38 Chapter 1: Campaigns in tal'Dorei
The Myriad
Wildemount’s greatest organized crime ring is now
becoming known throughout Tal’Dorei, but came from
humble beginnings. The Myriad began in the Dwendalian
city of Yrrosa as a small shipping company specializing
in exotic goods and services. They exploited and sold
curiosities from the distant continents of Othanzia and
Ank’Harel. Over time, as legal trading became more dif-
ficult, the Myriad’s illegal occupations became their best
money makers. Through years of establishing underworld
contacts and tactical blackmail, the Myriad evolved into a
powerful, well-veiled criminal faction.
In recent years, the Myriad’s aspirations have begun to
spread beyond the coasts of Wildemount, and their activ-
ities are spilling over into eastern Tal’Dorei—much to
the Clasp’s consternation. The Myriad are known for dis-
plays of opulence and social grace, and this misdirection
enables them to seduce and manipulate the lives and will
of whomever is deemed valuable to their plans.
The Myriad operates as a loose network of gang bosses
running their own localized sects without direct over-
sight from the mysterious heads of the society. Tithes and
information are expected to be delivered to the leadership
at a steady rate from each satellite of the organization, and
should the rate of return slow, quiet threats of enslave-
ment or destruction soon follow.goals
Keeping mainly to coastal cities and port towns within
Tal’Dorei, the Myriad pursues the simple goals of financial
excess and maintaining a ledger of favors owed to them
by powerful diplomats and officials. Publically dealing in
antiquities and exotic textiles, the Myriad runs an efficient
black market of slaves, magical beasts, weapons, and illicit
substances. Overt violence tends to draw unwanted atten-
tion, and the Myriad avoid it when possible, preferring to
discredit, blackmail, or frame those who cross them. After
all, wielding the secrets of your competitor only makes iteasier to eventually force them to work for you. Should such
manipulation fail, however, kidnapping or assassination can
be a quick and traceless final alternative.relationships
As newcomers to the criminal underside of Tal’Dorei,
the Myriad find their reach is still limited, though they
have managed to infiltrate Stilben and Kymal. No matter
how small, their presence has already created bad blood
between the Myriad and the Clasp. Though the Myriad
prefers to avoid conflict, the Clasp is not above spilling
blood to protect their territory.figures of interest
lustr an zeth
Human Textile Baron. Double agent whose interests have
shifted away from the Clasp, he has risen to oversee the
Tal’Dorei expansion of the Myriad. Lustran has taken a
home in Stilben and enjoys his position as central master-
mind of this sect of the Myriad.The Remnants................................
Cult of the whispereD one
In a time long past, an powerful archmage known as the
Whispered One attempted to ascend to godhood by con-
ducting the Ritual of Seeding from high atop the citadel
of Thar Ampala in the realm of Shadow. The Whispered
One surrounded himself with a cult of fanatical mages and
empowered murderers to protect him during his ritual of
apotheosis. Yet the cult was shattered, and the Whispered
One defeated, at the hands of Yos Varda and the Army
of the Just. Defeated, ruined, and their Whispered One
destroyed, the cult seemingly vanished from the world.
Even in apparent death, this dark mage left instructions
with his most devoted, allowing for the possibility of his
defeat—and the promise of rebirth. The remains of the
cult dubbed themselves the Remnants and began laying