Wvaske: Session 51 ingest: coin corruption and cure, fake truth orb, 42 mages recalled, genuine Brotherhood alliance, sending stone and vault imprint

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Session 51 ingest: coin corruption and cure, fake truth orb, 42 mages recalled, genuine Brotherhood alliance, sending stone and vault imprint

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	== Zelene ==		== Zelene ==
	'''Zelene''' is a mage of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]], stationed at the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] in [[Luskan]]. She gave [[Deez Nuts]] the intelligence they needed to begin their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]] in the [[Sea of Moving Ice]].		'''Zelene''' is a mage of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]], stationed at the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] in [[Luskan]]. She gave [[Deez Nuts]] the intelligence they needed to begin their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]] in the [[Sea of Moving Ice]] — and later, cured of the red-coin corruption by the same party, became the voice of the Brotherhood's genuine alliance with them.

	=== Description ===		=== Description ===
	A human woman in her mid-40s, tall, with dark gray hair worn in a tight bun and the robes of the Brotherhood. She keeps an Abjuration globe on her desk that functions as a light (and, the party suspected, a truth-ward).		A human woman in her mid-40s, tall, with dark gray hair worn in a tight bun and the robes of the Brotherhood. She keeps an Abjuration globe on her desk that functions as a light (and, the party suspected, a truth-ward). During the events of [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)\|Session 51]] the party learned the truth of the globe: it is '''just a mood light''' — theater, not divination. It always was.

	=== Role in Campaign ===		=== Role in Campaign ===
	In the first sitting of [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice\|Session 47]] (2026-02-01), the party came to the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] seeking word of [[Maccath the Crimson]]. Zelene recounted the researcher's fate from the Brotherhood's records: Maccath had gone north roughly three years earlier to study [[Arauthator]] ("Old White Death") and the [[Draakhorn]]; she continued sending magical messages for weeks after she stopped returning, the last reporting that she believed she had found the dragon's glacier lair; nothing had been heard since, and two Brotherhood search parties sent after her were lost. Zelene warned of the Sea of Moving Ice's lethal cold and authorized the Host Tower to sell the party cold-weather magic "at cost," with a buy-back arranged on their return.		In the first sitting of [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice\|Session 47]] (2026-02-01), the party came to the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] seeking word of [[Maccath the Crimson]]. Zelene recounted the researcher's fate from the Brotherhood's records: Maccath had gone north roughly three years earlier to study [[Arauthator]] ("Old White Death") and the [[Draakhorn]]; she continued sending magical messages for weeks after she stopped returning, the last reporting that she believed she had found the dragon's glacier lair; nothing had been heard since, and two Brotherhood search parties sent after her were lost. Zelene warned of the Sea of Moving Ice's lethal cold and authorized the Host Tower to sell the party cold-weather magic "at cost," with a buy-back arranged on their return.

			==== Session 51 — corruption and cure (2026-06-28) ====
			When the party returned to Luskan with the rescued Maccath, they found Zelene bloodshot and sleepless: she had spent roughly '''two weeks corrupted by the blood-red infernal coins''', during which the Brotherhood hoarded '''2,400 of them in the Host Tower vault''' "for study" — the coins, in truth, keeping the Brotherhood. Without knowing why, she had '''recalled all 42 of the Brotherhood's regional mages to the tower''' (the coins gathering guards for their hoard), and ran her fake "truth orb" through the party's whole audience with her.

			[[Baelgrum]] freed her with a feint — offering her the coins, then landing '''Remove Curse''' by touch. Horrified at her lost two weeks, Zelene shared a one-use '''teleportation imprint''' of the vault's interior so the party could reach the hoard, and declared the vault off-limits for a week as cover. After [[Karma]]'s Flaming Sphere melted the final 2,400 coins and the curse broke city-wide, Zelene offered something rarer than magic: honesty. She confessed that her earlier pledge of support had been '''an empty brush-off''' — "I was actually just trying to get you to leave. I had no intent of actually providing help had you asked. But that has changed. We will be at your service." The [[Arcane Brotherhood]] is now genuinely committed: '''mages will be dispatched to Waterdeep''' to stand with the [[Council of Waterdeep]] against [[Tiamat]]. She also gave the party a '''sending stone'''.

