Minor Villains 2

Evil Secret Societies

Black Sword Pirates Neutral Evil Secret Society

The most feared villains along the coast of Breland, Zilargo, Darguun, and Q'barra. The Black Sword Pirates were originally a small band of murderers and thieves that were slowly being assembled into an increasingly larger syndicate by the late Harath Clawblade. When that man perished at Lykanaton, the Pirates had their power vacuum filled by members of the Dreaming Dark whom have continued to build up their power base.

Currently, the Black Sword Pirates have formed an alliance with the Black Lotus Society as they target those Merchant Houses that refuse to pay tribute to the former organization while recieving a portion of the booty instead. They have begun taking whole crews as opposed to just killing them in order to sell them on the slave trade to Darguun and beyond. The Brelish Navy has full intention to deal with the matter but the same hamperings in Parliament that plagued them with the Blood Claws makes dealing with the Black Sword Pirates all the more troublesome.

Aundair has also found much of its shipping to be harassed thanks to the efforts of the ruthless band of cutthroats and thieves. The Black Sword Pirates are identified by a Cutlass underneath their Skull and Crossbones plus a specially marked Piece of Eight they keep around their neck. Fear has actually made it possible for them to recieve resupply even in the heart of Sharn.

Minor Villains

Black Root CE Gender Neutral Treant 3rd Level Child of Winter Druid (Destroyed)

Black Root is a nightmarish corruption of the Mourning that was transformed from a noble and decent Treant into a horrific creature of evil. Using Mandragora seeds to Dominate individual villagers, it prepared for the destruction of the outlying towns of the land in order to begin transforming the Mourning into home for a vast army of evil Treants. He met his grizzly end at the hands of Trent Carlyle.

The Ghoul King CE Male Ghoul (Shifter) 8th Level Berserker (Destroyed)

The Ghoul King was formerly a shifter mercenary with delusions of granduer. A cannibal due to his low provisions, the Lion shifter developed a taste for raw flesh that he passed along to his soldiers. Later, the Ghoul King was transformed to become like his appetites by the Mourning. The Ghoul King was finally destroyed by Siber.

Jarda St. Croix Chaotic Good Human Male Rogue 2/Fighter 4/Monk 1 (Deceased)

Jarda St. Croix has been in the spy game a tremendously long time. The former lover of Mihoshi, he recognized that she was rapidly on the verge of self-destruction and had her memories wiped of the more unpleasant times in the Royal Eyes. An extremely capable and dashing agent, the man foiled an attempt by Vice Admiral Ramirez to have the Ruling Triumviant killed by Thaliost terrorists. Jarda has never been able to prove the man's act of warfare and his murder is an attempt by the Vice Admiral to cover up loose ends. His death will be a major blow to the Royal Eyes, not only for killing one of their most capable agents but the fact that the man's death will galvinize many in the agency to devote an incredible amount of resources to hunting down his killer despite their normal mission of gathering information. Jarda was a devoted ladies man and quite a few of them will have very personal reasons to hunt down his killer.

Red Hawk Chaotic Neutral Half-Elf Fighter 6/Drunken Master 2

The son of a Valenar Elf and a Cannith artificer, Red Hawk isn't the smartest tool in the shed but he's perfect for the kind of jobs that the House expects of him....which is to say beating up people and making sure they don't get back up. Almost uncontrollable, Red Hawk is nevertheless quite good at his job. He's only one of a small part of the Dragoons that are Merrix III's personal legbreakers.

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