Armin Whisperwind

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Armin Whisperwind
Whisperwind
Portrait of Armin Whisperwind.
Character
StatusAlive
First seens03
Last seens03
FactionWyrmbough Grove civilian

Armin Whisperwind is the elf hunter of Wyrmbough Grove who went missing before the campaign began, and whom the party met in session 3 outside Sunset is Nigh’s Lair. By his own account the dragon had caught him and tortured him for months; he fired a deliberate miss past Caelumn’s ear to warn the party off, was talked down by a Persuasion of 23, and asked to be escorted home once they were done [25][5]. The party brought him back to the village after killing Sunset is Nigh, and he has not been seen since.

Overview

Armin Whisperwind is an elf of Wyrmbough Grove who disappeared before the campaign began: the table recap of session 1 gives him only as “a guy called Whisperwind”, missing along with four who went looking for him [4]. The party found him in session 3 at the mouth of Sunset is Nigh’s Lair, where he said the dragon had caught him and tortured him for months [5]. The recap of session 3 calls him a hunter. He would not go back in, and was taken home after the lair was cleared [6][7].

Appearance and demeanour

Frightened and ashamed. He is armed with a bow and shoots to miss [8][9], and calls himself a coward more than once [10][11]. He cannot describe the cave: “it’s all a blur” [12]. The DM later reminded Hugo that Armin had been “trying to keep people away” from the lair [13], and he confirmed that he was the third party whose tracks the party had noticed near the bandit camp, which he had “just quickly scouted” [14][15].

Relationships

  • Caelumn: talked him down at the cave mouth with a Persuasion of 23 [16].
  • Sunset is Nigh: his captor, though he names the dragon Death-at-Sunset [17][5].
  • The four elves taken into the lair “a couple of weeks ago”: he fears they are dead [18].
  • His own people in Wyrmbough Grove, who got him back [3].

Disposition towards the party

Wary at first, then relieved and deferential. He warns them off, gives way after Caelumn’s Persuasion with “Fine. I guess you’re right. I’m just too much of a coward” [10], and wishes them “Good luck” [19]. Afterwards he is awed that they have killed a dragon, asks after “the old man”, and helps carry Cholmondeley’s body home [20].

Notable quotes

“Him! Death-at-Sunset.” — Armin Whisperwind, [17]

“no I’ll stay here and once you’re done would you mind escorting me back to the village?” — Armin Whisperwind, [6]

“sorry I’m pathetic. I’m a coward. maybe I should have just died” — Armin Whisperwind, [11]

“You did it? You killed a dragon?” — Armin Whisperwind, [21]

History in the campaign

Session 3: The Lair of Sunset is Nigh and the Death of Cholmondeley

Main article: Session 3

As the party approached the cave, an arrow whizzed past Caelumn’s ear and an elf with a bow told him to leave before he was found out, by “Him! Death-at-Sunset” [22]. The shot had missed on purpose [9]. Caelumn’s Persuasion of 23 talked him down, and he said that four other elves had been taken into the lair a couple of weeks before, probably to their deaths, and asked to be escorted home afterwards [23]. He stayed outside while the party fought. When they came out with the wyrmling’s body and Cholmondeley’s, he asked if they had really killed a dragon and went back to the village with them [24].

Session 4: The Still Current, the Black Mask, and Hugo’s Pact

Main article: Session 4

Armin does not appear in session 4. The DM’s morning narration in Wyrmbough Grove looks back on the party’s celebration of “returning Armin Whisperwind to his fellow people” and freeing the forest of corruption [3], the last word of him in the record.

Status

As of session 23. Alive, back among his people in Wyrmbough Grove; not seen since session 3. The record does not say how he came to be outside the lair, nor whether any of the four elves taken in after him survived.

See also

References

  1. ^ Session 3, line 502-580: Encountered at cave mouth; talked down by Caelumn's 23 Persuasion; asks for escort home.
  2. ^ Session 3, line 1936-1962: Waiting outside after the fight; goes back to Wyrmbough Grove with the party.
  3. ^ Session 4, line 238: The DM's morning narration recalls the party returning him to his people.
  4. ^ Session 2, line 20: Inline citation.
  5. ^ Session 3, line 546: Inline citation.
  6. ^ Session 3, line 540: Inline citation.
  7. ^ Session 3, line 1960-1962: Inline citation.
  8. ^ Session 3, line 502: Inline citation.
  9. ^ Session 3, line 516: Inline citation.
  10. ^ Session 3, line 536: Inline citation.
  11. ^ Session 3, line 568: Inline citation.
  12. ^ Session 3, line 564: Inline citation.
  13. ^ Session 3, line 678: Inline citation.
  14. ^ Session 3, line 570-572: Inline citation.
  15. ^ Session 2, line 962: Inline citation.
  16. ^ Session 3, line 534-536: Inline citation.
  17. ^ Session 3, line 520: Inline citation.
  18. ^ Session 3, line 546-560: Inline citation.
  19. ^ Session 3, line 580: Inline citation.
  20. ^ Session 3, line 1946-1956: Inline citation.
  21. ^ Session 3, line 1946: Inline citation.
  22. ^ Session 3, line 492-520: Inline citation.
  23. ^ Session 3, line 534-560: Inline citation.
  24. ^ Session 3, line 1946-1962: Inline citation.
  25. ^ Session 3, line 502-540: Inline citation.
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