This weighty, elegant wine composed of fermented magical goodberries is as nutritious as it is an indulgence. Taking on the deep colorful hues of the particular shade of goodberry used in its crafting, the beverage carries an aroma of warm black cherry, rich cocoa, and earthy thickets.
Andren the Plaguebearer is a somber and enigmatic healer, a human and elf whose origins are shrouded in the whispers of those he has blessed with divine cures—or those he admonished for their misdeeds. Tall and lean with a weary yet resilient presence, Andren’s face is marked by faint scars and dark circles, signs of a prolonged struggle with a mysterious, lingering sickness.
Forged by the monks of the ancient Stone Empire, these dark bronze bracers feature ember-like veins of fiery red running along the metal’s surface. When worn, they emit a soft, pulsing warmth that increases in intensity as they are activated in combat.
Alenka Nightborne is a mysterious tiefling whose natural red skin tone was muted to a dark, ashen gray at the time of her birth—an everlasting mark from the touch of the shadow veil. She appears as if infused with shadow, and her eyes bear faint inky blackness with violet undertones, reflecting her affinity for darkness and alchemy.
The Shard of the Skyshield is a towering fragment from an ancient shielding spell, cast long ago to protect Velanaura from a cataclysmic event now lost to history. Now, the Shard stands as a colossal crystalline landmark, radiating an eerie, discordant energy that warps the land—and creatures—around it.
Tessa Wildbranch is a distinctive half-elf with rich, brownish-green skin—a trait inherited from her wood-elf lineage—that often leads people to assume she’s an orc or half-orc. She’s slight and wiry, with frilly tangled auburn curls and hazel eyes that flash with mischief and curiosity.
The deadeye band is an obsidian ring with an eerie, milky sapphire set into the center, shaped like an unblinking eye. Delicate, sinuous strands of copper twist around the band, resembling tendrils or veins that extend from the gemstone. The sapphire’s surface has a faint, cloudy opacity, as though concealing something watchful within its depths. When held up to moonlight, faint reflections give the impression of a round pupil, which seems to follow nearby movement.
A blightstump staff is a vile weapon crafted from the twisted, corrupted wood of a hag’s blood-tainted tree stump. Gnarled and thick, the wood pulses with a sickly green glow, and its bark appears to squirm as if bubbling from internal pressure. Large knots slowly migrate over its surface while tiny, biting insects scurry along the gaps in the bark—and eerie shriveled faces often manifest on the bark, quickly disappearing when observed. A soft buzzing emanates from within, hinting at the presence alive within the staff.
The Gnjurgeon’s Call is a delicate pendant of silvery-blue metal entwined around an ornate crystal vial containing a droplet of preserved gnjurgeon oil. This droplet, harvested from the aberrant predatory fish known for its psionic powers, gleams in a faint, hypnotic magenta. A faint hum resonates from the vial, barely perceptible to most creatures—but those capable of speaking telepathy hear cryptic whispers inviting them to come closer.