Expedition Dossiers

Albrys Lucius Caelianos, who goes just by Albrys while sheared, is the third of four children of the house Caelianos, a landed Thyatian family under Lord Kelvin. Albrys grew up on a homestead in the countryside in the south of the Barony of Kelvin, on the banks of the river Highreach. Albrys' life was both sheltered and privileged. Nevertheless, he felt insignificant next to his siblings. The older ones stood to inherit more of his family's land, and the youngest always received the most attention.

He was sheared at 16, at his own initiative. He went first to Specularum, where he found employ for a while with an alchemist. Eventually, he left the city and travelled to Radlebb Keep and Luln, then to Riverfork Keep, stopping for weeks or months at each location, in search of opportunity.

When his small sense of bitterness toward his family collided with the culture shock of entering the wider world, Albrys developed a distaste for norms and laws, whether they be Thyatian or Traladaran. Though this has not, as of yet, affected his Thyatian haughtiness, or his prejudice that Traladarans are a superstitious bunch.

Finally, he travelled to Backwater, where he sought out the local wizard, hoping to expand his alchemical knowledge with magic. However, he could not see eye to eye with the wizard on much. So, months later, when trouble upriver caused villagers to disappear, the wizard among them, Albrys took his chance and absconded with the wizard's spellbook to join the expedition.

Secret shared at the Merman Lagoon meal ritual

Went behind the wizard's back, performed some experiment and something happened... those who were around the place that day, remember it.

Billy was a squire in Backwater, in service to one of the adventurer knights who had settled in the village. When the pink ooze began coming down the Gustos, he was among the first sent upriver to learn what was happening. He was also the first casualty of its mutations.

He survived the expedition to Mother Greenteeth's mound, and was still there when the hag was dealt with. On the way down river afterward, a mudslinger ambushed his canoe from the bank, spitting sticky globs of mud that weighed the vessel down and capsized it. The fish slithered after him through the shallows, and the threat was enough that something snapped. The force kineticists learn to harness woke in him for the first time, and he got himself to the beach alive.

Not wanting to walk south and cross the remains of Bonnyville, where giant beavers had been attacking people, he went north towards Brandonsford instead, not knowing the town and surroundings were also dangerous and the town was cowering in fear from a dragon.

He stayed there for days living on the goodwill of the tired townspeople, at the Golden Egg.

When he heard where the Backwater locals had gone, he ventured into the woods to find them. It took him the whole morning to locate Sir Brandon's barrow.

Daughter of a Backwater hunter. She missed the expedition to Mother Greenteeth's mound because she was deep in the forest helping her father. A trained huntress, she joined Dougal and Albrys on the trip upriver to Brandonsford, and she wields the Gravity Blade.

Dougal entrusted his Heartstone to her and asked her to bring it back to his family home.

Secret shared at the Merman Lagoon meal ritual

Collects teeth of animals. Has a collection. Is not creepy at all.

Born to a Callarii elf stationed in Specularum as part of Duke Stefan III's Callarii Guard. Her mother was a handmaiden to Duchess Olivia, the Duke's wife.

After her father's posting with the Guard ended, when she was 8 years of age, the family moved back to the elven woods near Kelvin. They were a happy family, but she felt uncomfortable among the other elves, including the children in the communal creche. She spent a lot of time in the woods, foraging with her mother. In her teens, she began going out on her own with the family dog, honing her woodsman skills.

Around the age of 18 or 20, she followed her father's example and entered the Duke's forces. Being new, she was given a small posting at Brandonsford, a rural and wooded place where she could live among her human kin. Her father had asked his contacts in the Duke's Guard to find her a posting close to the forests. As Lady Elara, a young and Traladara promising "New Lady", had already requested recognition of her inherited title from Duke Stefan III, this posting was a first token of support from Stefan at the edges of his Duchy.

There she served the Lady for months, until the Lady decided to go and help at the Keep, trying to gain bigger favour from the Duke. Leaving a small detachmend, really small, at the Manor in Brandonsford, including Quinn.

As the problems with the Dragon started happening in Brandonsford, Godric sent this small detachment to retrieve the lady.

Three weeks ago, this small group of Brandonsford guards left to find their Lady. But they were ambushed in the woods close to the Keep. She was the only guard to survive and made it back to Brandonsford. She has spent the past two weeks in the Manor recovering from her injuries, with her dog keeping her company. Taken care by Shelley, who has been slowly appreciating the half-elf ranger raised at the Duke's court in their Traladaran Manor.

The funnel, session 0, was played as a mob of Backwater townsfolk. Each player controlled between 3 to 5 characters. Some of them survived and have been carried forward into the campaign.