NPCs of Note
 King
Pankard
The last grandchild of the popular King Jash III, Pankard
went into hiding as a child. Ever fearful that his aunt,
the Queen Yurissa, would find him out, he moved from town to
town. For a time, he stayed with the Ahnzeen monks and
hid in the great halls of Mourningthain. As he
approached his 18th birthday, he found himself in Kyrdanna,
where his fate finally caught up to him. Found out first
by the Illriggers and later by the Queen, he was held
captive. Luckily, adventurers attempting to thwart the
forces of evil freed him and helped him to lead a quick rebellion.
Pankard is a fair and intelligent man who, in the
intervening 18 years of his reign, has instituted reforms both
in government and society. Granting the common man more
freedom and control over their own lives, Pankard has given
the power of the vote to all adult and free people on Faalor.
He has allowed all races to prosper, exchange trade and ideas,
while limiting the power of the Church and the nobility.
In recent years, his popularity has only grown. His is
now 36, married with two children (Jenya, 17 and Vlademar,
15). His wife, Queen Freda (of House Jarval) recently
passed away.
Professor Nimbus Kruet
One of the most influential books published in the past
five years is the notorious 'The Morality of Pleasure' by
Professor Nimbus Kruet. The book has been widely read
and every one of the seven printings have sold out in short
order. Essentially, Prof. Kruet proposes that morality comes
from selfishness and that doing what is 'right for yourself'
is always the best policy. Because reality is
'self-imposed' (commonly taken to mean, created not from
outside ourselves but from subjective feelings, most readers
take it to mean that what feels good is morally good. Prof.
Kruet's works is universally despised by the Church and other
traditionalists. Kruet is a professor of philosophy at
the new University of Duath.
Arch-Bishop Ashar Yew
With the death of Arch-bishop Remchat Morl last year, Ashar,
the Bishop of Duath assumed the title of Arch-Bishop of Faalor.
Arch-Bishop Yew is a kindly old man, but his past still haunts
him. He was an Inquisitor for many long years before
becoming the Bishop of Duath. He was known for his
ruthless hounding of 'witches' and anyone who might even
entertain a mildly heterodox thoughts. Today, he stands
as the bastion of traditional Faalorian Church teachings, both
moral and political. Though the Church has become less relevant
and influential in recent years, Yew hopes to mount a revival.
 Vlora
Keryn
Vlora is an ancient vampire with extraordinary abilities.
For many a long year, she ruled a city in a land of mist.
One evening, a group of adventurers broke into her manor house
before the sun went down. They found her barely able to
stir. With a stake at her heart, she knew she was
doomed, but fate (or some other power) intervened as a deep
mist overcame the would-be vampire-killers. With the ash
stake still on her chest, Vlora awoke in in a forest near
Bridalveil. She spent several years in the area,
destroying the weaker undead that had followed her from the
Lands of the Mists, then moving on to Gundar where she did the
same. She was then drawn to the power of the elven
necromancer Verlydaar who seemed to have some control over
her. Later, the elf was killed in the Battle for
Havenshire and she was free to wander alone. (Or so the
tale is often told.)
Even though she is clearly an undead, stories have surfaced
that she has rescued lost travelers from wolves, slain thieves
and returned the stolen goods and agreed to right some wrong
on behalf of the poor and oppressed. She has been seen
throughout Faalor, but the Inquisition or later attempts to
track her down has proved fruitless.
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