			A loose end: [[Shade]] convinced the cured Zelene (Deception 26) that the rival [[Bronze Blades]] carry red coins and should be searched thoroughly — an entirely false rumor the Brotherhood's mages now intend to act on.

	=== Relationships ===		=== Relationships ===
	* [[Arcane Brotherhood]] – Member, posted at the Host Tower		* [[Arcane Brotherhood]] – Member, posted at the Host Tower
	* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – A fellow Brotherhood mage whose disappearance she detailed		* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – A fellow Brotherhood mage whose disappearance she detailed
	* [[Deez Nuts]] – Provided them intelligence and equipment for the search		* [[Deez Nuts]] – Provided them intelligence and equipment for the search; they later cured her of the red-coin corruption, and she is now their committed ally
			* [[Baelgrum]] – Cast the Remove Curse that freed her

	=== Appearances ===		=== Appearances ===
	* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]] (first sitting, 2026-02-01)		* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]] (first sitting, 2026-02-01)
			* [[Session 51 - The Red Gold Reckoning (2026-06-28)]] (corrupted → cured → genuine ally)

	[[Category:NPCs]] [[Category:Arcane Brotherhood]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]		[[Category:NPCs]] [[Category:Arcane Brotherhood]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]

Wvaske: Session 47 backfill: create Zelene (Arcane Brotherhood mage at the Host Tower who briefed the party on Maccath; from the S47 first sitting, previously uncovered)

2026-06-18T00:50:22Z

Session 47 backfill: create Zelene (Arcane Brotherhood mage at the Host Tower who briefed the party on Maccath; from the S47 first sitting, previously uncovered)

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== Zelene ==
'''Zelene''' is a mage of the [[Arcane Brotherhood]], stationed at the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] in [[Luskan]]. She gave [[Deez Nuts]] the intelligence they needed to begin their search for [[Maccath the Crimson]] in the [[Sea of Moving Ice]].

=== Description ===
A human woman in her mid-40s, tall, with dark gray hair worn in a tight bun and the robes of the Brotherhood. She keeps an Abjuration globe on her desk that functions as a light (and, the party suspected, a truth-ward).

=== Role in Campaign ===
In the first sitting of [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice|Session 47]] (2026-02-01), the party came to the [[Host Tower of the Arcane]] seeking word of [[Maccath the Crimson]]. Zelene recounted the researcher's fate from the Brotherhood's records: Maccath had gone north roughly three years earlier to study [[Arauthator]] ("Old White Death") and the [[Draakhorn]]; she continued sending magical messages for weeks after she stopped returning, the last reporting that she believed she had found the dragon's glacier lair; nothing had been heard since, and two Brotherhood search parties sent after her were lost. Zelene warned of the Sea of Moving Ice's lethal cold and authorized the Host Tower to sell the party cold-weather magic "at cost," with a buy-back arranged on their return.

=== Relationships ===
* [[Arcane Brotherhood]] – Member, posted at the Host Tower
* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – A fellow Brotherhood mage whose disappearance she detailed
* [[Deez Nuts]] – Provided them intelligence and equipment for the search

=== Appearances ===
* [[Session 47 - The Sea of Moving Ice]] (first sitting, 2026-02-01)

[[Category:NPCs]] [[Category:Arcane Brotherhood]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]

Zelene - Revision history

Wvaske: Session 51 ingest: coin corruption and cure, fake truth orb, 42 mages recalled, genuine Brotherhood alliance, sending stone and vault imprint

Wvaske: Session 47 backfill: create Zelene (Arcane Brotherhood mage at the Host Tower who briefed the party on Maccath; from the S47 first sitting, previously uncovered)