deity
Aerdrie Faenya
The Winged Mother is a chaotic good intermediate elven deity of air, weather, avians, rain, and fertility. She dwells in Arvandor and embodies freedom, change, and the exhilaration of open sky.
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QLA entity index
This index collects the canonical people, places, items, organizations, and lore used across Quentin Lorekeeper Adventures. Adventure pages link these records directly into the text so a Dungeon Master can open table-ready details while running a chapter.
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Quentin Lorekeeper entity records
item
Aerdrie’s Breath
An uncommon silver-blue necklace whose clear pendant holds still air. Its wearer senses natural wind and hears meaning carried through moving air.
npc
Alaundo the Seer
The quiet prophet whose writings and disciples transformed Candlekeep into a sanctuary of recorded knowledge.
npc
Bentley Mirrorshade
A retired gnomish adventurer, illusionist, thief, and proprietor of the Friendly Arm, known for anticipating trouble before it reaches his door.
location
Beregost
A prosperous, unwalled trade town on the Coast Way, south of the Candlekeep junction and west of the haunted ruins of Ulcaster's school.
item
Bhaalite Officiant's Chain of Office
Dark gold and obsidian cult regalia recovered from the heart shrine after the rite is broken.
item
Blue-Wrapped Courier Tube
A waxed courier tube containing a cipher key, roster, Mordas order, and Ulcaster reference.
npc
Branch Feld
A muscular human lumberjack and the only woodsman Aerdrie Faenya permits inside Still Grove. Branch gathers marked deadfall from its silver trees and can guide a party through the grove’s concealing magic.
npc
Branwick Larkspur
Talkative, proud, and more confident than sensible. Bran found the damaged Netherese tuning fork, lost its active prong to Simone, and expects a life-changing payment for what he delivered.
location
Candlekeep
A fortress-library raised on a volcanic crag above the Sea of Swords, protected by ancient wards and governed by the Avowed.
item
Cap of Water Breathing
Listed among the magic items recovered after the Wreck Hall confrontation.
npc
Captain Orren Sable
A bandit captain who sells robbery as a service. Calm, softly threatening, and practical enough to retreat when the odds turn against him.
npc
Chief Constable Dain Harrow
Beregost's chief constable and leader of the roadside interception. His survival depends on the party's path.
npc
Clive Clive
A talkative Sword Coast fisherman and occasional guide who points the party toward the logger's trail, shares the bell rumors, and refuses to enter the Cloakwood himself.
item
Cloak of Protection
Listed among the magic items recovered after the Wreck Hall confrontation.
location
Cloakwood
A dense and dangerous remnant of an ancient forest along the Sea of Swords, known for hostile fey, predatory plants, and failing magical gates.
location
Coast Way
The principal trade road running south from Baldur's Gate through the Friendly Arm and Beregost toward Amn.
item
Coded Manifest
Shipment records connecting forge-work, escort strength, false produce accounts, and Voss's intelligence line.
item
Coded Tally Sheet
A tally sheet matching stolen goods to Circle marks.
item
Cold-Iron Ward Spike
A heavy hand-forged spike dressed with protective thread, feathers, and herbs. Driven into a Fey-touched tree, it disrupts planar magic and directs that disruption inward.
item
Copper Eye Token
A half-buried copper token stamped with a stylized eye. It is not magical, but the motif repeats deeper in the cave and links the pirate clues.
item
Cursed Luckstone
An uncommon cursed wondrous item. It grants advantage on one ability check, then imposes disadvantage on the next two. Once attuned, it teleports back if discarded until the curse is removed.
npc
Dallan Rusk
A frightened Southmarket warehouse factor who accepted Circle money, processed false papers, and remained after the bribes became threats.
location
Dawnbridge House
A modest Beregost children's home whose residents notice far more street traffic than most adults realize.
lore
Demonsbane Shields of Tyr
Three holy triangular shields forged by Tyrran patriarchs to protect common folk from fiends summoned by Shoon nobles.
