So my PCs are dead set on trying to recruit Sivron Nal and the people of Cavlinor to their rebellion, as they (rightfully) fear that the Ironfang Legion will take over their area.
Has anyone made any developments to this town and its leader, Sivron Nal? Any tips on how the PCs could convince they to leave their lodge?
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i don't think that there's going to be a problem getting them out of the lodge - the problem is keeping them in the fight. a few elves aren't going to stop ( or even try to stop ) the Legion.
I think the hook about them having a grove and some of them looking after ancient elven ruins might be helpful.
In any event, I would have Cavlinor abandoned by the elves - they just can't stay on that side of the river - and them head over to the Fangwood. They are reaching out to the Fey of the Fangwood, so maybe some of them get abducted by cruel or malicious fey (like those in book 2) or some of the darker creatures from book 5.
The PCs have to investigate the elven ruin, or ancient grove, or other elven place of yore, where these couple of elves were scouting looking for safe refuge and rescue them from these vile fey.
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so... let's say in Book 1 they try to win the elves over, the elves say no. and you do a bridge between 1 and 2 where they fine out either by going to the ruins of cavlinor, or by finding some wounded elves in the woods that it didn't go too well, and they have a short adventure/diplomacy section where they have to win them over.
the elves can then provide added intelligence on one of the castles in book 2.
Thanks for the reply, Yakman. Right now I just finished book 1 and will be running a session to tie loose ends. I think I'll deal with this issue while I have the time right now.
On my second or third read-thru I finally catched on Sivron Nal being referred as "they" and "their" in the text, implied they are non-binary (English is not my first language, so it took me a while to get there). Could anyone offer any insights on how to describe and portray such character faithfully?
It sucks that my native language (Portuguese) doesn't have a non-gendered pronoun (even our objects are gendered for some reason!).
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Thanks for the reply, Yakman. Right now I just finished book 1 and will be running a session to tie loose ends. I think I'll deal with this issue while I have the time right now.
On my second or third read-thru I finally catched on Sivron Nal being referred as "they" and "their" in the text, implied they are non-binary (English is not my first language, so it took me a while to get there). Could anyone offer any insights on how to describe and portray such character faithfully?
It sucks that my native language (Portuguese) doesn't have a non-gendered pronoun (even our objects are gendered for some reason!).
that's not the english way of reading it.
there's no gender implication in the text.
that's just how you refer to someone in the 3rd person.
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I don't think so. Sivron is the only case of an NPC described by the book without the gender tag in the short description. Everyone else is like Vane Oreld (N male human expert 2) while Sivron is just (CG elf rogue 5).
Sivron Nal (CG elf rogue 5) earned theirposition managing the distant outpost by advocating for more ready inclusion of half-elves into Kyonin politics and families, and they still agitate on behalf of those with blended parentages, even with the limited authority they command, tutoring the curious in elven history, culture, and magic in exchange for scouting services.
Those are three separate, deliberate uses of the singular "they", followed by the only instance of not mentioning of the NPC's gender on the book. I'd say that's good evidence for my case.