The Arcane

The practice of crafting and casting arcane magicks is known across Faerûn as the "Art"; the threads of magic from which a mage's spells are drawn is called the "Weave". The "Shadow Weave" is an alternate force of magic that is the inverse and opposite of the Weave. The Shadow Weave does not originate from Mystra, the goddess of magic, but from the dark goddess Shar.

Adventuring Companies

In some countries, such as the kingdom of Cormyr, adventuring companies must be legally chartered by the king or other governing body; in others, they need not be. Every adventuring company should have a good name.

Racial Alphabets

Racial alphabets of Faerûn:


"Dethtek" is the runic language of dwarves, while "Espruar" is the written script of the elves. "Thorass" is an old human symbology whose letters are still used in Common and numerous regional languages across Faerûn.

The Calendar of Harptos

The Calendar of Harptos:



Each year of 365 days is divided into 12 months of 30 days, and each month is divided into three tendays. Five special days fall between the months: Midwinter is a day of feasting and renewal of alliances; Greengrass marks the beginning of spring; Midsummer night brings festivals of feasting, music, and love; Highharvestide celebrates the fall harvest; and The Feast of the Moon celebrates ancestors and the honored dead.

Once every fours years, Shieldmeet is added to the Faerûnian calendar as a "leap day" immediately following Midsummer night. Thus, while most Faerûnian years have 365 days, every fourth year has 366. The next Shieldmeet as of the campaign year, 1353 DR, will be in 1356 DR: three years from now.

Each year is marked by a name written out centuries ago by the Lost Sage Augathra the Mad in the great library of Candlekeep. This year is the "Year of the Arch"; next year (1354 DR) is the "Year of the Bow"; last year (1352 DR) was the "Year of the Dragon".

PCs & NPCs (Book I)

Player Characters

Lefwain Duskgleam
Male gnome, hired by Soltrius in Ordulin (Sembia)

Mercurius du Chatellagne
Male human warrior, hired by Soltrius in Ordulin

Luna Nightshade
Female human, hired by Soltrius in Ordulin

Vennel Flard'rin
Female elf warrior of the Arch Wood (Sembia), hired by Soltrius in Ordulin

Markel Silverborn
Male human of the Tangled Trees, met in The Green Eagle

Hadrian Norovir
Male half-elf priest of Red Knight, hails from Essembra, friend to Markel

Achran Sitri Bavure
Male human worshiper of Silvanus, also known as Brother Bevue

Azil Greyfoot
Male halfling journeyman and avid gambler, met in Elventree

Halfast Mercantor
Male human priest of Deneir, encountered and aided the party in Zhentil Keep

Essembra

Soltrius Belflaggon
Male human merchant, hails from Ordulin

Addledasher
Male half-elf, hails from Sembia, hired by Soltrius in Ordulin

Antinko Belflaggon
Male human soldier of Ordulin (retired), Soltrius's half-brother

Jolthwen Maraad
Male human horse trainer (youth), hired by Soltrius

Orglen
Male half-orc treasure seeker, wounded near the bed of the River Duathamper

Vederian
Male human guard

Cormanthor

Pruatris
Male half-elf archer of the Eshen Glade, shows a distaste for elves

Femrian
Male half-elf archer of the Eshen Glade, blond-haired and blue-eyed

Rillen
Male half-elf ranger and guardian of the Eshen Glade

Meena
Female human of the Eshen Glade, attacked by a gnoll

Adraiya
Female human druid, leader of a druidic circle

Castillo
Male human ranger, guided Markel, Hadrian and Achran back to the Eshen Glade

Darsenia
Female human druid, blond-haired and shows a closeness to Rillen

Ellisendria
Female elf, fair-skinned and dark-eyed, Markel's godmother

Tlaranduril
Male wild elf (Sy'Tel'Quessir), shapechanged into a giant albatross

The Red Plume Camp

Penrith Bladehorn
Male human soldier and friend to the companions (killed in Zhentil Keep fighting a High Imperceptor of Bane)

Nemmish
Male human wizard, Larson's appointed adviser (presumed dead after falling from the sky)

