Sword of the Gods - Bruce R. Cordell [122]
Chant Morven (CHANT MORE-ven)
The proprietor of a pawnshop in the city of Airspur. Besides selling the hopes and dreams of Airspur’s desperate and destitute, Chant also heads up a network of informants that keep him apprised of events in and around the city. Chant is a portly human.
Riltana “Rilta” (ril-TAHN-ah)
Riltana is a windsoul genasi who makes a living stealing from Airspur’s elite and wealthy visitors to the city by night, and as a messenger in the Airstepper’s Guild by day. Four years ago, she took a commission from a foul-breathed fellow named Kalkan to steal Demascus’s scarf.
OTHER CHARACTERS
Brenwin (BREN-win)
A follower of Oghma, someone Demascus remembers from a fragment memory.
Carmenere (kar-men-AIR)
An estranged friend of Riltana, and a relative of Queen Arathane. Carmenere is a disciple of the moon and a respected silverstar in the city.
Chevesh (Cheh-VESH)
A slightly insane fire mage. Unflattering rumors paint Chevesh as someone without remorse. One of the more powerful personages in Airspur, he’s no one to cross lightly. Chevesh spends his days in his laboratory, experimenting with magic beyond even his understanding.
Master Raneger (RAN-neh-gur)
The eladrin owner of the Den of Games. Many suspect Raneger is a powerful crime lord in Airspur.
Jaul (JAHL)
The estranged son of Chant Morven. Jaul is aged 18 winters, and to show his independence from his father, has taken up employment with Raneger, the owner of the Den of Games.
Jett Var (JET)
Important genasi in the Firestorm Cabal beneath the deputy commander of the organization. He serves on a task force headed by Lieutenant Leheren that was formed to look into a rash of monster sightings and related deaths around Airspur.
Garel Komar (GAH-rell)
A Firestorm Cabal member who serves with Jett on the task force headed by Lieutenant Leheren, which was formed to look into a rash of monster sightings and related deaths around Airspur.
Kalkan (KAL-kin)
Someone who knows a lot more about Demascus than Demascus himself can remember, and who apparently bears Demascus ill will.
Landrew (LAN-dru)
A follower of Oghma, someone Demascus remembers from a fragment memory.
Lieutenant Leheren (leh-HAIR-en)
An important figure in the Firestorm Cabal who answers directly to the deputy commander of the organization. Lieutenant Leheren was tasked with getting to the bottom of the spate of demon sightings and related deaths around Airspur. Leheren is a stormsoul genasi.
Murmur
A demonic entity from a fossil dimension with the capacity to possess the dreams of its victims, and send nightmares roving in the waking world.
Scour
A demonic entity from a fossil dimension with the capacity to animate swarms with a single purpose.
Tarsis (TAR-sis)
A follower of Oghma, someone Demascus remembers strangling to death with his scarf from a fragment memory.
Queen Arathane (air-WRATH-ah-nee)
Akanûl is ruled by Queen Arathane (in partnership with the Four Stewards). Arathane is considered a just ruler by the genasi she rules. In addition to dealing with important matters of state, the queen finds herself besieged by suitors and potential matchmakers. The queen is approaching her fourth decade of life, and the question of succession causes a great deal of gossip. Yet the iron-willed Arathane doesn’t consider it to be a pressing issue since her mother, Queen Cyndra, and her grandmother both bore a child late in life.
Voice of Tomorrow
Enigmatic divine force that can apparently see the future laid out as easily as the past.
Yuriel (YOUR-ee-al)
A watersoul genasi Firestorm Cabal member pledged to the secret cult serving the Elder Elemental Eye.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Thanks to Greg Bilsland, Bart Carroll, Dee Westman Cordell, Torah Cottrill, and Erin M. Evans for their insightful and supportive writing critiques; to Matthew Sernett, Brian Cortijo, and Matt James who penned the series of amazingly helpful Explore Airspur articles; to Jan Nield for sewing the