The Adventurer's Guide to Theria - Volume 1: Ellara
5e
Undead, Undead Creature: 377 BEC The undead begin to rise from cemeteries in central Ellara. No cause was ever found.
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Titanshard Soldier: The voice offered Freya a bargain one day. “Abandon your mission. Withdraw from the world above completely and I can help you reach your full potential,” it said.
“If you pledge your loyalty to me, I will ensure that you and your people will live for an eternity. In return, when the time comes, you will help me join you above.”
It only made sense. This voice had been there for her. It would surely keep its promise. Her men wouldn’t understand though. She hated the thought, but she would have to lie to them. One evening, she left her chambers and ventured to the 1st floor. There, she ensured the main hatch that led topside was sealed off and damaged the locking mechanism. She then gathered her troops and asked them to accompany her to her floor. They would have a very important meeting about their future.
Titanshard Soldier, Figure: ?
Titanshard Specialist: The voice offered Freya a bargain one day. “Abandon your mission. Withdraw from the world above completely and I can help you reach your full potential,” it said.
“If you pledge your loyalty to me, I will ensure that you and your people will live for an eternity. In return, when the time comes, you will help me join you above.”
It only made sense. This voice had been there for her. It would surely keep its promise. Her men wouldn’t understand though. She hated the thought, but she would have to lie to them. One evening, she left her chambers and ventured to the 1st floor. There, she ensured the main hatch that led topside was sealed off and damaged the locking mechanism. She then gathered her troops and asked them to accompany her to her floor. They would have a very important meeting about their future.
Titanshard Specialist, Figure: ?
General Freya Titanshard: The voice offered Freya a bargain one day. “Abandon your mission. Withdraw from the world above completely and I can help you reach your full potential,” it said.
“If you pledge your loyalty to me, I will ensure that you and your people will live for an eternity. In return, when the time comes, you will help me join you above.”
It only made sense. This voice had been there for her. It would surely keep its promise. Her men wouldn’t understand though. She hated the thought, but she would have to lie to them. One evening, she left her chambers and ventured to the 1st floor. There, she ensured the main hatch that led topside was sealed off and damaged the locking mechanism. She then gathered her troops and asked them to accompany her to her floor. They would have a very important meeting about their future.
Zombie, Shambling Undead: In an act of revenge against a party of adventurers who had stolen from him and were fighting in The Pits, Emon Thermack of House Darksbane in Brightport unleashed a plague onto the people of Onak-Al. The population was transformed overnight into a horde of shambling undead, with only a few escaping alive.
Revenant: The gods choose not to be directly involved in the lives of mortals for the most part, but there are rare cases wherein a god may intervene on behalf of a recently deceased individual and allow them to see their quest through to its completion. The mortal is given the option to refuse this gift, but it is nearly always accepted for the opportunity to clear up unfinished business before moving on to the afterlife.
Acteronis Idwall Athanasius, Revenant: Then came a night that Acteronis could barely remember afterward, even at his most lucid. He went to the arena with his family, and shortly after they all fell ill. Not just the Athanasius family, but all of Onak-Al. He collapsed but some time later woke up dazed and surrounded by monsters that wore his friends’ faces. Somehow the city had been ravaged by a plague, and the populace had risen as the undead.
“I’ve had enough of all this tampering with life and death. You’ve been very kind to me, Khoury. At first I thought you gave me a gift when I learned that you brought me back, but I’m starting to realize that it was more of a curse—waking up with the walking corpses of the ones I loved.”
Ghost: ?
Specter: ?
Vampire: That was when the vampires appeared.
As ferocious and beastly as the founders were devout and uncompromising, the creatures stalked throughout the night to attack and feed off of any of the researchers foolish enough to expose themselves to danger. Many of them were turned and made into vampires themselves.
A vampire’s bite could change a person into one of them, but the person who was bitten did not change beyond the primal thirst within them.
You were bitten by a vampire and turned shortly after.
There is not a living or undead creature currently within Theria who can say with absolute certainty where vampires came from. Some claim it was the demon lords who sent them, and others say they are a blessing from The God of Undeath. However they came to be, the disease that is known as “vampirism” spreads relatively easily and, once a vampire is made, it is nearly impossible to return to one’s life before.
Vampirism can best be described as a magical virus transmitted via bite. Any person bitten by a carrier has a chance of becoming a vampire. The target rolls a Constitution save with a DC of 18, if they fail the save then they are infected. Once infected, the host will become gradually more ill until they die. This is a painful process and can take a week or more. Two or three days after death, the body will reanimate.
