Here's the updated Glossary of all the people and creatures we've encountered so far in Mary Windfiddle's story. This time - with the Bulgarian translation after each name (for those three fellow Bulgarians who I know are reading the story)!
A dwarven cleric from Belfast. Very serious and responsible. Likes to make toys and interesting mechanical things. Sometimes forgets the name of his deity.
Not actually knighted. A human bard from Pamagos. Grew up in a circus. Likes to drink smoke. Enjoys the intimate company of all genders and species. Nearly dies a lot, but is otherwise very lucky.
Bruno's sister. Super cool. A druid. Likes to be unique. Supplies Aurum with weed. Mary likes her a lot. After the events of the first Arc, she found some friends (Asya, Toto and Vivian) and went on adventuring on their own.
Bruno and Paulina's brother. Disappeared in the tunnels beneath Belfast, along with a group of dwarven loggers. Known to be a tunnel safety specialist.
Dwarven loggers, captured by the duergar during the fight in the goblin cavern. After being imprisoned, they were being taken to 'the brains' (presumably to be offered as a sacrifice of some sort). Saved by Mary and her friends in their first fight with a Roper.
One of the dwarven loggers. After being captured by the Duergar, he was sent to Nurvureem's cavern to be her 'plaything'. He was tortured by the dragon but Mary and her friends managed to get him out. He lives in Belfast now.
Paulina’s friend and later teammate. Single mother, human. Doesn’t drink alcohol and likes to experiment with hairstyles. Has a daughter named Alexa who lives with her grandmother in Belfast.
Mary’s adoptive and Leefie’s biological mother. Wife of Bramble Windfiddle. Very caring, loves to dance. Used to be a travelling performer in Professor Rascal’s troupe.
Mary’s adoptive and Leefie’s biological father. Husband to Lilly Windfiddle. A famous performer who was often touring and having concerts during Mary’s childhood.
Lord Dwendel's missing daughter. Last seen six years ago in Pamagos. Known to be kind and merciful. Had merits with the elves and because of them her family was allowed in Myth Adofhaer.
! As of ‘Aftermath – part 4’ she’s with her family again, after Mary and her friends saved her from being controlled by Kloth.
Another adventurer hired by lord Dwendel to escort him from Pamagos to Myth Adofhaer. Brash and self-centered, likes to brag about his successes (or successes that he thinks are his).
! In ‘A Writer’s Dismay – part 5‘ we learned that he stole Mary’s manuscript and published it under the pseudonym ‘Flamingo’.
The last Emperor of Erathos. Died 48 years ago in dubious circumstances. Due to the details around his death never having been revealed, in certain circles he's thought to have been murdured by his wife Cremena.
The human ruler of Pamagos. Signed the Pamagos Agreement in 1197, along with the other rulers of Eastern Erathos. Likes to talk to people. Has a cat named Miyuki. Was Dorina Dwendel’s employer before she disappeared and is currently employing Elaria in her place.
Jared Flay’s sister and accomplice in publishing ‘Mary Windfiddle’s Grand Adventure’. Mary feels guilty for ruining her life by taking back the earnings from the book.
!Mary’s biological mother. Used to live in Pamagos but travelled to Myth Adofhaer, where she met Halas and they fell in love.
!Was turned undead after being kidnapped by Correlon Entivio, 18 years before the current events.
An adventurer bard, Mary’s favourite poet. Was close friends with Creen and Augustina Bright and disappeared in their shipwreck near Ekoba. Was rumored to have something to do with Maheshvara’s bells.
The parents of Edmund Bright, died in a shipwreck near Ekoba six years ago. Creen was Emperor Ignas II’s son but everybody who knew him says that he didn’t have his father’s ‘spirit’.
One of the three elven Elders, head of the Council of Hundred. Signed the Pamagos Agreement in 1197, along with the other rulers of Eastern Erathos. <Very buff, known to leading the elves in battle. Wears glasses. Was Falka’s friend and Halas’ teacher back in the day. Knows Gillean and owns the Fen’thras bow.>
One of the three elven Elders, head of the Council of Hundred. She doesn’t like outsiders, Francesca Findabair and Belfast. Is mistrustful to anyone who wants to ‘steal’ information from the elven Archives.
