Rohini

Rohini was a succubus working for the Abolethic Sovereignty in Neverwinter and Helm's Hold in the late years of the 15 century DR.

Appareance
Rohini usually took the guise of an attractive, middle-aged female human, but not so beautiful as to distract or bring anxiety to anyone who spoke with her.

Personality
Rohini was highly intelligent and manipulative, and was a consummate seductress.

In her guise of the Prophet, she was a selfless humanitarian and her laughter was infectious. Her presence was able to set people at ease, and people always felt they could trust her.

Relationships
Rohini had a sister, Arunika, who was also a succubus and also worked to pave a way into Neverwinter for the Sovereignty. However, she had died before Rohini was sent to Neverwinter.

Abilities
The Sovereignty granted Rohini with the ability to predict the future, and her predictions were highly accurate.

History
In the late 1470s DR, Rohini was sent to Neverwinter on a mission by her master, the erinyes Invadiah, to attempt to create conflict between the Sovereignty and the god Asmodeus. Rohini was tasked to invade the House of Knowledge, as the Oghman priests had developed a method for using the Chasm in Neverwinter to give creatures spellscars without some of the nasty side effects.

Rohini was able to seduce the head priest of Oghma's in the city, Brother Anthus, infiltrating the Oghman faith successfully. However, after killing Anthus Rohini caught the attention of the Sovereignty. Brother Vartan, a Sovereignty-corrupted priest, enslaved her mind using a powerful relic known as the Hex Locus.

Now a servant of the aboleths, Rohini was sent to Helm's Hold to pose as a prophetess seeking to help spellscarred refugees. In truth, she used her guise to send the spellscarred to the Abolethic Sovereignty for their use as servitors and experiments. Eventually, those who lived at Helm's Hold began to worship Rohini as a living goddess.

During this time, Rohini also corrupted the green dragon Chartilifax and mayor Soman Galt into servants of the Sovereignty. When the Abolethic Sovereignty began to made overtures to Vansi Bloodscar's orcs, Rohini beguiled the orc commander into accepting her blessing, a spellscar with which she hoped to control the orcs.

Unfortunately for Rohini, her plans were derailed in 1478 DR, when a clanless dragonborn warrior named Mehen and his adopted tiefling twin daughters, Havilar and Farideh, arrived in Neverwinter and stayed at the House of Knowledge. Rohini dominated Mehen but his daughters uncovered her plot and stirred up enough trouble to catch Invadiah's attention. Invadiah traveled through a portal from Malbolge to Neverwinter and defeated Rohini, whom she now regarded as a traitor.

With her primary purpose being none other than the stewardship of the Hex Locus, Rohini escaped and hid at Helm's Hold, using her guise as the prophetess to maintain a low profile while still serving the Sovereignty. Collecting test subjects for the Symphony of Madness, Rohini also used the cathedral as a base of operations. Becoming a figure of power, the aboleths used her as a mouthpiece through whom they sent out "prophecies" to influence the region.

In 1479 DR, Mordai Vell sent the insane Karis to Helm's Hold for treatment. Vell then called in favors with Rohini to prevent her husband, Elden Vargas, from seeing her. Enraged, Vargas turned on Vell and attacked Helm's Hold while seeking to take revenge on Rohini. Vargas was able to defeat her in a psychic duel, but Rohini was timely saved by a group of adventurers, who were unaware of her true nature. Thanks to this event, Rohini's position in Helm's Hold was strengthened, and she continued her work for the aboleths without opposition for years.

Rohini was eventually discovered at some point around 1484 DR, and is presumed that she was killed by a band of adventurers from Neverwinter. However, there was no definite proof of her demise.

Neverwinter (game)
While serving the Sovereignty, Rohini was also a double agent working on behalf of the Ashmadai to convert the spellscarred to their service. With this local increase in membership, the Ashmadai seized Helm's Hold. This in turn drew the attention of the Neverwinter Guard, who laid siege to the village. Rohini's plan all along having been to expose the Ashmadai and have the forces of Neverwinter engage the cult so that the two were preoccupied with each other.

Eventually, when the Ashmadai revealed themselves, Rohini temporarily became de facto ruler of the Hold until she showed her true colors and was forced to flee to the cathedral by a band of adventurers from Neverwinter. They followed her and eventually banished her to the Nine Hells.

Trivia
Rohini "predicted" the return of Helm to earn the trust of the inhabitants of Helm's Hold. Albeit unintentionally, her predictions turned to be true, as Helm was resurrected during the Second Sundering.

Novels

 * Brimstone Angels series
 * Brimstone Angels

Adventures

 * Storm over Neverwinter

Games

 * *Neverwinter (game)