The Fang’s leader, Ripley, sold out his crew in order to become a vampire, handing over a large portion of them for The Countess to feed on. The rest were turned and now live in the city following orders from the mysterious woman.
Odoben, Half-Orc Vampire: ?
Thollin, Human Vampire, Resident Vampire: ?
Johnathon Orville, Half-Elf Vampire, Resident Vampire, Being of the Night: Having lived on a farm for most of his life, half-elf Johnathon Orville led a quiet life until the night he was attacked and murdered by a vampire. He was turned into a being of the night and, like many, had a hard time adjusting.
Saleena Morric, Half-Elf Vampire, Resident Vampire: Originally from the town of Aldmoor, Saleena Morric was a half-elf hunter until her death at the hands of a vampire outside of Aubrey. She awakened as part of the vampire brood and lived in the caverns near Aubrey for about four years. After a group of adventurers slayed most of the other vampires, she went to live in Aubrey and opened an all-hours inn with her friend Johnathon.
Venistrasa Lararath, The Countess, Elf Vampire, Fearsome Vampire, Imposing Monstress: ?
Newly-Reanimated Vampire, Newly-Turned Vampire: ?
Fiendishly Powerful Vampire: ?
Ripley Noonan, Human Vampire: In exchange for a few of The Fang’s members, he was able to barter himself into becoming a vampire and The Countess’s errand boy, though she holds him to such a low position that he is not allowed to enter her castle.
The Fang’s leader, Ripley, sold out his crew in order to become a vampire, handing over a large portion of them for The Countess to feed on.
Rayling Graystark, Vampire Lord: ?
Brock Banfield, Human Vampire: Bolstered by a larger crew, Brock and Krista had a surge of confidence and took on larger and larger jobs before being turned as vampires in Donhurst.
Krista Donlock, Human Vampire: Bolstered by a larger crew, Brock and Krista had a surge of confidence and took on larger and larger jobs before being turned as vampires in Donhurst.
Clifford Turner, Human Vampire, Creature of the Night: Clifford Turner was born in Whitehedge and taken care of by his mother Daphne. While she did her best to care for him, things became difficult after she lost her job and they had to move west to her old family home. On the way, they were grabbed by members of The Fang and taken to Donhurst. There, Daphne was eaten by the vampires and Clifford was taken to Castle Donhurst where he was held captive for weeks. The Countess turned the boy and tried to raise him as her son.
Grayson White, Human Vampire: The son of Angus White, Grayson White was bitten by one the vampires that ravaged Aubrey when he was in his early twenties. Grayson and his father tried to keep his affliction a secret but eventually Grayson fled town with his lover Tamera Sellars.
Kalras Grimnas, Tiefling Vampire: ?
Nemeru J'nai, Tiefling Vampire: She was bitten by a vampire while trying to save one of the townsfolk, and changed into a vampire.
Thorill Songsteel, Vampire: Thoril Songsteel believed his life hadn’t truly begun until the day he met up with his first adventuring party. It happened quickly, he teamed up with a group of nobodies in Winterhaven to rescue a noblewoman and was knighted for the trouble. Shortly after while on another mission, Thoril was bitten by a vampire, an affliction which drained his physical capabilities and dulled his enjoyment of life.
Uboh, Half-Orc Vampire: ?
Whisper, Half-Elf Vampire: ?
Wraith: ?
Zombie: In an act of revenge against a party of adventurers who had stolen from him and were fighting in The Pits, Emon Thermack of House Darksbane in Brightport unleashed a plague onto the people of Onak-Al. The population was transformed overnight into a horde of shambling undead, with only a few escaping alive.
Then came a night that Acteronis could barely remember afterward, even at his most lucid. He went to the arena with his family, and shortly after they all fell ill. Not just the Athanasius family, but all of Onak-Al. He collapsed but some time later woke up dazed and surrounded by monsters that wore his friends’ faces. Somehow the city had been ravaged by a plague, and the populace had risen as the undead.
Frozen Corpse: ?
Walking Corpse: Then came a night that Acteronis could barely remember afterward, even at his most lucid. He went to the arena with his family, and shortly after they all fell ill. Not just the Athanasius family, but all of Onak-Al. He collapsed but some time later woke up dazed and surrounded by monsters that wore his friends’ faces. Somehow the city had been ravaged by a plague, and the populace had risen as the undead.
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All of the dead in the region rise from their graves. They are hell-bent on attacking the living.
