ER:Gryffyd

From The Heretic Knowledge Vault

An NPC in the Errant Road free-form on-line role-playing game. Needless to say, he doesn't exist in the Poe-verse.

This rather peculiar fellow is a big shot in the Seeadler, one of the "guilds" that more or less run Farrel in Errant Road, just as they do in Errant Story itself. He's based in Rinkaiel, in an office notable for doubling as a swimming pool/aquarium. This unconventional layout works for him, as his body has undergone "enhancements" (that's the polite term) to incorporate gills and webbed hands and feet, suitable for an aquatic life style. Since the Seeadler are a seafaring outfit that rules the northern oceans as well as being the real power in Rinkaiel, this actually makes some sense.

He enters the game when PCs Jamie, Marcus, etc., come looking to buy or rent a ship from the Seeadler so that they can sail down the coast to help fellow PC Grope rescue a band of trolls (and, not incidentally, bring back a boatload of booty if they can manage it). He negotiates a deal and sends the merry crew forth on a Seeadler vessel, with Seeadler crew thrown in as a bonus. As usual for things involving Jamie and colleagues, this doesn't exactly go according to plan, despite the Seeadler (and Gryffyd) keeping a close eye on their investment.

There are occasional hints that Gryffyd has some loyalties to forces beyond the Seeadler. What this all has to do with Errant Road isn't yet clear, but it's ominous.