lore
Demonshields
Thirteen Shoon-era diamond shields forged by Hilather to imprison fiends and place their defensive powers at the service of imperial summoners.
item
Dust of Disappearance
A small pouch of magical ash that functions as dust of disappearance, hiding the wearer in drifting soot for a moment.
npc
Elira Reedwhistle
Strong-legged, blunt, and already convinced she is right. She is tired of the road and determined that her child will not sleep in another ditch.
location
Feldepost's Inn
An old, comfortable Beregost inn favored by travelers who want quiet rooms, hot baths, careful service, and one of the town's better kitchens.
item
Fire-Blackened Jewelry
Jewelry taken from victims and never melted down, blackened by heat and worth 50 gp.
npc
Flirf
A quickling prankster who tests the party for amusement. If handled well, he confirms the tower is uphill where the air smells of iron.
item
Forged Shipping Papers
False merchant papers found with stolen Beregost forge-work.
item
Fork Frame
The inert half of the tuning fork retained by Bran. Near Simone it warms and hums, and a character can strike it against stone or a rail to force a resonance spike.
location
Friendly Arm
A walled hamlet and neutral caravan waystop on the Coast Way between Beregost and Baldur's Gate, centered on a former keep now operated as an inn.
location
Gallows Thicket
A corpse-hung thicket dominated by a predatory hangman tree that turns the appearance of an execution ground into camouflage for a living hunter.
deity
Garl Glittergold
The foremost god of the gnomes, associated with wit, luck, craft, hidden value, protection, and the clever defeat of stronger foes.
npc
Gellana Mirrorshade
A quiet, observant gnome priest of Garl Glittergold who founded the Friendly Arm's Temple of Wisdom and oversees much of the settlement's infrastructure, supplies, and long-term security.
lore
Great Wards of Candlekeep
Ancient layered defenses that protect Candlekeep's books, boundaries, and lower reaches.
npc
Hallmaster Cevan Dhost
The guarded hallmaster holding missing manifests at Beregost's Merchants' Hall.
npc
Harl Brint
A frightened Voss servant targeted for murder after trying to leave, and a valuable witness if the party keeps him alive.
location
High Hedge
A dark, turreted stone manor where the conjurer Thalantyr pursues his studies in guarded solitude.
item
Hilather's Workbook
Hilather's sole surviving record of the method used to forge the thirteen Demonshields, hidden inside an apparently worthless volume in a royal Tethyrian library.
npc
Ilyra Quill
The Circle's cipher-scribe, responsible for copying, concealing, and burning the last records in Voss House.
npc
Jorrin Boy
A child at Dawnbridge House whose observations can expose the Circle's courier route.
npc
Kaid Reedwhistle
A quiet five- or six-year-old clutching a small toy and watching everything. The cart catastrophe puts the family in immediate danger.
npc
Kelddath Ormlyr
Beregost's governor and the Most Radiant of Lathander, a former merchant who promotes trade, farming, and civic stability.
item
Kuraltaar
The only named shield from Hilather's set, an almost indestructible silver diamond shield that imprisons the glabrezu Kural'Risyk.
item
Ledger of the Condemned
A dark red folio that once recorded passage through the ancient fire ordeal and was later corrupted into a Bhaalite register of condemnation. It can serve as a warlock focus and mark targets for judgment.
item
Lumenpenny
A luminous seal-token tied to the Wishing Well ward. Immediate return is simple, but carrying it beyond the landing sets the mark and makes restoration a later low-tide expedition.
npc
Maelin Vane
Seraphel's murdered wife, found dead on the Coast Way after a brigand attack. She never appears alive in the adventure, but her death is the grief Seraphel has hardened into doctrine and the name he calls into the fire.
npc
Magister Vestra
An erinyes operating through a human magistrate avatar. She wants Voss captured and returned to the Hells under infernal remand and intends to take Mordas alive if possible.
npc
Mara Drennen
A goblin waitress, scout, and quiet trouble. She watches exits first, lies easily, wants quick coin, and serves as Orren Sable’s mobile ranged threat.
