Shade

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Shade

Tiefling Bard

Personality

A charismatic bard whose family connections to Thundertree run deeper than expected.

Faction Membership

• Zhentarim – Inducted in Session 06 with codename "Fang"

Character Arc

• Daughter of Reidoth the Druid (revealed in Session 08)
• Offered to immortalize Venomfang the green dragon in song
• Previously had an encounter with a doppelganger named Verhys
• Fireproof (revealed in Session 04)
• Can commune with the dead, travels with ghostly companion Cooter (revealed in Session 04)

Relationships

• Fellow party members: Bechamel, Bruder, Keyleth Siannodel, Xanphina, Gootcha Zinnoa, Cosima, Shade, Swarm of Rats
• Father: Reidoth – Druid of Thundertree

Notable Moments

During Session 46 - Diggy Diggy Hole, Shade experienced profound mycelial-induced visions when exposed to Myconid rapport spores in Garmok's Mine. These hallucinogenic experiences revealed disturbing spectral imagery that may hold significance for future events.

Shade's mycelial vision - a spectral winged creature encountered during the rapport spore experience

Appearances

• Session 01 – The Road to Phandalin
• Session 02 – The Goblin Lair Negotiations
• Session 03 – Welcome to Phandalin
• Session 04 – Fire and Faith at Cragmaw Castle
• Session 05 – The Black Spider's Shadow – Demonstrated deception skills
• Session 06 – Shadows and Allegiances
• Session 07 – Murder Hobos: Welcome to the Grind
• Session 08 – Thundertree: Family, Faith, and Fang
• Session 09 – Wave Echo Cave: The Depths Awaken
• Session 10 – Blood and Echoes in the Dark
• Session 14 – The Calm Before Greenest
• Session 16 – The Secret Tunnel and the Storm
• Session 19 - The Cultist Encampment and the Fate of Leosin (8/13/23)
• Session 21 - The Depths of the Dragon Hatchery (10/8/23)
• Session 22 - The Fate of the Dragon Eggs (11/19/23)
• Session 23 - The Pair of Black Antlers and the Caravan Plan (12/2/23)
• Session 25 - Murder on the Trade Way (1/28/24)
• Session 28 - Alliance of Scales (3/24/24)
• Session 35 - The Training Montage Begins
• Session 36 - Gootcha Talks to Death
• Session 38 - Now We Have a Hoard
• Session 39 - Waves, Wands, and Wagon Tracks
• Session 40 - Deez Nuts Brew Deals, Break Oaths, and Bake Blades
• Session 41 - Return to the Castle
• Session 42 - Bagpipes, Blood, and the Bronze Blades
• Session 43 - The Council of Waterdeep
• Session 44 - Garmok's Mine
• Session 45 - The Mind Gobbler
• Session 46 - Diggy Diggy Hole

• Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice