mother. Eldrous was killed under a full moon during The Thelryan Restoration.
Commando Reconnaissance Unit Theta
Theta was a Warforged mercenary and brother of Commando Reconnaissance Unit Lambda. He was a Warforged rights extremist, using violence to get what he wanted by any means nessesary.
