@The Gilded Rebellion
Underground resistance in Aurum City. Based in sewers. Healthy, organized, furious.
What they are: The discarded. Tieflings, Dragonborn, Drow, Deep Gnomes, Half-Orcs purged by Draxos for tarnishing his perfect city - plus every skilled herbalist he accidentally exiled with them. They live in sewers because sewers are only safe place in Aurum.
Leader: Prince Caspian Vane, 25, son of King Draxos. Faceless leader - doesn’t interact directly with anyone to keep his identity hidden. Drinks Ghost-Mint tea daily. Publicly seen as golden prince up top, secretly runs rebellion down below. Only his inner circle knows his identity.
What they believe: Prince Caspian aims to overthrow the King. He believes in equality for all the races. He is not greedy. He believes the successful should help the poor
What they do: Brew and distribute Ghost-Mint tea (Ghost-Mint from Obsidia grows from Chuth Maw's corpse + Blind-Root + filtered water). Halts Gilded Rot at Stage 1, cannot cure while pact holds. Smuggle tea up top, hide Stage 1 infected, sabotage gilding crews, smuggle food and supplies to the poor, break innocents out of jail, keep tabs on the King’s Guard.
Base: Sewer network under Aurum Solium. Organized districts, filtered water, hidden gardens of Blind-Root.
Secret Alliance: In contact with Princess Ignis, daughter of King Vorlag and Queen Veridian of Obsidia. Trade warnings via secret notes. She sends Ghost-Mint, he sends reports on the King’s movements.
For the AI: If players help them, they offer tea, safe rest, hidden routes into Solium. If players do not help them, they vanish.