#wyrmhaven

[wyrmhaven]

Wyrmhaven Guide

This blog is about a "Strixhaven" game - that title is in quotes because our lovely DM has added some many homebrew NPCs and events that we're approaching Strixhaven of Theseus territory here - if you add a bunch of new content to a DnD module, at what point is it even the same game? The point of this blog isn't to answer this question, it's to enjoy the ride and hopefully share that joy with others. There is a lot of NPCs that are not in the base module, so if you see a name you don't recognize from the base module, chances are they were homebrewed in.

THE SETTING This game takes place in a world known as Kharas, in a city-state called Lux Concordia. The Strixhaven Academy has been renamed to the Wyrm Academy to fit in with the DM's existing worldbuilding, and the headmaster has been replaced with a woman known as Archjusticar Yasha. Lux Concordia is a city of towers built upon several other iterations of itself, and is approaching industrial revolution levels of technology. The layout of the Academy itself is similar to the module, although it is now dominated by a central tower known as the Hexpiral Tower that holds most of the classrooms, and all of the Dragon House Demiplanes There are several other locations of note in this world:

Valtahost, a more technologically advanced empire and Lux Concordia's bitter enemy

The Orzkhov Union, a nation run by vampires

THE PLAYER CHARACTERS Carmilla - Our dhampir warlock/bard who claims to be a vampire despite only being a dhampir. Her patron is a enigmatic figure known as "All Ravens" who lives in the Shadowfell Doya - Our aasimar monk who is a bit over her head in this magic academy Rin - Our roadent (homebrew rat race) sorcerer who thought he was a wizard, but was actually imbued with magic by a tome that his adventurer brother gave him White - Our changeling wizard who doesn't know much of their own past. They are genderfluid, but will be referred to as he/him in the logs for the sake of consistency Zoey - Our bard/warlock with a knack for creating crimes against nature PLAYER FAMILIARS Guillermo - One of Carmilla's raven familiars, who works with different game mechanics than most familiars Nandor - The other one of Carmilla's raven familiars, who is technically a shape-shifted imp Ra - White's hairless cat familiar "La Creatura/The Creature in the Hat" - a strange creature that lives in Zoey's hat. We still don't know what it's deal is Sproing/Slash/Puff/so many others - Zoey's familiars. She goes through them quickly, as all her familiars are doomed to die despite her best efforts

MAJOR HOMEBREW STUDENT NPCs "The Angels" - a trio of popular girls who bully the player characters relentlessly. A parody of the Heathers from the movie of the same name Angelika - An aasimar sorcerer, and the leader of the three Angels. Thinks she is queen of the school, and might as well be Angelique - An elven wizard, and the smart one of the Angels. Always has perfect grades Anjarika AKA Anji - A genasi warlock, and the pretty one of the Angels. Has a lot of suitors, but not a lot of thoughts

"Missing Peace" - A band of four girls whose music is similar to what we would call Punk Rock Asher - A tiefling bard who is the lead singer of Missing Peace that lives up the punk rock image Amalie - An aasimar bard who is the lutist of Missing Peace that seems surprisingly gentle considering her choice of music Larksann - A gnome artificer with a mechanical backpack who is the drummer of Missing Peace and is incredibly anxious. Occasionally a PC when one of our OOC friends wants to join in Mailu - An elven sorcerer with an affinity for pyrotechnics who is the bassist for Missing Peace

Chadriz - A Mage Tower player with a bone to pick with just about everyone. The resident bully Dawn - A kalashtar sorcerer, who is friends with multiple PCs and just about anyone else she talks to Dismay & Violence - A pair of goth tiefling twins would would rather not get caught up in all this drama Max - A human ranger who considers himself a superhero. Has a pet chicken who is his sidekick, which he calls Wonder Chicken Nicollin - A dhampir wizard who is Carmilla's friend, but also inexplicably friends with multiple other PCs despite being the most boring person alive Pain - A tiefling warlock, and the academy's resident bad boy "Sunny" - A halfling bard who comes from a family associated with organized crime, but would rather distance himself from it

