Hett Varn

Start-class article · First seen: s15 · Last seen: s16
Hett Varn
Het Varn · Het Warn
Hett Varn — portrait.
Character
StatusAlive
First seens15
Last seens16
FactionPhil's old brigand network, Aurelian-side underbelly

Hett Varn is the red-headed dwarf with forehead goggles named by Phil Flowerforge in session 15 as Phil’s contact at the White Lantern Shrine — a half-ruined wayshrine on the freight road, “a few miles from Aurelia’s outer approaches” [6] — “a bit north towards the coast” and roughly three days of sailing from the Eldwythe Sewers outflow [5]. Phil’s note instructs the party to use the code phrase “Phil sent you” on arrival [7]. Hett lives in a safe house in Ash Ward of Aurelia, where the dock workers and tanners live [8], and is described by Phil as a “tingerer”. The party is sailing toward him as of the s16 ending; meeting him is the first scheduled scene of the next session.

Overview

Hett Varn is the named contact Phil Flowerforge gave the party in session 15 as they fled the Aurelian occupation of Eldwythe through the Eldwythe Sewers. Phil first names him as “Het Van” [1] and immediately re-spells it as “H-E-T-T Warn V-A-R-N” with a safe house “in Ash Ward” [2]. Phil’s description: red-headed dwarf, forehead goggles, tinkerer; lives in a safe house in Ash Ward of Aurelia (where “the normal dock workers and the tanners live”); met at the White Lantern Shrine — a half-ruined wayshrine on the freight road, “a few miles from Aurelia’s outer approaches” [6]. Code phrase: “Phil sent you.”

Phil gave the party a written note to hand to Hett. The party set sail toward the shrine at the end of s16; per the DM the journey is roughly three days of sailing from the Eldwythe Sewers outflow, with the shrine sitting “a bit north towards the coast” of Aurelia [5]. Hett has not yet appeared on-screen.

Phil’s introduction

“But his name is Het Van. He has a small safe house in what can only be described as the side of Aurelia, where the normal dock workers and the tanners live, where you won’t be as bothered as if you were to be anywhere in Aurelia… Also, I think your friend with the horns is going to have a bad time.” — Phil Flowerforge, [1]

“Give him this note and tell him that Phil sent you.” — Phil, [7]

Status as of session 16

Alive, off-screen, awaiting introduction at the White Lantern Shrine when the party’s skiff arrives. The party’s Hat of Disguise (Vasquez attuned during the boat trip) addresses Phil’s “your friend with the horns is going to have a bad time” warning.

See also

References

  1. ^ Session 15, line 655 — Phil names the contact ("his name is Het Van... safe house... side of Aurelia").
  2. ^ Session 15, line 660 — Phil spells the name "Hett Varn" and locates him in Ash Ward.
  3. ^ Session 15, line 693-695 — Phil writes the note; describes the White Lantern Shrine; code phrase "Phil sent you".
  4. ^ Session 16, line 1710 — Hugo recaps the contact description ("red-headed dwarf with forehead goggles").
  5. ^ Session 16, line 1717 — DM places the shrine "a bit north towards the coast" — three days' sailing.
  6. ^ Session 15, line 693 — Inline citation.
  7. ^ Session 15, line 695 — Inline citation.
  8. ^ Session 15, line 655-660 — Inline citation.