Monday, July 29, 2019

The Umbral Warlock and the Feral Boy

Two NPCs from The Liberation of Wormwood:


Eshi-Dala
Eshi-Dala is a warlock who has been driven mad by her pact with her patron, the Umbral Queen. The Umbral Queen has sent her to wander the wastes inspiring violence wherever she goes. She is often an eager participant in the bloodshed that pleases her unknowable and mysterious patron.

  • Occupation. Hexblade.
  • Appearance. Serpentfolk, long gray hair, appears mostly human save for a forked tongue that darts about when she is excited, only wears a bloodstained cotton shift, carries her sword in a rune-inscribed scabbard.
  • Abilities. Eldritch swordplay, astrology.
  • Traits. Delights in tumult, sexually transgressive.
  • Ideal. Cause chaos and discord.
  • Bond. Mindlessly serves the Umbral Queen.
  • Flaw. Has no concern for her own safety.




FERAL BOY
Feral Boy is not actually the human child that most mistake him for at first glance—he is a barbarous halfling adult who uncannily resembles a savage youth of human stock. No one knows his history, but he has a talent for finding useful things amid Cinderheim’s ghost towns and abandoned places.

  • Occupation. Scavenger.
  • Appearance. Lightfoot halfling, shaggy brown hair, perpetually filthy and stinking, wears furs and rags.
  • Abilities. Stealth, navigation, deadly with a sling.
  • Traits. Dead-eyed, fantastically violent when provoked.
  • Ideal. Collect shiny things.
  • Bond. Only smiles when given raw meat.
  • Flaw. Cannot—or will not—speak.


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