Notable NPCs

Over the course of many adventures and generally around the Lighthouse, there are Non-Player Characters (NPCs) that are established in our world and that hold a certain relevance.

The following list is a reference of NPCs that are already roaming around and that can be used or interacted with. These are people your character might know about or individuals that a DM can use as a contact.

Most of these NPC are played only by the DMs and only a few have an additional footnote saying that everyone can use them for simple conversations or tasks. Such an NPC would be, for example, the bartender of the Spellbound Speakeasy, Henry.

Guild Leaders
The most notable position in the Lighthouse is that of the guild leader. There are currently three NPCs who hold this prestigious position and are managing the guild in terms of organization, logistics, and finances. They also keep their eyes and ears open for possible missions and adventures suitable for the guild members, and every official quest goes through one of their hands. 



Tante Gisela
Gisela— or insistently Tante Gisela to most — Is a very tranquil woman, who very well might have lived a simple life were it not for her insatiable curiosity. She just must know how things work and fit together, and record all of it of course. It’s no use if it’s not written down. Memory like an elephant, she always remembers those she meets, and people adore her genuine care in their lives and interests, big or small.

After her years as an adventure, Gisela once again tried to settle down. However quickly discovered that while she wasn’t young enough to go traipsing through dungeons and across the planes anymore, she didn’t think she’d ever truly be able to give up being constantly surprised and surrounded by new things every day. So really getting together with all her old friends to form a guild to guide the younger lot was the logical next step.

Geoff
Geoff is the perfect foil to Gisela. Where she is tranquil, he is flighty and quick to anger. Her curiosity is only checked by his cowardice and paranoia. He also forgets half the people he meets, three quarters of his responsibilities, and all of his showers.

Geoff was born in the city of Waterdeep, but ran away from home and into the forest as soon as possible. After a career of adventuring, his druidic magic keeps him looking like a 20 or 30 something man, even though he is older than Gisela. He mostly maintains protective spells around the Lighthouse and the greater Luskan area, when he isn't tending his garden.

Umbero Dominae
Umbero is a dear friend of Gisela and an associate of the other guild members from back in their adventuring days. An exceptionally skilled spymaster who developed powers of the mind while growing up on the streets of Thay. He has an considerable distaste of wizards who abuse their power having experienced such crimes at the hands of the Red Wizards. He maintains an incredibly wide and skilled network throughout the Faerun as far east as Thay and as far south as Calimshan.

Raus Brighton
Raus worked previously in Waterdeep under the pseudonym "Heron" and was an informant for Umbero. Presently, Raus helps run operations at the Lighthouse as well as the Luskan Hospital. He ultimately hopes he can use his medical expertise and extensive knowledge of the arcane in order to do some good for the world, despite his cold and no-nonsense demeanour.

Lighthouse Staff
There are also the people who work for the Lanterns in Hosttower who tend to the facilities and the guild's surroundings whilst they are not out adventuring themselves.

Henry De'Vorah
As the half-elf son of Nyx De'Vorah, Henry had to step into big boots as he grew up. Both in adventuring and bartending, he was a prodigy, taking after his mother, Nyx De'Vorah. Currently, he is a horizon walker who works in the Spellbound Speakeasy as bartender and functions sometimes as a consultant to the guild in questions about the Feywild.

RP-able by everyone for purposes of getting food and drink in the Speakeasy.

Eleanora
Eleanora is well-learned human diviner that specializes in information gathering and logistics. Even though she had a dark past due to being forcefully put to work for a Cult of Lady Fierna, by Maximillian who led the cult as a double agent for Belial, she has proven herself as an ally to Lostariel and by extension the Guild. Eleanora usually keeps to herself or keeps Lostariel company, although if approached she may on occasion be able to assist party members in information gathering or at least point them in the right direction.

Mona Brighton
Mona Brighton began as a starry-eyed adventurer who sustained a grievous injury early into her career that made it very difficult to use her hands for spellcasting. She retired early, settling down into a mundane life in Waterdeep as a shopkeeper for her family's business. She met Raus during this time, and the two became close over the following years. After the two became engaged, they went on a tour of the Sword Coast for a year and eventually settled down in Luskan.

Presently, Mona runs the Luskan Hospital with help from Raus. In recent years, with encouragement and guidance from him, she has been able to regain her ability to perform magic and she uses it to help along in operations at the establishment. She is a half-elf divine soul sorceress.