Non Player Characters of Import.  These are re-occurring folk that we encounter on our travels.  They will be posted as we encounter them (so that's a hint that we will see a person again if they show up here) and will be "with" us until the end of the adventure in multiple encounters.

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[/hider]--this symbol (with slight variations occasionally) is carved in the holy symbol found and also on the maps of the unknown land that Brisa is carrying 

[hider=Hairlissa]
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[/hider]--A high priest of S'seth, this Yuan-ti Pureblood is one of the most powerful of his priesthood.  As a pureblood she was considered a lesser member of her race, a low caste creature, more close to humans than Yuan-ti.  Hairlissa didn't accept that, she was all ambition and drive and as a powerful natural shapeshifter she learned how to use it to her advantage as well as use her hated human appearance to deceive and manipulate the humans who shared the land.  She devoted herself to the yuan-ti god, and found favor with him.  She climbed the ranks of his priesthood faster than anyone in the past and soon was not only a high priest but one of his Chosen; gifted with more than just spells but a touch of his divine power.  She has been watching the children in various reptile forms since Loudwater, remaining hidden and observing their actions only without interfering.  At least for the time being. 

[hider=Kief]
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[/hider]--A devotee of Ubtao, the Chultean god of creation, Kief has been removed from his rank as a priest of Ubtao.  A true lycantrhope, a were-boar, his family shuns strong emotions...anger, hate, passion, fear, even love.  Were-boars are above such things.  Or they are supposed to be.  But Kief fell in love, and discovered jealousy, and killed in anger.  He was cast out of his clan.  He was demoted from the priesthood which also shuns violence.  Only because of this, because he was not longer a priest of Ubtao and no longer seeing the world through Ubtao's eyes, was he able to see the darkness of Eshowdow and at least see that he was working to bring down the Chultean gods.  Even if he couldn't tell what the plan was he knew something was wrong.   His family and the priesthood refused to listen to him so on his own he headed out to find out.  Though he was shunned by the priesthood his god never left him, and he still has a few spells at his disposal but most of his strength is in his determination.  Only in Baulder's gate did he begin to put together Eshowdow's plan.  Unfortunately he has no idea how to stop it, but he discovered the children and their determination and it resonated with his own.  His animal instincts told him these young people were the key to it all.