MAJOR HOMEBREW FACULTY Archjusticar Yasha - The eladrin headmaster of the Academy who is eternally stuck in her winter form. Cold as ice. Professor Nadia - An elven PC from a previous game, now the physical education teacher for the academy

[m00nveil]

✨ CALAMITY WYRMHAVEN - ref sheet. "she lived and died like a shooting star. whoever that is, it isn't calamity anymore." - luna

calamity wyrmhaven seems like your average myth student at first glance, but you will quickly see that she's nowhere near that. but then again, how could somebody with the name "calamity" ever be average? an upbeat, bubbly dreamer who's often behaving in a silly way, with a lot of hobbies, especially reading.

but the truth is, all of that is just to fill in the void gnawing away inside of her. calamity struggles with deep feelings of self hatred, and feels as if she's wasting her life away.

when luna moonveil came to the spiral from earth, she was her first friend.

[postalvalhalla]

Food Court

"Welcome," said the well-dressed goblin, "to Wyrmhaven Deep's Food Court!"

Anika stared. "A food court… in a dungeon?"

"Indeed! Why not try Gar's Pizza - Goblin-style: cavern mushrooms, lichen sauce, and quality rat sausage…."

Sven looked pale. "We'll pass."

"Perhaps Org's Meat Pie Surprise? Their motto: It's probably no one you know."

"I think," said Anika, "we'll try Cinnebomb."

The goblin blinked. "Explosive cinnamon rolls? You shouldn't eat Dwarven battle bread!"

[crockerpot]

i think carmilla (from Hard Times at Wyrmhaven High) would not like bathing in blood

she would absolutely say she would to keep up her cool freaky image

but bathing in blood is like

bathing in pudding or yogurt or surfing

like that's just food, right, and if you were gonna eat it, you sure af aint gonna do it now

same goes for the literal blood bath

it's just dirty now

[darkelfguy]

Wyrmhaven, a small island far to the north-west of Morrowind that plays home to a small city, the North Empire Trading Company, and an order of knights known as the Order of Kynareth. Full of ancient ruins and long forgotten battle sites, Wyrmhaven, though small, is an exciting place to explore, with numerous quests and dungeons waiting to be pilfered of treasure. You can check out Wrymhaven by Neoptolemus today from the Nexus!

[silverveil-storybook]

Breaking news: Evil Alchemist resurrects his dead husband, fails to consider the repercussions.

Or: Haha Weiss your husband has been dunked in the Soup >:)

[the-last-teabender]

So last night in our D&D campaign (the giant robot fantasy one, not the spoopy Tim Burton one), we were dealing with a pair of fairly underhanded people we needed to extract/secure a promise from.

While my rogue gave her old friends a dressing-down, our wizard leaned in and said he could make sure they did what they said they’d do. So I handed it over to him. He waved his hands around, there was spooky smoke and flames, then he took both their hands and told them about a horrible curse that makes rot grubs burrow up through your feet and eat through your living body until they devour your heart - but as long as they keep their promise they’ll never need to know how agonizing that is.

Which just goes to show that prestidigitation can be devastatingly powerful when paired with solid improv.

[trainwiz]

Yo, Morrowman. I'm kicking off a new playthrough of Morrowind and I suddenly started remembering a metric fuckload of fun quest mods I used to have. While I'm in a downloading mood - any recommendations other than the obvious?

Not sure what you mean by the obvious, but check out the quest and content section of this.

