Allies, rivals & threats
Non-Player Characters
The people and creatures shaping the story of Hellbreakers.
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Allies
Coleader of the Hellbreakers · Aiuvarin
Alceo Demetrias
in Elidir gaining political alliesAlceo Demetrias is one of the two founders of the Hellbreakers League, and its heart and voice. An aiuvarin cleric devoted to Milani—the Everbloom, goddess of liberty and the patron of those who fight injustice and tyranny—Alceo came to the cause early, having once run an underground network that smuggled the oppressed out of Cheliax before he was forced to flee east himself.Read profile
Fallen Hero · dwarf
Bromli Alefist
deceasedBromli Alefist, also known as Bromli Alefist, was the very picture of a jolly, barrel-chested dwarf caught mid-revel. He's sprawled back on the ground as if he's just dropped where he stood, one arm thrown up to toast the room with a heavy wooden tankard bound in dark iron bands, the other resting lazily behind him.Read profileNPC
NPC · goblin
Erk
activeErk, an artist in Stumpfield, worked among the settlement’s goblin and human artists. He greeted the arriving party and inquired about their identities.Read profile
NPC · human
Ethran Howell
activeEthran Howell, also known as Ethran, is a pragmatic, battle-tested Eagle Knight and a veteran of the Battle of Hellknight Hill, recognizable in the distinctive blue, black, and gold breastplate of Andoran's order, marked with a single golden eagle epaulet. They paid dearly for the victory at Breachill: a grievous wound late in the fighting cost them their left arm, and they have been recuperating at Cayden's Keg in town ever since.Read profileNPC
NPC · halfling
Gertraud Mildenhall
activeGertraud Mildenhall is a halfling woman, a new Hellbreaker recruit and agent. Rhokrag sent her to wait for a supply delivery at the organization’s Warehouse near the docks.Read profile
NPC · doppelganger
Hugh
deceasedHugh Mann is exactly what his name promises: an ordinary human man, so plainly average that the eye slides right off him. He's of unremarkable height and build—neither broad nor slight, neither tall nor short—the kind of frame that leaves no impression at all once he's out of sight.Read profile
NPC · human
Maire Phelan
activeMaire Phelan is one of the three lieutenants who run the day-to-day operations of the Hellbreakers League, ranking just below the founders Alceo and Phoebe Demetrias alongside Rhokrag and Xerra Bluebottle. A jovial human storyteller by trade, she handles the League's recruitment and public relations — and she's well suited to it, being warm, quick with a joke or some good-natured ribbing, and a firm believer that the people of Isger will rally around heroes if those heroes are given a good enough story to rally behind.Read profileNPC
NPC · eidolon
Mielikki
activeMielikki was a new recruit of the Hellbreakers League, described by Kuippana as someone who speaks only after getting to know people. She wielded a club and received Kui’s protective magic inside the Bright Embers Orphanate.Read profile
NPC · human
Phoebe Demetrias
activePhoebe Demetrias is the other founder of the Hellbreakers League, and its iron spine. A righteous, battle-hardened human, she once served as an officer in the Isgeriarmy — until the Goblinblood Wars showed her that the military was protecting trade routes and the capital's elite rather than the common people, and she deserted in disgust.Read profile
NPC · hobgoblin
Rhokrag
activeRhokrag, also known as Rhograk, is one of the three lieutenants of the Hellbreakers League, ranking just below the founders alongside Maire Phelan and Xerra Bluebottle. A tall, hardened hobgoblin warrior, he keeps a low profile, preferring to work out of the public eye in the basement workroom of Hellbreakers League's secret headquarters in Saringallow, sorting ledgers, maps, and documents necessary for the resistance's operations.Read profileNPC
NPC · human
Sister Sylve
activeSister Sylve is a young woman of the Golden Erinyes who wears a red habit embroidered with a gold five-pointed star. She has a missing ring finger; her posture is a tense coil, while her face remains emotionless.Read profile
NPC · halfling
Xerra Bluebottle
activeXerra Bluebottle is the third of the Hellbreakers League's lieutenants, serving alongside Maire Phelan and Rhokrag beneath the founders. A kind, genderfluid halfling baker, they keep the League fed, supplied, and armed — the quiet logistical backbone that ensures the resistance never wants for provisions or gear.Read profileArchive section
