Enabran Arranis

Enabran Arranis is a Eladrin Psion played by Ryan Neenan in the campaign Prophecies and Revelations. Intelligent and charismatic, Enabran thrives on control over most situations, whether on the battlefield, or in someone else's mind. He has an intense hatred for Oryn Silverrain.

Themesong: "Mind's Eye" by Wolfmother

''When the time is right and the night is bright ''We will see the things we've come to find ''I've been searching for just a little more ''but the days girl just slip away ''And the red sunset that we just met ''I can see forever ''Well they say it's right if it feels alright ''When your love burns up in the mire ''So I burnt a fire for a lost desire ''See it burning higher ''Come and see the mind's eye ''We can find it if we try ''Come and see the mind's eye ''Transfixed upon the why ''Come and see the mind's eye ''We can find it if we try

Description
Enabran is a moon elf, typical for his race in size and stature. His pale skin is framed by light brown hair, and his eyes are flecks of gold swimming in a sea of green. He usually holds a stern yet welcoming face, and he carries himself with an almost painful perfect posture. Often, he seems lost in thought; whose thought is anyone's guess. Like most of race, he dresses in plainer clothes, but never hides his faith or his patronage.

With the emergence of his Draconic Spirit, Enabran at times can be seen to have faint draconic qualities. At times his eyes will go a shade of silver, especially when angry or affronted with injustice. He also has developed a slight scent of rain.

Personality
Enabran is like many of his kind: curious, outgoing, and bold. He has a thirst for adventure, to explore Faerun and its many differences. He is fast to make a commitment, and slow to back away from them. The mysteriousness of his kind still shrouds him, however, and he can seem distant due to his rather introspective mannerisms. He sees the scars of the Year of Blue Fire as wounds to be healed, much like his own personal wound of the loss of his father.

His Draconic soul has modified his personality in recent times. Gone are the somewhat chaotic Eladrin mannerisms; they are replaced with more rigid, lawful actions. The honor and justice that most silver dragons embody has started to influence Enabran, and he has officially changed his religious affiliation to Bahamut.

Family and Relationships
Enabran's mother and two younger sisters remain in Evermeet, as do many other informal friends and companions. His father died in the Spellplague when Evermeet was thrust off of Faerun. Through his time in the Feywild and in Faerun, he has had little time nor felt the need to establish any more personal bonds.

His Dragon spirit has connected him with others, however, from its previous life. Chief among them is the ancient silver dragon Dargentum, the Darksteel Drake, who resides in the Spine of the World and is a current high ranking member of the Talons of Justice. Dargentum was one of the many who came to aid Silverymoon during the Red Elf's Crimson Celebration.

Early Years
Tanor and Amarial Arranis heard the calling early, most likely due to their family ties to Queen Amlaruil and the Moonflowers. Amarial was the Queen's distant cousin, and she married into an equally old and distinguished name in Arranis. They arrived in Evermeet in 1338, and two years later Enabran was born. He was later joined by two sisters, and the family lived a peaceful and privileged life in the capital of Evermeet, Leuthilspar. Enabran was brought up with the world at his fingertips, and no form of learning was not available to him.

He developed his abilities early. Psionics, though not as high a calling as the arcane arts, was still a talent that was favored greatly to the Eladrin, and Enabran’s gifts proved to be powerful and special. His father, a powerful wizard, helped him harness these gifts, and eventually Enabran became an accomplished psion.

Truly, Enabran was living in a near perfect situation. Some of this changed in 1378. It took little time for the deeds of Oryn Silverrain to leak back to Evermeet, and it took even less time for the Silverrain name to be tarnished. This shadow was large enough to cover Tanor Arranis, for his sister was none other than Oryn's mother. Enabran, a Moonflower, was also the cousin of the most hated Eladrin in Faerun. Though publicly no one blamed anyone for Oryn's actions, any connections to Oryn's blood was privately shunned. Worse, around the same time Enabran fell ill and was bedridden for some time. The healers of Evermeet could not help him, in fact they were privately perplexed at what was ailing him - some even feared a madness would overtake him. He awoke from his sickness on his own, renewed with purpose and determination. This was also when he started to show his secondary interests, including music. He quietly apprenticed himself with some of the best bards in Evermeet to further his talents. Enabran himself never learned the details of his cousin's sins - in fact speaking of the travesty was almost taboo.

