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Mattrim Mereg dit Trois Cordes

MATTREM “THREEESTRINGS” MEREG

  • Looking for employment; or just permission to play for tips if that fails. (Yawning Portal is a little too intense for him this week.)
  • He brings Bonnie the Doppelganger here to have a date. It turns into a complete disaster. (He might beg one of the PCs to help him salvage the night.)
  • Sings “The Ballad of the River Chionthar,” an incredibly beautiful piece of his own composition telling of a young girl who slipped into the river and drowned. Each verse tells of some scene her body passes along the river, until the last verse speaks of how she passed through Baldur’s Gate and out into the sea.

MATTRIM “THREESTRINGS” MEREG

Dragon Heist - Mattrim

Appearance: Lanky brown hair hangs down around a face more plain than handsome. He wears gaudy clothes of purple and green, and carries a badly scarred lute that only has three strings left to its name.

Roleplaying Notes:

  • Talks about how difficult it is to play [insert song name] on just three strings!
  • A goofy, lop-sided smile.
  • Breaks into song (and it really is quite good).

Background:

  • Plays a lute that only has three strings remaining.
  • Hides his true musical skills to maintain a low profile.

Key Info:

  • A Harper spy who uses his busking gigs to cover his intelligence-gathering operations.
  • Works with Cal’al Claddani, a half-drow Harper agent who works in the Flagon and the Dragon in Skullport.
  • Knows about a Harper hideout called Dalagor’s Fortress, overseen by a dragonborn mage named Felrax, in the uppermost level of Skullport.
  • Has befriended Bonnie the Doppelganger and wants to help her and her gang settle into the city.

Stats: LG male Illluskan human bard (DH p. 195)

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Harpiste

Barde humain joue d'un luth à trois cordes

LG male Illuskan human bard

This socially awkward bard (see appendix B) performs at the Yawning Portal and is a better musician than he pretends to be. He's called "Threestrings" because he plays a lute that has only three strings remaining. His secret is that he's a Harper spy, and he's far more eloquent and composed than he lets on. He lives at the inn, where he spends his afternoons and evenings spying on Zhentarim agents and gathering information on other potential troublemakers. He recently befriended Bonnie and wants to help her doppelganger gang settle into the city.