The people behind the legend
Characters
The adventurers who have travelled under the banner of Illeus’ Angels (formerly known as the Red Wake), from the original wagon escort to the party now looking restore balance to northern Faerûn.
Current party
Illeus’ Angels
Five active adventurers
Amira Kreega
Amira is a sociable, flirtatious bard with a taste for drink, attention, and a well-timed performance. She plays several instruments and is usually at her best when a dangerous situation can be talked around, improvised through, or made substantially stranger.
Bart introduced her to the party in Phandalin before the attack on Cragmaw Castle. Since then, her magic and confidence have helped carry the group through castles, temples, dragon lairs, giant battles, and more than one terrible plan.
Professor Illeus
An older, eccentric wizard whose silliness can disguise just how dangerous he is. Illeus returned to his home in Bryn Shander to find the Arcane Library ruined and his apprentice, Afaris, missing.
His search has become entangled with the coiling leviathan symbol, a mysterious golden-goose coin, and the Oracle’s warning that Afaris is imprisoned “in the clutches of a lord.” Illeus has also earned a reputation for decisive spellwork, including the fireball that ended Commander Drufi and the Feather Fall that helped the party escape the collapsing Eye of the All-Father.
Kalaris Voidstrider
Kalaris grew up poor in Neverwinter and survived by stealing, sneaking, and eventually running jobs for the Zhentarim. Gambling became both his favourite escape and his greatest liability. After borrowing a fortune from the Coinmaster and losing it, he fled the city with the Zhentarim at his back.
Gundren’s escort job offered money and a quiet place to hide, but neither lasted. Kalaris remains connected to his criminal history, is now being hunted by two assassins sent by the Coinmaster, and carries a strange bow received after surrendering to the pull of Yondolla’s Delight.
Morrik Luthgar
Morrik is an upstanding and friendly dwarf raised in Neverwinter. He learned the smith’s trade within a clan known for supplying armour to the Order of the Gauntlet, then found himself carrying a weapon from another retired adventurer’s past: Bart’s axe, Hew.
His dreams have repeatedly shown giant attacks before they occur. Those visions led the party toward Triboar, the fire giants, Harshnag, and the larger crisis surrounding the broken Ordning. Morrik is often the dependable centre of the party, even when the road around him is anything but dependable.
Sable
Sable was raised in a remote monastery with little experience of the wider world. His teachers filled his head with pure motives, discipline, and a naive idea of heroism that the Sword Coast has rapidly begun to test.
Harshnag introduced Sable to the party on the journey north. The Oracle revealed that the Ring of Ages—also called the Ring of Winter—was stolen from Sable’s monastery by frost giants who hope to bring endless winter to the world. Since joining the group, Sable has also discovered alcohol, questionable companions, and an alarming natural talent for gambling.
Former companions
Those no longer travelling
Drogath Evan
One of Gundren’s original hires, Drogath spent the early campaign searching for his missing brother, Bolo. After rescuing him from Wyvern Tor, Drogath left the party so the brothers could travel together.
They later reunited with Illeus’ Angels aboard Klauth’s red airship. Drogath died defending the ship during Iymrith’s attack, only a short time after being reunited with his old companions.
Merus Merdan
A strict and deeply faithful cleric who held a particular hatred for necromancy and the undead. Merus was part of the original Neverwinter party and survived the ambushes, curses, and conspiracies around Phandalin.
He was killed by Nezzar, the Black Spider, during the struggle in Wave Echo Cave.
Yoree Nocthrae
Yoree came from the noble Nocthrae family and carried herself accordingly: proud, sharp-tongued, and rarely impressed. Beneath that exterior, she had a particular softness for children and repeatedly put herself in danger for the party.
Her story became tied to a forbidden book, the entity Erazhul, her brother Trystan, and the coiling leviathan symbol. During the escape from the Eye of the All-Father, Yoree lost her footing while trying to board the red airship and fell from sight. Her current fate is unknown.