NPC
Ilyra Quill
The Circle's cipher-scribe, responsible for copying, concealing, and burning the last records in Voss House.
General description
Ilyra Quill is a sharp-featured human scholar in her late thirties. She wears charcoal working robes, pins her dark hair out of the way, and carries ink, sealing wax, and spell components in a narrow belt. Blue-black ink stains her fingers, while soot and singed cloth mark the haste of the final purge.
Key facts
- Ilyra creates and breaks codes for the Circle.
- She is destroying the counting-cellar records when the party arrives.
- She fears Vestra's infernal authority more than capture by Beregost.
Roleplaying Ilyra
Ilyra speaks precisely and treats every answer as a choice about what must remain hidden. She stays cold while she has a plan, then bargains quickly when the plan fails.
Roleplaying profile
- Personality
- Precise, cold, disciplined, and quick to bargain when a carefully prepared plan collapses.
- Motivation
- Destroy the Circle's records, preserve the ciphers that keep her valuable, and avoid Vestra's infernal custody.
- Quirks
- Corrects imprecise wording even during threats, sorts papers into exact piles before burning them, and wipes ink from her fingers when considering a lie.
Adventure appearances
Adventure 006
Ilyra is burning the remaining evidence in the counting cellar. Stopping her preserves the compact ledger and the records needed to map Voss's network.
- Motivation: destroy the Circle's records and avoid infernal custody
- Tactics: fire, obscuring ash, control magic, and retreat
Also known as
- Ilyra