Alias

Alias was a human construct "daughter" of a once-disgraced Harper bard Finder Wyvernspur that had been given true life in 1357 DR by an alliance of powerful evil beings who intended for her to be their perfect assassin. Instead, she became a hero and a sellsword.

"..My allies had their own purposes, something I should have realized when each gave her a different name. I named her Alias because I could not give her my own. All I wanted was for her to live in peace and sing my songs."

- Finder Wyvernspur

Description


Alias was a beautiful young woman. She was tall and weighed, and had reddish-blonde hair and striking green eyes.

Her most unique feature was the elaborate magical tattoo that covered her right forearm from wrist to elbow. Previously, these were a set of twisting blue runes that represented her creators, namely: With their defeat, they became a simple swirling of thorns and waves, ending with a rose at the wrist.
 * An insect squiggle for Cassana
 * Interlocked rings for Zrie Praxis
 * The jawed palm of Moander
 * The flaming dagger of the Fire Knives
 * Blue upon blue circles of Phalse
 * A blank spot, later replaced by a blue rose, for Finder Wyvernspur.

She typically wore simple leathers.

Abilities
Alias was a highly capable fighter, proficient in all swords (including exotic saurial broadswords), daggers, maces, axes, clubs, darts, all polearms, lances, morning stars, and quarterstaves. She was able to hold her own in battle when blinded and was a skilled horseback rider.

She was created to hold ancient lore knowledge, including information about the draconic Feint of Honor, know all songs and ballads by Finder Wyvernspur, possessed a hauntingly beautiful singing voice, and knew how to play a chordal horn.

Alias had the magical ability to speak to the saurial paladin Dragonbait. She had a permanent misdirection spell effect on herself and it extended to any in her company.

Possessions
She was known to have magic chain mail and a magical sword. While traveling through Cormyr and the Dalelands in 1357 DR she owned a purebred horse that she named Lady Killer.

Relationships
However, several additional versions of Alias had been made by Phalse. These clones disappeared upon Phalse's defeat, teleported to parts unknown, but some of them were later identified.


 * Olive Ruskettle, a halfling bard
 * Akabar Bel Akash, a Turmish wizard
 * Dragonbait, a saurial paladin

History
Alias's origins were with Finder Wyvernspur, a bard and hero, who feared the loss of his great artistic works at the end of his life. In order to prevent that, he attempted to create a clone of himself, but he failed in that endeavor, killing one of his assistants and injuring another, leading the Harpers to erase his very name from existence and banish him to the Citadel of White Exile.

However, this erasure was not total, and a powerful sorceress, Cassana of Westgate, learned of Finder's actions, and sought him out, in order to remake his creation. Allied together, Finder; Cassana; her former lover, the lich Zrie Prakis; the Cult of Moander; and the Fire Knives, a band of assassins, attempted to create their own clone, Alias, intended to be a magical servant, spy, and assassin. Cassana created Alias' body, made in her own image, while Zrie Prakis made it immortal. The Fire Knives provided most of the manpower and "acquisitions" required for the spells cast by Zrie and Cassana, while the cult of Moander provided the energy needed to bring Alias to life. However, the construct lacked a spirit and soul to bring her fully to life. Thus, Cassana contacted a powerful demonic beholder, Phalse, through what she assumed was its agent. Phalse was charged with bringing a pure soul, an innocent who would be sacrificed to bring Alias to life.

This pure soul turned out to be Dragonbait, the saurial paladin. However, Alias awoke before the sacrifice was carried out. Finder, fearing for his creation's purity, helped free her and Dragonbait. Dragonbait fled to Suzail with Alias in tow and left her at the Hidden Lady inn. When she awoke, she had no memory of what had transpired.

Later, Alias found herself changing the songs she would sing in inns and taverns, turning them into songs about destroying the land and otherwise desecrating it. Eventually, it was discovered that Alias had become a "soul singer," a type of saurial oracle who could make known the status of saurials in distant areas. The soul songs Alias had been singing were warnings of the return of the god Moander.

After reuniting with her friends and learning the truth of Finder's history regarding her creation, Alias was instrumental in helping Finder make the final steps toward destroying Moander.

Afterward, having apparently aided the displaced saurials to create a new home in the Lost Vale, Alias began taking missions from the Harpers.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Curse of the Azure Bonds


 * Card Games
 * AD&D Trading Cards • Spellfire: Master the Magic


 * Comic Books
 * Converging Lines • Converging Lines • The Great Game • Fools Rush In


 * Novels
 * Azure Bonds • Song of the Saurials • Masquerades


 * The Wyvern's Spur


 * Video Games
 * Curse of the Azure Bonds (game)


 * Neverwinter Nights 2: Mysteries of Westgate