Kuippana

Character overview

Kuippana (also known as Kui) — a wood-born Ardande whose family’s ancient pact joined their lineage to the dryads of Chitterwood.
Kuippana bears the resilient, flourishing spark of the First World.
An ancestor’s pact with a dryad matriarch bound Kuippana’s kin to tend the woods, while the dryads sustained that heritage. When the dryads withdrew to the First World, the pact fell dormant. During the Goblinblood Wars, Kuippana fled as Umok burned, losing family and lifelong friends. In the years that followed, Kuippana came to despise Isger and Cheliax for abandoning Umok and later burning parts of Chitterwood. Grief awakened the pact, bringing Mielikki, a dryad Eidolon and distant cousin, to Kuippana’s side. Together they joined the Hellbreakers, pursuing justice, the reclamation of Kuippana’s homeland, and cooperation between mortals and fey. In Umok, its people gave Kuippana magical family bracers after The Party stopped the forest fires and proved The Injured Goblin innocent; Kuippana also obtained studded leather armor there. Kuippana helped tend gardens in Vordia, spoke about Chitterwood’s destruction and cooperation among Isger’s peoples, and explained Umok’s history and fire restrictions. In Umok, Kuippana learned of recent fires in the woods.

• Kuippana can use magic to scan for supernatural traces and has cast Protector Tree, Daze, Needle Dart, Frostbite, Electric Arc, electric and frost magic, and spells that illuminate a shield.
• Kuippana has invoked nature’s power to stabilize a portal disturbance and collaborated with Khar’gan to restore normal size for Kuippana and others.
• Kuippana has shielded companions with conjured trees, enhanced Mielikki’s speed, and coordinated attacks with her.
• Kuippana has used needle darts and magic in combat, including attacks that killed devils and Isgeri Slayers.
• With the Hellbreakers, Kuippana descended into the ravine near Fernsby, fought snakes, protected companions with Protector Tree, and joined Mielikki in defeating the last goblin snake. In Stumpfield, Kuippana added lit torches to the communal sculpture and proposed planting seeds in future works.
• Kuippana helped Lexx Rennde suppress a brush fire, striking both hellhounds with electricity and suffering burns from one creature’s flames. At the mountain mission, Kuippana used electricity against members of the Sisterhood of the Golden Erinys nonlethally until they were unconscious, and fought lemures and a trained sister. Kuippana also fought in the training room and study, conjuring protective trees, using frost and other magic, and attempting to trip Sister Endreah.
• During The Group’s interrogation of Sister Endreah, Kuippana warned that her promise to remain at the mission did not prevent her from acting against them and urged the group to find the supposed Viro Ahala. In Chitterwood, Kuippana struck a devil with needle darts and later killed one with Electric Arc. At Thorngrip, Kuippana told an Brakknap that the Viro Ahala wanted to kill all Goblins and that Kuippana was their ally in that instance.
• At the Slayers’ camp, Kuippana lit Kracka’s shield and cast a spell toward The Camp, then cast a spell that killed one Slayer and brought another down. Kuippana suggested burning bodies to disguise the deaths as a devil attack, sought information from Goblins about the Viro Ahala’s location, and collaborated with Mielikki to prevent the Isgeri Slayers from surrounding the group. As Kracka looted the fallen Isgeri Slayers, Kuippana heard at least two people and several wolves approaching from the northwest.