![[Reg.png]] # Reg _Human Bard | [[Heroes of Waterdeep]] | [[Waterdeep]]_ ## Summary Silver-tongued bard and one of the [[Heroes of Waterdeep]]. Started his career haggling with [[Volothamp Geddarm]] over a handful of gold at the [[Yawning Portal]] and ended it as Open Lord of [[Waterdeep]], stealing the [[Wand of Orcus]], and casting Time Stop to give [[McMickey]] the window to chain a god. The campaign's ultimate diplomat, strategist, and political mastermind — Reg talked his way through encounters with [[Baba Yaga]], [[Graz'zt]], the [[Demogorgon]], and the [[Lords' Alliance]] with roughly equal composure. Married [[Esvele Rosznar]], the Black Viper. Father of four: [[Petra]] (22), Mertonius (19), Artus (17), and Iolah (14). Named his eldest son after [[Mirt]]. Wrote a critically acclaimed book, song, and opera about saving the universe that still performs thirty years later. Gave the Open Lord title to [[Esvele Rosznar|Esvele]] almost immediately but remains the true political power in [[Waterdeep]]. Currently unreachable — hunting [[Graz'zt]] with the surviving [[Heroes of Waterdeep]]. His single most consequential act: after stealing the [[Wand of Orcus]], he entrusted it to [[Moradin]] and erased his own memory of its location to protect the world. This act of selfless caution is what led [[Acererak]] to kidnap infant [[Petra]] and transform her into the first humanoid [[Soulmonger]]. %% ## At a Glance Roguish grin, dirty blonde hair, and the easy charisma of someone who has talked his way out of — and into — more impossible situations than anyone alive. Reg is the kind of person who gives a hat to a rival and makes it feel like a gift. Who recommends gardening to [[Baba Yaga]] as a superior alternative to cosmic vengeance. Who transforms into a Crystal Dragon during the apocalypse and still finds time to steal the most feared artifact in the [[Abyss]] while no one's looking. Thirty years after saving the multiverse, Reg is the power behind [[Waterdeep]]'s throne without sitting on it. He handed the Open Lord title to [[Esvele Rosznar|Esvele]] and operates from the shadows — attending functions, managing alliances, pushing reform packages through the [[Masked Lords]], and raising four children who are each formidable in their own right. His relationship with [[Esvele Rosznar|Esvele]] began as two revolutionaries flirting over shared contempt for [[Waterdeep]]'s corrupt elite; it became a genuine partnership built on mutual respect, political alignment, and an invisible ring he uses to catch his daughter thieving. He is a loving, doting father who refuses to treat his children as political currency — when Maximus Kormalis proposed a marriage alliance between their families, Reg dismantled the man with surgical precision: "You've made a grave miscalculation in your estimation of me." ## Personality The most dangerous person in any room and the one most likely to make you feel like his best friend while he's picking your pocket — metaphorically or literally. Reg's genius is making the impossible feel inevitable. He convinced [[Isabel Urnrayle]] to become Open Lord through sheer political maneuvering. He united the [[Lords' Alliance]] against [[Graz'zt]] while preventing [[Dagult Neverember]] from seizing control. He negotiated with the [[Demogorgon]] and turned the Prince of Demons into a temporary ally. He gave a speech so powerful it literally disrupted an evil ritual on the other side of the continent. But Reg's greatest quality isn't his silver tongue — it's his judgment. He created backup clones of the entire party in a demiplane because he knew they might die. He stole the [[Wand of Orcus]] and immediately recognized it was too dangerous for anyone to possess — so he gave it to a god and erased his own memory. He named [[Esvele Rosznar|Esvele]] his successor before descending into the [[Abyss]] because he wasn't sure he'd come back. Every decision, even the improvised ones, reflected someone who was always thinking three steps ahead. The tragedy is that the one decision he got perfectly right — protecting the Wand's location by erasing his own memory — is the one that cost his daughter her humanity. ## Quote _"You've made a grave miscalculation in your estimation of me."