Prominent Figures

Prominent Figures

Government of Ephia's Well

Legate Argent Argyris

Emerging from the eastern wastes sometime in 7788, the man calling himself Argent Argyris rose to prominence as a kind of political operator, serving as an advisor to the uo-and-coming Legate Gloamingdaith, as well as to the bastard prince of Qadira, Arjuna Namahedu. Through guile, sorcery, or perhaps sheer luck, he has clumbered over his former eployers to seize the reins of a Legate's seat and de facto leadership in the League of Gold. Countless rumors surround him: that he is a saboteur of the Sibilant Empire, a conniving cultist of Bashmu, a Qadiran infiltrator, an apprentice to the Golden Vizier of Kha'esh, that he has embezzled thousands of dinars from the government, that he desires nothing but to grasp and claw at power, and that he uses men as pawns.

He describes himself, however, only as a "Dragon," and claims Ephia's Well itself as his glittering hoard.

Senior Scribe Bashir Khatara

One of the longest-serving Scribes on duty in Ephia's Well, Bashir Khatara has become a celebrity known as high as the royal courts of Baz'eel. His eccentric career has made him a well-traveled diplomat, a haute couture fashion designer, an author of homoerotic novels, a trusted advisor to the most powerful lords of this world, and the owner of many exotic pets. All of this, he has achieved despite (or perhaps because of) a notoriously absent-minded demeanor and a history of wild mood swings.

The Sultan's Janissaries

Lieutenant Rennik Colmes

Once a simple hunter and trapper in the wilderness of the City of Rings, Lieutenant Rennik Colmes has come a long way from his roots—both literally, and metaphorically. Losing his family on the long journey to Ephia's Well, he arrived in the spring of 7787 as just one more lost refugee desperate to drown his sorrows in the local drug dens. But all that changed when he took his place among the Sultan's Janissaries, his hunger for narcotic vices traded in for an overriding thirst for truth and justice. He is perhaps the most shining examples of Baz'eel's promise that, with hard work and dedication, anyone might rise above their beginnings.

In 7788, he was appointed as the Warmaster of Ephia's Well, and his leadership and tireless planning has led to one victory after another in the great war against Iakmes.

Sergeant Arnock Reyer

The last surviving member of the once-infamous "Banafsi Boys," a small group of men freed from the dungeons of Banafsi moments before they were to be sold as chattel to the butchers of Qa'im. Colloquially known as "Nock," he and his comrades joined the Sultan's Janissaries in the late summer of 7787, soon after the Battle of the Red Hill, and distinguished themselves beyond question. Today, he is the (self-proclaimed) best shot in Ephia's Well, with an incredible mastery of the bow, as well as a proficient spotter and tracker.

Sergeant Horton Hogshire

"What Would John Syter Do?"

Idolizing the late John Syter, icon of the Gold League, the enterpeneurial Horton claims at every step to model himself after the man's beliefs and business practices. He is known to have made his fortune as a wagoneer, founding the wildly successful "Hogshire Provisioners" caravan company and, further reinvesting his profits into the overflowing markets of Baz'eel, has made himself one of the richest men of Ephia's Well. A self-proclaimed patriot, he has served the government as a Scribe, as an Acting Legate, and now as a commissioned officer of the Janissaries, and his star is sure to only rise higher.

The Cinquefoil Rose

Balladeer Niranye Auvreathil

A kind and well-meaning elf, originally of House Y'fahliel, of the deep forests hidden among the City of Rings. Niranye is best known as a curator of art and a preserver of culture, having established a splendid gallery in the Palms Heights filled to brimming with beautiful, moving exhibits that give testament to all that has been lost, and to all that still defiantly endures.

Balesterie Kythaela Reithel

The first refugee of 7787 to be inducted into the ranks of the Banda Rossa, Balesterie Kythaela Reithel rose to prominence on the back of her ferocity and unrelenting advances in combat, until she was immortally dubbed the "Lion of the Cinquefoil Rose" by the Grandmaster herself. Despite certain ethical differences, she was known to be a lifelong friend to Lyrist Lynneth Llywarch.

