Luaire Farwander

Luaire Farwander was a yuan-ti pureblood spy who assumed a guise of a merchant who worked alongside Sa'Sani in her trading company in Samargol circa 1374 DR.

Description
In his human shape, Farwander appeared as an unremarkable sinuous male with a meek and nervous personality. However, these qualities and even his appearance were nothing but an illusion and act. His true monstrous form was that of a green-scaled snake-featured humanoid with serpentine vertical slits. His typical yuan-ti pureblood appearance was accentuated by his cold, calculating demeanor and hostile expression.

Abilities
Luaire claimed that his magical abilities were nothing more than dabbling. This was another lie. Farwander was a capable wizard, a talented spy, and an expert poisoner.

Possessions
In Samarach, Luaire utilized a potent and almost undetectable potion – chokemist, a rare substance he gathers in the Chokemist Cave, where Luaire had a hide out along enthralled corrupted giant spiders and poisonous plant spores. The yuan-ti carried an enchanted dagger – saboteur's stiletto.

History
Luaire was hired as an assistant and trade supervisor for the merchant leader Sa'Sani of Samarach sometime shortly before the. Under her orders, Luaire traveled across Samarach and more exotic locations such as Calimport, along with the merchant company's shipments to negotiate deals and forge agreements. The voyage to Calimport was a failure for the company, resulting in the full loss of merchant cargo.

In 1374 DR, Luaire Farwander sailed aboard Captain Lastri Kassireh's Vigilant from the Sword Coast to the Chultan nation of Samarach. Luaire was tasked to bring the famous writer Volothamp Geddarm, who did business with merchant Sa'Sani who recently opened a branch of her company in the Crossroad Keep. The voyage was cursed with bad luck and numerous strange occurrences. Food supplies were mysteriously spoiled, freshwater barrels – ruptured, one of the crew – Kellen got drunk and drowned, Volo almost got poisoned, new ropes became frayed.

Unknown to all, Luaire was a yuan-ti spy and saboteur member of House Se'Sehen that set out to conquer Samarach and the Sword Coast through subterfuge and infiltration to promote the worship of their new deity Zehir. Luaire successfully sabotaged the Vigilant, leading to the ship's demise in a fierce storm. Most sailors and passengers perished in the shipwreck, while others survived, and some were abducted by the Chultan cannibalistic Batiri. Luaire Farwander maintained his guise until Sa'Sani tasked a band of wreck survivors to investigate the ship's destruction. Eventually, the heroes discovered evidence of sabotage, and after rescuing Captain Kassireh, they had an eyewitness account of Luaire's crime.

Discovered, the yuan-ti spy fled to the secret Lantan-Samarach portal that connected southern jungles with the Sword Coast. Luaire poisoned the gnome artificer who maintained the portal and hid within nearby caves. He planned for Sa'Sani's hirelings to track him to the Chokemist Cave, where Luaire sprang a trap. He used his chokemist-addicted enthralled giant spiders to attack the adventurers in an attempt to sacrifice them to Zehir. The spy's plan was unsuccessful, and he was slain in the process.

Appearances

 * Video Games
 * Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir