NPCs (Grisaire Supplement)

There are collections of people in the world who are as influential as the players can be, with their own stakes in the way of things. More localized dramatis personae may be found in the individual pages of countries and organizations. Enemy or friend, make your choice!

Dramatis Personae

These are the prominent people of the world, with positions of power and stories about them. They serve for world-building in addition to potential landmark characters for interaction.

Leaders, Royalty, Bigwigs

Iron Crown Redbrauch Masshelsman

Iron Crown Redbrauch Masshelsman is the current ruler of Premius. He is an unnaturally tall half-dwarf with notable deep red hair. His beard has been upkept and never cut since he started growing it. Masshelsman was born on the 15th of Spir-uin, 9,955 AP. He became the 19th Iron Crown in 9,980 AP and oversaw the end of Project Tercera, commenced by his predecessor, Iron Crown Margul Van Aechetaon. Masshelsman is from the Rotwurden clans of dwarves and the Redbrauch family. He commonly wears his family crest proudly and decorates his hall with their symbol. Masshelsman is best described as a pragmatist. He dislikes the waste caused by the country's history due to the loss during the March of Gears and nowadays seeks to centralize power within the country to better build Premius up. Warfare is something he avoids, unless victory is the only outcome. For allies, he is a cautious and calculating person. To enemies, he is a quiet coward.

King Mamjumdar

Mamjumdar is the current monarch of the nation of Kalim.

Important Actors

79 Blades

79 Blades, or "The" 79 Blades, is a somewhat celebrated, somewhat notorious entity in the lands between Aerzale and Edim. Little is known explicitly, save that he has a gang with him that runs along the roads. Some say he ambushes passing caravans as a highwayman. Others say he functions as a guardian of the tribes there. He gained his name from the 80 tribes that occupy the uneven and arid land there between the crags and stretches of desert. Each tribe had a special blade which was their ancestral birthright. He supposedly, along with his gang, conquered all of them except one, which was his own.

Griks Zalow

Griks boasting of his achievement

A goblin alchemist known for his mad inventions. Griks resides in the upper echelons of Premius' research societies. He is known for being rather obsessed with monstrosities and creatures that he believes are within the famed Arachnomicron of the goddess Resoolt. He created a number of abominations like the spider pig and the spiger race in reverence and zeal. His goal is to find the Arachnomicron for his own twisted desires. Having joined the Premius scientific research force in 9,960 AP, he has since contributed a voluminous body to the world of Grisaire's science and technology, branding him perhaps one of the most influential figures. In addition to his obsession with arachnids, he is also known for having designed and led the project that transformed Maqi Rex into a mobile city, made to look like a massive spider. Due to his lack of regard for ethics, which has allowed him to experiment even on his own kind, he is a reviled name in goblinoid society.

For the most part, Griks doesn't care about fame or fortune. He cared originally to show his critics a thing or two. However, at some point, he only became obsessed with the Arachnomicron. While he remains an esteemed member of the Premius science society, he has made less notable creations over the years and become more isolated in his work. Much of his research grants are spent on adventurers to help him either gather alchemical materials to create new arachnid horrors or to find the forbidden book he craves. As part of his mad search, he requires a method to prolong his life so he can actually achieve what he desires. Goblins have a short lifespan and Griks is considered rather old (and possibly demented by rivals). He currently is diverting some attentions to studying the life of Illit Rhyzor, the renowned lich and priest of Survelem.

The Shotgun Princess

A wild warrior, the Shotgun Princess is a title given to a mysterious female humanoid who runs about the woodlands of Zesh which borders Premius. She is perceived as a reigning guardian of the border, but she is not beneath using firearms from the industrialized enemy to defend her home. Her true identity is a human named Lina.

Miscellaneous People

Ellié D'Auringtun

A rags-to-riches man, Ellié started out as a trash collector in Premius, where he found many magical bits of trash that he repurposed into toys for secondhand stores. Eventually, his work earned him enough to buy a shop, named El's Magic Shoppe. Keeping true to his idea that magic should be fun and available to the masses, Ellié produced many innovative and creative magic trinkets for anyone's use, rather than esoteric magic items. The business took off since his creations often delighted children from richer clientele, and he soon was the proud owner of a successful franchise with many magic trinket stores across Grisaire.

Legends

Empress Lakambi

The empress Lakambi was a ruler of Khaire, known for being a powerful sorceress who maintained her nation's borders and her reign (6,892-6,940 AP) through many controversial means. She was a human obsessed with maintaining her visage of beauty and power at the end of her days, eventually abdicating the throne to her nephew, who would be emperor Olukun. Her obsession was supposedly in vain, as she passed of old age at 6,951 AP. However, this is untrue. Upon death, her body was reanimated incomplete, leaving her body in perfect condition, as though in stasis, for several centuries. Her corpse slowly reversed its aging, and people realized the corpse in the tomb was suddenly that of Lakambi in her prime years, as opposed to the state she had died in. At around 8,864 AP, her corpse was one of the many that arose during the Serpent's Loop event of Khaire, and she arose as an undead, with the same amount of power as she had wielded in her prime. Her attempts to retake the throne were thwarted by legendary hero Gunan Sy and she was driven to the Serpent's Maw, where she bides her time and amasses an undead following to retake her self-perceived rightful place.

Illit Rhyzor

The legendary lich Illit Rhyzor is slumbering in Hagai. He was a powerful servant of the god Survelem

Bogeymen

Willich Wonka

The legendary candyman behind an industrial sweetsmaking empire vanished around a century or so ago, leaving his work to dwindle and languish. His primary factory, located within the Rabinswald of Premius, is allegedly a dilapidated, haunted place

The Gray Witch

A common specter glimpsed in the Frigid Wastes is that of the Gray Castle, domain of the Gray Witch. This haunting figure is allegedly a lost soul from the lost Eldresin Empire. He is known to appear as a handsome young man flanked by two unnatural wolves, named Blood and Bone.

Others

These are optional characters premade for character exploration. They lack the powers and positions of the previous list, but they add flavor more than anything else.

Blithering Chickenman

This person is believed to have once been an amazing and powerful hero. He was powerful enough to sunder great hordes of corruption by the Uncreated. However, he was not very bright. When M'iaq's dais was infected with corruption, it was he who shattered it to prevent the entire artifact from being corrupted. In a fit of rage, M'iaq cursed him and changed him into a werecockerel. He has since lost all memories of his previous feats and spends his days wandering around, pecking and burbling nonsense. No one knows who his original identity is.

Root Vegetable Scientist, Durnbaum

This funny self-proclaimed scientist is a fringe researcher within the Sayif Consortium of Edim. He is a dwarf well-versed in all manners of root vegetables, be they turnips or carrots. His particular obsession is with that of potatoes. He claims that dwarves are potatoes and that humans and elves are fries, descended from dwarves. Halflings are carrots and gnomes are parsnips.

Grisaire Navigation

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	“ Someday, when routine even like death is gone, we will rue the days we took them for granted. ” —Illit Rhyzor, Servant of Survelem

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