A nice elf, for a change. Was given the task of ‘babysitting’ our heroes and getting them from one place to the next in Myth Adofhaer. Very calm, very patient. Is a Paladin of the Ancients but for some reason hasn’t advanced in her craft for the last 42 years.
An elf scientist (dead). Used to do experiments with plants, tried to give them consciousness in order for them to be able to protect themselves. Presumably killed by one of his own test subjects- a living tree.
The half-elven wife of Ignas II. Some people think she's killed her husband 48 years ago. Lives in Myth Adofhaer and is under its protection. The elves are aiming to put her on her late husband's throne.
An elven woman and her little girl. Got betrayed by Moira’s brother-in-law Clement and were abducted by the Duergar who were going to take them to Menzoberranzan as a gift for its ruler.
Moira’s brother-in-law. Works with the Duergar. Betrayed his family when his life was at stake. When he got back to Myth Adofhaer, he pretended to be very distraught by their disappearance to avoid more questioning.
The elven man who confessed to the undead attacks and kidnappings six years ago, but had recently started rambling that he was innocent and wasn’t himself back then.
! Turned out to have been controlled by Kloth and his whole capture had been staged.
!Mary’s biological grandmother, died in battle a long time ago, protecting the world from an unnamed evil. For some reason, speaking of her and her ‘feat’ is forbidden among the elves.
The husband of Olivia Enry. Mourns her death even to this day.
!Turned out to be behind all the cyclic Undead activity and the kidnapping of elven maidens. Did it all to try and bring back his late wife’s soul and preserve her body.
A dark entity known to have been behind all the cyclic Undead activity and the kidnapping of elven maidens. Tried to make a deal with Mary and her friends but had to fight them instead.
!Turned out to have been Correlon Entivio the whole time.
An elven artist, hired to make our heroes’ statue after they finished their feat for the elves. Known to have made the special map for Dorina Dwendel which is now at the possession of our heroes.
A female wizard, human. Founded Zerakas tol 700 years ago and is still its ruler to this day. Signed the Pamagos Agreement in 1197 along with the other rulers of Eastern Erathos. Known to have died in battle multiple times.
Ignas II's grandson, 14 years old. Lives in Zerakas tol and is under its protection. People who know him say he's just like his grandfather. Zerakas tol is aiming to put him on Ignas' throne to unite the Empire once again.
The prezident of Ekoba. Known to have had the previous king assassinated 48 years ago in order to take his throne. Signed the Pamagos Agreement in 1197, along with the other rulers of Eastern Erathos.
A creepy old lady with freakishly long fingers. Owns ‘The Hut’. Shady as f*ck. Likes our heroes, calls them her ‘grandchildren’. Finds stuff for them and lets them shop in ‘The Hut’ at a discount in exchange for
! them letting her know what they do at any given moment. In ‘The Heroes of Belfast – part 5’ she gave them a special card-reading.
! Mary’s biological father. Fell in a deep gorge while running from the dark-cloaked elves from Myth Adofhaer. His last wish was for the Archfey Gillean to take his daughter and save her.
Duergar brothers (a.k.a. dark dwarves). Ugarhos got killed by Agrax. Mary and her companions met Barhados in their first mission together and spared his life.
A giant made of stone. Leads the Duergar. Has sent an ultimatum to Belfast to either give his people access to their mines, or be destroyed by his army.
A black dragon. Terrifying. Likes to torture her victims. Captured Mary when she messed up her retreat. Was very angry when our heroes saved Fennec from her claws.
A pair of Drow (a.k.a. dark elves) that were escorting some prisoners from Gracklstugh to Menzoberranzan. Fought our heroes in ‘The Prison Cart’ and died after the tunnel collapsed on their heads.
A Drow (Dark Elven) enchantress that Mary’s familiars saw making a deal with the Duergar back in ‘The Great Familiar Recconnaisance’. Known to have taken the soul of Moira’s husband and used it as a spell component.
A shady individual who took the Artefact from the stone giant Agrax and teleported somewhere. Known also as ‘the Bishop’ and ‘the one who’s mudding the water’.
A Loxodon (elephant-headed person). A legendary figure, famous for leading the defence of Kipsos pass against demons in year 918. Had magical bells that looked the same as the one Aurum has.
! Maheshvara is actually a title, not a name. The previous Maheshvara was called Joakim Berros and he dies from old age around the year 960.