Any issues with his evil cousin was a mild inconvenience compared to the Year of Blue Fire in 1385. When the spellplague hit, and all of Evermeet was shunted to the Feywild, Enabran’s world was understandably in chaos. His psionic powers were a huge benefit, as many lost their arcane magic as Mystra’s weave was broken. He was able to help in many ways during this very difficult time. His father was one of the many that felt the wrath head on, however: Tanor perished in the chaos that ensued. Enabran does not remember the moment: in fact, all he remembers are the insane and wild thoughts that took over his ordered brain. His mother claims he lost consciousness at the moment his father died, moments before crying out in anguish, screaming about a Red Dragon destroying his father.

The death of the Queen later brought a rule of committee to Evermeet. More than whispers circulated that one of the Queen’s relatives should claim the throne, and Enabran’s mother qualified (as did Enabran himself). Neither, however, felt worthy of filling Amlaruil’s shoes, and Enabran sharing blood relation with Oryn didn't help. Her other Moonflower progeny felt the same, and the Royal Council continued to rule.

Leaving Evermeet
As Eladrin can be more patient than their shorter life-span contemporaries, little changed as the decades went on. Eventually, Enabran felt a force quite opposite to what his parents had felt a century earlier: the urge to explore Faerun and the material plane. What few non-Eladrin he had encountered in his time had intrigued him. The Royal Council’s view on Toril was clear: explore with caution. However, the more stories he heard about crossing over to the material plane, the more he wanted to join them.

By this time, Enabran had come to the attention of the council. It was clear to them that the young moon elf had what it would take to lead eladrin, whether in battle or a whole nation. To some, it only proved that the Moonflower dynasty must continue, and Enabran might fill that role someday. To others, Enabran presented an obstacle to their plan of creating a new dynasty, and his control of psionics only worried them more. Worse, he shared blood with Oryn, now the Red Elf of Tiamat. Could he fall to evil like his cousin? If he came to power, would he twist that power to do wrong? Not everyone knew his connection, and maybe some wouldn't care. He was young, charismatic, and intelligent, and had the lineage to claim some kind of leadership.

Enabran, for his part, still knew very little about his connection with his cousin, and nothing about the true evil Oryn had visited on Faerun. It was Faerun, after all, and for most Eladrin it was a different world that they were never going to be a part of again. Still, one or two in the council thought it best to remove Enabran permanently, and they saw his interest in leaving as a perfect avenue.

So it was no mistake when the Council approached Enabran about joining the Abeir Explorer’s Guild. They knew he would accept, and he quickly did. They gave him men to lead, supplies to use, and told him to explore to his heart’s content. They even hinted that the exploration of Faerun itself would be beneficial. He set out rather quickly, saying goodbyes only to his mother and sisters. He crossed into the material plane for the first time in the middle of 1477. Finding like many of his kind a boring Abeir, he sailed across the sea to Faerun, and landed in Baldur's Gate in early 1478.



Changing Paths: Waterdeep and Silverymoon
Baldur's Gate was an eye opening experience for him. Never before had Enabran been surrounded by so many people, and so many non-Elves. He was at once amazed and disgusted by what he saw. Many of the tales his people had told him of the slovenly brutish humans seemed to head some truth, yet he saw works and deeds of beauty and love. He began to relish the melting pot that was Baldur's Gate. Still, he wanted more, and the yearning for justice... even vengeance, drove him to move on.

After a year in Baldur's Gate, he traveled north to Waterdeep. He spent another year there, learning all he could about Faurun and its non-Eladrin history. By 1481, it was clear where he needed to go, and he set out for the Gem of the North.

Entering Silverymoon was surreal for Enabran. He had felt an urge to visit the city for some time, and when he first set eyes on its beauty, flashes of familiarity streaked across his subconscious. Why did it seem like he knew this place? Feelings of anger, love, and sorrow all filled his head; all came with no reason behind them.

