Red Guard

Active 5685 – 5706

The Red Guard were formed from a faction of Kowal city guards loyal to a well respected guardsman named Damien. In the past 20 years, Damien has shaped the Red Guard into it’s own power within the city.

The Red Guard are strictly anti-magic and have lead hunts for magic users for the past 5 years, often ending in public executions.

Some feel the Red Guard are more powerful than the Baron in the current day, and the sight of their red armor sends many into a panic.

After 5706

In the Fall of 5706, the building was destroyed in what has been named the Catastrophe of the Greystone. Many different stories, from an explosion to a giant demon are reported to have caused this. After its fall, the Red Guard were disbanded.

Kowal became part of the Uthgard Kingdom and the Ministry of the Arts took over the building and began to rebuild it.

Red Snapper

The best known brothel in the northern part of the city. Many of Ferryport’s secrets have passed through these doors. The building is painted with a loud assortment of colors, and the base of the building is a bright red. A sign with two large, seductive blue eyes hangs above the door, but all the locals call it the Red Snapper: a joke relating to a fish commonly caught in the local waters which is known for its large mouth. Mistress Pattaria currently runs the place, and though she looks to elevate herself and her ladies in the eyes of the city, she knows that her primary income comes from those of less power and money.

Riddle House Players

Odrunus the Bard
Odrunus the Bard

The Riddle House Players are a bardic group that travels the lands around Kowal, delivering the latest news and performing the people’s favorite plays. Their large wagon is called the Riddle, and it is also their stage.

They have long been a part of Kowal. Since Odrunus joined the troupe, they have made more money than ever, and they attribute it to his leadership and his patron deity. 

Rivenhall Castle

Sitting high on a hill, Rivenhall was constructed by the dwarves as a defensive keep to guard over the city. It has been the seat of power for Ferryport since the city was founded. It was the home of Lord Glycyn until he was deposed. Now Glycyn sits in the dungeons below the keep, awaiting his fate.

Rob Bevaskin

A citizen of Kowal and owner of the Darkwinter Tavern. He was a solider in the Return Wars, fighting with other citizens against the ghuls and then the invading Tirens. He was then a merchant, known for delivering the goods on time, no matter the danger. He “retired” by opening the tavern.

Ron Estrelli

Ron Estrelli

Stats:

  • Lvl5 Fighter: STR 14, DEX 11, Con 12, INT 13, WIS 10, CHA 12

 

At the age of 17, Ron joined the Ferryport Militia. His parents had passed from the red blight and hehad tried his hand at working the farm alone, but he could not keep up. He sold the farm and joined the Militia. He saved money from the work and well as his savings from selling his farm. After 3 years as a militiaman, he left and became a freelance caravan guard for the 3 years. He traveled south quite a bit, often to Southkeep and even some places within the desert of Jal Dur. During on of his few trips to Greyhelm, he was hired to recover an object from ruins within the mountains. This began his career as a tomb raiders and dungeon delver. He did this for 5 years amassing quite a bit of wealth, before his group was caught by some foul beast deep in an dungeon. Most of his party mates were slain, and he was badly wounded across his face, in which he almost lost both eyes. After this unfortunate event, he traveled back to Ferryport and bought the property that would become the Southgate Inn. This gate was always the gate he returned through on the way home, so it held personal nostalgia for him. He bought an old abandoned building, which was dwarven built in the early days of Ferryport. He added on a second floor with private rooms and opened the inn.

 

It has since become one of the most popular inns in Ferryport and he has had to expand the rooms into a second building across the street.

Rosaga Babicova

Rosaga Babicova

seer, summoned entity from the Never, mother of Olesya & Anva

Sanrin Delorif

Sanrin Delorif is the leader of a group of religious fanatics who roam the countrysides hunting demons.

His Story:

As a child, Sanrin was raised to observe strict religious practices which included suffering and occasional blood sacrifice. Ferryport forbade human sacrifice, so animals were used, and there were rumors regarding a couple of disappearances before he was born.

A ritual of suffering was to be endured by every child at his or her coming of age. Sanrin was the eldest of three children and came through this feeling stronger of faith. The middling child, however, was weaker of constitution and did not survive. The youngest did not make it to his coming of age ritual, as a plague swept through Ferryport and took him prematurely, along with many of the young children and elderly of the city.

His father was much older, and only four years after Sanrin’s coming of age, was not able to continue his duties as judge and sheriff of the south farms, and so Sanrin was raised to the position. He was a strict and pious judge, and many were beheaded. This was how he sacrificed to the gods within the bounds of Ferryport law, and thereby kept the town safe and prosperous. Times were tough, but as opposed to many neighboring areas, the people were well enough fed, and the plagues were minimal.

The people of Ferryport proper, however, were disturbed by the rural beheadings, especially as they increased in frequency, so they drafted legislation that banned execution by beheading (replacing it with hanging) and limiting execution to only extreme cases of murder and dark magic. This ended the age of blood sacrifice, and the town was promptly punished by the gods, or so it seemed to Sanrin, with the onslaught of strange demons from the forests, which claimed the lives of both people and livestock. Sanrin suspected a local hunter named Jass of bringing the curse to their village.

Sanrin and his wife were formally accused and the villagers demanded swift justice. They chased the couple into their house where they shut the doors for fortification, and then the men torched the place. Jass and his wife Renoira finally emerged, coughing, and were executed on the spot. Sanrin knew he couldn’t stop this blood thirst if he wanted to, so he decided to make it a new blood sacrifice and beheaded them both in violation of Ferryport law.

He fled his home immediately. For several years, he hunted, and as he traveled, he began hunting demons along his path, becoming a better hunter as he went. He felt as if his blood sacrifice of Jass had given him Jass’s natural hunting prowess. It was his calling to hunt these things. As he moved from town to town, he found others—frightened and able—to join his cause, and his following grew. By day they would train intensely, and by night they would hunt. As word spread, the legend of the Demon Stalkers grew.

Sarach Taras

Sarach Taras is an Ishian tavern. It is small compared to the other well-known taverns and inns of the district. It is known by many as a place to discover rare and hard-to-find items. The owner, Itasi, is a dark-skinned Ishian man and collector of strange relics and antiques. He owns an extensive library, allowing him to identify many otherwise unidentifiable items.

 

 

Saria

Saria Truthkeeper

One of the Ferryport Seven, of Heroes of Ferryport who helped dispose Lord Glycyn.