The Archipelago's NPCs

Reconstituting the people threads, starting with NPCs, and consolidating additional portraits in spoilers.

If you wish to make any changes, let me know and I will happily apply the corrections.

Original Post by Zeiss
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Original post by Zeiss

Back when Steve and Zelk were teenagers at the Citadel.

Steve, who has been sent to detention and forced to write multiple Tenets of Deremonda as punishment for one of his pranks, meets Zelk in the hallway while they're both going to their respective classes. She is wearing a red scarf.
"Deremonda sends her regards, Zelk," says Steve who then switches to Stoikotita. "Your eyes are beautiful. Red is definitely your color."
She looks down at Steve's lower body, then up at his eyes again. And in Stoikotita, she answers, "Thank you Steve. Do you really like my scarf?"
"Of course. I wouldn't have said anything if I didn't."
She takes the scarf off and gives it to him. He'll hold it for a little bit, but then push it back at her. "It looks better on you, I think."
"Thank you, that's sweet," replies Zelk. "I'm sorry, but I have to get to class. See you later."
He smiles, and watches her go. He's forgotten all about class. Next time Steve tries to walk, he falls face down on the ground. He realizes that Zelk used her telekinesis power to tie the shoelaces of his shoes together. He laughs it off.
"Should have known."

First name: Zelk
Last name: Freeron
Age: mid-twenties
Job: officer in the Free Feathers' military
Reputation: the clients at her father's inn gave her the nickname of Ice Queen, and she completed her magical studies with the highest honors.
Trivia: she has been the main target of Steve's pranks for years.
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Original Post by Rory


Quartermaster: "We've found her, Captain. She's on intersecting trajectory."
Captain: "Ready grapeshot and prepare for a long battle. He may be predictable, but Luthor was one of our finest commanders."
Time passes. "Larger figurehead, now. Spent some of that hard-won plunder on his ego."
Quartermaster: "She's not changing trajectory, captain."
Captain: "What's he...hard to port! Get us out of the way, now!"
--Lorinthian navy pirate-hunters, moments before being rammed by the Capricorn

First name: Luther
Last name: Schmidt
Alias: Iron Luthor
Age: 40's (Deceased)
Job: Formerly Lorinth navy, turned pirate
Reputation: Almost one of the worst kind of pirates - almost. Varies, tends toward negative for having rurned pirate. Especially reviled by Lorinth for having regained his "inner voice", and associating himself with Myrzen people.
Interests: ????
Trivia: Raided and plundered in Lorinthian waters for a time, until he'd taken his revenge, and left to avoid their dauntless pursuit.

First name: Yennefer
Last name: Melan
AKA: Yen, Bunny, Black Feather
Age: 10 years old
Job: student at the Citadel
Talents: Making friends. Pranking (?). Highly skilled at capturing small animals and fairies.
Reputation: She is known by her teachers and classmates as the cursed child of the Waterglass incident.
Interests: Cute animals, fairytales, magic and adventures.
Trivia: She knows almost nothing about her grandparents. Though tragic, her Cursed Outburst overpowered the seemingly unstoppable Fire Aspect summoned by 'Marie Lavoie', effectively turning the tide of the battle and saving the lives of the party.

First name: Amber
Last name: Windscarf
Age: 15 years old
Occupation: Student
Talents: quipping, darts, other?
Reputation: unknown

Trivia: Invented and mastered a way to play darts where you can hold it for only two seconds before you throw it. Can sometimes be observed sketching into a small notepad. She has a strong Lofellian accent (except when she swears), but fluently speaks Imperial.

The Conspiracy - Edward Fox

"I never would have thought that you'd be a red mage," Anne comments, surprised. "Especially since you were raised in a Stoic monastery."
"That's because I wasn't; it's a story we've fabricated to hide my true abilities. I was actually raised in Atak, in Myr."
"In Myr? What was it like when you grew up there?"
"Ever met Myrzen warriors?"
Sam shakes her head. "I've read about them..."
Anne chuckles, but lets Edward speak.
"They're fierce, stubborn to a fault, and allergic to any authority that's derived from anything other than strength. My childhood there was grueling, but I do miss it sometimes..." His mind seems to wander for an instant, but then he looks back at Samantha and says, "It's a beautiful land of extremes, full of of the worst and the best people I've ever met."
--Edward Fox revealing personal history with Anne and Samantha, on their girls' night out.