npc
Marra Feldpost
The proprietor of Feldpost's Inn, protective of her house and unwilling to let the party's conflict consume it.
location
Merchants' Hall
Beregost's commercial record hall, where licenses, manifests, assessments, warehouse entries, and merchant disputes leave a paper trail.
npc
Miirym, the Sentinel Wyrm
A spectral dragon bound to eternal service as guardian of Candlekeep's lower reaches.
item
Mnemonic Chain
A hand-length silver-black Netherese chain that records a nearby spoken instruction and can press that command into a creature's recent memory when activated incorrectly.
npc
Mordas
A senior Zhentarim operator who used the Circle's thefts to finance an excavation and a written, repeatable attempt to manufacture a fourteenth Demonshield beneath Ulcaster.
item
Mordas Letter
Mordas's signed withdrawal order tells Voss to burn the Beregost records, move useful personnel and coin north, and shift the Demonshield operation to Ulcaster.
item
Mordas's Experiment Ledger
Mordas's working record of failed shield designs, lens calibrations, anchor geometry, material tolerances, and the corrections that make a fourteenth Demonshield possible.
npc
Nara Quell
A Circle cutout paid to accuse the party during the staged attack on Harl Brint, then vanish into the northside crowd.
item
Netherese Spell-Lens
A faceted Netherese focusing crystal that magnifies a wand's magic by consuming additional charges. Mordas has mounted one in a ritual frame to amplify conjuration instead.
item
Netherese Tuning Fork
An ancient and already-damaged artifact found by Bran near the coast. Its active prong fell into a feed bucket and was eaten by Simone.
npc
Nimra Keld
A precise conjuration surveyor forced to stabilize Mordas's binding geometry. She will sabotage the ritual if the party gives her a credible route out.
npc
Olen
A Voss House scribe struck after trying to burn the wrong book.
lore
Orders of Accordance
The four rules every seeker must accept before entering Candlekeep.
npc
Pallan Greaves
A wary north-road courier carrying Voss's blue-wrapped tube, willing to trade the route and its records for a safe escape.
item
Pirate Map Scrap
A waterlogged, incomplete scrap recovered after the sandbar fight. It foreshadows the outer caves’ long history of pirate use.
item
Potion of Fire Resistance
A surviving potion among the shrine's stores, particularly useful in a complex built around living flame.
item
Q’s Note
A short message thanking Bran for his effort while stating that what he delivered is incomplete and does not serve Q’s purposes. The initial “Q” is left unexplained.
npc
Quentin Lorekeeper
A young, ambitious bronze dragon who has spent years living as Quentin Lorekeeper, an eccentric scholar who regularly researches at Candlekeep and hoards ancient Netherese machines and artifacts.
item
Quentin's Note
A terse prepaid-lodging note from Quentin: the party has earned a bed and should try not to test the walls. The warning lands badly when the buried gate opens before dawn.
npc
Rilsa “Rill” Harrowmere
A skittish Coast Way traveler who practices knots while he speaks and has seen the strange effects surrounding Simone.
item
Ritual Vessels
Old censers, incense braziers, and ritual vessels worth 150 gp to collectors or to temples that want the objects destroyed.
location
Rotted Run
A dangerous Cloakwood passage used for an ambush.
npc
Rusk Anvar
Voss's disciplined guard captain, paid to hold chokepoints long enough for his employer and the last records to escape.
location
Sea of Swords
The sea west of the Sword Coast.
npc
Seldran Voss
A controlled and secretive former Zhentarim factor whose respectable Beregost identity conceals a patient rakshasa and Circle asset.
npc
Seraphel Vane
A grief-struck cult heir who opens the Friendly Arm gate expecting Bentley to follow. A party member can help him accept Maelin's death, reject undeath, surrender, and face justice.