Wrenegal Larson
Male human warrior, captain of the Red Plume camp (killed by elven arrows)

Roldo
Male human officer, leered at Luna incessantly (killed by elven arrows)

Hillsfar

Dorin
Male half-elf countryman, met by Markel in The Tangled Vine Tavern

Elrick
Male human carpenter, met by Luna in The Tangled Vine Tavern

Cahylie
Female human barfly, loosely propositioned herself to Mercurius in The Tangled Vine Tavern

Leras
Male human caretaker at the Monastery of the Hallowed Pale

Heseail Bladehorn
Male human masonworker and Penrith's older brother

Fiernoth Freemantle
Male human forester from Elventree, met by Markel and Hadrian at the temple of Mielikki (slain in Cormanthor by poison)

Seminser Flitroud
Male half-elven boy, youthful, apprehensive and recently orphaned

Throttle
Male gnome, met in the basement complex below The Silver Stag

Spitbeard
Male dwarf, helped Luna, Lefwain, and Soltrius escape from Hillsfar's dungeon (slain in battle)

Elventree

Kaelys
Male human villager of Elventree, bearded and muscular

Cabbo
Male halfling, tavernkeeper at the Free Spirits tavern

Regallo Flambaster
Male human "diviner of some local fame," Fiernoth's uncle, arrivéd from Yûlash

Lady Elassidil / Moonsilver
Female half-elf, holds the official station of High Herald to the rest of the Dalelands

Cenandril
Male half-elf, feather-haired cleric of Aerdrie Faenya who tended to Uncle Regallo

Lethedluin
Blond-haired male half-elf, known Harper and associate of Moonsilver

Master Vollangar
Male human, blue-robed wizard and associate of Moonsilver

Zhentil Keep

Burgem
Armorer and proprietor of Burgem's Battlery and Armor Fittings

Deklaroon Olmwen
Elderly male human, attendant at the Hall of Records

Azuremendil
Aged male human priest of Chauntea who dwells in a dilapidated city shack

The Moonsea

Montuk Sel-breche
Male human captain of Defiant, a three-masted sailing ship from Mulmaster

Sarin the Seven-Tongued
Male human, notorious rogue from Mulmaster traveling west for reasons unknown

Aldwen Longstaff
Male human wizard and first mate of Defiant, commonly garbed in ashen-colored robes

Fauna

Starfire
One of Soltrius's horses, pulls the wagon driven by Vennel

Horos
A great brown bear and companion to Castillo

Klandulus
The second of Soltrius's horses to take the contingent to Hillsfar

Historical

Banning
Male human treasure seeker, Orglen's missing companion (presumed dead in Cormanthor)

Aklesar the Wind Rider
Male human ranger of Essembra, honored by The Green Eagle tavern

Falidhara
Female elf protector of Falidhara's Grove (recently slain)

Jelescavia Runesurr
The shadow spirit's lost apprentice, said to have died in the Year of the Black Wind (1262 DR)

Elsimbree Durmantle
A little-known priestess of Chauntea, hanged in the Year of the Crumbling Keep (1276 DR) for murdering a Zhent weaponsmith

The Year of the Arch: Flamerule

Flamerule, the seventh month (1353 DR):

Flamerule

1 First tenday	2	3	4	5
6	7	8	9	10
11 Second tenday	12	13	14	15
16	17 (Prologue)	18	19	20
21 Third tenday; "The Green Eagle"	22 The Eshen Glade	23 Gnoll battle, druids	24	25 "Goodbyes"
26 Vale of Lost Voices; Return to Eshen	27 Creeper vines, Red Plumes	28 "Arrows in the Darkness"; The tower	29 "Plotting the Course"	30 Mid- summer's Eve
31 Midsummer; Nemmish returns, ambushed

Map of Cormanthor

Below is a map of Cormanthor and the Dalelands. The contingent originated in Ordulin, the capital of Sembia; the campaign began in Essembra. North of Hillsfar lay the Moonsea, and beyond it, the Bloodstone Lands.