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Session 50 ingest: create Marfulb, the ice toad scholar of Oyaviggaton
 
Consolidate the ice-toad scholar onto canonical "Marfulb" (merge richer detail from the Marfold page); add S48+S50 appearances
 
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== Marfulb ==
== Marfulb ==
'''Marfulb''' is an ice toad scholar encountered at [[Oyaviggaton]] during the slaying of [[Arauthator]] in [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]].
'''Marfulb''' is a giant ice toad scholar dwelling in the caverns of [[Oyaviggaton]], whom [[Deez Nuts]] befriended in [[Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)|Session 48]]. ''(Name heard in play as "Marfulb"/"Marfold"; "Marfulb" is canonical.)''
 
=== Description ===
A large, intelligent ice toad who keeps a desk buried under mountains of paperwork — a researcher documenting the lands north of the Spine of the World: the [[Sea of Moving Ice]], the Ice Hunter culture, the Ten Towns, and the region's trolls. Her work is the kind of knowledge the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] and Strixhaven Academy would prize.


=== Role in Campaign ===
=== Role in Campaign ===
After [[Deez Nuts]] killed [[Arauthator]], Marfulb emerged from the lair and entrusted the party with her life's work — a body of research — to be carried back and published through the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] at [[Luskan]], alongside the freed researcher [[Maccath the Crimson]].
The ice toads are ancestral inhabitants of these caverns, kept in line by [[Arauthator]]'s fear rather than loyalty. When the party approached in Draconic (and via [[Shade]]'s Comprehend Languages), Marfulb and her people agreed to guide them through the upper tunnels rather than fight — wanting the dragon truly dead, not merely driven off ([[Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)|Session 48]]).
 
After [[Deez Nuts]] killed [[Arauthator]], Marfulb emerged from the lair and entrusted the party with her life's work — a body of research — to be carried back and published through the [[Arcane Brotherhood]] at [[Luskan]], alongside the freed researcher [[Maccath the Crimson]] ([[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)|Session 50]]).
 
=== Relationships ===
* [[Arauthator]] – Feared overlord, not a true master
* [[Deez Nuts]] – Allies and guides through the lair; keepers of her research
* Ice trolls / [[Ralph]] – Fellow oppressed inhabitants of the caverns
* [[Maccath the Crimson]] – Fellow scholar freed from the lair
* [[Arcane Brotherhood]] – Intended publisher of her research


=== Current Status ===
=== Current Status ===
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=== Appearances ===
=== Appearances ===
* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] - entrusted her research to the party after Arauthator's death
* [[Session 48 - Inside Oyaviggaton (2026.04.12)]] — allied with the party as a guide through the lair
* [[Session 50 - Reforged in Hell, the Voyage Home (2026-06-14)]] entrusted her research to the party after Arauthator's death


''Note: details on Marfulb are sparse from the session transcript and worth confirming with the DM.''
''Note: details on Marfulb are sparse from the session transcripts and worth confirming with the DM.''


[[Category:NPCs]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]
[[Category:NPCs]] [[Category:Allies]] [[Category:Rise of Tiamat]]

Latest revision as of 02:13, 28 June 2026

Marfulb

Marfulb is a giant ice toad scholar dwelling in the caverns of Oyaviggaton, whom Deez Nuts befriended in Session 48. (Name heard in play as "Marfulb"/"Marfold"; "Marfulb" is canonical.)

Description

A large, intelligent ice toad who keeps a desk buried under mountains of paperwork — a researcher documenting the lands north of the Spine of the World: the Sea of Moving Ice, the Ice Hunter culture, the Ten Towns, and the region's trolls. Her work is the kind of knowledge the Arcane Brotherhood and Strixhaven Academy would prize.

Role in Campaign

The ice toads are ancestral inhabitants of these caverns, kept in line by Arauthator's fear rather than loyalty. When the party approached in Draconic (and via Shade's Comprehend Languages), Marfulb and her people agreed to guide them through the upper tunnels rather than fight — wanting the dragon truly dead, not merely driven off (Session 48).

After Deez Nuts killed Arauthator, Marfulb emerged from the lair and entrusted the party with her life's work — a body of research — to be carried back and published through the Arcane Brotherhood at Luskan, alongside the freed researcher Maccath the Crimson (Session 50).

Relationships

  • Arauthator – Feared overlord, not a true master
  • Deez Nuts – Allies and guides through the lair; keepers of her research
  • Ice trolls / Ralph – Fellow oppressed inhabitants of the caverns
  • Maccath the Crimson – Fellow scholar freed from the lair
  • Arcane Brotherhood – Intended publisher of her research

Current Status

Departing Oyaviggaton with her research in the party's keeping, bound for the Arcane Brotherhood.

Appearances

Note: details on Marfulb are sparse from the session transcripts and worth confirming with the DM.