Salem Mages

The Chancery

	Stoughton Mastigos Guardian of the Veil Bearer of the Eternal Voice, Hirearch of Salem Stoughton, of the Chancery. The Hierarch of Salem is Stoughton, a Mastigos Guardian of the Veil and initiate into the Bearers of the Eternal Voice. Though Stoughton is not the Epopt of the Oregon Caucus of the Guardians, his local political power is more than sufficient to put him in a position of importance not just in his consilium, but with the Guardians of the caucus in general. Indeed, most Guardians agree – if he wanted the position of Epopt, it is doubtful the Abbot could stop him. Hierarch Stoughton severely dislikes Agrippa, the Hierarch of Portland. The previous Hierarch of Portland was Stoughton’s initiator and mentor in the Guardians of the Veil. Moreover, the Guardians had long dominated both the Consilii of Portland and Salem; indeed, it had become something of a tradition that a Guardian served as Hierarch for Salem before taking on the duties of Hierarch in Portland. With the assumption of power by Agrippa, all that changed, of course. It is well-known that Stoughton keeps several agents active in Eugene and Springfield as well, ready to deal with any violations of the Mysteries should their little quibbles boil out of control. Stoughton is single-minded and dedicated in his relentless pursuit of preventing the Seers of the Throne from gaining any hold over Salem and the rest of Oregon.
	Aelandelia Swiftleaf Mastigos Guardian of the Veil Bearer of the Eternal Voice, X
	Dran Wands Noble and Apprentice Wizard A distant relation of Khelben's, Dran is an anxious young man. He knows that his family has pulled some significant strings to get him into Blackstaff Tower, and he is expected to excel. He is a young man in his early twenties, with lanky brown hair and bright, sparkling hazel eyes, and a bit of fashionable chin scruff. Though his family wants him to put everything aside in favor of his studies (hence moving him out of the Wands estate and into a tiny, cramped chamber in the Tower), he still continues to go carousing with his friends among the nobility.

• Former Apprentices of Blackstaff Tower

The Palace of Piergeiron

Lord Piergeiron Paladinson Open Lord of Waterdeep Piergeiron is the only openly-known Lord of Waterdeep, and speaks for all the Lords. He is also the City of Splendor’s chief diplomat to foreign powers and its chief defender, being both Commander of the Watch and Warden (commander) of the Guard. As Overmaster of the Guilds, he has clear authority to override Guild law, and his decree is the only absolute law in this city of interpretation and subtle evasion. As such, he is very safe from Waterdhavians— and his life is threatened by foreign powers, such as Amn, Calimshan, and Luskan, for the same reason: he is so above reproach, and so able in his administration and justice, that the City flourishes. Waterdhavians could not conceive of a better man to fill the offices Piergeiron discharges; those wishing the City ill want to remove him if at all possible. Piergeiron speaks seldom, and slowly; as a result, he is sometimes snidely known as “the Thickskull,” though never to his face. He is not stupid, but often pretends to be, to draw others out into verbal admissions they might otherwise not make. His grander nickname is due to the fact that his father Athar, “The Shining Knight,” The Arm of Tyr, was a very famous paladin adventurer of the North.

Aleena Paladinstar Daughter of Lord Piergeiron The only daughter of the Open Lord, Aleena has lived a life of seclusion for the most part, growing up in the private halls of the Palace and rarely leaving there, for her own safety. She is a very tall young woman (at sixteen years), about the height of her father, with a shy personality but stunning intellect.