The Nobility Hit List
Countess Virelle Ashdawn, the Gilded Widow
Riptide Code Name: Goldgrave
Title: High Treasurer of The Vessel
Appearance: Pale gold skin (rumored to be from tinctures of powdered sunstone), crimson eyes, and a wardrobe made entirely of black mourning silks. Her jewelry never tarnishes because it’s cursed to drink the life of anyone who touches it.
Personality: Cold, meticulous, poetic in cruelty. Collects people like others collect coins.
Agenda: Oversees the city’s vaults and launders funding through “philanthropic restoration projects.”
Secret: She keeps her dead husband’s soul bound inside her ring finger, whispering financial counsel from beyond the grave.
Lord Branik Toll, The Iron Saint
Riptide Code Name: Saint Iron
Title: Commander of the City Guard
Appearance: A war-scarred human with a silver breastplate polished to a mirror sheen, etched with the holy sigil of Ilmater—corrupted and inverted. His voice always carries, even in a whisper.
Personality: Devout zealot turned executioner. Believes mercy is weakness.
Agenda: Runs the guard as a private militia for The Vessel. Suppresses dissent, captures “heretics,” and oversees forced labor in the wall construction.
Secret: His armor is blessed with the blood of innocents; he hears their screams whenever he prays, and he likes it.
The captains details about Toll
Toll, when he’s not at his “sanctuary”, can be found in the Crescent Isle Obelisk, schmoozing with The Vessel and getting his next set of dirty work marching orders. Usually this comes in the form of
Lady Calthea Venn, The Perfumed Knife
Riptide Code Name: Jasmine
Title: Minister of Culture and Festivals
Appearance: A drow noble with skin like obsidian glass and silver tattoos swirling over her neck and shoulders. Always smells of jasmine and steel.
Personality: Charismatic, savage, loves theater and murder equally.
Agenda: She uses city festivals as cover for dark rituals, feeding on collective joy.
Secret: She’s secretly undead herself—her laughter’s just breath echoing through a corpse animated by pure vanity.
Baron Renik Duskmire, The Bog-Blood Prince
Riptide Code Name: Low Tide
Title: Lord of Trade and Maritime Law
Appearance: Half-orc with seafoam eyes and damp, mossy hair that never dries. Always barefoot, trailing the scent of salt and rot.
Personality: Jovial on the surface, but his smile hides fangs—literally.
Agenda: Controls all shipping in and out of Crookwater, ensuring that The Vessel’s cargo moves unnoticed beneath the guise of trade.
Marquis Eland Trask, The Mirrormaker
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Riptide Code Name: Mirrorfall
Title: Chief Architect of The Wall
Appearance: Thin to the point of breaking, face powdered to hide translucent skin where veins shimmer with black ichor. Wears tinted lenses because his eyes reflect what he wants to see, not what is.
Personality: Dreamy, soft-spoken, obsessed with symmetry.