npc
Sergeant Brinna Vale
Tessa Vale's estranged, law-abiding sister and a Beregost evidence officer. She shares Tessa's fiery red hair, blue-green eyes, light freckles, and sharp Vale features, but her uniform and disciplined bearing mark the sisters' opposite choices. Dain keeps her off Tessa's arrest detail, and Brinna refuses to let family loyalty distort the case.
npc
Sergeant Halden Strake
A Friendly Arm guard sergeant who restores order after the cart disaster, enforces the inn’s weapon and spellcasting rules, and treats the characters as one group.
lore
Shoon Imperium
An empire that ruled Calimshan and Tethyr from Shoonach between 27 and 450 DR, sustained by slavery, conquest, and the magic of fourteen spellcasting qysars.
item
Shoon Rubbing
A rubbing of a diamond shield built from triangular plates, tying the Circle's spending to Hilather, fiend-binding lore, and Ulcaster.
item
Silver Funeral Masks
Eerie silver funeral masks stacked in a side alcove of the heart shrine. The group is worth 150 gp.
item
Simone’s Bell Strap
A mundane remnant left after Simone vanishes. It serves as proof of the goat’s identity and as a physical trace of the encounter.
location
Smuggler's Hollow
A concealed coastal cove reached by a low-tide sandbar.
location
Southmarket Produce Warehouse
A working Beregost produce warehouse used as a covert Circle transfer point because legitimate carts, crates, and spoilage make unusual movement easy to disguise.
location
Still Grove
A concealed ancient forest east of the Coast Way, south of the Friendly Arm and north of Beregost. Its silver trees surround a dormant Fey crossing beneath the central pool.
lore
Still Grove Silverwood
The pale wood of Still Grove’s Fey-touched silver trees readily holds enchantment. Sword Coast craftspeople prize properly cured deadfall for magical bows, wands, instruments, and item cores.
npc
Strombo Hairyfluff
A vain korred elder whose haircut bargain provides the clearest explanation of the bell: the nearer the tower, the stronger and longer the dead remain active.
item
Strombo's Iron Shears
The heavy grooming shears Strombo presents as part tribute, part test. The tool is mundane; the consequences of insulting its owner are not.
location
Strombo's Stone Circle
Strombo Hairyfluff's territorial gathering place.
npc
Taerom “Thunderhammer” Fuiruim
A towering, soft-spoken master smith whose armor, weapons, and practical ironwork rank among the finest on the Sword Coast.
location
Temple of Wisdom
A gem-bright temple of Garl Glittergold inside the Friendly Arm, founded and led by Gellana Mirrorshade and protected by layered gnomish illusions.
item
Temple Trade Lockbox
A lockbox of old trade bars and stamped temple silver hidden behind a loose altar stone, worth 275 gp.
npc
Tessa Vale
Brinna Vale's estranged criminal sister and the Circle wagon handler. She shares Brinna's fiery red hair, blue-green eyes, light freckles, and sharp Vale features, but favors black-and-crimson road gear and a calculated smile. Her capture, escape, death, and any warning sent to Voss depend on the party's recorded choices.
item
Tessa Vale's Signet Ring
A Circle field token. Showing it to Voss told him the roadside crew had failed and that the party knew his name.
npc
Thalantyr
The reclusive conjurer of High Hedge and the foremost living scholar of Ulcaster's work, Hilather's binding magic, and the Demonshields.
organization
The Avowed
Candlekeep's cloistered order of scholars, scribes, acolytes, guards, and officers.
location
The Bhaalite Fire Shrine
A hidden shrine of Bhaal built over an older sacred fire-ring complex beneath the Friendly Arm.
location
The Burning Wizard
Beregost's lively tavern, built into the fieldstone base of an old round tower just north of Wizards' Doom Creek.
location
The Clocktower
Zarad Duskmarrow's isolated tower and the source of the necromantic bell pulses that distort the surrounding countryside.
location
The Friendly Arm's Buried Gate
A concealed, long-sealed gate beneath the Friendly Arm's kitchen that links the occupied keep to older underground sacred works.
location
The Hungry Wood
A predatory stretch of the Cloakwood.