Enemies
Enemy
Enemy · construct
Animated Armor
destroyedThe Animated Armor was a winged-helmeted suit of armor armed with a glaive, kept on Target Ship’s lower deck. During the Hellbreakers’ raid, it emerged from the lower decks and crossed the deck, striking at Hugh before turning its glaive on Bromli Alefist and knocking him unconscious.Read profileNPC
NPC · human
Captain
rescued aliveCaptain of the ship intercepted by Hellbreakers League, he is skinny and strong-willed. During an investigation of Bromli Alefist’s apparent body, he rushed at Hugh with a knife, attempting to stab him.Read profileEnemy
Enemy · undead
Giant Undead Bats
destroyedGiant Undead Bats were encountered and fought by The Party before reaching Saringallow. Bromli Alefist claimed to have drowned one of the bats.Read profileEnemy
Enemy · goblin snake
Large Goblin Snake
destroyedA large, many-headed goblin snake with goblin-like heads confronted the party in a ravine beneath Fernsby. It announced in Goblin that the party should not have come and that it would eat them, then exhaled foul vapor over Kracka and Khar’gan.Read profile
NPC · human
Sister Endreah
capturedSister Endreah is a superior of the Golden Erinyes, currently residing at the Lucent Mission in the Aspodell Mountains south of Umok. She is believed to have knowledge of Viro Ahala's intended ritual to summon a powerful devil, though she no longer trusts Sister Sylve.Read profileNPC
NPC · human
Steward Of Isger
activeThe Steward of Isger is associated with the governance of Isger and has issued public bounty decrees. Official papers bearing the seal of the Steward of Isger circulated through Breachill, identified as a bounty issued by the government in Elidir against dissenters or revolutionaries.Read profileEnemy
Enemy · undead haunt
The Attic Whisperer
destroyedAn undead child-creature born from children’s pain, The Attic Whisperer was trapped in the Bright Embers Orphanate’s bedroom among rows of decrepit beds, tattered blankets, empty drawers, a canine skull, and a stuffed bear. It had made its home there after the nuns and children left.Read profileNPC
NPC · human
The Captain
deceasedThe Captain spoke to a crew member while Rhokrag was imprisoned, stating that A Hellknight would pay handsomely for information on Hellbreakers League League.Read profileEnemy
Enemy · fiend
The Scribe Devil
destroyedThe Scribe Devil was an avian-looking devil identified as a scribe and junior scholar among devils. It carried a quill and could command, shield itself with magic, and frighten targets with a shushing gesture that could potentially silence them.Read profileNPC
NPC · human
Viro Ahala
at largeViro Ahala is a young, arrogant, dark-skinned man with long black hair who wears the armor of a full Hellknight despite being too young to truly hold that rank. Sister Sylve identified him as a deceiver who falsely calls himself a Hellknight and has manipulated her sisters.Read profileArchive section
Minor NPCs
NPC
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A Local Resident
activeA resident of Umok rewarded the party with gold and Magical Bracers that had belonged to his family after they returned with a hellhound's body as proof that The Injured Goblin had not caused the fires.Read profileNPC
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Apparent Leader
activeA local spokesman in Draymoor confronted the travelers outside the general store, demanding to know their identities and intentions. He raised the bounty on rebels, labeled some of the party as suspicious, and pointed out Samantha’s horns and tiefling features as signs of devil-taint.Read profileNPC
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Boatman
activeThe boatman operated the ferry crossing at the Conerica River. After zombie giant bats attacked the waiting travelers, he returned, apologized for not being present, asked whether everyone was safe, and offered to carry them across for free.Read profileNPC
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Bottle-Throwing Sailor
activeA sailor aboard the supply ship carried a whiskey bottle. During the boarding fight, he drank from the bottle and threw it at Bromli Alefist.Read profileNPC
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Burned Goblin
activeA badly Burned Goblin, she stumbled into Umok and collapsed in the street. Her injuries resulted from sustained direct contact with fire.Read profileNPC
