Archdruid Perildien Elderwood
Perildien Elderwood is a two-hundred-year-old druid of the Circle of Lunara and formerly its archdruid. He is the spiritual leader of the Servants of the Moonlit Circle.1
The rescue of Erdentree
Perildien led the thirteen adventurers who took up the Circle's contract to free the fey spirit Erdentree, and who succeeded in bringing its spirit back into the material plane.2
During the battle against Blaspheus, Perildien was struck by a powerful enchantment that tortured him for several seconds. To him, those seconds were decades: under the spell he watched his companions die again and again, and the experience scarred a man who had once been calm.3
The oath
After Blaspheus butchered the Seven, Perildien swore an oath to redeem the seven doom bringers. Knowing that his duties as archdruid would keep him from that goal, he passed the position to his apprentice, Estell of the Emerald Leaf. He now serves as the spiritual leader of the mercenary company; he never takes part in its paid daily missions, but he helps every member and acts as their spiritual mentor.3
Perildien recently learned from a treant that Avalon, a skilled ranger who became one of the heralds of doom, had a part in the massacre of a wood elven k’re. The treant told him how the undead ranger tricked the k're's druid into bringing him into the mortal realm, so that he could help them in their battle against the Empire. Perildien is now set on finding his cursed brothers in arms and finally ending his suffering.4
Wisdom and temper
Perildien is a seasoned druid with an unmatched understanding of nature and of the history of the Lands of Exile. Apprenticed to an archdruid who had seen the fall of The Dark One, he understands the importance of existence and the part nature plays in the grand scheme of things. He will do nothing against the will of Mother Nature.3
Since his ordeal he fears losing his other brothers in arms. When a creature friendly to him dies in battle, he loses control and attacks his enemies until none of them is left alive.3
In battle
No mortal foe is said to be beyond his spells and endurance. He uses elemental magic to command the battlefield, with lightning as his favourite element, and because his companions are seldom as hardy as he is, he always keeps healing magic ready for them.3
Like most of the Servants, Perildien has no objection to using poison in battle. He coats his enchanted obsidian sword, the Blade of the Dark Moon, with purple worm poison, and the nature magic around him keeps the poison on the blade even after it strikes; the sword also serves him as a druidic focus.5
Notes
Sources
This article draws on:
- MCMercenary Compendium(Bad Badger Games, 2024), pp. 11, 16-17, 163
Images in this article
Mercenary Compendium (Bad Badger Games, 2024), p. 16. Art by the Bad Badger Games team.
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