location
The Iron Throat
The prison chamber where the party finds Thols.
location
The Jovial Juggler
A Beregost roadhouse whose performance wing hosts the town's loudest music, dancing, and nightly revels.
location
The Logger's Road
An old trail leading into the Cloakwood.
location
The Red Sheaf
Beregost's largest inn, favored by merchants who value quiet service, dry clothes, and private negotiations.
location
The Song of the Morning
Beregost's rose-spired temple of Lathander, seat of Governor Kelddath Ormlyr and home of the militia that guards the town.
location
The Wishing Well
A warded shaft and pool beneath Smuggler's Hollow.
npc
Thols
A lucid, distrustful flesh golem chained in the Iron Throat. If fully freed, he may leave Smuggler’s Hollow aboard the released Lantern of Iriolarthas.
location
Thunderhammer Smithy
Taerom Fuiruim's renowned Beregost forge, known for superb armor, rare ores, and precise practical metalwork.
location
Tolling Hill
The iron-scented hill holding Zarad's clocktower.
npc
Toman Reedwhistle
Road-thin and practical, with ink-stained fingers and a patched Coast Way map. Apologetic, tired, and focused on getting his family inside.
item
Transmuted Korred Hair
Cut korred hair that may become silver wire, mossy cords, or iron ringlets. A handful of these curiosities is worth about 25 gp.
creature
Ulcaster Wizshade
An unstable magical remnant in Ulcaster's ruins that mimics a tall bearded wizard or a battered hat and discharges fragments of old spells.
location
Ulcaster's Ruins
The haunted remains of Ulcaster's conjuration academy, built over Hilather's older tower and destroyed by Calishite mages in 1106 DR.
lore
Ulcasterian Binding Theory
A damaged body of conjuration research that tries to reconstruct Hilather's method for imprisoning powerful planar beings inside crafted objects.
item
Unfinished Demonshield
A modern diamond shield fabricated from four riveted triangular plates. It is inert until Mordas's ritual binds a fiend inside it.
item
Untouched Ward Charm
A cracked smoky-quartz charm from Bentley and Gellana's old sealing work. It survived the breach and can be thrown into the suspended ring to weaken or end the final rite.
item
Vestra's Brass Token
A token left by Magister Vestra after the Voss investigation.
item
Voss Compact Ledger
Voss's red-edged record cross-indexes infernal obligations, mortal aliases, compact witnesses, and the intelligence network he later placed at Mordas's disposal.
location
Voss House
Seldran Voss's carefully maintained north-side Beregost property, respectable on the surface and arranged to support a life built on concealment.
location
Way of the Lion
The lone road from the Coast Way and Beregost peninsula to Candlekeep's black gates.
location
Wizards' Doom Creek
A small rivulet that rises on Ulcaster's hill, crosses the Coast Way, and marks the southern edge of the Burning Wizard.
location
Wreck Hall
The flooded chamber holding the wreck and Knee Deep's final confrontation.
item
Writ of Conditional Service
Vestra's sealed writ temporarily places the party under Captain Ormlyr's authority for the Voss investigation while preserving every unresolved charge against them.
npc
Ysra Thorne
The elderly witch-warden of Still Grove. Her cold-iron cage stopped a corrupted spirit from reaching the Feywild but now poisons the grove and strengthens the prisoner.
npc
Ysuran Auondril
Zarad Duskmarrow's severe apprentice, who rebound and annotated a damaged Netherese recurrence codex while adapting it to the clocktower.
item
Ysuran Auondril's Black Tome
A damaged Netherese recurrence codex rebound in black lacquered leather and heavily annotated by Ysuran. Loross formulae beneath his notes describe fixing one instant of death in magical time.
npc
Zarad Duskmarrow
The undead architect of the clocktower, fused to the failing mechanism and obsessed with proving that death can be measured, fixed, and repeated.
organization
Zhentarim
A far-reaching mercantile, military, and criminal network that converts contracts, coercion, trade access, intelligence, and magical force into wealth and political control.