The messenger guild in Eastern Erathos. Able to magically find the recipients for the messages sent through them. Patroned by the goddess of knowledge Ioun.
A Bearer who Mary knew in her childhood but whom she hasn’t seen in years.
Lara, Lanna
(Лара, Лана)
Aurum’s alter egos. He made them with the Alter Self spell and used them, respectively, as decoys, first against his parents and then against the kidnapper of elven girls.
Alfred and Sesillia di Castillo (Алфред и Сесилия ди Кастийо)
(introduction chapter)
Undead creatures. Grey skin, not very intelligent. Known for their bite which infects people with ‘ghoul fever’ – an illness which soon kills its victims and turns them into ghouls as well.
Sent by Mary's Patron to 'guard' the sleeping Bruno while she and Aurum went on a solo mission. Always angry. Has a toothpick-sized sword and WILL stab you!
Good day! The mushroom people who inhabit the cavern adjacent to Sylvanas’ laboratory. Were friends with the elf and mourn his death. One of them calls itself ‘Mr. Fungus’.
Also known as ‘a land shark’. A heavily armoured creature which burrows deep underground and eats anything that it comes in contact with. Not very intelligent but deadly.
Small green skinned creatures. Can be good, can be bad. We know of two tribes living in the Upper Dark – The Ravens and The River Folk. Viyra and Kiyra are from the latter.
A very dangerous creature, likes to eat flesh. When sleeping, can be mistaken with a column or stalactite/stalagmite. When awoken, forms an eye, a mouth full of sharp teeth and several tentacles with which it can move and catch its prey.
The Fearsome Threesome, characters from a fairytale Mary and Aurum knew from childhood. Also, Mary’s favourite origami familiars. Atti is an owl, Aingels is a tressym (a flying cat) and Rudhol is an almiraj (a bunny with a horn on its forehead).
Also known as ‘the Thing Under the Bridge’. Babbles incoherently when people are close by and, if it’s awakened, screams with a thousand voices and compels its victims to jump into his embrace.
Dark Elves. They have greyish skin and white hair. Live in the Underdark and are sensitive to light. The members of the ‘Kyone Veldrin’ legion are trained to fight with blindfolds to compensate for that.
Greyskinned variation on the Light gnomes. Live in the Underdark and love, love, love jewels and precious stones. Can be summoned by knocking with one of those on a tunnel wall. The ground around them abides by their every need and they are able to walk through self-digging and self-closing tunnels through the Underdark.
Two of Mary’s origami familiars. Peter is a spider and Paulo (I mean Pow-lo!) is a rat (so what if Paulina has a rat form? It’s not like he’s named after her!).
An Undead creature. When an arsonist dies and is risen with necromancy, their soul is manifesting as a one. Nasty little thing, likes to throw fireballs around.
A special division of the Elven forces. Known to have special sapphire brooches as badges. They were first encountered moving a caged wagon through the Red forest.
!Turns out the name of their division is ‘The Order of Falka’. How curious!
A whole blessinig of them lives in the forests of Myth Adofhaer! They are wondrous creatures who can only be approached my ‘untouched maidens’. Their life force is known to keep the Mythalar (the barrier holding the outer world away) up.
Bruno’s deity! God of blacksmiths and crafters. Known to have given the world its form and forged the first dwarves. Values proactivity, valour and honest labor.
Mary worships her! Goddess of knowledge and prophecy. She created language and writing so that information can be shared among the mortals. Known to have given pegasi to the first Bearers to allow them to deliver their messages around the world.
Goddess of the chromatic dragons. Usually depicted as a five-headed dragon. Her symbol is a five-pointed star, each of the points in a different colour characteristic of the dragons in her care.
So!
That's all, folks!
At least for now.
I hope you don't get too confused with all the people and creatures in Mary's world. If you don't know where anything is, take a look at the Map of Eastern Erathos.
Episodes of Mary Windfiddle's story come out every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
(Also, here's a link to the Chapter Guide and the Glossary for the series. You're welcome!)
An important disclaimer: These are my notes from a D&D game turned into a narrative. All the worldbuilding and NPC encounters belong to our DM, and all the actions of the other main characters (Aurum and Bruno) belong to my co-players. My contribution to the story is only everything Mary-related (actions, reactions, inner thoughts), as well as the writing itself.