Still, he stayed in the city for many months, absorbing its culture and learning as much as he could. It was a few months into his stay that Enabran read about the dark time called the Crimson Celebration: the day when Oryn Silverrain turned to Tiamat and never looked back. Enabran read about the destruction Oryn caused in the city, including the death of the high lord mage and hundreds of innocent people. He read about Oryn's wrath extending to other places in an attempt to kill those that had meant anything to the elf's life. As he read, he was filled with sorrow, and above all a feeling that this should not have happened. It was partially HIS fault, HE should have known better. The Talons of Justice had held back information from Alustriel; they had doubted the power of the behelits and what others had told them. Their arrogance had caused this. Oryn should have been the only thing to die that day, not the others, not so many...

Enabran awoke some hours later. He had passed out, the clerics were telling him, passed out after issuing a blood curdling scream. He thanked them and went back to this room. He knew not why it made sense, but things were coming together. Oryn was in his blood. The taint of his evil pulsed through his very being. His race was shamed by his very existence. He remembered one more time the date of the Crimson Celebration, and even more clicked in his head: it was the day he had fallen ill.

He had been given the power to end the injustice of Oryn's survival. He had been given the spirit of justice - of vengeance. He had been given the power to fix the mistakes that were made; the mistakes that let the Crimson Celebration come to pass. The Red Elf - his cousin - would meet his end, or Enabran would die trying. His race, his blood, his spirit would be cleansed of the Evil that was the Red Elf.



A New Mission: Sir Clark Juda
Renewed with a purpose, Enabran set out to find what he could about the Red Elf. He spent nearly a year pouring through records, talking to people, and getting any information he could. He even managed to bribe his way into some information about Tiamat from some Cult of the Dragon members. He decided that if he was going to find the Red Elf, he needed to follow the Exarch's Goddess. Using connections he made in Silverymoon, he also made contact with the Talons of Justice, who were happy to help as much as they could: more enemies of Tiamat were always welcome. At the end of this time, in early 1484, Enabran was quite possibly the most knowledgeable person in Faerun about Tiamat and the Red Elf. Knowing all that Oryn had done, and all the pain and evil he had championed, sickened Enabran to no end. Clearly, the cause of good needed to quench the Red Elf's flame.

It was on a warm summer night in 1484 that Enabran took his first misstep; a misstep that should have proven fatal. Several pieces of information pointed Enabran to outside of Athkatla, to the Cloud Peaks. A White Dragon lair was said to be a meeting place of the Red Elf and his White Dragon Exarch ally. Enabran had no illusions of battling the elf. But to see the beast... to know his enemy was too much to pass up. He knew it was dangerous, and he thought he took all the precautions he could. Yet, when he came upon the first Tiamat cultists, he knew he might be in for some trouble. Still, he followed, confident in his magic to protect him. He was never more wrong.

Suddenly, out of nowhere. A Two-Headed dragon devil. More cultists. Captured. Some kind of magical prison... with others. The details are jumbled now to Enabran. In fact, he is not even sure if he remembers the place correctly. All he knows is this Two Headed dragon devil was suddenly gone. The prison was gone, and a Paladin of Torm was standing over him.

The Paladin rescued him and the others. Drunk with crushing despair, Enabran lamented his lost opportunity, and the Paladin offered an ear. Juda offered him an answer: the Dragon Devil was Tiamat's son, and where he went, the Red Elf would not be far. Know the Dragon Devil, know the Red Elf.

Things were still jumbled in his brain, but he agreed. He now had a way to know what he needed, to find the Red Elf when he needed to. He was wary of the Imp, but both it and Juda agreed: follow the trail that was out there. Skyclave was clearly a place to be, and be soon. He set out to the east, and by mid 1484, he arrived in Skyclave.