_ ## Background **The Yawning Portal:** Started as a silver-tongued bard with a roguish grin, haggling [[Volothamp Geddarm]] up to 20 gold for a rescue mission. Quickly established himself as the party's frontman — charming barkeeps, negotiating with crime lords, and using Suggestion with a frequency that became the DM's bane. **The Diplomat:** Reg's words were consistently more dangerous than anyone else's weapons. He trapped a demon possessing [[Mirt]] inside a Wall of Force. He captured [[Bonnie]] the Doppelganger with the [[Iron Bands of Bilarro]] — then later used those same bands on [[Graz'zt]] himself. He negotiated with [[Vlonwelv Auvryndar]], Matron Mother of [[House Auvryndar]], for the return of [[Windvane]]. He sat down with [[Baba Yaga]] at [[Trollskull Manor]] and recommended gardening. He formed a temporary alliance with the [[Demogorgon]]. **The Transmuter:** Reg's creative use of magic was legendary. He became a Tyrannosaurus Rex during the assault on the [[Urnrayle Estate]]. He turned the primordial [[Ogremoch]] into a frog. He permanently transformed the undead Death Tyrant version of the [[Xanathar]] into a fish. He became a Crystal Dragon during the Battle of [[Waterdeep]]. He used Telekinesis to throw a [[Balor]] back through a [[Demon Gate]]. **Political Rise:** Reg's political instincts reshaped [[Waterdeep]]. He maneuvered [[Isabel Urnrayle]] into the position of Open Lord. After [[Lanniver Strayl]]'s assassination, he became Chief Diplomat and spent weeks building coalitions with [[Cormyr]], the dwarven strongholds, and the [[Lords' Alliance]] — consistently outmaneuvering [[Dagult Neverember]]. He managed the [[Masked Lords]] alongside [[Isabel Urnrayle|Isabel]] while coordinating with [[Remi Haventree|Remi]] and the [[Harpers]] and [[Baldric]] and [[Force Grey]] to undermine [[Amn]] and the [[Shadow Thieves]]. **Open Lord:** When [[Isabel Urnrayle]] fell during the Battle of [[Waterdeep]], her dying declaration passed the Open Lord title to Reg. His first act was a speech about sacrifice so powerful and charismatic that it caused the [[Ebon Ritual]] to fail — disrupting [[Tharizdun]]'s plan to raise [[Shothragot]], the Chained Oblivion's Exarch. Before descending into the [[Abyss]], Reg sought out [[Remi Haventree]], [[Esvele Rosznar]], and a bureaucrat to formally make [[Esvele Rosznar|Esvele]] his successor. **The Wand of Orcus:** During the chaos of [[Orcus]]'s death in the [[Abyss]], Reg stole the legendary [[Wand of Orcus]] — one of the most feared artifacts in existence. Recognizing it was too dangerous for anyone to possess, he entrusted it to [[Moradin]] and then erased his own memory of its location. This was the most responsible act of the entire campaign. It was also the act that doomed his infant daughter. **The Clone Gambit:** Reg used [[Aralu]]'s time difference to create backup clones of the entire party in a demiplane. This proved essential — when [[Kurogash]] was killed and eaten by a [[Shoosuva]] in the [[Abyss]], he simply woke up in his cloned body. When [[Pellowea]] was consumed destroying the [[Shard of Evil]], she survived in hers. Reg's paranoid preparation saved the party multiple times. **The Final Battle:** Reg realized — too late — that flying an open [[Living Gate]] down the [[Blood Rift]] toward the [[Shard of Evil]] was a tactical error. The party was sucked through into the [[Far Realm]], where they confronted [[Tharizdun]] in the dead universe at the end of everything. During the grueling battle against the [[Tharizdun|Chained God]], Reg cast Time Stop — giving [[McMickey]] the crucial window to strike the final chain with the [[Hammer of the All Father]] and imprison the mad god forever. **Esvele and Family:** Reg married [[Esvele Rosznar]], the Black Viper — their revolutionary flirtation becoming a genuine partnership. They have four children: [[Petra]] (22, rogue/soulmonger), Mertonius "Mirt" (19, inclined toward magic), Artus (17, inclined toward paladinhood), and Iolah (14, inclined toward music and bardcraft). Reg is a loving, protective father who refuses to use his children as political currency. He caught [[Petra]] thieving at 22 using his ring of invisibility, leading to a confrontation that drove her from home. **Petra and Acererak:** Because Reg erased his memory of the [[Wand of Orcus]]'s location, [[Acererak]] couldn't extract the information from him. So [[Acererak]] kidnapped infant [[Petra]] instead. The [[Sewn Sisters]] transformed her into the first humanoid [[Soulmonger]]. Reg regathered the [[Heroes of Waterdeep]] — [[Kali]], [[Xyrbwynn]], [[Kurogash]], [[Baldric]], [[Bussy]], [[Artus Cimber]], and the [[Maiden of the Moon]] — and rescued [[Petra]] from the [[Tomb of Horrors]]. The rescue saved her body but not what had been done to her soul. She hears the voices of the dead. She hid her condition from her parents. She ran from their legend. And the whole [[Soulmonger]] conspiracy — [[Acererak]] punishing the children for what the parents did — traces back to Reg's single most noble decision. **The Hunt for Graz'zt:** Currently unreachable, hunting [[Graz'zt]] with the surviving [[Heroes of Waterdeep]]. His absence means [[Petra]] and the [[Cinderborn]] face the consequences of his generation's choices alone. %%