Sister Nebtu

Not much is known of Nebtu Xenolyta, even by the discreet standards of her Sibylline order. Nebtu is reclusive, rarely seen to leave the Priory, and even more rarely found in the center of public attention, let alone speaking about herself. She is known to have arrived in Ephia's Well in 7787, some say from Baz'eel, where she is thought to have been a student of philosophy. Before she joined the Sisterhood, Nebtu would often be found in the Plaza of the Well, engaging passers-by and strangers in intense theological debate. As an Acolyte, she was not seen to involve herself in politics or war—or any other public affairs. However, in the Tabbah of 7788, Sister Nebtu rallied alongside Balladeer Aubrey Domergue to violently protest the conscription of refugees into unpaid hard labor, leading an infamous raid on the Gloamingdaith-Argyris Quarry.

Sister Amelie

Amelie Terrois is known as one of the "Speakers" for the goddess Kula, commanding the Wyld's Gardens to such a degree that nearby foliage is said to dance in rhythm with her breaths and that ivy has begun to grow over her person. She is widely known as a prolific poet, favoring religious and chivalric themes, as well as the author of numerous texts of history, philosophy, and theology. These include chronicles borne of her service on the battlefield, both at the Battle of the Red Hill in 7787 and the great war against Iakmes in 7788, wherein she was instrumental to the victory of Ephia's Well.

The Astronomers of Q'tolip

Apothar Estellise Azimi

Self-proclaimed "Witch of Time and Fate" and senior Apothar of Eagle's Mount. She is notorious for a difficult, bellicose personality, but is deeply committed to her arcane studies. She insists that she can see potential futures, manipulate causality itself, and that she has lived through timeline after timeline trying to save Ephia's Well from disaster. Despite her adamant fervor in these claims, few except her fellow Astronomers believe her, and even her colleagues seem to doubt some of her more extravagant claims. Whatever self-imposed quest she may be on to save the world, however, it does not stop her from being distracted by an obsession for collecting rare and exotic dolls, or from losing all her money to pathological gambling at the card table.

Apothar Mae Stern

Impersonable, severe, and reclusive, Mae Stern is (at best) a controversial figure in Ephia's Well. In 7787, during the Battle of the Red Hill, she pulled a terrible star from the sky and sent it crashing down into the battlefield, devastating the enemy, but inflicting a horrific blood plague upon the world with its tainted light. She is commonly regarded with suspicion and loathing by those who remember the sick, the dying, or the mutated, ruined by the aftershocks of her dark triumph. Nonetheless, she is known as a brilliant mind in field of engineering, and a pragmatic representative of the Astronomers of Q'tolip. Rumors abound of her continued research into topics long-forbidden by the Sultan, and of a bitter scorn for the Gods.

Apothar Isaac Naught

Into the Astronomers, Isaac brought with him a talent for the arcane and a fascination with colors. He dedicated most of his time in public to creating paintings, often enchanting audiences with his "colors of magic." Since his elevation to the rank of Apothar, however, he has become more reclusive, focusing his time and efforts toward the research of what he describes as a new, esoteric "spectrum of light..."

Apothar Zol Nur

Exiled from his Stonefolk Tablet for a culturally taboo interest in reading, scholarship, and higher learning, Zol Nur roamed the desert for many long years, until his patron star guided him to a new home in the academies of Ephia's Well. He is commonly regarded as the most sweet-tempered and benevolent of the representatives of Q'tolip, but stubborn in his beliefs, and more than willing to use his unyielding patience as a weapon.

Apothar Margarethe Eisenberg

Self-proclaimed "State Alchemist of Renebroux" and junior Apothar of Eagle's Mount. She is notorious for a difficult, bellicose personality, but is deeply committed to her arcane studies. She insists that she can see potential futures, manipulate causality itself, and that she has lived through timeline after timeline trying to save Ephia's Well from disaster. Despite her adamant fervor in these claims, few except her fellow Astronomers believe her, and even her colleagues seem to doubt some of her more extravagant claims. Whatever self-imposed quest she may be on to save the world, however, it does not stop her from being distracted by an obsession for collecting rare and exotic dolls, or from losing all her money to pathological gambling at the card table.

She is physically identical to Estellise Azimi in every way, except that she is blonde.

Formerly Prominent Figures

See also: Formerly Prominent Figures