Prophecies and Revelations
Enabran found chaos in Skyclave, but eventually fell into the ranks of an adventuring group intent on stopping the plans of the greater deity Asmodeus. Although he was hesitant on the idea of alternate futures, he knew a few things for sure, and one of those was that the Red Elf was involved. While the destruction of the Red Elf was paramount in Enabran's eyes, he knew that he was involved in something much larger, and that the fate of Faurun itself might be at stake.

It was through some of these early trials that Enabran finally realized his true self: the whispers that he heard for so long on the edge of his mind had now come into focus, and were loud and clear. A dragon spirit now shared his soul - was his soul. Auntyrlothor's soul, not long from Faerun, knew it had to return to right wrongs, and to use its arcane powers in another vessel. Together, they planned on continuing their quest to rid the world of the Red Elf.

Stopping Asmodeus proved to be a continent wide endeavor. Countless fiend fell to the might of Enabran and his group, and they worked with many to disrupt the seemingly doomed fate of Faerun. Asmodeus would not take over Faerun, nor would Bane. Although Faerun itself would never be the same, the devils were thrust out of the plane, and the world had Enabran and his group to thank for it. Although victorious overall, Enabran personally was angered that he was so easily tricked by the Lord of the 4th Layer, posing as Sir Clark Juda. By the end, Oryn disappeared, his involvement courtesy of a favor to his goddess never really brought him into conflict with Enabran when he was strong enough to do anything. Though he had saved the world, and averted a horrific future for all of Faerun, a fire of failure and vengeance still burned deep inside of him.

After the God Silence
Three weeks after Skyclave fell, the God Silence was over, and Faerun started to pick up the pieces of the chaos that was finally, it seemed, over. Enabran and his company parted, trying to help where they could, how they could. Enabran felt Athkatla needed special attention - it was corrupt, lawless even, and the greed the city emanated had drawn the devils to it in the first place. Over the next few months Enabran tried to use his clout and fame to turn Athkatla into a better place, one where platinum was not the law. However, it seemed to him, humans could not change so easily, which was a pity given their pathetic life span. For a time he flirted with taking control of Athkatla - he certainly could have - but he had no real desire to head a police state and turn Athkatla into another Eltural.

With the Red Elf laying low after the devil's failure, Enabran returned to Evermeet to spend time with his mother and other family. There were many who were not happy to see him, but they were mostly relieved when he made it clear he was not staying. Faerun was his home now, and ever since he first took form of his spirit's dragon, he knew he would always want to fly in her skies.

Current Whereabouts/Activities
Enabran returned to his new - and old - home, and Silverymoon never looked more beautiful. By the dawn of 1485, he had reintegrated himself not only in Silverymoon society but had reconnected with the Talons of Justice. The current High Mage and leader of Silverymoon quickly became a friend of Enabran, and he has been seen at the High Mage's side often publicly and in private council. He has come to be trusted by the High Mage in his knowledge of Faerun as a whole, and his reputation in saving Faerun has only helped his stature in the city. It wasn't long before Enabran made contact with an old friend: High Lord Methrammar Aerasumé. As Auntyrlothor, Enabran was High Mage and leader of Silverymoon, and served as a member of the Council of Nine Peers that ruled over the whole Silver Marches. He was appointed by Methrammar's mother Alustriel, and worked with he and his mother before his death at the Crimson Celebration. The High Lord of Luruar immediately took to his old friend, and again a relationship developed. Soon Enabran was seen advising the High Lord on defense and Faerun happenings.

The Council of Nine Peers was drastically changed when Alustriel died and the 3 Kingdoms of the Dwarves withdrew from the alliance. Still, it was to few people's surprise when Enabran was asked by the High Lord to represent Silverymoon on the council alongside its current High Mage. Some in Sundabar and Everlund worry at this development, believing that the elderly Methrammar is grooming Enabran to take over his position in the near future. Since the High Lordship is voted on by members of the council, an inevitable conflict is sure to rise once Methrammar passes.

Enabran also works closely with Dargentum, a Ancient Silver Dragon and member of the Talons of Justice, and has officially joined the organization. He continues to try to learn everything he can about the Red Elf, and looks forward to any chance at foiling his plans or meeting him in battle.