Elthina Ffamdren

Elthina Ffamdren (/ɛlθina famdrən/) is a human necromancer and university professor who was traveling with her husband Naefir Ffamdren, her adoptive son Byron Ffamdren and students Xander Hoff Swindel and Kólosh Azrag on a mission to recover a prototype device from The Mournland for Jorlanna d'Cannith, a philanthropist who finances a large portion of the University's magical research.

Elthina used her necromantic magic to protect her party during their travels. One day, while camping out in the Burnt Wood in Thrane, the party was caught by knights of The Order of the Virtuous Blood with zombies and skeletons guarding their camp grounds. The paladin leading the knights created an anti-magic field on the camp, rendering the party unable to resist, and successfully detained all members. In accordance with the precepts of his zealous order, the paladin summarily declared the entire group guilty of necromancy and sentenced them to death.

The party was marched to the side of a road, a hanging pole was quickly erected and the knights hanged Naefir first, as Elthina and the rest of the group watched in terror. After Naefir was dead, the knights took his body down and loaded it on a wheelbarrow before hanging Kólosh.

As Kólosh hanged, Damarris, Luu, Nyx, Quartz, Sparky and Fletcher arrived on the scene. Fletcher freed Kólosh by shooting the rope with his gun as his companions fought with the knights. Xander managed to free himself from his bonds and threw a fire spell at the knights, which ignited the wheelbarrow containing Naefir's corpse. Elthina started panicking and screaming about needing to save Naefir. Xander soon put out the fire threatening Naefir's body, and then freed Elthina from her bonds. Elthina rushed to Naefir's corpse and kissed him passionately. Naefir's body started twitching, his lifeless eyes glowing green, and he rose up as a zombie. Xander loudly protested, yelling at Elthina to let Naefir go.

As both adventurer parties finished their battle against the Thrane knights and all zealots laid dead, Xander and Nyx argued with Elthina to let Naefir die. Elthina refused, arguing that she cannot live without him and that he would want to be with her for all time, but was eventually convinced to let go of her late husband. She gave the zombie one last kiss, but could not bear to hurt him. She turned away and let Xander plunge his dagger in Naefir's heart, killing him a second time.

Xander convinced Elthina to go back home to Fairhaven with the rest of the party to give Naefir a proper burial, and that he would take care of their assignment with the help of the Cyran knights. Elthina and Byron got on the wheelbarrow with Naefir's body, and Kólosh started pulling it, heading west towards Aundair.