Aiger Ghaelfin

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Aiger Ghaelfin
(Person)

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Born
late 46th century AR
Died
early 47th century AR
Source: What Lies in Dust, pg(s). 7

Aiger Ghaelfin was a retired adventurer and Pathfinder who founded the Pathfinder lodge known as Delvehaven in the former Chelaxian capital of Westcrown.12

History

Founding of Delvehaven

Ghaelfin used much of the money he had acquired as an adventurer to construct a place for local Pathfinders to rest and display what they had found on their many journeys.32 The most famous team around the time of the lodge's founding were Westcrown's Amber Privateers, who traveled from the frigid Crown of the World to the sweltering jungles south of Sargava in search of hidden knowledge and treasure.1 Ghaelfin's pride in the Amber Privateers was so great, that he even built them special, secret quarters in Delvehaven.3

When all but two of the Amber Privateers were lost in an ill-fated expedition into the Mwangi Expanse, Ghaelfin tried to delay the reporting of this voyage to the Decemvirate. He feared that such a loss would reflect badly on Delvehaven and might lead to accusations of mismanagement.1

Later life

Because of the riots and civil war that burned through Cheliax following the death of its patron god Aroden in 4606 AR, Ghaelfin and the remaining Pathfinders sealed the lodge until order was restored.12 Although some believed he fled to Absalom, Ghaelfin had stayed in Westcrown and joined a group of rebels known as the Father's Bulwark. These resistance fighters backed the fading glory of House Davian and opposed the growing power of House Thrune, and were led by an empyrean4 named Coriana Heavenscape, with whom Ghaelfin was also in love.

Ghaelfin was killed during one of their battles by a Thrune wizard named Commandra Voxlay, who petrified him with a spell and then smashed the statue. Voxlay ground most of the statue to dust but kept Ghaelfin's head and shoulders as a memento. Ghaelfin's bust changed hands a number of times in the following decades, eventually ending up in the collection of Rance Lucca, an entrepreneur who as of 4709 AR ran a semi-legal fighting ring in Westcrown known as the Devildrome.5

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Michael Kortes. “What Lies in Dust” in What Lies in Dust, 7. Paizo Inc., 2009
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kalervo Oikarinen. The Locked Lodge, 3. Paizo Inc., 2021
  3. 3.0 3.1 Michael Kortes. “What Lies in Dust” in What Lies in Dust, 41. Paizo Inc., 2009
  4. Paizo referred to empyrean planar scions as aasimars until the publication of Player Core. These empyreans are unrelated to the type of angel with the same name.
  5. Michael Kortes. “What Lies in Dust” in What Lies in Dust, 12–13. Paizo Inc., 2009