Age: 35, year 206 A.F. (give-or-take 1 year. In truth, he has been alive for about 251 years)
DoB: ????, 171 A.F.
Job: Imperial Palace Guard. Captain.
Talents: Magic (Red - yellow/white), martial combat (more to be discovered)
Reputation: Born and raised in a monastery, serious-faced but good-humored. He joined the army at age 16, quickly rising through the ranks, valuing efficiency above all else but obeying orders when needed. He worked for the ISA for a few years before being offered a position on the Imperial Guard, and then advanced to the rank of Captain. Considered a formidable warrior who does his best to avoid the politics. Nevertheless, he is believed to have the ear of the Emperor. He was single all his life before he married Samantha, raising her to noble status. After the self-imposed exile, the betrayal by his half brother, and the disaster at the Shield research base, he raised his firstborn and heir Triston to inherit his leadership over the Conspiracy. In the present day, he had taken the body of Edwin Reeves, a man who had lost his mind completely to Madness. After an attack on one of the Conspiracy's hideouts, taking the lives of his friends and family, he went on the warpath, committing conspiracy, treason, wiped peoples' minds as he made copies of himself, and enabled the unethical runic experimentation on live humans by Goodman, a weaver and former professor at the Citadel, all part of a master plan to unite the Islands of the Archipelago to go to war with Shadowstep. While the 113th Adjunct were in pursuit of him, he was apprehended by Marcus and company, before the 113th Adjunct ad-hoc lifted the siege of Feuilledor. His orb is currently in Jacob's possession for sentencing to life with the option of conscription.
Interests: ??? (some/all revealed to Anne and Samantha)
Trivia:
- Is the bastard son of the Emperor, Kieran Hammerfist.
- The monastery upbringing is part of a cover story. The truth is that he grew up in Myr. He both enjoyed and despised his time there, yet reflects positively and wistfully on his upbringing in the city-state of Clan Atak.
- He wishes to keep his martial abilities shrouded in mystery, to take his enemies by surprise in battle.
- When not bound by familial duty, he is a consummate warrior and tactician.

"Having fun?"

"Us? Nah, we're totally brooding here."

Date of Birth: April 28th 394
Place of Birth: Villevielle, northeast district (The Old Maze)
Aliases: Ev, Puppetmaster, Crayons (playful bordering on derisive, depending on who uses it)
Job: Messenger (as a teenager), Medium Range Heavy Suppression Specialist (after completing Black Mage training) - Chuchoteurs Windscarf Squad
Specialties: Elemental Magic, Weaving, Telekinesis.
Family: Charles Xavier (Husband), Frank Picard (Son)


Being a veteran of the Syndicate Wars from a young age alongside Xavier and Mihai, Maeva has seen her share of combat. Despite her harrowing experience there and during some of the Chuchoteurs operations thereafter – one of which nearly left her blind – she has somehow been able to maintain a cheerful attitude that many in the Syndicate find baffling. Her bond with Charles Xavier and Mihai Lowick – especially after the death of Franck Windscarf – is said to be ironclad, and those three were regarded as one of the tightest knit squads in all of Villevielle.

For some reason prefers using crayons instead of chalk for marking down points of interest in the field.

Married Charles Xavier in secret, to reduce the risk of her family being targeted.

Date of Birth: October 14th 393
Place of Birth: Azure
Aliases: Xave (only to his friends), Sniper-X (half in jest, half due to his combat ability)
Job: Scout (as a teenager), Sharpshooter - Chuchoteurs Windscarf Squad
Specialties: Sharpshooting, tactics, survival, crafts his own arrows.
Family: Maeva Picard (Wife, married in secret), Frank Picard (Son)

Distinguished himself early in the urban wars of 406 at only 13 years of age, when returning from a scouting run he found most of his team wounded or dead. Picking up a bow from a fallen rogue, he successfully covered his squad's retreat back to friendly territory. Two days later he was promoted to full Soldier status in the Chuchoteurs.

When members of a both the Windscarf Squad and the Lorinthian Special Forces were captured by the slaver organization known as the Hen House, it was Xavier who devised and implemented a rescue plan with only a White and a Black Mage for support, eventually culminating in the destruction of the slavers' presence in Havre.

After the death of Frank Windscarf, Xavier naturally became the de-facto leader of the team, effectively taking on the operational responsibility of a Lieutenant without any corresponding bump in rank within the syndicate. The three have adamantly and consistently refused to have the squad's name changed.

Married Maeva Picard in secret, to keep their family from being targeted like the Windscarfs were.