Amdrashar

Amdrashar, Consul of the Dreaming Dark

Since the stranding of the fey spires on the Day of Mourning, the Dreaming Dark has taken a keen interest in them— hut none more than Taer Lian Doresh. Although the Fortress’s existence on hoth Dal Quor and Eberron does not make it a standing doorway between the two, it is a window through which the quori can extend physical hands. Perhaps it can he exploited in their schemes. Recently, it has fallen to Amdrashar of Riedra to investigate Taer Lian Doresh from the vantage of the waking world.
  Of the few quori granted permission to come and go within its halls in Dal Quor, she is the only one who can exit onto Eherron because that is her point of entry-as one of the Inspired. She is an esteemed Riedran consul, tasked with representing the Dream- ing Dark’s worldly interests among the nightmare fey. The Dreaming Dark plays a delicate game, because the quori must defer to Shan Doresh’s laws if they are to retain access to the Fortress.
  Like all of the Inspired, Amdrashar appears to be a human of unearthly beauty with vaguely elven features and a fiendish grace. Behind this veneer of elegance lurks a malignant spirit as vile as her plans. Whenever she sets foot within the Fortress of Fading Dreams, her true self, a hashalaq quori, is forcefully separated from her host body, where she can float freely beside it. Only in Taer Lian Doresh can one of the Inspired be encountered as two separate bodies: the humanlike vessel and the quori itself. In this state, the vessel’s mind regains control of its body, though it has been conditioned since birth to obey and defend the quori.
  Hashalaq quori usually assume a humanoid form, but their bodies are composed of hundreds of flexible, jellylike tendrils that can stretch or compress into many different shapes. Amdrashar arranges the fine coils of her body to resemble that of a woman in flowing blue robes, with both capillary hair and soft, mesmerizing light issuing from a deep hood.
 

Amdrashar in Combat

Physical violence of any kind is a personal failure to Amdrashar; her goals are far too important to risk even a few rounds of combat, but she is deadly when forced into it. Because of astute observer, she can read the thoughts of those around her and benefit from powerful insight. She attempts to use mindwipe at the battle’s outset to soften enemy minds to her psychic attacks and use dreamstealers charm to dominate chosen foes. If threatened by a particular opponent, she uses familiar face against him or her, appearing in their mind’s eye as a close friend or family member they dare not strike. Empathic feedback is Amdrashar ’s most powerful defense, ensuring that those who would harm her suffer as greatly as her.  

Hook: Damsel in Disguise

Amdrashar can be encountered both within Taer Lian Doresh (in her true quori form, drifting beside her vessel) or without (as an Inspired, quori and vessel combined), studying the nature of the Fortress and its unique planar duality. She does not serve Shan Doresh, but she is considered a welcome guest of the nightmare fey and treats them with outward respect. As a loremaster of the quori, she naturally involves herself in the intrigues of Taer Lian Doresh, its visitors, and its victims. Using her malleable form, she usually wears the guise of a visitor to the Fortress to fool other visitors-perhaps as a Karrnathi ambassador, a Lhazaarite explorer, or a wizard of the Twelve. She typically adopts a demure persona to earn the trust and protection of those she wishes to study and inevitably betray.
  Amdrashar enjoys greater freedoms within Taer Lian Doresh than most quori. She can wander the labyrinthine passages above and below the feyspire without expressed permission. If the player charac- ters have ever made an enemy of the Dreaming Dark, Amdrashar can be called upon to eliminate them. When she must kill, she prefers to manipulate others into the murderous act, but if her plans unravel she will do whatever it takes to get the Job done.