Elowen Starshadow – Moon Warden of Moonbeam Village
Elowen Starshadow is the wood elf leader of Moonbeam Village, a lunar enclave visible only by moonlight. She sends word by owl or dream, practices lunar magic, and works in tandem with the elven queen to guard sacred sites.
Queen Caelith Dawnwhisper – Queen of Quel'Anor
Queen Caelith Dawnwhisper rules Quel'Anor, the elven capital grown from the heart of the Ardent Woods. Part monarch and part archmage, she meditates beneath a roofless court of stars and is the unofficial spiritual leader of the whole region.
Bramble Oakenshade – Druid of Thornbrook
Bramble Oakenshade is the towering, fatherly firbolg druid who leads Thornbrook, the springside sanctuary of healing in the Ardent Woods. He pours tea before business, talks with the old willow by the main spring, and is the one the Woods' leaders call the body.
Alina Goldthread – Village Elder of Goldleaf Haven
Alina Goldthread is the silver-haired half-elf elder of Goldleaf Haven, the Ardent Woods' welcoming gateway. A gentle but firm mediator, she brokers between eager foreign traders and cautious wood elves.
Issue #5 - Into the Endless Expanse: A Scholar's Lamp, a Harbor Pilot and the Last Mile
This week in the Endless Expanse: a free scholar and a harbor map, a pilot and a storm-bird for Local Heroes, and a last-mile caravan encounter for levels 2-4.
The Last Mile
Salt wind reaches your caravan a mile out, and every camel leans toward the sea. Thirsthound waits on the dunes for one to run.
Jessamy Karrow - The Unrelieved
Nobody on this wall is tired, Captain. I checked every post myself.
Issue #4: Into the Brackish Brinelands: Lanterns, Lost Names and a Light That Answers
This week in the Brackish Brinelands: a free bog guide and a reed-basin map, a lantern-keeper and a wraith for Local Heroes, and a lantern-rite encounter for level 5.
Ismay Bonewright - Fossil-Hunter and Guide of the Serpent Sandspine
Ismay Bonewright is a halfling fossil-hunter who guides scholars, carvers and expeditions across the Serpent Sandspine. She follows every Skystorm to see what it uncovered, leaves a field before noon, and never digs where the scavengers will not go.
Zarax the Unyielding - Master of the Scufflestray Gauntlet
Zarax the Unyielding is the half-orc master of the Scufflestray Gauntlet, the caged arena at the edge of Haboob. Scarred, calm and fiercely fair, he accepts every yield with respect, keeps healers at every gate and is the last challenger any fighter must face.
Gloamfold - The Swarm of Bats
Every dusk the sky over the lagoon folds in on itself. Learn which way it turns before you sleep.
Sesskavar - The Yuan-ti Malison
He sits closest to the fire, thanks you twice, and never takes off his gloves. By morning, one bedroll is empty.