Factions

Aiuvarin Siblings

Aiuvarin Siblings — refugee sentries. The Aiuvarin Siblings are members of the refugee community in the Upper Caverns, with one sibling named Aiuvarin Siblings Ayubarin.

Chernasardo Rangers

Also known as Rangers

The Chernasardo Rangers are Nirmathas’s most famous defenders—an informal but highly respected network of scouts, hunters, and guerrilla fighters who protect the nation from foreign invasion. Operating primarily from the depths of the Fangwood Forest, they specialize in ambush tactics, reconnaissance, and wilderness survival.

Fangwood Six

Also known as Fangwood Six, The Party, Party

The Fangwood Six operate from a concealed camp as their base. Identified members include Wren, Finnetharyn Fimbleshanks, Gundugar Herdtender, Arsène, Bruneg, Vendel Coldblade, and the rescued girl Mira.

Foxclaw Scouts

The Foxclaw Scouts are a loose network of hunters and trackers in Nirmathas who specialize in studying and hunting dangerous creatures. They share knowledge of beasts’ habits and weaknesses, helping protect frontier communities from threats lurking in the wilds.

Militia

The Phaendar Militia includes refugees from Phaendar, with notable member Gundugar Herdtender. Gundugar served at Ramsgate, where he burned two Molthuni Attackers alive during an assault on Main Camp.

Nirmathans

The Nirmathans are a faction that identifies as investigators of survivors, explicitly denying any involvement in the burning of the forest. They reported that Ironfang Hobgoblins had invaded Nirmathas, destroying villages and enslaving people, and vowed to seek out and eliminate the responsible Ironfang Legion.

refugees

Also known as survivors, town survivors

The refugees are a group of over twenty survivors from the town of Phaendar, who fled after it was overrun and set ablaze by hobgoblins. They are currently camped in Fangwood, lacking proper shelter and sleeping outside.

Atomies

Also known as Atomies

The atomies are tiny winged fey known for their rapiers and a penchant for challenging others to duels. They inhabit the space above the korred's Workshop.

Bloody Skeletons

Bloody Skeletons: Blood-covered undead born from locations where people were murdered and buried or left to rot, animated as multiple skeletal foes. They heal one hit point each round and resist cold and electricity.

Bramble Lashes

Bramble Lashes are thorned plant-creatures found in berry patches. They attack by striking with thorny blows that embed thorns in victims, resulting in bleeding and sickness.

Canopy Trolls

Also known as Canopy Trolls

Canopy Trolls are a type of troll described as smaller than normal trolls that live atop trees and drop onto two-footed prey; they travel in packs. Herge warned The Party the forest to the west smelled of trolls and specifically named Canopy Trolls, saying they live in the canopy, are smaller than true trolls, travel in a couple of nearby packs, and drop from above onto bipeds.

Ironfang Legion

Also known as Ironfang Hobgoblins, Hobgoblin Forces

The Ironfang Legion was once one of Molthune's most feared military formations, a specialized regiment composed largely of monstrous soldiers commanded by disciplined officers. Molthune employed the Legion as shock troops along its frontier wars, valuing their strict military culture, battlefield coordination, and willingness to undertake brutal campaigns that regular troops might hesitate to carry out.

Korreds

Small fey with large beards and animated hair, the Korreds occupied Fort Ristin, where they held loud celebrations and threw stones from the ruined walls. They claimed their boss had provided drink, the fort, goblins to kill, and a halfling.

Molthuni Army

The Molthuni Army is everything Nirmathas is not — disciplined, hierarchical, and relentless. Soldiers live by a strict schedule of training, eating, sleeping, and socializing, and the chain of command is followed without question.

xulgaths

Also known as xulgath, xulgath Warriors, xulgath Warrior, xulgath Spellcaster, Spellcasting xulgath, xulgath Leader

xulgaths are an intelligent, green-scaled reptilian tribe inhabiting Caves around the Cradle of Stone. Members include front-line warriors, spellcasters, and a maul-wielding tribal leader.

Leprechauns

Also known as Three Leprechauns

Leprechauns were found arguing over their dwindling alcohol supply and complaining that Halk kept the good drink for himself. They agreed to leave peacefully if provided with good liquor from Halk.

Satyrs

Two Satyrs occupied the fort’s eastern kitchen, one wielding a kitchen knife and the other a frying pan while preparing food. They ordered intruders out until their meal was ready and argued in Fey about the acceptability of hobgoblin meat if their food ran short.