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Chelish Slogan-Shouting Attacker
activeA man among The Thieves in Hellbreakers League' Warehouse carried a mace and wore no recorded uniform. Upon The Party's entry, he shouted Chelish slogans and struck Samantha, rendering her unconscious.Read profileNPC
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Fleeing Sailor
activeFleeing Sailor A sailor aboard the supply ship, he was struck by Bromli Alefist’s rapid blows during the boarding attack. Barely standing, he fled from the deck and hid while the fight continued.Read profileNPC
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Guard-Like Townsman
activeA guard-like townsman in Umok wore a uniform. He declared that a badly Burned Goblin had caused the recent fires and had to be banished under Umok’s law.Read profileNPC
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Mace-Wielding Attacker
activeThe Mace-Wielding Attacker stood among the men guarding Gertraud Mildenhall in the warehouse. He helped order the intruders to drop their weapons in the name of Cheliax, fired at Bromli Alefist, and then closed with him wielding a mace.Read profileNPC
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One Hellhound
activeA fiery canine creature, the hellhound growled and breathed flames toward the approaching party. Hellhounds are immune to fire.Read profileNPC
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Painted Skeletal Guardian
activeThe Painted Skeletal Guardian is a construct-like undead composed of paint, summoned by Lexx Rennde during the fight at the ferry crossing. It attacked a zombie giant bat with a scimitar, striking it from the air and sending it crashing to the ground, then tore into it again.Read profileNPC
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Tavern Keeper
activeThe Tavern Keeper worked behind the bar at Caden’s Keg in Breachill. They called the room to attention for a storytelling contest honoring those who had driven the enemy from town, announcing that the theme was past battles and inviting the gathered warriors to compete.Read profileNPC
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The Better-Trained Sister
activeA member of Sister of the Golden Erinys, she was highly trained and capable of inflicting lingering mental pain through her blows. She struck Kracka and then exploited a lemure’s restraint of him to deliver a rapid combination of attacks, causing a painful wound before moving toward Lexx Rennde.Read profileNPC
NPC ·
The Doorway Sister
activeA sister of the Golden Erinyes in red clothing, she fought with rapid combinations and inflicted lingering mental pain through her blows. In the training room, she rushed Kracka, struck him, renewed the pain, and blocked the doorway.Read profileNPC
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The Other Sister Outside
activeShe was one of the women in Sister of the Golden Erinys’ red clothing who confronted the party outside the mountain mission. She threw a dart into Kracka’s face before repositioning, then was struck nonlethally by Khar’gan.Read profileNPC
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The Surviving Hellhound
activeOne of two fiery canine creatures encountered in the forest, it was identified by Kracka as a hellhound and was immune to fire. It moved into position and breathed a large cone of fire over the party, burning Khar’gan, Kracka, and Kuippana.Read profileNPC
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Zombie Giant Bat That Bit Khar'Gan
activeZombie Giant Bat That Bit Khar'Gan The zombie giant bat was an undead flying creature that exhibited a corrupt aura, causing nearby wounds to ooze and rot. It was one of two huge undead bats encountered at a riverside ferry crossing.Read profileNPC
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Zombies
activeZombies were reported along the roads during a period of increased undead activity. The attacks were described as not large-scale.Read profileArchive section
Other
Deity · Goddess of devotion, hope and uprisings
Milani
activeMilani, called the Everbloom, is the goddess of hope, devotion, and righteous uprising against tyranny — and the spiritual heart of the Hellbreakers' cause. She is the patron of all who take up arms against injustice and oppression, blessing not grand armies but ordinary people who find the courage to resist their oppressors.Read profile
Deity · Goddess of art, beauty, love, and music