WOTR NPC Aron Kir's page

As the armies prepared for battle, Aron and the other scouts circulated around the fortress, assessing the armies as the prepared for battle. Aron gave his report to the leaders.

"From the sounds of conversations that we could hear coming from just behind the curtain wall of the outer fortress, there are three armies. One sounds like a relatively small army of dretches, about the same size as the Knights of Kenabres although not as formidable. There seem to be two larger camps preparing, one sounding like it is made up chiefly of tieflings, and a second of humans. We heard prayers suggesting the cultist of the Ivory Labyrinth. Only the tieflings have bows, so be prepared for arrow attacks as the armies move across the bridge. There is no gate blocking the way to the inner courtyard, but the walls will provide some cover for the defending armies, obviously."

If anyone wants to lead the mercenary army, speak up. Otherwise, I'll assume Irabeth will lead them and I'll make decisions. They'd follow any strategy suggested by Anarya, however, so let me know if you have a particular strategy the mercenary army will start the battle with. If you look at the Drezen map, you'll see the five armies. I'm not going to worry about positions so any army can attack any enemy army, even though some of the armies will be behind the walls. They'll get a boost to their DV due to the fortress, so that will be factored in.

Aron shook his head vigorously. "After the first battle at Vilareth Ford, I found the bottles in my pack when I settled in for the night. I tried to throw them away but I couldn't. Something about the atmosphere seemed to make the temptation to use again overwhelming. I'm sorry."

Aron looked at his feet and said, "It's no use. I should go back to Kenabres. I'm a stone around your neck."

Anarya may make a diplomacy check to convince Aron to let Sosiel use magic to heal him of his addiction and carry on. Sosiel's presence gives her a +5 bonus.

Aron smiled as his opinion was sought. "Hello, Karas. I don't think these lay-abouts are smart enough to plan something that clever. Their leader appears to have teleported to safety. Letting a few hundred soldiers get slaughtered to set up an ambush doesn't seem likely. Not that they're not heartless enough to make such a sacrifice, it just is not the way the demon aligned armies seem to roll."

Another NPC that starts as part of the army is Aron Kir, a male human rogue level 5 with one level of low templar prestige class.
Aron is an expert in traps design and disarming, having studied with dwarven trapmasters as they installed traps in some of the Crusader strongholds. He is almost always found in the company of Sosiel Vaenic.