[m00nveil]

welcome 2 my wizblr !!! call me hesperia or luna (she/her, 21) ! long time wizblr lurker, but only just gained the courage to join <3 i hope we can all get along! this lil link here offers some more info about me if you want to get to know me more.

this blog will heavily consist of me screaming about my made up w101 story, wizsein, wizard101 worldbuilding, lore, theories, my main wizard luna moonveil, and just the game overall. don't dog on me for my art please i just started

🏷️ my wizard101 story (tba) / lunasein playlist / my art / dasein playlist / playlist for my story / my wiz101 headcanons 🏷️

+ my beloved wizards:

luna moonveil: / spotify playlist / pinterest board / tag (tba) / headcanons / ref sheet - the main character. divine paradox & necromancer. - absolutely unamused by anything and everything - deathly (haha get it deathly and shes a necromancer haha) traumatized. like. to hell and back. FULL of guilt. - saved the spiral multiple times but can't cook to save her life lol goofy

galena titanomen: / spotify playlist / pinterest board / tag / headcanons (tba) / ref sheet - wolf stormblade but female version. has a MASSIVE, HUGE ASS ego. - hailing from an influential and rich family in wizard city, she's always gotten everything she ever wanted - luna's turned rival to best friend. though the rivalry was only on galena's side - has an insanely good sense of fashion!

kane sunkeeper: / spotify playlist / pinterest board / tag (tba) / headcanons (tba) / ref sheet - popular guy @ ravenwood, but certainly earned it for himself. down to earth, super nice guy!!! ball of sunshine!!! and since he's a ball of sunshine, he's simply GOT to be a pyromancer. - was in love with luna before shit went down. now he hates her. - orphaned as a child, adopted by a family that he always felt disconnected from. - the name "sunkeeper" was given to him by dalia falmea herself because he's a pyromancer prodigy.

calamity wyrmhaven: / spotify playlist / pinterest board / tag (tba) / headcanons (tba) - nerd. nerd. nerd x10000. took after her mother. her mother got the name "calamity" from a popular comic book. - silliest myth wizard after nolan stormgate - can't see anything without her glasses - best grades in myth class but still has an inferiority complex due to the fact that she feels like she's a boring person and really badly wants to be more interesting somehow.

rya ashweaver: / spotify playlist / pinterest board / tag (tba) / headcanons (tba) - dragonspyrean refugee, war survivor. evacuated dragonspyre during the titan dragon's cataclysm. - the mom friend. fitting for a theurgist. - appears laid back, but will not hesitate to cuss you out if you anger her. perhaps that is NOT so fitting for a theurgist. her anger issues are actually not so good. - really kind though and will always have people's backs if they have hers

shen ashweaver: / spotify playlist / pinterest board / tag (tba) / headcanons (tba) - rya's twin brother, thaumaturge - timid and shy. legit will only speak if spoken to first. you won't even know he's there. the weather surrounding him is always chill though - goes without saying that he also is a war survivor - ftm trans

[postalvalhalla]

Frequent Adventurer

Anika stared at a goblin in whiteface.

"I'm the clown of Wyrmhaven Deep Dungeon!" The goblin honked his red nose. "Management seeks to enhance the adventuring experience! Care for a balloon animal?"

The thief frowned. "We're here to slay monsters and steal… er, claim their treasure. We don't need a clown."

"Then you don't want a Frequent Adventurer Card?" asked the clown. "After ten punches you get a free treasure chest…."

The card was snatched from his hand, too fast to see.

[postalvalhalla]

Diva Donuts

Anika stared at the box full of pastries. "Donuts?"

"It was my turn to provide snacks," replied Kaylithia.

Anika frowned. "Where in god's green earth did you get donuts?"

"From Diva Donuts in Scalesong Keep," said Kaylithia. "Are you saying you don't want any?"

"I didn't say that. It's just - we're seven levels down in the Wyrmhaven Deep dungeon…."

"Yes, and I am a wizard," said Kaylithia. "Your point?"

[the-last-teabender]

Meanwhile, in tonight’s D&D

[silverveil-storybook]

*long suffering sigh* So wildclaws, huh? Meet my newest project: Avondetta (he/him). He's the only gen 1 I intend to wildclaw bc I swear falling down the rabbit hole is going to lead to terrible places for me-

Usually I hate chartreuse, but it worked so well here that I fell in love immediately. I don't have much lore in mind for him yet, since I've been focusing on the Wyrmhaven crew, but I'm sure I'll come up with something interesting eventually. Push comes to shove, he'll end up somewhere in Stoneshroud, the folks there love weirdos.